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Vocabulary Tests [ 93 ] Test Ninety Three

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Test Ninety Three

1 - ]Stative And Dynamic Uses Of Certain Verbs .

All the verbs in the list below are often in simple tenses . However , thirteen of the verbs can be used quite easily in the progressive , sometimes with a change of meaning . One has done for you . Tick the remaining twelve verbs that can be used in the progressive . Then write twelve sentences using the present progressive with the verbs you have ticked .

admire                               desire                         imagine

appear                               detest                         matter

believe                               differ                          measure

belong                                disagree                     need

concern                              disbelieve                  own

consider                             dislike                        possess

consist                                 envy                         say

contain                               excel                          see √

correspond with                fear                           think

cost                                     feel                            want

deserve                               hope                          weight

Example

0 . She is seeing the dentist on Friday .

Answer Key

1 . admire

I am just admiring your paintings .

2 . appear

Which band is appearing at the stage this week ?  

3 . consider

We are considering selling our car .

4 . correspond with

I am corresponding with a pen-friend .

5 . cost

This holiday is costing us a fortune .

6 . feel

I’m feeling the temperature of the water .

7 . hope

We are hoping to have a holiday in summer .

8 . imagine

Am I imagining it , or did I hear the doorbell ?

9 . measure

Keep still while I’m measuring your waist !

10 .say

The radio is so loud I can’t hear what you’re saying .

11 . think

Don’t interrupt the professor while he’s thinking .

12 . weigh

The baby always screams when they’re weighing her .

2 - Traveling

2 - ] Supply the words asked for in the clues . The first one has been done for you .

0 . What adjective beginning with S describes a vehicle that isn’t moving ?

( 10 letters )                                                                                   0 . stationary

1 . What 5-letter verb beginning with P means to ‘drive’ a plane ?

                                                                                        1 .-----------------

2 . What 6-letter noun beginning with F and ending with L is found on a ship and often has smoke coming out of it ?                                               2 . ---------------

3 . What verb B -- -- -- D describes what we do when we get on a plane ?

                                                                                         3 .---------------

4 . What noun B -- -- -- -- T is the name of a shop on a train where you can buy food over the counter ?                                                                   4 . --------------

5 . What verb E -- -- -- -- -- -- E describes what people do when they leave their country to live in another country ?                                                5 . ---------------

6 . What noun beginning with S goes in front of belt to describe what you have to wear on a car journey ?                                                                   6 . --------------

7 . What noun (6 letters) beginning with A goes after travel to describe an office which provides travel services ?                                               7 .--------------

8 . What noun beginning with C and ending in H is the name of a bus for long-distance traveling ? (5 letters)                                                      8 .--------------

9 . What adverb beginning with A is the general word which means ‘outside this country’?

(6 letters)                                                                          9 . -------------

10 . What noun beginning with S is the name of a special compartment in a train in which you can sleep ?                                                                10 . -------------

11 . What noun beginning with P and ending in N describes a person getting around on foot? (10 letters)                                                              11 . ------------

12 . What adjective P --N -- -- -- --L describes the arrival or departure of someone or something that is on time ?                                            12 . -------------

13 . What 4-letter adjective beginning with S describes what you feel when you are suffering from nausea ?                                                  13 .-------------

14 . What 5-letter adjective beginning with V and ending in D describes a passport or a ticket that can be legally used ?                                      14 . ------------

15 . What 6-letter verb beginning with E and ending in K means to begin a journey on a ship ?                                                                                 15 . ------------

16 . What 4-letter verb beginning with M describes failure to be on time for the departure of a train , bus , etc. ?                                                       16 .-------------    

17 . What verb beginning with C describes what an official does when he or she looks at your passport ?                                                                 17 . ------------  

18 A sea-journey = V-- -- -- -- -- .                                     18 . --------------

19 . What 5-letter noun beginning with C describes the sleeping accommodation you get on a ship ?                                                                                19 . -------------

20 . What noun beginning with F and ending in R describes the line that separates one country from another ? (8 letters)                                    20 . ------------

21 . What verb I -- -- -- -- -- -- -- E describes entering a country which is not your own in order to live there ?                                                            21 . ------------

22 . England is separated from France by a stretch of water called the English

C -- -- -- -- -- --  .                                                               22. --------------------    

Answer Key

1 . pilot 2 . funnel 3 . board 4 . buffet 5 . emigrate 6 . safety / seat 7 . agency

8 . coach 9 . abroad 10 . sleeper / sleeping car 11 . pedestrian 12 . punctual

13 . sick 14 . valid 15 . embark 16 . miss 17 . check 18 . voyage 19 . cabin

20 . frontier 21 . immigrate 22 . Channel


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