General Elementary English Test - 31

General English : General Elementary English Questions and Answers

1. To ________ a long story short, I'll come straight to the point and tell you exactly what happened.

a. cut

b. reduce

c. snip

d. curtail

2. It was a bit of a ________ story really because she told us how her boyfriend had left her, she'd lost her job and she had nowhere to live.

a. cry

b. weep

c. tear

d. sob

3. If you really want to lose weight, the only way is to eat less and stop stuffing your ________ every five minutes!

a. throat

b. face

c. teeth

d. tongue

4. Personally I don't believe a word of it and if you want my opinion I think it's all stuff and ________ .

a. garbage

b. trash

c. nonsense

d. rubbish

5. It's quite clear she's studied the subject very thoroughly and when she lectured, you could tell she ________ her stuff.

a. knew

b. got

c. showed

d. took

6. I don't really approve of all this discussion about people behind their backs it's a bit like ________ stories.

a. speaking

b. telling

c. saying

d. uttering

7. You'll just have to get used to these highs and ________ as it's all part of being in business.

a. downs

b. lows

c. falls

d. fails

8. He didn't hesitate to tell me that I wasn't wanted and just told me to ________ my own business.

a. concern

b. look after

c. tend to

d. mind

9. She was very enthusiastic about her new job and was making rapid progress ________ nobody's business.

a. as

b. with

c. similar

d. like

10. He'd carefully avoided having any alcohol until he was twenty-five and then he had a small drop of the ________ stuff.

a. hard

b. difficult

c. solid

d. ground

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