Question. It was one of those plays where the ....... moved at great speed.
(a) acting
(b) act
(c) actor
(d) action
Answer. D
Question. There are different ways of ....... Shakespeare's plays and each director makes an individual choice.
(a) meeting
(b) welcoming
(c) approaching
(d) showing
Answer. C
Question. One of the greatest actors of the century ....... an unforgettable character in the part of Scrooge from the novel by Charles Dickens.
(a) developed
(b) manufactured
(c) moulded
(d) created
Answer. D
Question. Many people go to the theatre not to see a play where the plot is complicated but to listen to the brilliant ....... between the actors.
(a) dialogue
(b) chat
(c) conversation
(d) comments
Answer. A
Question. You can't compare the ....... of watching live theatre with watching a film.
(a) knowledge
(b) experience
(c) understanding
(d) knowing
Answer. B
Question. Are you one of those people who never goes to see a play until you've read the ....... in the newspaper?
(a) writers
(b) reviews
(c) opinions
(d) notes
Answer. B
Question. The ....... were so carried away with the acting that at the end of the play they all stood up and applauded.
(a) spectators
(b) watchers
(c) listeners
(d) audience
Answer. D
Question. There are always special ....... in her tragedies that move you to tears.
(a) constituents
(b) elements
(c) particles
(d) ingredients
Answer. B
Question. However well written the play is, it will never succeed without outstanding ........
(a) performers
(b) movers
(c) workers
(d) creators
Answer. A
Question. As always his latest play has been a huge success and all the tickets are ....... until August.
(a) taken out
(b) put out
(c) sold out
(d) bought out
Answer. C
Question. Ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank you for your ....... of our performance.
(a) appearance
(b) appreciation
(c) appeasement
(d) apparition
Answer. B
Question. We have done this play many times in different towns but your ....... has been the greatest so far.
(a) appointment
(b) application
(c) apposition
(d) applause
Answer. D
Question. We will always remember the way you stood up and ....... at some of the speeches in the play.
(a) clapped
(b) clopped
(c) clipped
(d) clammed
Answer. A
Question. Our leading actor is unable to come on the stage at the moment because he is ....... with emotion.
(a) overtaken
(b) overdrawn
(c) overcome
(d) overturned
Answer. C
Question. Don't worry I'm sure it's only ....... and that he'll soon recover before the next performance.
(a) temperate
(b) temporary
(c) contemporary
(d) temporarily
Answer. B
Question. That is the reason why I am standing here and making this short ........
(a) speak
(b) speaking
(c) spoke
(d) speech
Answer. D
Question. The leading lady is also absent from our stage and you can probably hear her ....... her heart out as I speak.
(a) sobbing
(b) soaking
(c) spitting
(d) calling
Answer. A
Question. I think that the main ....... for all this emotion is probably the way you have reacted to the play.
(a) ratio
(b) reason
(c) ration
(d) rate
Answer. B
Question. You see throughout our ....... season we have never received so much laughter as we have from you.
(a) currant
(b) curious
(c) current
(d) curtain
Answer. C
Question. The reason for this is possibly that you thought it was a ....... but in fact it is a tragedy.
(a) comic
(b) comedy
(c) comedian
(d) comely
Answer. B