Higher Level English Assessment
This assessment consists of 50 questions. Please answer all the questions. Recommended duration: 60 minutes
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1. Read the passage and choose the best way to complete it : We were all late and we had to rush home to get changed for the wedding. We parked outside and made a dash for the door. John searched through his pocket but, to out horror, ___________. *
2. Read the passage and choose the best way to complete it: The man from the garage is on the phone. He wants to know if the car _____________ lately because he thinks there is a problem in the gear box. *
3. Read this sentence and choose the option that would complete it best: My granny________ up in a hot air balloon on her 80th birthday. *
4. Read this sentence and choose the option that would complete it best: Joshua remembered that he______ his homework the night before. *
5. Read this sentence and choose the best way to complete it: When i was little i_______ to be a train driver but now i am older i want to be an architect. *
6. Read this sentence and choose the best way to complete it: I______  my tea so may i leave the table? *
7. What do we call a word that is used to join two parts of a sentence, such as because in the following sentence: I stayed at home because i was feeling ill. *
8. Choose the correct word to complete the following sentence: A question is also known as an______ sentence. *
9. A sentence is not just a group of words, to be a proper sentence it must contain one of the types of words below. Which one? *
10. People often get confused between phrases and clauses. Both are groups of words but which one is a group of words containing a subject and a verb? *
11. Decide whether the sentence below is a simple sentence, a compound sentence or a complex sentence: Andrew played cricket and Josh played rugby. *
12. What type of sentence is this? The enermous scaly crocodile on the muddy river bank closed its huge jaws with a snap. *
13. Read the following sentence and decide which language feature it illustrates: Mike lights his pipe. *
14. Read the following sentence and decide which language feature it illustrates: I feel a bit under the weather. *
15. Read the following sentence and decide which language feature it illustrates: The flowers were gasping for water. *
16. Read the following phrase and decide which language feature it illustrates: the puppy's purple petals *
17. Select the possible alternatives for the word "said" as it is used in this sentence: 'Ouch!' said the boy as he fell to the ground, clutching his knee. *
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18. Select the possible alternatives for the word "went" as it is used in this sentence: 'How dare you!' yelled the duchess as she went of the room and slammed the door. *
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19. In a story, there are many different ways to describe how somebody comes into a room. Choose the possible words or phrases that you could use as an alternative to 'entered'. *
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20. Select the possible alternatives for the word "said", as it is used in the following sentence: 'I might have guessed i'd meet you again! You though you had got away did you?' said the villain as he pointed the gun at me. *
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21. Choose as many alternatives as you can for the following word: run *
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22. Choose as many alternatives as you can for the following word: angry. *
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23. Choose as many alternatives as you can for the following word: courageous *
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24. Choose as many alternatives as you can for the following word: cold *
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25. Choose as many alternatives as you can for the following word: obscure *
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26. Choose the correct definition of the following word: distasteful *
27. Choose the correct definition of the following word: disclose *
28. Choose the correct definition of the following word: disregard *
29. Choose the correct definition of the following word: disinterested *
30. Choose the correct definition of the following word: disfigure *
31. Choose the correct definition of the following word: dispatch *
32. Choose the correct definition of the following word: dismiss *
33. Choose the correct spelling of the missing word in the following sentence: My doctor_______ me to do more exercise. *
34. Choose the correct spelling of the missing word in the following sentence: Mum_______ the cake up into eight pieces. *
35. Choose the correct spelling of the missing word in the following sentence: The builders left an_______ so my Dad wrote them a cheque. *
36. Choose the correct spelling of the missing word in the following sentence: My piano teacher said that i haven't been_______ enough. *
37. Choose the correct spelling of the missing word in the following sentence: How many do you need? Will three_______ ? *
38. Choose the correct spelling of the missing word in the following sentence: My friend_______ a way of cheating in the exam without being noticed. *
39. Read this article from a local paper on the topic of recycling. Mr Penrose explains that his lack of recycling isn't his fault. This is an opinion, but is the writer sympathetic towards him (agrees with him) or unsympathetic (disagree with him)? *
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40. Read this article from a local paper on the topic of recycling. If Mr Penrose was being interviewed by an unsympathetic writer, what solutions could they give which would help with the recycling problem? *
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41. Is the first quotation from Mr Penrose a fact or an opinion? *
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42. Read this article from a local paper on the topic of recycling. What useful function does this article serve? *
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43. Read this article from a local paper on the topic of recycling. Why do writers use a mixture of facts and opinions in articles such as this one? Choose TWO. *
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44. Read these two verses from Tennyson’s famous poem. It is about a battle in which the ‘Light Brigade’ were ordered to fight against a very powerful enemy. In the peom, Tennyson writes: "Was there a man dismay'd?" Which technique is he using here? *
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45. Read these two verses from Tennyson’s famous poem. In stanza one we are told that 'someone had blundered'. The blunder was to order these 600 men to fight in a battle they could not win. Who is the most likely person to have made this mistake? *
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46. Read these two verses from Tennyson’s famous poem.  In the first stanza the writer uses the phrase: "Their's but to do and die". What does this mean? *
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47. Read these two verses from Tennyson’s famous poem. Tennyson uses the metaphor "Valley of death" to describe the battle the soldiers are entering. Choose THREE of the following words to describe the tone of the poem at this point. *
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48. Read these two verses from Tennyson’s famous poem. The writer uses repitition in the second stanza in the extract. Which word is repeated three times? *
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49. Read this quotation from the second stanza in the extract: Which of the following techniques are NOT being used by the writer here? *
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50. Read these two verses from Tennyson’s famous poem. Tennyson, the writer, uses lots of negative imagery, such as the metaphor; "mouth of hell". This doesn't sound like a proud army, confidently marching into battle. What TWO points might he be making here? *
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