86 - ] Vocabulary Tests
Test Eighty Six
1 - ] Countable &
Uncountable Nouns
1 - ] All
the nouns in the list below are normally uncountable .However , thirteen of the
nouns have countable uses , sometimes with a change of meaning , especially
when we use them in the plural . Tick the remaining twelve nouns that have
countable uses . Write twelve sentences using the plural forms of the nouns you
have ticked .
Example
0 . fruit √
Exotic fruits are easily available these days .
advice
jewellery
rock
business
knowledge
rubbish
capital
laughter
scaffolding
china lightning
scenery
cloth
machinery
thunder
crime
mud
time
equipment
noise
trouble
experience patience
underwear
fruit
poetry
veal
fuel pollution
wealth
gossip
progress
youth
Answer Key
1 .
business
I’ve got
two businesses , one in Cairo and the other in Alexandria .
2 . capital
He knows
the names of all the countries of the world .
3 . cloth
Where do
you keep your clothes for cleaning .
4 . crime
Crimes like
robbery have been increasing .
5 .
experience
We had a
few hair-raising experiences on the kotorway .
6 . fuel
Fossil
fuels like coal harm the ozone layer .
7. gossip
You
shouldn’t believe what a couple of old gossips tell you .
8 . noise
What’s
making those strange noises in the street ?
9 . rock
His boat
was wrecked on the rocks near the shore .
10 . time
I’ve tried
to ring the passport office eight times .
11 .
trouble
Are our
troubles ever going to end ?
12 . youth
Five youths
were lounging around outside the pub .
2 - ] Are you a hypochondriac ?
Supply the best word or words
1 . Hypochondriacs are healthy people who imagine
they are --------------serious illnesses .
(A) suffering from (B) enduring
2 . Do you often visit the doctor’s
-----------------?
(A) surgery (B) office
3 . Do you often imagine you will be killed in a
----------- accident ?
(A) mortal (B) fatal
4 . Have you ever experienced
---------------------pain ?
(A) intensive (B) intense
5. Do you think you might suddenly drop dead from a
heart --------------------?
(A) insult (B) attack
6 . Do you think you need to see
-----------------------?
(A) an expert (B) a specialist
7 . Do you sometimes feel you have a mysterious
-------------in the chest ?
(A) ache (B) pain
8 . Do you ever find it difficult to
------------------?
(A) breath (B) breathe
9 . Do you often ---------------of mysterious
headaches ?
(A) protest (B)
complain
10 . Are you losing your --------------------?
(A) remembrance (B) memory
11 . Do you constantly feel ----------------?
(A) exhausted (B) exhausting
12 . When you get up in the morning , do you usually
feel -----------------?
(A) poorly (B) sickly
13 . Do even the smallest things
--------------------?
(A) get on your nerves (B) enervate you
14 . If you have a cough , are you convinced you have
a bad case of --------------?
(A) grippe (B) flu
15 . Do you imagine you have ---------------------?
(A) temperature (B) fever
16. If you are in a crowd , are you afraid you will
------------------ a cold ?
(A) pick (B) pick up
17 . Do you wash your hands all the time because you
are afraid of -----------------?
(A) microbes (B) germs
18 . Do you only eat things that are
--------------------for you ?
(A) hygienic (B) good
19 . Do you think that lack of sleep will
-------------------you ?
(A) harm (B) hurt
20 . Do you have bad -------------------?
(A) flesh (B) skin
21 . Do you worry about ---------------------on your
face ?
(A) spots (B) specks
22 . Are you convinced that life is a fatal
-------------------?
(A) disease (B) decease
Answer Key
1 . A 2. A 3 . B 4 . B 5. B 6 . B 7 . B 8 . B 9 . B
10 . B 11 . A 12 . A 13 . A 14 . B 15 .
16 . B 17 . B 18 . B 19 . A 20 . B 21 . A 22 . A
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