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Hong Kong English quiz No 1

This quiz tests your knowledge of natural language (British English). Note, some of the answer choices are grammatically correct but not very commonly used or not natural.

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1  I was late for work this morning and my boss _______________ me.
 blamed

 punished

 had a go at

 scolded

 

2  I usually have tea and ______________ for breakfast
 bread

 a bun or pastry

 breads

 a bread

 

3  Which of the following is correct?
 Please bring your litter home

 Please bring your litter to home

 Please take your litter home

 Please take your litter to home

 

4  Dear Mr Smith, I refer to the____________________ order
 above

 captioned

 aforesaid

 heretowith

 

5  I always _________________ my boyfriend on Sundays
 dating

 have a meeting with

 meet

 date

 

6  Do you have those trousers___________________________ ?
 in green

 in green colour

 in the green colour

 with green colour

 

7  Which is most natural?
_______________________ are pleased to announce the arrival of an exciting new product from Japan.
 Our compnay

 My company

 We

 I

 

8  I would like to invite you for ________________________________ next week.
 a dinner

 a delicious dinner

 a luxurious dinner

 dinner

 

9  You want to suggest going for a non-alcoholic drink. Which do you say?
 Shall we go for a drink?

 Shall we get something to drink?

 Shall we go drinking?

 I would like to invite you for drinking

 

10  She pays a lot of attention to her
 outlook

 outlooks

 look like

 appearance

 



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