Q.1
'Birds of a Feather' Here are the names of four people; one of them stands out, rather apart from the others. Who is the 'odd one out'?
  • Peregrine Falcon
  • Robin Finch
  • Albert Ross
  • Mavis Lark
Q.2
Which of the following phrases would work in both the blanks below? 'We were hoping to ... ... to the coast for a few days' break, but there was so much work coming in that we would never ... ... with leaving it.'
  • ... get off ...
  • ... get out ...
  • ... get on ...
  • ... get away ...
Q.3
'What's my line?' A man goes to work in his van, which contains (among much else) the following tools and materials. What is his job? Saws, planes, chisels, planks, dowelling, mouldings, locks and hinges, stains and varnish.
  • He is a butcher
  • He is a carpenter (or joiner)
  • He is a vet
  • He is a musician
Q.4
What is the missing word? 'I was hoping to ... ... the film, but I lost track of the time, because at some point during the afternoon I must have taken off my ... ... and put it down and lost it.'
  • ... see ...
  • ... record ...
  • ... watch ...
  • ... catch ...
Q.5
Choose the best, most accurate and stylish Answer. 'You weren't by any chance thinking of going into town this afternoon, ... ... ? '
  • ... was you?
  • ... wasn't you ?
  • ... weren't you?
  • ... were you?
Q.6
Choose the best, most accurate and stylish Answer. 'Writing a 10-page letter of complaint about a product that only cost you a couple of pounds, is like ... ... '
  • ... coals to Newcastle.
  • ... wasting your time.
  • ... cracking a nut with a sledgehammer.
  • ... water off a duck's back.
Q.7
Choose the best, most accurate and stylish Answer. Gina went out in the January sales and came back with ... ...
  • ... a pair of splendid new genuine driving Bulgarian mid-brown mountain goatskin gloves.
  • ... a splendid new pair of mid-brown, genuine Bulgarian mountain goatskin driving gloves.
  • ... a genuine new mid-brown pair of splendid Bulgarian driving mountain goatskin gloves.
  • ... a new pair of splendid genuine Bulgarian mountain mid-brown driving goatskin gloves.
Q.8
Which of these groups of surnames is the odd one out?
  • Armstrong, Bridges, Cook, Donaldson
  • Jackson, Knight, McKillop, Leadbitter
  • Lake, Miller, O'Carroll, Proud
  • Pritchard, Ridgway, Short, Thatcher
Q.9
Which of these words is the odd one out?
  • MACDONALD
  • MACNEILL
  • MACHINERY
  • MACKINNON
Q.10
Choose the best, most accurate and stylish Answer. Instead ... ... doing our Quizzes, you could ... ... done someone else's; but they probably wouldn't ... ... been half such fun or so interesting!
  • ... of ... / ... of ... / ... of ...
  • ... have ... / ... of ... / ... of ...
  • ... of ... / ... have ... / ... have ...
  • ... of ... / ... off ... / ... have ...
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