Online Quiz: British Curriculum IGCSE 10 English Quiz: Comprehension, Language and Writer Effects

A The description makes a factory seem unwilling to operate. B It lists unrelated facts. C It explains a scientific process only. D It gives instructions for a game.

A a broken computer B machines waiting in rows C a crowded market D a hidden river

A in a kitchen B on a mountain road C inside a factory D inside a school bus

A The character is asleep. B The events happen underwater. C The writer gives no clues. D The factory feels lifeless or resistant.

A unwilling B very noisy C made of metal D impossible to see

A similar B eager C ordinary D repeated

A waited B reluctant C machines D deliberately

A machines B reluctant C deliberately D waited

A reluctant B machines C waited D deliberately

A machines B deliberately C waited D reluctant

A table B quickly C nevertheless D blue

A machines B waited C deliberately D their

A take apart for analysis B a type of punctuation C a number sentence D a sound made by animals

A a capital letter rule B development of industry C a question mark only D a line break in a poem only

A The factory seems grumpy. B This is super cool. C The personification presents the factory as resistant. D You know what I mean?

A The personification presents the factory as resistant. B The evidence indicates otherwise. C Please accept my sincere thanks. D The factory seems grumpy.

A like workers refusing to begin B the door waited C silence shouted D the red red road

A comic B ominous C careless D angry without reason

A Because the answer. B Running through quickly. C The writer uses personification to make the setting seem hostile. D The old and very.

A It was nice. B There was a thing. C Stuff happened there. D The machines, personified as reluctant workers, create unease.

A pronunciation B pronounciation C pronuncation D pronouncation

A . B ? C , D :

A the story begins in Cambridge. B The story begins in cambridge. C The story begins in Cambridge. D the Story begins in Cambridge.

A the writers notebook B the writer notebook's C the writers's notebook D the writer's notebook

A Reading regularly can improve vocabulary and confidence. B Blue is a colour. C Then it ended. D My shoes are near the door.

A because B however C therefore D for example

A meanwhile B although C for example D suddenly

A I liked it a lot. B It is good because it is good. C There are words in the passage. D The writer uses personification to make the setting seem hostile. This supports the main idea.

A The machines, personified as reluctant workers, create unease. B The thing did something. C It was really very nice. D There was a lot of stuff.

A Introduce three unrelated topics. B Return to the main point using the evidence already discussed. C Copy the whole passage. D Use no evidence at all.