UPCAT Language Proficiency Practice Questions — Set 6

Question 1

Identify the literary device: 'The wind whispered through the trees.'

Accepted Answer

Personification

Answer

Simile

Answer

Hyperbole

Answer

Metaphor

Question 2

Which sentence contains a simile?

Accepted Answer

She swims like a fish.

Answer

She is a fish in water.

Answer

The water welcomed her.

Answer

Swimming is her life.

Question 3

Which is a complex sentence?

Accepted Answer

Although it was late, we continued working.

Answer

It was late, and we continued working.

Answer

It was late, but we continued working.

Answer

We continued working.

Question 4

Which word has a positive connotation?

Accepted Answer

slender

Answer

skinny

Answer

bony

Answer

scrawny

Question 5

Which word is spelled correctly?

Accepted Answer

occurrence

Answer

occurence

Answer

occurrance

Answer

occurance

Question 6

Which is the correct spelling?

Accepted Answer

conscience

Answer

conscence

Answer

consience

Answer

concience