Question

7. What ............. do tonight, eat out or stay in?

a) would you rather
b) had you rather
c) do you rather
d) will you rather
8. This picture, previously entitled ‘Outskirts of a Village’, probably ............. a scene from the artist’s home town in France.

a) paints
b) defines
c) depicts
d) exposes
9. The walk was .............. I need a good rest now.

a) exhausting
b) relentless
c) boring
d) tired
10. When the police got ............. to the bank, the suspect has already left.

a) back
b) in
c) through
d) on
11. Choose the correct sentence.

a) Amish can’t have a long hair
b) I’ve just heard a very interesting news
c) There’s always a terrible traffic in Los Angeles
d) It’s best not to take too much luggage
12. Do not forget to take your umbrella. It ............. by the time you get to work.

a) is going to snow
b) will be snowing
c) will snow
d) will have snowed
13. Reynold usually painted with brushes 18 inches in length; he worked always standing, and he placed his canvas on his ............. close by his sitter, almost side by side.

a) easel
b) palette
c) wood cut
d) frame
14. The silhouetted figure was placed in a narrow vertical ..............

a) line
b) format
c) symmetry
d) arrangement
15. Joseph William Turner was essentially ............., but was also a fervent and lifelong supporter of the royal academy.

a) self-taught
b) mature
c) fashionable
d) talented

Answer 1

7. the correct answer is a) would you rather. This phrase is used to ask about preferences or choices between two things. The other phrases are not grammatically correct or idiomatic

8. the correct answer is c) depicts. This word means to represent or show something in a picture or story. The other words have different meanings: paints means to cover a surface with paint or to create a picture with paint; defines means to explain the meaning of a word or concept; exposes means to reveal something hidden or to make something vulnerable

9. correct answer is a) exhausting. This word means to use up all the physical energy of someone or something. The other words have different meanings: relentless means continuing without stopping or weakening; boring means not interesting or exciting; tired means feeling a need to rest or sleep

10. correct answer is b) in. This word means to or toward a previous place or condition. The other words have different meanings: back means in return or further away; through means from one end or side to another; on means touching and being supported by something

11. correct answer is d) It’s best not to take too much luggage. This sentence uses a plural noun (luggage) correctly

12. correct answer is d) will have snowed. This sentence uses the future perfect tense, which is used to describe an action that will have been completed at some point in the future

13. correct answer is a) easel. This word means a frame for supporting something (such as an artist’s canvas)

14. correct answer is b) format. This word means the shape, size, and arrangement of something

15. correct answer is a) self-taught. This word means having learned a skill or subject by oneself, without formal instruction.