English (Use of English) Past Questions and Answers

From options A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the following sentence: The policeman shot the escaping robber ___ the leg

From the list of words lettered A to D choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentence: <br/><br/>The management has neither __ nor <u>DENIED</u>[ the rumour that is was going to lay of some workers

From the list of words lettered A to D choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will at the same time correctly fill the gap in the sentence:<br/><br/>Instead of ____the issue, the speaker <u>DIGRESSED</u> to unimportant matters

From the list of words lettered A to D choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will at the same time correctly fill gap in the sentence: <br/><br/>The telephone booths were all ___ and I had to wait for more than ten minutes for one to become <u>VACANT</u>

From the list of words lettered A to D choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill gap in the sentence: <br/><br/>While the first battalion <u>halted</u> its march at nightfall, the second ____ to the barracks