SSS3 English quiz

“When I asked her about the missing money, she began to beat around the bush.” What does this mean?

Pick the correctly punctuated sentence:

Rewrite the sentence, removing the redundancy:
“She repeated the same story again.”

What does the expression “burn the midnight oil” mean?

Choose the correct interpretation of the idiom:
He chickened out at the last moment.

Choose the correct word to fill in the gap:
Many children in the rural areas are denied access to good _____.

Choose the correct word to fill in the gap:
She prefers tea _____ coffee.

Pick the expression that is nearest in meaning to the underlined phrase:
He kicked the bucket yesterday.

Choose the word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word:
The teacher praised the student for her honesty.

Pick the word that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word:
The nurse was gentle with the child.

Choose the best synonym of the underlined word:
The hall was filled to capacity during the concert.

“He bit off more than he could chew by accepting the project.” What does this mean?

Choose the most appropriate word to complete the sentence:
If I _____ about the meeting earlier, I would have attended.

Choose the word nearest in meaning to the underlined word:
The man was furious when his phone was stolen.

Pick the correct expression:
The manager insisted that every worker ______ present at the meeting.

“He always makes a mountain out of a molehill.” What is the meaning of this expression?

Choose the correct question tag:
You don’t like beans, ____?

Identify the part of speech of the underlined word:
The children played happily in the field.

Which of these is the correct form of the verb in the sentence?
By the time he arrived, the train _____.

Choose the appropriate synonym of the underlined word:
The governor's speech was concise and clear.