Quiz no. 1086 (Mixed quiz)

1.Find the synonym:

Acrimony

A.free

B.restrain

C.softness

D.harshness

2.Find the antonym:

Incompetence

A.dexterity

B.amateurism

C.ampleness

D.anarchy

3.Change the voice:

We think that he was a millionaire.

A.He was thought to have been a millionaire.

B.He was thought to be a millionaire.

C.He is thought to be a millionaire.

D.He is thought to have been a millionaire.

4.Change the speech:

She said to me, "It is time you became punctual."

A.She had told me that it was time I became punctual. 

B.She told me that it was time I had become punctual. 

C.She told me that it was time I had became punctual. 

D.She told me that it was time I became punctual. 

5.Fill in:

My employer ______ my salary last year.

1.rise

2.rose

3.raise

4.raised

6.Improve the bracketed part:

This procrastination may result (to) losing customers.

A.at

B.No improvement 

C.in

D.on

7.Idiom:

Fly the nest

1.Children returning home after studying abroad

2.To run at a very fast pace to reach home

3.To lose direction and not reach one’s destination

4.Children leaving their parents’ home to live on their own

8.Give one word:

A closed political meeting

A.constellation 

B.caucus

C.cortege

D.cabinet

9.Spot the error:

The elegance furnished drawing room indicated that the owner had good taste.

1.drawing room indicated

2.that the owner

3.had good taste

4.the elegance furnished

10.Rearrangement:

A. It was a bright, cold day.

B. The ground was covered with a sleet that had frozen.

C. But it was difficult to stand or walk on the glassy surface.

D. I took my dog for a little walk up the road.

E. The dog slipped and I fell twice, hard.

F. I got back home in the afternoon.

a.ABDECF

b.ACDBEF

c.ABDCEF

d.ACBEDF