C1 STUDENTS' CHRISTMAS QUIZ

Question 1

The old way to repair bicycle tyres was to take off the __________ and put a patch on the hole.

Accepted Answer

inner tube

Question 2

A semi-colon ...

Accepted Answer

separates connected ideas within a sentence

Question 3

As a result of the strict lockdown rules in China there was a popular ____________.

Accepted Answer

uprising

Question 4

Which is the odd one out?

Accepted Answer

recipes

Question 5

Which is not correct?

Accepted Answer

I am studying a career in Chemistry

Question 6

Which is correct?

Accepted Answer

What will you have done by the time finish your thesis?

Question 7

We are finally on the ____________ of complete bankruptcy

Accepted Answer

brink

Question 8

He knows so much about actors, directors and films. He’s a real cinema ________.

Accepted Answer

buff

Question 9

Which type of structure does NOT require inversion?

Accepted Answer

an indirect question

Question 10

Which one is correct?

Accepted Answer

They attended the patients

Question 11

Which one is correct? For the Christmas party I&#x27;m going to wear...

Accepted Answer

...high-heeled shoes and red-sleeved dress

Question 12

We listened to a man who believed everything the saleswoman said. He was so __________?

Accepted Answer

gullible

Question 13

Which of these is NOT a well-known expression in English?

Accepted Answer

a. It’s ‘tailor-done for you’

Question 14

My trousers are a bit __________ and I’ll have to let them out before the festivities.

Accepted Answer

tight

Question 15

It&#x27;s strange that a bird and a construction machine have the same name. They are both called...

Accepted Answer

a crane

Question 16

Which of of these is/are not (a) punctuation mark(s)?

Accepted Answer

a full-stop and comma

Question 17

Which is correct? I haven&#x27;t got any certificates...

Accepted Answer

neither for French nor Arabic.

Question 18

You can’t come out with us like that. You look really ____________.

Accepted Answer

scruffy

Question 19

Which one is correct? I like...

Accepted Answer

...every type of Christmas dinner

Question 20

What does &#x27;it&#x27;s a seamless process&#x27; mean?

Accepted Answer

There are no difficulties in the process

Question 21

Which is incorrect?

Accepted Answer

A sport jacket

Question 22

These advertisements for Christmas toys are totally ______________.

Accepted Answer

fraudulent

Question 23

Which is correct?

Accepted Answer

The reason for my choice is (that)...

Question 24

The ‘s’ in the word ‘dessert’ is __________ and the stress is on the ___________

Accepted Answer

...voiced ...second syllable

Question 25

A windfarm is an area covered with _____________.

Accepted Answer

wind turbines

Question 26

The Eden Project is located in...

Accepted Answer

the South West of England near Exeter.

Question 27

Which of these words is the ‘odd one out’ and why?

Accepted Answer

roof

Question 28

These days before a wedding the bride and groom have a ___________ party with all

Accepted Answer

sten

Question 29

You’ll have to unpick the stitches at the ___________ and then take it in.

Accepted Answer

seams

Question 30

Which is correct?

Accepted Answer

I use to go every day to the supermarket near my house.

Question 31

According to some investigators Banksy is actually a ...

Accepted Answer

musician

Question 32

Which of these words is more usual in everyday speech?

Accepted Answer

among

Question 33

Who was Ruskin?

Accepted Answer

a famous English critic

Question 34

Which response means you are worried? &#x27;Tomorrow we have to make a cake.&#x27;

Accepted Answer

We&#x27;ve got few eggs.

C1 STUDENTS' CHRISTMAS QUIZ

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C1 STUDENTS' CHRISTMAS QUIZ

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