Proficiency old-style multiple-choice quiz | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 33 Public

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I very much _____ the sarcastic comments the boss made about my work.

grudged

resented

objected

protested

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I tried to concentrate but my eyes kept _____ away from the page.

lapsing

rambling

straying

digressing

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Although he was a hardened criminal, his one ____ feature was his love of children.

beneficial

recovering

saving

redeeming

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I meant to sound confident at the interview but I’m afraid I _____ as dogmatic.

came over

came through

came out

came off

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After the firefighters had put out the fire, the factory workers attempted to ____ what they could of the equipment.

restore

deliver

liberate

salvage

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She was able to ____ my argument effectively by quoting actual statistics.

relatiate

confront

counter

reciprocate

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If you wish to ____ this offer of a place, you should confirm your acceptance in writing.

take up

partake

take on

undertake

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Accepting the job in Edinburgh will mean ____ the family and moving to Scotland.

dislodging

evicting

uprooting

supplanting

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I think I’ve got a ____ of dust in my eye, Can you see it?

speck

grain

splinter

puff

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The Selection Panel was most impressed by the overseas candidate whose English was ____.

infallible

impeccable

spotless

irreproachable

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One of her strengths as a manager is her ability to ____ responsibility to senior staff.

delegate

commission

nominate

deploy

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New consumer protection legislation comes into ____ next April.

statute

law

act

force

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If the work-force respected you, you wouldn't need to ____ your authority so often.

affirm

maintain

assert

inflict

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It's twenty years since I worked in Germany so my German is pretty ____ now.

sloppy

scratchy

rusty

scruffy

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It ____ mee as strange that my front door was open when I got home.

struck

occurred

appeared

seemed

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I was surprised to see Maria Darby in the play tonight. I thought she had given up the stage____.

perpetually

evermore

at all

for good

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