Civil Service Test Questions Grammar and Vocabulary

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Civil Service Test Questions
Grammar and Vocabulary

Test yourself with grammar and vocabulary questions similar to the questions you'll find on a civil service test.

Add apostrophes where they're needed in the following:
1. Tennessee Williams play
2. two cents worth
3. three days wait
4. Its a shame.
5. a pennys worth
6. Whose car is it?
7. The change was OKd.
8. dos and donts
9. others dreams
10. the company and its employees
Answers: 1. Williams' or Williams's; 2. cents'; 3. days'; 4. It's; 5. penny's; 6. Whose (no apostrophe needed); 7. OK'd; 8. do's and don'ts; 9. others'; 10. its (no apostrophe needed)
Select the correct meaning for each of the following words:

1.	Does cumbersome (adj.) mean	cumulative	wedge-shaped	unwieldy?
2.	Does grievous (adj.) mean	hard to bear	repellent	kept safe?
3.	Does particle (n.) mean	a tiny fragment	a separation	a game bird?
4.	Does epithet (n.) mean	a disparaging name	a period of time	an epic poem?
5.	Does carmine (adj.) mean	wordly	purplish-red	untroubled?
6.	Does placate (v.) mean	to appease	to assign	to vex?
7.	Does recoil (v) mean	to remember	to fall back	to reimburse?
8.	Does vitriolic (adj.) mean	visible	necessary	extremely caustic?
9.	Does writhe (v.) mean  movements	to make twisting	to treat roughly	to desire?
10.	Does jaunty (adj.) mean	sprightly	resentful	golden?