Grammar Theme Park: The end of the world

Do you think that all people and animals will die ________ the end of the world?

1. at
2. by
3. in
4. on

‘________ say in ice.’ (Robert Frost)

1. Some say the world will end in fire, some
2. Somebody say the world will end in fire, somebody
3. Someone say the world will end in fire, someone
4. Someones say the world will end in fire, someones

‘Apocalypse’ is a ________ generally refers to the end of the world.

1. term what
2. term which
3. term, that
4. term, what

There are so many movies about the end of the world, but the world ________ by the time I get to see them all.

1. is going to end
2. will be ending
3. will end
4. will have ended

If the end of the world ________ coming, I say make the best of it.

1. has
2. is
3. was
4. would be

Armageddon is often ________ the final battle between God and Satan.

1. considered
2. imagined
3. regarded
4. supposed

‘What the caterpillar calls the end of the world ________ the master calls a butterfly.’ (Richard Bach)

1. ---
2. it
3. that
4. which

What if the world ended tomorrow? Well, the idea never crossed ________.

1. me
2. my head
3. my mind
4. to me

When they got married he promised to stick with her ________ the end of the world.

1. by
2. so far as
3. until
4. up to

I tried ________ about it but I couldn't. The message of the movie was so powerful: If we don't change, the world as we know it will come to an end.

1. not thinking
2. not to think
3. to don't think
4. to not thinking

It was through his prayers ________ he began to perceive clearly that God was going to destroy the world.

1. by which
2. how
3. that
4. which

The end of the world in the book came without any fuss. There's no fire, ________ of the seven signs of the Apocalypse.

1. neither
2. no
3. no one
4. none

The Y2K phenomenon proved to be about as dangerous ________ a monster in a Hollywood movie. The end of the world did not come.

1. ---
2. as
3. like
4. than

When the Apocalypse comes, people will wish they ________ born.

1. had never been
2. were never
3. will have never been
4. will never be

________ a course is not the end of the world, not even the end of your academic life.

1. Fail
2. Failing
3. The failing of
4. To fail