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Vocabulary Tests [ 86 ] Test Eighty Six

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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