English: Choose the Best Word: Medium Test 2
10 questions · 10 minutes
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In this passage you have to choose the best word, or group of words, to complete each numbered line so that it makes sense and is written in correct English. The ten numbered lines follow on from one another and make one short passage, so read them in order. Choose the best answer and mark its letter.
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Example questions from this paper
A preview of the wording. The answer options and full explanations appear once you begin.
- The trip had been organised by Mr Harding, with ________ we had travelled on every school visit since Year 3.
- ________ of the thirty children was given a torch, a map of the galleries and a numbered wristband.
- We were told to ________ our sleeping bags along the wall and keep the middle of the floor clear.
- The dinosaur hall was not nearly ________ as I had imagined it from the photographs in the leaflet.
- Somebody ________ the lights in the Egyptian room, because it was pitch dark by the time we reached it.
Before you begin, remember
- Read the whole passage before answering. Several gaps depend on something mentioned a line or two earlier.
- Read the line back with your chosen word in place, rather than judging the word on its own.
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