54 - ] Vocabulary Tests
Test Fifty Four
Occupations , etc.
Supply the best word or words
1 . The person in charge of a business is informally
known as the -----------------.
( A ) chef ( B ) chief (
C ) boss
2 . The person who is in charge of a car is the
--------------------- .
( A ) guide ( B ) leader ( C ) motorist ( D ) driver ( E )
conductor
3 . A person who prepares food is a
--------------------- .
( A ) coo ( B ) cooker
4 . A person who works in an office is an
-----------------
( A ) officer ( B ) office worker
5. A person who takes photographs is a
------------------------
( A ) photograph ( B ) photographer ( C ) photography
6 . A person who knows how to use a keyboard is a
---------------------- .
( A ) typewriter ( B ) typist ( C ) typing machine writer
7 . A woman who looks after other people’s children
is a ------------------- .
( A ) nanny ( B ) nurse
8 . The person you work with is your
-------------------- .
( A ) college ( B ) colleague ( C ) collaborator
9 . The person who is in charge of a restaurant is
the --------------------- .
( A ) patron ( B ) manager
10 . The person who would service your car is
----------------------
( A ) a mechanic ( B ) an engineer ( C ) a technician
11 . A person who studies the origins of the universe
is a ----------------- .
( A ) physician ( B ) physicist
( C ) physics
12 . Another word for a ‘doctor’ is a
-------------------- .
( A ) physician ( B ) physicist ( C ) medicine
13 . The person who teaches you or taught you at
school is a ---------------- .
( A ) teacher ( B ) professor
14 . If you are one of the people waiting to be
served in a shop you are a ----------------- .
( A ) client ( B ) customer ( C ) patient ( D ) guest
15 . If you serve people who come into a shop , you
are ----------------------- .
( A ) an official ( B ) a shop assistant ( C ) an attendant ( D
) a bank clerk
Answer Key
1 . C 2 . D 3 . A 4 . B 5 . B 6 . B 7 . A 8 . B 9 . B
10 . A 11 . B 12 . A 13 . A 14 . B 15 . B
2 . Words easily confused , misspelt , etc.
Supply the best words
1 . Have you finished your breakfast
------------------ ? ( A ) already ( B ) all ready
2 . Don’t worry about me . I’ll be
----------------- ( A ) all
right ( B ) alright
3 . I’ll expect you to ring me tomorrow . - --------------- ( A ) all right ( B ) Alright
4 . She’s ------------------ complaining about
something . ( A ) always ( B ) all ways
5 . ------------------------ of those dates will be
suitable . ( A ) Anyone ( B ) Any one
6 . I’m going to the beach for a --------------
. ( A ) swim ( B ) bath
7 . -------------- the wound in warm water . ( A ) Bath ( B ) Bathe
8 . Keep your foot on the -------------- ( A ) break ( B ) brake
9 . Businessmen usually wear --------------- ( A ) costumes ( B ) suits
10 . Most of the family are ----------- ( A ) died ( B ) dead
11 . My old aunt is ------------------- ( A )
dead ( B ) death
12 . They crossed the Sahara ------------- by camel
. ( A ) desert ( B ) dessert
13 . Most people are afraid of -------------- . ( A ) dieing ( B ) dying
14 . I ring my mother ------------------- . ( A ) everyday ( B ) every day
15 . There are ------------- people in our office
. ( A ) fiveteen ( B ) fifteen
16 . The river has ----------------- this way for
centuries . ( A ) flown ( B ) flowed
17 . Look ! I ------------ this coin in the garden
. ( A ) found ( B ) founded
18 . How do you write ‘-----------------‘ ? ( A ) forty-four (
B ) fourty-four
19 . They say -------------- mad . ( A ) his ( B ) he’s
20 . Have you given the cat -------------- milk
? ( A ) it’s ( B ) it’s
Answer Key
1 . A 2. A 3 .
A 4 . A 5 . B 6 . A 7 . B 8 . B 9 . B 10 . B 11 . A 12 . A 13 . B 14 . B 15 . B
16 . B 17. A 18 . A 19 . B 20 . B
Supply the best words
1 . Our hen’s just ------------------ an egg . ( A ) lain ( B ) laid
2 . Let’s ---------------- on the grass . ( A ) lie ( B ) lay
3 . How long have you been -------------- there
? ( A ) lying (
B ) laying
4 . I’d like to --------------- in the country . ( A ) live ( B ) life
5 . Don’t ----------------- your ticket ! ( A ) loose (
B ) lose
6 . What time did you --------------- home ? ( A ) live ( B ) leave
7 . Did you hear that -------------- sound ? ( A ) aloud (
B ) loud
8 . Don’t talk so -------------- ! (
A ) loud ( B ) aloud
9 . --------------------- they’re out . ( A ) Maybe ( B ) May be
10 . Have you ----------------- her yet ? ( A ) meet ( B
) met
11 . Take ----------------- your coat . ( A ) of (
B ) off
12 . It’s just -------------- the post office . ( A ) past ( B ) passed
13 . You’ve ------------------ too much for that bike
. ( A ) payed ( B ) paid
14 . Have you -------------------- the flowers ? ( A ) paid for (
B ) paid
15 . The teacher asked the class to be
---------------- . ( A ) quite ( B ) quiet
16 . She’s still too small to ------------- the table
. ( A ) rich ( B ) reach
17 . Do you ever see them ? - ------------------------ . ( A ) Some times ( B ) sometimes
18 . --------------------- all mine ! ( A
) There ( B ) They’re
19 . I can’t find ------------------ coats . ( A ) there ( B ) their
20 . John will be arriving here ----------------- 7
. ( A ) till ( B ) by
Answer Key
1 . B 2 . A 3 . A 4 . A 5 . B 6 . B 7 . B 8 . A 9 . A
10 . B 11 . B 12 . A 13 . B 14 . A 15 . B
16 . B 17 . B 18 . B 19 . B 20 . B
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