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ENGLISH PRACTICE QUESTIONS

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GHANAIAN LITERATURE

1.

A poem of six lines is called a/an............

A.

octave

B.

opera

C.

sextet

D.

sonnet

2.

Read the following extract and answer the question below.

 

The sudden change in the weather frightened Araba.

The bright orange colour of the sunset sky had quickly turned dull as the grey clouds gathered, rumbling, dark and angry.

The booming voice of thunder was intimidating.

Lightning flashed shards of light from his formidable torch.

Araba was a conered rat.

How would she get home if the worst happened?

 

Question:

 

The atmosphere is............

A.

cheerful

B.

friendly

C.

frightening

D.

undauting

3.

Read the following extract and answer the question below.

 

The sudden change in the weather frightened Araba.

The bright orange colour of the sunset sky had quickly turned dull as the grey clouds gathered, rumbling, dark and angry.

The booming voice of thunder was intimidating.

Lightning flashed shards of light from his formidable torch.

Araba was a conered rat.

How would she get home if the worst happened?

 

Question:

The state of the weather is emphasized by the word............

A.

angry

B.

cloud

C.

flashed

D.

grey

4.

Read the following extract and answer the question below.

 

The sudden change in the weather frightened Araba.

The bright orange colour of the sunset sky had quickly turned dull as the grey clouds gathered, rumbling, dark and angry.

The booming voice of thunder was intimidating.

Lightning flashed shards of light from his formidable torch.

Araba was a conered rat.

How would she get home if the worst happened?

 

Question:

'Lightning flashed............ light from............ torch' is an example of............

A.

alliteration

B.

ellipsis

C.

parallelism

D.

personification

5.

Read the following extract and answer the question below.

 

The sudden change in the weather frightened Araba.

The bright orange colour of the sunset sky had quickly turned dull as the grey clouds gathered, rumbling, dark and angry.

The booming voice of thunder was intimidating.

Lightning flashed shards of light from his formidable torch.

Araba was a conered rat.

How would she get home if the worst happened?

 

Question:

What is being referred to but the question, 'How would she............ happened?

A.

Current calm

B.

Imminent rain

C.

Latent sky

D.

Rumbling clouds

6.

Read the following extract and answer the question below.

 

The sudden change in the weather frightened Araba.

The bright orange colour of the sunset sky had quickly turned dull as the grey clouds gathered, rumbling, dark and angry.

The booming voice of thunder was intimidating.

Lightning flashed shards of light from his formidable torch.

Araba was a conered rat.

How would she get home if the worst happened?

 

Question:

The extract is............

A.

drama

B.

poetry

C.

prose

D.

story

7.

One special feature of prose is the............

A.

paragraph

B.

stanza

C.

stage direction

D.

rhyme

8.

The work of the novelist is in............

A.

drama

B.

poetry

C.

prose

D.

verse

9.

A comedy is a play that............

A.

ends sadly.

B.

ends happily.

C.

condemns society.

D.

preaches honesty.

10.

The main female character in a play is............

A.

hero

B.

chorus

C.

heroine

D.

persona

11.

Expressions that appeal to the senses are collectively called............

A.

irony

B.

device

C.

pictures

D.

imagery

12.

The purpose of a comic relief is to............

A.

reduce tension

B.

teach a moral lesson

C.

set a moral standard

D.

compound a character's problems

13.

A play is better enjoyed when............

A.

acted

B.

read

C.

discussed

D.

memorized

14.

A narrative poem usually............

A.

praises actions

B.

tells a story

C.

mourns the dead

D.

condemns actions

15.

Read the following extract below and answer question below..

 

So fair art thou my bonnie lass

So deep in luve am I

And I will luve thee still my dear

Till all the sea gang dry

 

The last line is a/an............

A.

litotes

B.

hyperbole

C.

euphemism

D.

understatement

16.

Read the followimg extract below and answer question below..

 

So fair art thou my bonnie lass

So deep in luve am I

And I will luve thee still my dear

Till all the sea gang dry

 

The rhyme scheme of the stanza is............

A.

abcd

B.

abca

C.

abcb

D.

abba

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