Vocabulary Tests [ 85 ] Test Eighty Five

85 - ] Vocabulary Tests 

 Test Eighty Five

Clothes , Materials , Etc.

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1 . You often find these on shoes ----------------                (A) shoelaces  (B) cordons

 2 . A monk might wear a --------------                              (A) costume   (B) habit

 3 . A man’s three-piece suit includes a ----------             (A) waistcoat (B) vest

 4 . A ----------------is a bit of thin material covering the face .  (A) veil (B) shawl

 5 . 36 ---------------is a woman’s chest measurement .     (A) bust (B) breast

6 . Items of clothing that go together are -------------       (A) assorted (B) matching

7 .You’re having a suit made , so you have a ------------  (A) fitting (B) fit

8 . If it’s the right size for you , it --------------you .          (A) fits (B) suits

9 . If something looks good on you , it ----------------you . (A) matches (B) suits

10 . Up-to-date clothes are this --------------                        (A) fashionable (B) chick

11 . Clothes you feel easy in are this ---------                      (A) comfortable (B) convenient

12 . Jackets are often ------------with satin .                      (A) lined (B) doubled

13 . Costume jewellery is ----------------.                            (A) imitation (B) forged

14 . A new skirt might be ----------from bits and pieces . (A) made up (B) formed

15 . A silk blouse is made -------------silk .                         (A) of (B) with

16 . If everyone’s wearing it , it must be in ----------         (A) mode (B) fashion

17 . Shoes are usually made of ------------                           (A) skin (B) leather

18 . A stylish piece of clothing may be --------------            (A) snob (B) elegant

19 . You often make curtains out of heavy ------------        (A) stuff (B) material

20 . I think that dress is quite ------------------for you         (A) wrong (B) mistaken

Answer Key  

1 . A 2 . B 3 . A (Am. E) B 4 . A 5 . A 6 . B 7 . A 8 . A 9 . B 10 . A 11 . A 12 . A 13 . A

14 . A 15 . A 16 . B 17 . B 18 . B 19 B 20 . A

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1 . A woman might wear a --------- in her hair .                     (A) ribbon (B) tape

2 . Damaged clothing needs to be -------------                          (A) corrected (B) repaired

3 . When we wear clothes , they -----------                                  (A) get dirty (B) dirty

4 .  Clothes often ---------------in the wash .                                 (A) enlarge (B) stretch

5 .  You can make a dress from a paper -------------                   (A) patron  (B) pattern

6 . You might use a ----------------on baby’s nappy .                   (A) safety pin (B) pin

7 . It’s easy to drop a -----------when you’re knitting .               (A) stitch (B) point

8.  I’ve --------------that button on for you .                                  (A) sown (B) sewn

9 . A thing becomes smaller in the wash ; it -----------                 (A) gathers (B) shrinks

10 . Boys and girls are taught how to -----------sewing .              (A) make (B) do

11 . Just look at the ------------of your clothes !                            (A) situation (B) state

12 . How did you get that --------------on your tie ?                      (A) spot (B) speck

13 . Let me ------------your jacket .                                                 (A) sweep (B) brush

14 . ---------------coming out of the washing machine !                 (A) Sud is (B) Suds are

15 . I’ll have to ---------------my skirt at the waist .                       (A) widen (B) let out

16 . It only takes a spot of oil to -------------a tie .                          (A) ruin (B) wreck

17 . It’s often very hard to --------------what you want .                (A) choose (B) elect

18 . You can --------------a costume for the party .                         (A) hire (B) rent

19 . I can’t --------------which one I want .                                      (A) decide (B) determine  

20. I’ll try it on in the ---------------                                                   (A) cabin (B) cubicle

Answer Key

1 . A 2. B 3 . A 4 . B 5 . B 6 . A 7. A 8 . B 9 . B 10 . B 11 . B 12 . A 13 . B 14 . B 15 . B

16 . A 17 . A 18. A (Am. E ) B 19 . a 20 . B 

Vocabulary Tests [ 84 ] Test Eighty Four

84 - ] Vocabulary Tests

Test Eighty Four

Crime And Punishment

1 - ] The mistakes in these sentences have been underlined for you . Suggest a correct or better alternative for each mistake. The first one has been done for you .

0 The affair remains unsolved .                                             0 . case

1 . Stealing banks is on the increase .                                     1. ---------------------

2 . We must be sure he receives a fair process .                     2 . --------------------

3 . They found the corps in the garden .                                 3 . -------------------

4 . Many people have bought false Dali paintings .               4 . -------------------

5 . The police examined the suspect for ten hours .               5 . ------------------

6 . There are austere penalties for dangerous driving .         6 . -----------------

7. The little boy was able to make us a good description .    7 . ------------------

8 . The most famous criminals used to be held in Alcatraz . 8 . -----------------

9 . Everyone agrees the judge’s decision was exact .              9 . ------------------

10 . How can you test this man is guilty ?                               10 . ----------------

11 . Can you acknowledge  the person in this photo ?           11 . ----------------

12 . His strange behavior raised my suspicions .                    12 . ----------------

13 . She refuses all knowledge of what happened .                13 . ----------------

14 . The police searched  the missing boy for ten days .        14 . ----------------

15 . Will this proof  stand up in court ?                                  15 . ----------------

16 . Some young people disappear without track  .               16 . ----------------

17 . The police have been remarking  his movements .         17 . ----------------

18 . He has evaded  from prison several times .                     18 . ----------------

19 . The sentence  was ‘Not Guilty” .                                      19 . ----------------

20 . Murderers aren’t often hung  these days .                       20. -----------------

Answer Key

1 .Robbing 2 . trial 3 . corpse / (dead) body 4 . fake 5 . questioned / interrogated

6 . strict /severe / heavy 7 . give 8. notorious / infamous 9. just / fair 10.prove

11 . recognize / identify 12 . aroused 13 . denies 14 . searched for  / sought

15 . evidence 16 . trace 17 . observing 18 . escaped 19 . verdict 20 . hanged

2 - The mistakes in these sentences have been underlined for you . Suggest a correct or better alternative for each mistake.

1 . The gang specialized in robbing bikes and selling them .  1 . --------------------

2 . I dialed a false number .                                                        2 . --------------------

3 . I saw a suspected person outside the shop .                         3 . --------------------

4 . You can’t do an accusation without proof .                         4 . -------------------

5 . It will be two weeks before the injury heals .                       5 . -----------------

6 . She received a life verdict  for murder .                               6.--------------------

7 . I’m going to conduct my own apology .                                7 . -------------------

8 . She was held stealing goods at a department store .            8 . -------------------

9 . The murderer chocked his victim with a stocking .             9 . -------------------

10 . There’s a big police chase for the criminals .                    10 . ------------------

11 . He was convicted to death .                                                 11 . ------------------

12 . I was sued and had to pay damages of $500 .                    12 . -----------------

13 . We have a list of missing peoples .                                      13 . -----------------

14 . These new credit cards are easy to imitate .                       14 . ------------------

15 . A lie is intended to cheat someone .                                     15 . ----------------

16 . When does the murder try begin ?                                      16 . ----------------

17 . Laws are done to be broken .                                               17 . ----------------

18 . The innocents were punished along with the guilty .          18. ---------------

19 . Someone has roused the alarm .                                           19 .-----------------

Answer Key

1. stealing 2 . wrong 3 . suspicious-looking 4 . make 5 . wound 6 . sentence 7 . defence

8 . caught 9. strangled 10 . hunt 11 . condemned / sentenced 12 . damages 13 persons /

people 14 . forge / fake 15 .deceive 16 . trial 17 . made 18 . innocent 19 . raised  

Vocabulary Tests [ 83 ] , Test Eighty Three

83 - ] Vocabulary Tests

Test Eighty Three .

Buildings , Parts of Buildings , Surroundings .

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

0 a platform on the outside of a building where you can sit          0 . balcony

1 . a rough place to live in                  ---------------                         

                                                                                       1 . asylum 26 pension

2 . buildings to house the military / soldiers .   --------------

                                                                                        2 . at the side 27 penthouse

3 . You might want to visit the -------of the Unknown Soldier . -----------------

                                                                                        3 . back 28 .playground

4 . builders can’t repair a roof without this . --------------

                                                                                         4 . backside 29 . pub

5. an open-air space in a building . --------------------      

                                                                                           5 . barracks 30 . refinery

6. nuns live in this kind of building . ----------------     

                                                                                            6 behind 31 relief

7. you would associate this structure with petroleum --------

                                                                                            7boarding house 32rendering 

8 . it’s man-made ,often decorative , and water comes out of it ----------

                                                                                            8 .construct 33 rock

9 . children play in this        --------------------                             

                                                                                            9 construe 34 roof

10 . fine buildings are often built from this ------------           

                                                                                             10  convent 35 ruin

11 . a place where whisky might be made , for example ----------------                                                                                              

                                                                                              11 courtyard 36 scaffold

12 . the rear part of a building could be referred to as ‘the------‘ ------

                                                                                               12 direction 37 scaffolding   

13 . an ancient building like the Colosseum may be one of these ---------------

                                                                                                13 distillery 38 scene

14 . the modern term for this might be ‘a psychiatric hospital’ --------

                                                                                                14 fountain 39scenery

15 . everyone enjoys a room with a ---------                            

                                                                                                 15 grave 40 shack

16 . a scientist might conduct experiment in this ---------

                                                                                                16. guesthouse 41 shed

17 . once a year there’s a ceremony at the War -------   

                                                                                                17. headquarters 42 . sideways

18 . another word for ‘build’   -------------                         

                                                                                                  18 . home for the old 43 source

19 . a small family hotel  ---------------                                

                                                                                                   19 house  44 spring

20 . a pub where you could also rent a room for the night is a -----------------------

                                                                                                   20 . inn 45 stone

21. this can be applied to the outside surface of a building -----------------

                                                                                                   21 laboratory 46 tomb

22 . often a very expensive flat at the top of a building ----------------------

                                                                                                   22 management 47 view

                                                                                                   23 memorial 48 workshop

                                                                                                   24 monastery 49 wreck

                                                                                                   25 monument 50 yard

Answer Key

1 . 40  / 2 . 5 /  3 . 46 / 4 . 37 / 5 . 11 / 6 . 10  / 7 . 30  / 8 . 14 / 9 . 28 / 10 . 45  / 11 . 13

 12 . 3  / 13 . 25 or 35  / 14 . 1 / 15 . 47 / 16 . 21  / 17 . 23 / 18 . 8 / 19 . 16 / 20 . 20

21 . 32  / 22 . 27  

2 - ] Fear , Worry , Embarrassment , Etc.

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1 . Sabah gets very ------------------if her daughter doesn’t ring her once a week .

(A) moved (B) agitated (C) shaken

2 . I was in a state of --------------------waiting for my exam results .

(A) agony (B) anxiety

3 . Pilots always ----------------------the passengers when there is air turbulence .

(A) alarm (B) alert

4 . We’re going to have an early night and we don’t want to be ----------------------

(A) deranged (B) molested (C) perturbed (D) disturbed

5 . He’s suffered from poor health all his life and that has made him -----------------

(A) nervous (B) irritable

6 . You came in without knocking and made me jump . You really --------------me !

(A) frightened (B) scared (C) startled

7 . You can’t communicate with her at the moment . She’s in a real ------------------

(A) situation (B) state (C) position (D) condition

8 . I got really ---------------------when I didn’t hear from you .

(A) preoccupied (B) worried

9 . Thank you for waking me up . I was ------------------ a nightmare !

(A) doing (B) making (C) seeing (D) having (D) dreaming

10 . I’m glad you’ve phoned . I’ve been very ------------------you .

(A) concerned about (B) concerned with (C) concerning with (D) concerning about

11 . My advice is : don’t panic ; stay -------------------

(A) calm (B) tranquil (C) peaceful (D) quiet

12 . I could see the house had been burgled , but I -----------------when I went inside .

(A) shocked (B) shocked myself (C) had a shock

13 . I wasn’t properly dressed for the party and felt ------------------ my appearance .

(A) ashamed for (B) shy of (C) embarrassed about (D) ashamed of

14 . I always feel ---------------------if I hear footsteps behind me in a dark and empty street .

(A) shy (B) timid (C) fearful

15 . She always -------------------------if you mention a subject that embarrasses her .

(A) reddens (B) goes red (C) reds

Answer Key

 1 . B 2 . B 3 . B 4 . D 5 . B 6 . C 7 . B 8 . B 9 . D 10 . A 11 . A 12 . C 13 . C 14 . C 15 . B