English Grammar and Figures of Speech Review

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This document provides a review of English grammar, focusing on prepositions and subject-verb agreement rules, and an overview of various figures of speech with examples.

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31 Questions Easy Ages 14+ Sep 4, 2026

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1 Which preposition is used for specific house or building numbers?

A AT
B ON
C IN
D BY

2 Which preposition is used for streets, avenues, and roads?

A IN
B AT
C ON
D WITH

3 Which preposition is used for cities, provinces, and countries?

A ON
B AT
C FOR
D IN

4 Which preposition is used for days and dates?

A AT
B IN
C ON
D FOR

5 Which preposition is used for months, years, and seasons?

A ON
B AT
C IN
D FROM

6 According to Rule 1 of Subject-Verb Agreement, if a collective noun is viewed as a group, it takes a ______ verb.

A plural
B singular
C active
D passive

7 According to Rule 1 of Subject-Verb Agreement, if a collective noun is viewed as individual members, it takes a ______ verb.

A singular
B active
C passive
D plural

8 In Rule 2 (A + Preposition + B), if A is a NAMASA word (none, all, most, any, some, a lot of), which word is the subject?

A A
B B
C The preposition
D The article

9 In Rule 3, if A is a portion (fraction/percentage), which word is the subject?

A A
B The portion
C B
D The verb

10 In Rule 4, if A is not NAMASA nor a portion, which word is the subject?

A B
B The preposition
C A
D The phrase

11 According to Rule 5 (Correlative Subjects), if subjects are joined by 'or' or 'nor', the verb agrees with the ______ subject.

A farther
B nearer
C first
D last

12 According to Rule 6 (Intervening Expressions), which phrases should be disregarded when determining the subject?

A Phrases with 'and'
B Phrases with 'or'
C Intervening expressions like 'together with'
D Phrases at the end of the sentence

13 According to Rule 7, adjectives used as subjects are considered ______.

A singular
B plural
C neuter
D abstract

14 A figure of speech that makes a comparison using 'like' or 'as' is called a:

A Metaphor
B Simile
C Hyperbole
D Allusion

15 A figure of speech that makes an implied comparison without using 'like' or 'as' is called a:

A Simile
B Metaphor
C Irony
D Apostrophe

16 What figure of speech is a brief or indirect reference to something significant?

A Metaphor
B Simile
C Allusion
D Hyperbole

17 Exaggeration or overstatement is a characteristic of which figure of speech?

A Irony
B Metonymy
C Hyperbole
D Synecdoche

18 Addressing a dead person, an absent person, or an inanimate object is known as:

A Apostrophe
B Paradox
C Oxymoron
D Litotes

19 A discrepancy between what seems and what is, is a characteristic of:

A Metaphor
B Irony
C Synecdoche
D Metonymy

20 Using a part to mean the whole or the whole to mean a part is called:

A Metonymy
B Synecdoche
C Paradox
D Oxymoron

21 When words are associated or related to represent something else, it's called:

A Synecdoche
B Metonymy
C Paradox
D Litotes

22 A presentation of true but seemingly contradictory ideas is called:

A Oxymoron
B Litotes
C Paradox
D Anaphora

23 The combination of two contradictory words is called:

A Paradox
B Oxymoron
C Litotes
D Epiphora

24 Affirming something by negating its opposite is called:

A Oxymoron
B Anaphora
C Litotes
D Symploce

25 The repetition of a word or sequence of words at the beginning of successive clauses is called:

A Epiphora
B Symploce
C Anaphora
D Anadiplosis

26 The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses is called:

A Anaphora
B Symploce
C Epiphora
D Diacope

27 The combination of anaphora and epiphora is called:

A Anadiplosis
B Diacope
C Epizeuxis
D Symploce

28 The repetition of the last word from the previous line at the beginning of the next is called:

A Anaphora
B Epiphora
C Anadiplosis
D Epanalepsis

29 The repetition of a word with one or more words between, usually to express deep feeling, is called:

A Epizeuxis
B Diacope
C Epanalepsis
D Symploce

30 The repetition of the same word, with none between, for vehemence is called:

A Diacope
B Epizeuxis
C Epanalepsis
D Anadiplosis

31 The repetition of the initial part of a clause or sentence at the end of that same clause or sentence is called:

A Epizeuxis
B Epanalepsis
C Anadiplosis
D Symploce

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