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A Batch Of Brain-Teasers - Groups, Collectives & Containers
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Q.1
Choose the word/s that will go into the gap/s to create the clearest English sentence. 'On the table in the living-room is a whole ... ... of magazines that I never got round to reading.'
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... stack ...
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... heap ...
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... pile ...
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... wadge ( / wodge) ...
Q.2
Choose the word/s that will go into the gap/s to create the clearest English sentence. 'How many full ... ... we can lay at the table for this smart dinner, will depend on how many big plates we still have in the ... ... .'
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... places ... / ... box ...
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... covers ... / ... set ...
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... people ... / ... kit ...
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... settings ... / ... shelf ...
Q.3
Choose the word/s that will go into the gap/s to create the clearest English sentence. 'He has had a whole ... ... of girlfriends down the years, but he never seems to have settled down permanently with any of them.'
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... sequence ...
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... bevy ...
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... string ...
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... load ...
Q.4
Choose the word/s that will go into the gap/s to create the clearest English sentence. 'Few things are so dispiriting to wake up to, as a ... ... of dirty washing on the bedroom floor.'
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... bunch ...
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... load ...
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... bundle ...
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... group ...
Q.5
Rather confusingly (and as in French, among other languages), English uses the same word for the substance that trees are made of on the inside, and also a collection of trees that occupy a smaller area of land than a forest, perhaps up to about one hectare. What is our word that does both these jobs?
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Plank
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Wood
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Timber
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Trees
Q.6
Choose the word/s that will go into the gap/s to create the clearest English sentence. There's a ... ... of traffic waiting to turn into the supermarket.
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... great bunch ...
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... load ...
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... long line ...
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... great deal ...
Q.7
Choose the word/s that will go into the gap/s to create the clearest English sentence. 'I well remember the picture over the bed when we used to go and stay with my grandmother. There was a ... ... of sheep in an autumn field, and over their heads a ... ... of geese were flying into the sunset.'
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... flock ... / ... flock ...
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... group ... / ... flock ...
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... flock ... / ... herd ...
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... herd... / ... formation ...
Q.8
Choose the word/s that will go into the gap/s to create the clearest English sentence. 'If people are feeling hungry mid-afternoon, I'll bake a ... ... of scones.'
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... bunch ...
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... load ...
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... batch ...
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... tray ...
Q.9
Choose the word/s that will go into the gap/s to create the clearest English sentence. 'When the children were let out of school on their last day, they went charging across the playground like a ... of elephants.'
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... group ...
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... flock ...
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... herd ...
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... troop ...
Q.10
Choose the word/s that will go into the gap/s to create the clearest English sentence. 'It says in the local paper that some architects' ... ... is hoping to build a ... ... of flats on the land opposite the station.'
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... office ... / ... building ...
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... practise ... / ... house ...
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... practice ... / ... block ...
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... firm ... / ... load ...
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