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Vocabulary Tests [ 79 ] Test Seventy Nine

79 - ] Vocabulary Tests

  

Test Seventy Nine .

1 - ] Food And Drink

The clues in A have answers in B . Find and match them . Here’s the first one

0 . an apparatus for cooking food , especially meat , over an open fire     0 . barbecue

                   A                                                                                                     B

1 . strong wine from Jerez , Spain  -------------------                                1. alcohols  31 . kernel

2 . sweet spiced mixture of raisins and candied fruit ----------                2. biscuit   32 maroon

3 . potatoes that have been boiled then crushed to make them soft --------3. cherry 33 . mash

4 . fruit boiled with sugar ----------------                                             4. chestnuts 34 mincemeat

5 . sardines come in on of these -----------------                                   5 . chicken 35 minced beef

6 . a cake with fresh cream filling ---------------------                          6. chips  36 pasta

7 . any type of macaroni -------------------                                            7. compost  37 pastry

8 . you’d put this on a salad ---------------                                            8 . conserve 38 . peel

9 . the word in British English for thin fried slices of potato in packets 9 .cream cake 39 pip

10 . these are often roasted in winter ---------------------                    10 . crisps 40 . poultry

11 . a substance added to food to prevent it from going bad ------11.currants 41 preservative 

12 . a general word for birds reared for food ----------------           12 damask 42 preserve

13 . the hard outside of a nut ---------------                                        13 . damson 43 prune

14 . large dried grapes --------------                                                    14 . delicacy 44pudding

15 . a dried plum ---------------                                                            15 . delicatessen 45 puree

16 . pieces of meat grilled on a skewer -------------                           16 . desert 46 . raisins

17 . a general word for butter , margarine , seed oil , etc.---------- 17 .dessert 47 . sauce

18 . caviar would be considered to be this -------------                      18 . dressing 48 . shell

19. you would use the juice from roast meat to make this --------- 19 . fat  49 . sherry      

20. Christmas ------is a sweet dish  --------------                                 20 flan  50 . skewer

21 . if you crushed fruit to feed a baby you would turn it into this

-------------------                                                                                     21 fowl  51 . skin

22 . you might do this to a tin before using it to bake cakes or biscuits in the oven -------------

                                                                                                              22 . French fries 52 spirit

23 . a metal shelf on which food , especially meat , is cooked from above or below -------------

                                                                                                              23 . gateaux 53 spirits

24 . distilled drinks like gin or whisky can be called this ------------24 . grapes 54 . spit

                                                                                                             25 . gravy 55 . sponge cake

                                                                                                             26 . grease 56 stewed fruit

                                                                                                             27 . grill 57 stone

                                                                                                             28 . hen 58 . sultanas

                                                                                                             29 . juice 59 . tart

                                                                                                              30 . kebab 60 . tin

Answer Key

1 . / 49-  2 . 34  - 3 . 33  - 4 . 56  - 5 . 60  - 6. 9 - 7 . 36  - 8 . 18 - 9 . 10 -  10 . 4 -

11 . 41-  12 . 40 - 13 . 48 - 14 . 46 or 58 - 15 . 43 - 16 . 30 -  17 . 19 - 18 . 14 - 19 . 25

20 . 44 - 21 . 45 - 22 . 26 -  23 . 27 - 24 . 53    

2 - ] Entertainment , Leisure

Read the sentences . If you find a mistake in a line , cross it out and suggest an alternative . If there is no mistake , put a tick ( √ ) . The first two have been done for you .

 0 . Who’s the greatest live conductor ?                                          0 living

0 . I love listening to live music .                                                      0 √

1 . What are your favorite pieces of classic music ?                      1 . -----------------------

2 . Charlie Chaplin was a wonderful comedian .                           2 .-----------------------

3 . The play has a complicated intrigue .                                        3 .-----------------------

4 . I hardly ever use my pick-up any more .                                  4 . ----------------------

5 . You’re really a gifted mimic .                                                     5 . ---------------------

6 . It’s a play with very few persons .                                              6 . ---------------------

7 . Charlie Chaplin was a master of slapstick .                              7 . ---------------------

8 . Galal’s always playing farces on people .                                   8 .---------------------

9 . I’ll never learn the footsteps of this dance .                                9 .--------------------

10 . They’re doing a repeat of the play tomorrow on TV .           10 .-------------------

11 . How long have you been rehearsing this play ?                      11 . -----------------

12 . The sales of long-playing plaques have fallen dramatically . 12 . -------------------

13 . The film was extremely well doubled .                                      13 .------------------

14 . It isn’t easy to write good dialogue .                                          14 . ------------------

15 . Who’s directing the orchestra this evening ?                           15 . -----------------

16 . She is a wonderful dancing partner .                                         16 . -----------------

17 . The spectators applauded the orchestra .                                  17 . -----------------

18 . The audience applauded the orchestra .                                    18 .-----------------

19 . The scenery in the play is quite magical .                                   19 . ----------------

Answer Key

1 .  classic /classical 2 . √ 3 . intrigue  /plot 4 . pick-up / record-player 5 . √ 6 . persons

/ characters 7 . √ 8 . farces / (practical) jokes or tricks . 9. footsteps  / steps 10 . √

11 . √ 12 . plaques  / records . 13 . doubled / dubbed 14 . √ 15 . directing / conducting

16 . √ 17 . spectators / audience 18 . √ 19. √

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