Hong Kong English quiz No 1

This quiz tests your knowledge of natural language (British English). Note, some of the answer choices are grammatically correct but not very commonly used or not natural.

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1 I was late for work this morning and my boss _______________ me.

blamed
punished
had a go at
scolded

2 I usually have tea and ______________ for breakfast

bread
a bun or pastry
breads
a bread

3 Which of the following is correct?

Please bring your litter home
Please bring your litter to home
Please take your litter home
Please take your litter to home

4 Dear Mr Smith, I refer to the____________________ order

above
captioned
aforesaid
heretowith

5 I always _________________ my boyfriend on Sundays

dating
have a meeting with
meet
date

6 Do you have those trousers___________________________ ?

in green
in green colour
in the green colour
with green colour

7 Which is most natural?
_______________________ are pleased to announce the arrival of an exciting new product from Japan.

Our compnay
My company
We
I

8 I would like to invite you for ________________________________ next week.

a dinner
a delicious dinner
a luxurious dinner
dinner

9 You want to suggest going for a non-alcoholic drink. Which do you say?

Shall we go for a drink?
Shall we get something to drink?
Shall we go drinking?
I would like to invite you for drinking

10 She pays a lot of attention to her

outlook
outlooks
look like
appearance

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