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AP English Language and Composition Unit 7D: Determiners, Articles and Prepositional Usage — practice questions — page 2

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What does the idiom 'A blessing in disguise' mean?Read the answer and worked solution →Identify the error: 'If I would have known (A) about the meeting, (B) I would have attended (C) it. (D)'Read the answer and worked solution →Fill in: 'The scientist's _____ research has led to several breakthroughs in cancer treatment.'Read the answer and worked solution →One who knows many languages:Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the SYNONYM of: UBIQUITOUSRead the answer and worked solution →A government by the people:Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the SYNONYM of: BENEVOLENTRead the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct preposition: 'She is good ___ mathematics.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the SYNONYM of: TENACIOUSRead the answer and worked solution →Fear of confined spaces:Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the ANTONYM of: PROLIFICRead the answer and worked solution →Choose the SYNONYM of: VERBOSERead the answer and worked solution →Choose the ANTONYM of: TRANSPARENTRead the answer and worked solution →Choose the SYNONYM of: PARSIMONIOUSRead the answer and worked solution →Choose the SYNONYM of: CANDIDRead the answer and worked solution →Choose the ANTONYM of: AUDACIOUSRead the answer and worked solution →Choose the SYNONYM of: METICULOUSRead the answer and worked solution →Choose the correctly punctuated sentence:Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the grammatically correct sentence:Read the answer and worked solution →'A: The committee ____ divided in its opinion.' Choose the correct verb:Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct sentence:Read the answer and worked solution →Identify the antonym of 'BENEVOLENT':Read the answer and worked solution →Pick the correctly spelt word:Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the sentence with correct parallel structure:Read the answer and worked solution →Identify the figure of speech: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correctly punctuated sentence:Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the option that best replaces the underlined part: 'Hardly had I reached the station _____ the train left.'Read the answer and worked solution →Choose the correct reported form: He said, \"I will help you tomorrow.\"Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the idiom: 'To let the ____ out of the bag.'Read the answer and worked solution →Identify the part of speech of the underlined word: 'She runs FAST.'Read the answer and worked solution →

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What does the idiom 'A blessing in disguise' mean?

  1. An obvious gift
  2. A secret reward
  3. A misfortune
  4. Something good that initially appears bad
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Correct answer: D. Something good that initially appears bad

**A blessing in disguise:** an apparent misfortune that turns out to be beneficial. E.g., losing a job that leads to a better one.

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Identify the error: 'If I would have known (A) about the meeting, (B) I would have attended (C) it. (D)'

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
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Correct answer: A. A

Third conditional: 'If I HAD known...' (past perfect), not 'If I would have known'. Part A error.

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Fill in: 'The scientist's _____ research has led to several breakthroughs in cancer treatment.'

  1. mediocre
  2. amateur
  3. pioneering
  4. sporadic
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Correct answer: C. pioneering

Several breakthroughs implies high-quality, original work. 'Pioneering' (innovative, first to develop) fits.

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