PET Practice Set 16

This monument is the older building in this area.

1. A.in this area
2. B.No error
3. C.is the older building✓
4. D.This monument

Correct answer: C

There was many people who voted for him.

1. A.who voted
2. B.for him
3. C.many people
4. D.There was✓

Correct answer: D

The servant was beaten through his master with a stick.

1. A.The servant was beaten
2. B.through his master✓
3. C.with a stick
4. D.No error

Correct answer: B

Initial, they lived in a rented apartment.

1. A.they lived
2. B.rented apartment
3. C.in a
4. D.Initial✓

Correct answer: D

When Harry come back home, he saw blood everywhere.

1. A.he saw
2. B.come back home✓
3. C.When Harry
4. D.blood everywhere

Correct answer: B

Robin has **less marbles** than George.

1. A.enough marbles
2. B.lower marbles
3. C.few marbles
4. D.fewer marbles✓

Correct answer: D

We want to divide the expenses **between** the three of us.

1. A.at
2. B.among✓
3. C.from
4. D.for

Correct answer: B

I am **down with** her complaints.

1. A.passed out with
2. B.fed up with✓
3. C.held down with
4. D.looked down with

Correct answer: B

She can draw very well and just as **creative**.

1. A.as creativer
2. B.as creatively✓
3. C.creative than
4. D.creative

Correct answer: B

The place is **too much noisy**.

1. A.No substitution
2. B.much too much noisy
3. C.much noisy
4. D.too noisy✓

Correct answer: D

Would you mind **(me)** going there?

1. A.my✓
2. B.I
3. C.mine
4. D.No improvement

Correct answer: A

She has **let herself be gone** after her divorce.

1. A.let herself go✓
2. B.let herself gone
3. C.let her go in
4. D.let herself going

Correct answer: A

It was such a funny story that we **cannot help laughed**.

1. A.cannot help laughing
2. B.could not help laughed
3. C.No substitution required
4. D.could not help laughing✓

Correct answer: D

A speech or piece of writing praising someone highly —

1. A.Soliloquy
2. B.Panegyric✓
3. C.Epilogue
4. D.Monologue

Correct answer: B

To walk aimlessly —

1. A.Amble✓
2. B.Sprint
3. C.Crawl
4. D.Slither

Correct answer: A

A person who likes to argue about anything —

1. A.Reticent
2. B.Coward
3. C.Veracious
4. D.Contentious✓

Correct answer: D

Handwriting that cannot be read —

1. A.Legible
2. B.Corrigible
3. C.Negligible
4. D.Illegible✓

Correct answer: D

Perceptible to the ear —

1. A.Adorable
2. B.Laudable
3. C.Audible✓
4. D.Praiseable

Correct answer: C

One who is all powerful —

1. A.Unremarkable
2. B.Mundane
3. C.Incapable
4. D.Omnipotent✓

Correct answer: D

A sleeping room for many persons —

1. A.Dormitory✓
2. B.Dwelling
3. C.Boarding
4. D.Hostel

Correct answer: A

A speech delivered without preparation —

1. A.Straightforward
2. B.Extempore✓
3. C.Maiden
4. D.Verbose

Correct answer: B

Kind, generous, and forgiving —

1. A.Magnificent
2. B.Grandiloquent
3. C.Portentous
4. D.Magnanimous✓

Correct answer: D

Government by the people —

1. A.Autocracy
2. B.Democracy✓
3. C.Monarchy
4. D.Theocracy

Correct answer: B

A person who can speak two languages —

1. A.Polyglot
2. B.Bilingual✓
3. C.Linguist
4. D.Translator

Correct answer: B

"The cat is out of the bag" means —

1. A.The cat escaped
2. B.The secret has been revealed✓
3. C.Someone is confused
4. D.To start a fight

Correct answer: B

"In weal and woe" means —

1. A.In sad and gloomy days
2. B.In happiness and good times
3. C.In prosperity and adversity✓
4. D.In despair and failure

Correct answer: C

"Scrape the barrel" means —

1. A.Trying to find something
2. B.Hiding something
3. C.Using all ways to achieve a result
4. D.Forced to use the last and weakest resource✓

Correct answer: D

"A greenhorn" means —

1. A.An uneducated person
2. B.An inexperienced person✓
3. C.A clever person
4. D.A skilled person

Correct answer: B

"By the skin of your teeth" means —

1. A.Confident of victory
2. B.Kind towards the weak
3. C.Determined to strike
4. D.Just barely✓

Correct answer: D

"A storm in a teacup" means —

1. A.A natural disaster
2. B.A big problem at a tea party
3. C.A big fuss about a small problem✓
4. D.A storm that affects tea production

Correct answer: C