At the End of the Day English Grammar Exercises

Question. There are late risers and early risers, those who need a lot of sleep and those who need only a .......,
(a) less
(b) nothing
(c) few
(d) little
Answer. D

Question. some who take ....... to wake up and some who jump straight out of bed first thing,
(a) long time
(b) ages
(c) periods
(d) lengths
Answer. B

Question. but whatever the required ......., all of us need sleep at some time during the day or night.
(a) sum
(b) total
(c) amount
(d) lot
Answer. C

Question. And so it's not surprising the many ways we have of ....... it.
(a) describing
(b) defining
(c) delineating
(d) developing
Answer. A

Question. To start with there is a special ....... for children.
(a) talk
(b) language
(c) speak
(d) chat
Answer. B

Question. The sandman is coming is what we say to ....... children
(a) dreamy
(b) torpid
(c) stagnant
(d) sleepy
Answer. D

Question. following the old story about that strange man who ....... to drop sand in their eyes near bed time.
(a) is required
(b) is told
(c) is supposed
(d) is needed
Answer. C

Question. ....... we talk of the need for a child to start on his journey to slumber land or the land of nod
(a) Differently
(b) Alternately
(c) Adversely
(d) Alternatively
Answer. D

Question. and parents of a musical ....... of mind can speed their children on their way to this land of sleep with a lullaby.
(a) twist
(b) turn
(c) corner
(d) state
Answer. B

Question. Of course as you grow older, you ....... in the luxury of short sleeps during the day.
(a) enter
(b) fall
(c) indulge
(d) incur
Answer. C

Question. You can take a cat nap beside the fire or doze off on a train .......
(a) route
(b) travel
(c) voyage
(d) journey
Answer. D

Question. which all describe the kind of sleep that can be ....... at a moment's notice.
(a) intervened
(b) interacted
(c) interrupted
(d) invaded
Answer. C

Question. A more basic expression of this ....... is to have a little shuteye.
(a) trend
(b) sort
(c) tendency
(d) variety
Answer. B

Question. Should you wish for a little peace and ....... at the office,
(a) quite
(b) still
(c) halt
(d) quiet
Answer. D

Question. put a ....... outside your door stating: Do not disturb — having 40 winks.
(a) notice
(b) board
(c) sign
(d) tablet
Answer. A

Question. Forty apparently is the ....... allowed for this kind of sleep.
(a) major
(b) majority
(c) maximum
(d) macrocosm
Answer. C

Question. The strange ....... is that few people announce boldly:
(a) matter
(b) thing
(c) point
(d) event
Answer. B

Question. Well, I think I'll ....... to sleep now.
(a) go
(b) take
(c) make
(d) get
Answer. A

Question. More ....... than not as a guest we'll say:
(a) possible
(b) likely
(c) probably
(d) possibly
Answer. B

Question. Well, I think if you don't ......., I'll turn in now.
(a) care
(b) say
(c) mind
(d) look
Answer. C

Question. Without offending the ....... of your host, you could also say:
(a) hostelry
(b) hospital
(c) hospitable
(d) hospitality
Answer. D

Question. I think it's time for me to hit the sack, which need be no ....... of the softness of the mattress.
(a) criterion
(b) critique
(c) criticism
(d) critical
Answer. C

Question. And ....... very important people are not described as simply going to bed but rather retiring for the night.
(a) incidentally
(b) eventually
(c) absolutely
(d) entirely
Answer. A

Question. Somehow it sounds just a bit more ........
(a) dignity
(b) dignified
(c) dignify
(d) dignitary
Answer. B

Question. Of course should your guests be ....... to go home to their own beds
(a) uncertain
(b) unclear
(c) ungrateful
(d) unwilling
Answer. D

Question. and you have a strong desire to be ....... of them and go to sleep
(a) riddance
(b) ridden
(c) rid
(d) ride
Answer. C

Question. you could be subtle and ....... up the sitting room clock
(a) wind
(b) stir
(c) turn
(d) take
Answer. A

Question. look at your watch ....... or even yawn.
(a) anxious
(b) anxiety
(c) anxiousness
(d) anxiously
Answer. D

Question. But if you have no ....... at all, the best thing is to drop off or nod off in the middle of the conversation.
(a) restrictions
(b) inhibitions
(c) prohibitions
(d) conditions
Answer. B

Question. And if all else ....... go upstairs and come down again in your pyjamas.
(a) falls
(b) fell
(c) fails
(d) feels
Answer. C

Question. There are several ....... that describe the state of being asleep
(a) impressions
(b) expressions
(c) conditions
(d) digressions
Answer. B

Question. and most seem to ....... to deep sleep like being sound asleep or fast asleep
(a) direct
(b) deter
(c) defer
(d) refer
Answer. D

Question. There are also some ....... describing deep sleep: to sleep like a top, like a baby, like a log
(a) likenesses
(b) comparisons
(c) similarities
(d) synonyms
Answer. B

Question. When the sleeper totally refuses to be ......., we say they are sleeping like the dead.
(a) deterred
(b) defused
(c) disturbed
(d) disgruntled
Answer. C

Question. More colloquial expressions speak of someone being out like a light, spark out or for a very ....... sleeper dead to the world
(a) big
(b) huge
(c) large
(d) heavy
Answer. D

Question. Well, I don't know about you but all this is having a very soporific ....... on me
(a) effect
(b) affect
(c) affection
(d) affectation
Answer. A

Question. but just assuming you are ....... awake and in the land of the living
(a) clear
(b) wide
(c) broad
(d) high
Answer. B

Question. let me leave you with a ....... expression. Next time you're off upstairs to bed
(a) end
(b) last
(c) lasting
(d) final
Answer. D

Question. give the rest of the house a surprise by showing ....... your classical education and say:
(a) up
(b) on
(c) off
(d) in
Answer. C

Question. Well I think I'll be off now and ....... my rest in the arms of Morpheus. Happy dreams!
(a) fetch
(b) take
(c) bring
(d) let
Answer. B