Numerals: difficult points

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This quiz is designed for intermediate students to check the intricate points of using numerals/
Iryna Voropai
Quiz by Iryna Voropai, updated 21 days ago
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Question 1

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There were two _____ books on each shelf.
Answer
  • dozens
  • dozen of
  • dozens of
  • dozen

Question 2

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_____ of the crop was destroyed by hurricane.
Answer
  • Two-fifths
  • Two-fifth
  • Two-fives
  • Two-fiveth

Question 3

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Yesterday I did five exercises. _____ one was the hardest.
Answer
  • A third
  • Third
  • The third
  • Exercise Three

Question 4

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_____ oak tree is in the village of the island of Khortytsya, in Zaporizhzhia.
Answer
  • 700-year’s-old
  • 700-year-old
  • 700-years-old
  • 700-years’-old

Question 5

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_____ years ago, people in Europe learned how to grow potatoes.
Answer
  • Hundreds of
  • Hundred of
  • Hundred
  • Hundreds

Question 6

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A lot of changes took place in her _____ absence.
Answer
  • two-days
  • two-day’s
  • two-day
  • two-days’

Question 7

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Your task is to read the text on _____.
Answer
  • the page 25
  • page 25
  • the page 25th
  • page 25th

Question 8

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Huge penguins, which would have stood taller than the average man, lived in Antarctica 40 _____ years ago.
Answer
  • A. million
  • million of
  • millions of
  • millions

Question 9

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I am a _____ medical student and I am interested in expedition medicine.
Answer
  • four-year
  • four-years
  • fourth year
  • four years’

Question 10

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In spite of her _____ experience in teaching, she couldn’t cope with the naughty boy.
Answer
  • ten years
  • ten year’s
  • ten-years
  • ten years'

Question 11

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In_____ , popcorn was introduced into the American movie theaters.
Answer
  • the 1920th
  • the 1920ies
  • 1920ies
  • 1920’s

Question 12

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He bought a new _____ mountain bike.
Answer
  • four-speeds
  • four-speed
  • four-speed’s
  • four-speeds’

Question 13

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More progress has been made in _____ century than in the whole of history.
Answer
  • twentieth
  • twenties
  • the twenties
  • the twentieth

Question 14

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Scientists are trying to find out the mysterious killer of _____ starfish along North America's west coast.
Answer
  • million
  • millions of
  • million of
  • millions

Question 15

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Such clothes were fashionable in _____ of the last century.
Answer
  • sixties
  • sixtys
  • the sixties
  • the sixtieth

Question 16

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They were exhausted after a ____ cross-country walk.
Answer
  • ten-mile
  • ten-mile’s
  • ten-miles’
  • ten mile’s

Question 17

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You never get _____ chance to make a good first impression.
Answer
  • the second
  • second
  • a second
  • a second’s

Question 18

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A capsule carrying a _______ crew from the International Space Station has landed in Kazakhstan's steppe.
Answer
  • three-men
  • three men
  • three-man
  • three men’s

Question 19

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To get to our hotel, you can take _____ from the railway station.
Answer
  • 23d Bus
  • a 23d Bus
  • the Bus 23
  • Bus 23

Question 20

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Only _____ of our students have decided on their future careers.
Answer
  • the third
  • a third
  • third
  • two-third

Question 21

Question
You don’t believe it, but over _____ people admitted having déjà vu!
Answer
  • 70 per cents
  • 70 per cents of
  • 70 per cent of
  • 70 per cent

Question 22

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We'll be away for some time because we'll have a ______ holiday.
Answer
  • two-weeks
  • two weeks'
  • two week’s
  • two-weeks'

Question 23

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Mel’nyk is the most popular family name in Ukraine. Nearly 108 _____ people in our country bear it.
Answer
  • thousand
  • thousand’ of
  • thousands
  • thousands of
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