Q.1
Which is the correct (if perhaps insensitive) idiom to complete this emphatic sentence? 'It's not every day that you witness a traffic accident happening ... ... in front of your window.'
  • ... bang, crash ...
  • ... slap, bang ...
  • ... smash, tinkle ...
  • ... slam, wallop ...
Q.2
Which of these would be the LEAST natural way of completing the sentence? 'If we let the children off the coach without any instructions, they'll be ... ... the park within ten minutes.'
  • ... halfway round ...
  • ... spread out all over ...
  • ... everywhere across ...
  • ... virtually covering ...
Q.3
This time only ONE answer makes plausible sense: which is it? 'Someone's bike has been ... ... in the middle of the hallway again.'
  • ... right left ...
  • ... left right ...
  • ... right out ...
  • ... out left ...
Q.4
You are visiting a tall building and ask, on the ground floor, for directions to where (precisely) you are going. Which of these remarks would suggest the highest position within the building?
  • 'Oh yes, that's up towards the top.'
  • 'It's round about halfway up.'
  • 'It's not all that far from the top.'
  • 'It's quite near the top.'
Q.5
You have a problem with your domestic plumbing and someone arrives to help. Which of these versions would you be LEAST likely to tell them? 'All I can tell you is that the valve you're looking for is ... ... '
  • ... down beneath the sink somewhere.'
  • ... somewhere down underneath the sink.'
  • ... down somewhere under the sink.'
  • ... underneath the sink down somewhere.'
Q.6
Which of these makes the LEAST reasonable sense? 'The suspect parcel was ... ... in the middle of the crowded mainline station concourse.'
  • ... left ...
  • ... right ...
  • ... virtually ...
  • ... vaguely ...
Q.7
Which Answer completes this sentence most helpfully? 'There's a wall-switch ... ... behind the machine.'
  • ... somewhere ...
  • ... directly ...
  • ... halfway ...
  • ... over ...
Q.8
Choose the answer which completes the sentence in good, accurate and idiomatic English. The washroom is ... ... along the corridor to your left.
  • ... right ...
  • ... exactly ...
  • ... just ...
  • ... precisely ...
Q.9
Which of these does NOT offer a sensible ending to the sentence? 'The penalty handed down by the judge to the criminal was just ... ... '
  • ... and proportional.'
  • ... about right, in view of what he had done.'
  • ... ridiculous.'
  • ... a moment.'
Q.10
Choose the answer which completes the sentence in good, accurate and idiomatic English. His parents had built him a wonderful tree-house ... ... the leafy canopy of the big oak, ... ... the bottom of their wonderful garden.
  • ... up under ... / ... near ...
  • ... down under ... / ... towards ...
  • ... up into ... / ... at ...
  • ... way up ... / ... around ...
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