This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Cpe > Cpe Use Of English – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Cpe Use Of English Quiz 15 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Don't take your family ..... granted, not everybody is lucky enough to have one. A) As. B) On. C) For. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For. 2. It doesn't make sense to do it, it's a lost ..... A) Affair. B) Arrangement. C) Matter. D) Cause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cause. 3. What situations make you blow a(n) ..... ? A) Fuse. B) Trumpet. C) Bomb. D) Explosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fuse. 4. Stop fretting ..... losing your job, it won't change anything. A) About. B) With. C) Around. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) About. 5. After moving in we had to buy a lot of kitchen ..... A) Ware. B) Goods. C) Commodities. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ware. 6. There was not enough oxygen in water and the fish ..... A) Choked. B) Burned. C) Strangled. D) Suffocated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suffocated. 7. "He looks familiar.""He's the author ..... novel become a best seller." A) Of which. B) Which. C) Whom. D) Whose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Whose. 8. Which of the following are both adjectives and adverbs? A) Friendly and worldly. B) Hard and fast. C) Curly and eventually. D) Hardly and evenly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hard and fast. 9. She is a polyglot. Clearly she has a flair ..... languages. A) To. B) In. C) For. D) On. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For. 10. The damp has ..... his health; he's got rheumatism. A) Affected. B) Swayed. C) Impressed. D) Influenced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Affected. 11. Her speech was very emotional, it really struck a ..... A) String. B) Music. C) Note. D) Chord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chord. 12. ..... all, it was the best holiday of my life. A) For. B) At. C) In. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In. 13. We had a massive argument but finally we managed to ..... A) Purify the air. B) Remove the air. C) Clean the air. D) Clear the air. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clear the air. 14. It was an extremely hostile article which cast ..... on the product of the entire cabinet. A) Criticism. B) Disapproval. C) Abuse. D) Aspersions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aspersions. 15. I felt really uncomfortable when that creepy man started ..... at me. A) Ogling. B) Glaring. C) Glancing. D) Gaping. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ogling. 16. We'd better move ..... (= pass on to another subject) the housing problem before time runs out. A) Out. B) Together. C) On to. D) Up to. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On to. 17. This exhibit is ..... valuable. A) Incalculably. B) Abstractly. C) Undefined. D) Definitely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incalculably. 18. FALSE or ARTIFICIAL ..... beard A) False. B) Artificial. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 19. The tumour ..... to the size of a pea. A) Diminished. B) Dwindled. C) Shrank. D) Rejected. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shrank. 20. I can't remember the name of the book, but I have it on the ..... A) Border of my mouth. B) Tip of my tongue. C) Tip of my nose. D) Top of my head. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tip of my tongue. 21. This book is a(n) ..... resource for researchers. A) Dispensable. B) Undispensable. C) Non-dispensable. D) Indispensable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indispensable. 22. They found a ..... child in the forest. A) Lost. B) Stray. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lost. 23. I don't want to impose my ideas ..... you. A) At. B) To. C) On. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On. 24. I need to look around ..... some new shoes. A) On. B) For. C) After. D) At. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For. 25. Her love to him was not ..... A) Gracious. B) Reciprocated. C) Deduced. D) Responded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reciprocated. 26. I wish I could get ..... going to this wedding but I have no choice. A) Out of. B) Away. C) Off. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Out of. 27. Meeting her was a really ..... experience. A) Upthrowing. B) Uplifting. C) Upbrining. D) Upscaling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Uplifting. 28. He has an excellent lawyer acting ..... him and is bound to win the case. A) From. B) Of. C) To. D) For. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) For. 29. The whole discussion ..... some pretty bad feelings. A) Generated. B) Produced. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generated. 30. The entire staff was thrown off ..... by the announcement of the takeover. A) Disarray. B) Composure. C) Balance. D) Stable. 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