Vocabulary
Grammar
General Knowledge
Idioms
100

If you work hard now, you will see the ___________ of your efforts later

  • Benevolence
  • Contemplation
  • Benefit
  • Corruption

Benefit

100

Complete the sentence with the correct form of the word in brackets 

Though your work is ______________ (Satisfy), I do feel that you could be doing much better

satisfactory

100

What degree is a right angle?  

90 degrees

100

When pigs fly.


That is not going to happen

200

I need time to __________ before I come up with an answer to this

  • Condemn
  • Contemplate
  • Muffle
  • Mollify
  • Contemplate
200

Dr Fowler disapproved _________ ahead with the project without having informed her first

a. of our going

b. of us to go

c. us to go

d. us of going

a. of our going

200

What is the capital of Australia?  

Canberra

200

It’s not rocket science


Not that difficult to comprehend

300

I didn’t mean to ___________ that your dress looks bad on you

  • Interrogate
  • Lack
  • Imply
  • Modify

Imply

300

The markets were left shaken after share prices ____________ to an all-time low yesterday

a. stabilized

b. plummeted

c. fluctuated 

plummeted

300

What blood type qualifies as a universal donor?  

O negative

300

Wear your heart on your sleeve

To be extremely open about what you feel and think

400

Take a few minutes and ___________ the question before you jump to a conclusion

  • Waft
  • Ponder
  • Reinforce
  • Mollify

Ponder

400

What might the speaker have originally said

The young boy refused to eat vegetables for dinner

"I won't eat vegetables for dinner", said the young boy

400

What natural disaster is measured by the Richter scale?  

Earthquake

400

It's raining cats and dogs

It’s raining a lot

500

Choose the best word to complete the sentence: ‘His ___________ behavior led to his expulsion from the club

  • Nefarious
  • Benevolent
  • Altruistic
  • Magnanimous
  • Nefarious
500

Change the sentence into reported speech, using the correct tense

Sophie: "I went to bed early last night".


Sophie said that she had gone to bed early the previous night

500

What are the only mammals that can fly?  

Bats

500

When it rains, it pours


When everything goes wrong at once