The News English Grammar Exercises

Question. Here is the news read by Alan Townend. Today the Government is ....... plans for a new scheme to help society.
(a) opening
(b) unveiling
(c) undoing
(d) showing
Answer. B

Question. The idea behind the scheme is to try and ....... stealing in the country.
(a) curb
(b) kill
(c) maintain
(d) confuse
Answer. A

Question. The scheme will be ....... into the school curriculum at the beginning of next academic year.
(a) entered
(b) presented
(c) welcomed
(d) introduced
Answer. D

Question. Children will be taught to respect other people's property and ........
(a) belongings
(b) attachments
(c) added
(d) additions
Answer. A

Question. If child A steals child B's exercise book, child A will have to stand up in front of the school and ....... to being a thief.
(a) conduce
(b) confess
(c) conduct
(d) conform
Answer. B

Question. The Government ....... said the Prime Minister was sick and tired of papers disappearing from his office.
(a) speaking person
(b) speak person
(c) spoken person
(d) spokesperson
Answer. D

Question. Last week the Prime Minister had to give an important address to an international ....... when he found his speech had disappeared.
(a) assembled
(b) assembly
(c) assembling
(d) assembles
Answer. B

Question. This was of course very embarrassing for the P.M. and ....... of the speech he told funny stories.
(a) in spite
(b) in case
(c) instead
(d) intend
Answer. C

Question. The worst part of the incident was that the audience did not see the funny ....... of his stories.
(a) edge
(b) side
(c) line
(d) part
Answer. B

Question. I regret I cannot continue with the news because someone has ....... the next page.
(a) misappropriated
(b) misconstrued
(c) mistaken
(d) misread
Answer. A