Beginners level test.

English as a Second Language What do you want to talk about?
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Question 1.

I didn’t get … sleep last night. The people next door were having a party.

  1. many
  2. more
  3. much
  4. mellow

Question 2.

Most people think that human beings … eight hours sleep every night.

  1. need
  2. crave
  3. demand
  4. wanted

Question 3.

Older people … feel tired around 11 p.m.

  1. never
  2. won’t
  3. can’t
  4. usually

Question 4.

Doctors advise … of sleep when you are ill.

  1. much
  2. plenty
  3. lack
  4. depth

Question 5.

Sleep is something …people cannot do without.

  1. every
  2. all
  3. most
  4. happy

Question 6.

My wife keeps … asleep whenever she watches TV.

  1. sliding
  2. nodding
  3. snoring
  4. falling

Question 7.

After eating a big meal I can’t … my eyes open. I fall asleep so easily.

  1. hold
  2. prop
  3. help
  4. keep

Question 8.

My son is a … sleeper. The slightest noise wakes him.

  1. light
  2. deep
  3. heavy
  4. fretful

Question 9.

Most people awaken with a … when shaken.

  1. headache
  2. alarm
  3. start
  4. yawn

Question 10.

Yawning is often a sign of a person having had …sleep the night before.

  1. little
  2. sufficient
  3. plenty
  4. extra
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Apologies as before.

Question 1.

I didn’t get … sleep last night. The people next door were having a party.

  1. many
  2. more
  3. much
  4. mellow-- #4 is the problem with trying for all 'M’s-- it’s not very attractive. How about very, too, lots, little?

Question 2.

Most people think that human beings … eight hours’ sleep every night.– A subtle apostrophe.

  1. need
  2. crave
  3. demand
  4. wanted-- This should be present, too-- ‘want’. I think that will work (i.e. be false) semantically.

Question 5.

Sleep is something …people cannot do without.

  1. every
  2. all
  3. most
  4. happy-- The ‘natural’ answer to me is #3, but the scientific answer is #2. I frankly don’t know which one you chose. If it is ‘all people’, then I think we don’t say ‘all people can’t/don’t/haven’t’-- we say ‘no one can/does’ or ‘everyone can’t/doesn’t’, don’t we?

Question 6.-- Good distractors!

Question 9.

Most people awaken with a(n) … when shaken.

  1. headache
  2. alarm
  3. start
  4. yawn

Question 10.

Yawning is often a sign of having had …sleep the night before.-- Maybe more natural?

  1. little
  2. sufficient
  3. plenty
  4. extra