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Class 9–10 English quiz — 9 October 2026

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Question 1 · Grammar

I have ___ money left, so I cannot buy lunch.

  1. A. little ✓
  2. B. few
  3. C. a little
  4. D. a few

Answer: little. little means almost none, so I cannot buy lunch.

Question 2 · Correct sentence

Which sentence is correct?

  1. A. Hardly had he left when it started to rain. ✓
  2. B. Hardly had he left than it started to rain.
  3. C. Hardly he left when it started to rain.
  4. D. Hardly he had left when it started to rain.

Answer: Hardly had he left when it started to rain.. After hardly, the helper verb comes first: Hardly had he left.

Question 3 · Antonyms

What is the opposite of "superficial"?

  1. A. profound ✓
  2. B. extravagant
  3. C. malevolent
  4. D. willing

Answer: profound. profound is the opposite of superficial.

Question 4 · Literary terms

What do we call a collection of poems or writings by different authors?

  1. A. soliloquy
  2. B. proverb
  3. C. anthology ✓
  4. D. autobiography

Answer: anthology. The word for a collection of poems or writings by different authors is "anthology".

Question 5 · Figures of speech

Which figure of speech is used here? "She is as brave as a lion."

  1. A. Oxymoron
  2. B. Simile ✓
  3. C. Personification
  4. D. Onomatopoeia

Answer: Simile. "She is as brave as a lion." is an example of simile.

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