Grammar
Construction of the new classrooms _____ soon and is scheduled to end in March next year.
(1) begin
(2) began
(3) begins
(4) has begun
(3) begins
The Ministry of Environment officers shut down that restaurant when it was found to be _____ with cockroaches.
(1) inflated
(2) inflicted
(3) infected
(4) infested
(4) infested
Crack! - the branch broke.
(1) Metaphor
(2) Simile
(3) Personification
(4) Hyperbole
(5) Onomatopoeia
(5) Onomatopoeia
The king was England's bravest ruler!
(1) Declarative
(2) Interrogative
(3) Exclamatory
(4) Imperative
(3) Exclamatory
What is the closest synonym to the word in bold?
The timid rabbit darted across the path, disappearing into the bushes.
(1) crawled
(2) hopped slowly
(3) dashed quickly
(d) was carried
(3) dashed quickly
Neither Jaspal nor his brother _____ present at the hockey practice earlier.
(1) is
(2) are
(3) was
(4) were
(3) was
The passers-by _____ how the accident could have happened since they did not witness it.
(1) reflected
(2) estimated
(3) concluded
(4) speculated
(4) speculated
The cricket ball whizzed by like a bullet.
(1) Metaphor
(2) Simile
(3) Personification
(4) Hyperbole
(5) Onomatopoeia
(2) Simile
Why did traitors poison the town's wells?
(1) Declarative
(2) Interrogative
(3) Exclamatory
(4) Imperative
(2) Interrogative
In the following Questions, four alternative for the given idiom/phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase: to smell a rat.
(1) to smell something disgusting
(2) to see a something you don't like
(3) to be suspicious
(4) to hesitate out of fear
(3) to be suspicious
Please return the Science notes to Caleb and _____ punctually because we need them for our revision.
(1) I
(2) me
(3) mine
(4) myself
(2) me
Although he is the chairman's son, his dishonest act should not be _____.
(1) endorsed
(2) instigated
(3) condoned
(4) prohibited
(3) condoned
He is a pillar of strength.
(1) Metaphor
(2) Simile
(3) Personification
(4) Hyperbole
(5) Onomatopoeia
(1) Metaphor
Merlin carried the baby to safety.
(1) Declarative
(2) Interrogative
(3) Exclamatory
(4) Imperative
(1) Declarative
_____ he win, he will go down in history as the youngest ever world chess master.
(1) If
(2) Since
(3) Should
(4) Unless
(3) Should
My parents and I were gazing _____ awe at the majestic waterfall.
(1) at
(2) in
(3) by
(4) with
(2) in
I have decided to _____ my grandparents who are living in Johor to surprise them before I continue my drive to Malacca.
(1) call in
(2) call on
(3) call over
(4) call upon
(2) call on
The stone listens carefully to the grass as it grows around it.
(1) Metaphor
(2) Simile
(3) Personification
(4) Hyperbole
(5) Onomatopoeia
(3) Personification
Slip the sword into the groove and pull it out.
(1) Declarative
(2) Interrogative
(3) Exclamatory
(4) Imperative
(4) Imperative
"What would you do if you didn't have a computer nowadays?"
This sentence is an example of a...
(1) 1st conditional
(2) 2nd conditional
(3) 3rd conditional
(2) 2nd conditional
She ought to clear up the mess before leaving the classroom for her recess, _____ she?
(1) hasn't
(2) shan't
(3) couldn't
(4) shouldn't
(4) shouldn't
After the fire at the shopping mall, most of the shops were _____ beyond recognition.
(1) sizzled
(2) charred
(3) scalded
(4) incinerated
(2) charred
The sky exploded with a crash, bang and hissing of fireworks.
(1) Metaphor
(2) Simile
(3) Personification
(4) Hyperbole
(5) Onomatopoeia
(5) Onomatopoeia
Natalie was trained to be a pilot.
(1) Declarative
(2) Interrogative
(3) Exclamatory
(4) Imperative
(1) Declarative
What figurative language is used in this sentence?
"Doing homework is like doing chores."
Simile