Vocabulary Tests [ 80 ] Test Eighty

80 - ] Vocabulary Tests 

Test Eighty

1- ] Games , Sports , Outdoor Activities .

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 ( √ ) .

1 . Billiards are my favorite indoor game .                                              1 . ---------------

2 . I defy you to a game of chess .                                                              2 .---------------

3 . You have to train hard to build up a physique like that .                  3 . ---------------

4 . What’s the latest tennis score ? - Three games to zero .                     4 . --------------

5 . The new Olympic Stage holds 100 ,000 people .                                  5 . --------------

6 . She plunged straight into the pool .                                                      6 . --------------

7 . How much time do you spend in the gymnasium ?                             7 . --------------

8 . Liverpool won Chelsea .                                                                         8 . ---------------

9 . Chelsea were conquered .                                                                       9 . --------------

10 . They’re building a big basin at the back of their house .                10 . ---------------

11 . Children shouldn’t be allowed to waste time playing flipper .       11 . --------------

12 . Who won the 100 meter race ?                                                           12 . --------------

13 . Anyone can enter the concurrence .                                                   13 .--------------

14 . Don’t blame me . I didn’t do the rules !                                             14 . -------------

15 . There were at least 10,000 spectators at the match .                        15 . -------------

16 . Shall we play a volleyball ?                                                                 16 . ------------   

17 . Whose side are you on ?                                                                      17 . -------------

18 . Chasing has been described as the sport of kings .                           18 . --------------

19 . They’ve bought a lot of new equipment for our gym .                     19 . -------------   

20. In this school , athletes is compulsory .                                               20 . ------------

Answer Key

 1 . are/ is  2 . defy / challenge 3 . √ 4 . zero / love 5 . Stage / Stadium 6 . √ 7 . √

8 . won / beat 9 . conquered  / beaten 10 . basin / swimming pool 11 . flipper / pinball

12 . √ 13 . concurrence / competition or race 14 .  do  / make 15 . √ 16 . a  / -- 17 . √

18 . Chasing  / Hunting 19 . equipments  / equipment 20. √ 

2 - ] What Comes After The Verb ?

Supply the best word or words

1 . Listen ! I can hear someone -------------------at the door .

(A) to knock (B) knocking ( C) knock

2 . Do you want to come for a walk with us next Sunday ? - Yes , I want --------------- .

 (A) it (B) to ( C) ----

3 . The whole class rose -----------------when the head came into the classroom .

 (A) ----  (B) their hands

4 . I’ve explained ----------------- as patiently as I know how .

 (A) to you the situation (B) the situation to you ( C) you the situation

5. I suggest ------------------ for them to answer before getting in touch with them again .

 (A) you wait (B) you to wait ( C) to wait

6 . Ahmad and Zainab always buy -------------------- for her birthday .

 (A) for their daughter something nice (B) their daughter something nice

7. Did you have a good time on holiday ? - Yes , we enjoyed --------------- a lot .

 (A) --------- (B) it

8 . Would you please --------------------this case into the boot of the car ?

 (A) help to lift (B) help me lifting ( C) help lift

9. My solicitor has advised ---------------------take legal action .

(A) me to not (B) me not to ( C) me against to

10 . I hope your father gets better soon . - Yes , I hope --------------------

(A) ----- (B) to ( C) it (D) so

11 . So you begin university next term . - Yes , I hope --------------------- .

(A) ------- (B) to ( C) it

12 . One of these days there’ll be a terrible accident on this  corner . - I -----------------!

(A) don’t hope it (B) don’t hope so ( C) hope not (D) hope no

13 . Our teacher makes us --------------very hard !  

(A) to work (B) work ( C) working

14 . Pupils are made ------------- very hard at this school .

(A) work (B) to work ( C) working

15 . You have to let your children ---------------their own way in the end .

(A) to go (B) going ( C) go

Answer Key

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

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. √

Vocabulary Tests [ 78 ] - Test Seventy Eight

78 - ] Vocabulary Tests

 Test Seventy Eight

Reflexive Pronouns After Verbs .

Supply reflexive pronouns ( myself ,etc. ) only where strictly necessary

1 . I hope you all enjoy -------------------!

2 . It’s always a problem adjusting ----------------- to a new time zone after a long flight .

3 . You need to relax -------------------after a long period of intensive work .

4 . I have to assure ------------------- that I’ve made the best possible decision .

5 . It looks as though the plane-crash victims suffocated ----------------------- .

6 . No one will ever know whether she intentionally drowned -------------------- .

7 . I hope you will all amuse ------------------constructively while I’m out .

8 . If ever we go jogging together , Nader quickly tires ------------------------ .

9 . Take cre you don’t overdo it and tire -------------------- .

10 . You can’t prevent babies from wetting ------------------------!

11 . Hamlet revenged ----------------------on his father’s murderer .

12 . I got confused -------------------about the date of our meeting .

13 . Frequent washing --------------------is just a matter of habit .

14 . Go and wash -------------------before you come to the table .

15 . Have you herd ? Mariam’s engaged ---------------to Nasser .

16 . You can’t have a shower without wetting ---------------all over !

17 . I don’t know where to hide ------------------- .

18 . I thought she conducted ----------------------with great dignity .

20 . Have you shaved -------------------yet ?

Answer Key

1 . yourselves 2 . --- 3 . --- 4 . myself 5 . --- 6 . herself 7 . yourselves 8 . --- 9 . yourself

10 . themselves 11 . himself 12 . ---- 13 . ---- 14 . ---- 15 . --- 16 . yourself 17 . ----

18 . herself 19 . ourselves 20 . -----

Supply reflexive pronouns ( myself ,etc. ) only where strictly necessary

1 . Mind you don’t burn ----------------on that hot pan !

2 . I feel -------------cold .

3 . She’s named --------------------Zainab , isn’t she ?

4 . I suggest you rest ---------------------before dinner .

5 . Hamlet avenged ----------------his father’s murder .

6 . It’s time those boys learnt how to behave ------------------------!

7 . Don’t worry about me . I know how to occupy ------------------- .

8 . You’d better check ----------------that our hotel booking is OK .

9 . Count up to ten if you feel ----------------------- getting angry !

10 . Do you ever wonder --------------------how top people’s children get top jobs ?

11 . I washed this shirt in cold water , but it has still shrunk ----------------!

12 . It’s always wise to insure ----------------before you travel abroad .

13 . Take it or leave it . Please ------------------!

14 . I nearly choked --------------------on that fish bone !

15 . The bath water was too hot and I nearly scalded ------------------- .

16 . He was called ---------------------Mido when he was a schoolboy .

17 . Mind you don’t get dirty ---------------------!

18 . I wish you wouldn’t keep repeating ---------------------- .

19 . It’s impossible to excuse ----------------- such bad behavior .

20 . I feel I have to excuse ------------------- for my bad behavior last night .

Answer Key

1 . yourself 2 . ---- 3 . ---- 4 . ----- 5 . ---- 6 . ----- 7 . myself 8 . --- 9 . yourself 10 . ---- 11 . ----

12 . yourself 13 . yourself 14 . ---- 15 . myself 16 . ---- 17 . ---- 18 . yourself 19 . ---20 . myself  

Vocabulary Tests [ 77 ]

77 - ] Vocabulary Tests

Test Seventy Seven

1 - ] Adjecyives and -ly Adverbs .

1  - ] Sometimes only one word will fit ; sometimes two . Circle the right word or words .

1 . Our landlady greeted us ( bright - brightly ) in French .

2 . The moon was shining so ( bright - brightly ) , we decided to go out .

3 . Industrial goods are often produced ( cheap - cheaply ) in developing countries .

4 . You can buy fresh vegetables ( cheap - cheaply ) at the market .

5 . They broke the window , stole what was on display and got ( clean - cleanly ) away .

6 . With one stroke , he cut the log ( clean - cleanly ) down the middle .

7 . He’s in a bad mood and I’m going to stay ( clear -clearly ) of him for a while .

8 . Write your name and address ( clear - clearly ) at the bottom of the form .

9 . We cancelled our insurance policy and that cost us ( dear - dearly ) .

10 . We really paid ( dear - dearly ) for our mistake .

11 . She didn’t mean to hurt you and ( deep- - deeply ) regrets what she said .

12 . If anyone phones while I’m out , tell them I’ll be back ( direct - directly ) .

13 . Is it possible to fly ( direct - directly ) to Tahiti ?

14 . I dislike playing chess with Gameel . He never plays ( fair / fairly ) .

15 . I’m sure the shop will treat you ( fair - fairly ) if you ask for a refund .

16 . Four o’clock will suit me ( fine / finely ) .

17 . Our whole project is balanced ( fine - finely ) between success and failure .

18 . If she offers you less than $ 2 ,ooo , you must ( firm - firmly ) refuse .

19 . We’re standing ( firm - firmly ) against any changes in policy .

2 0 . If your name begins with an A ,you often come ( first - firstly ) in a list .

Answer Key

1 . brightly 2 . bright / brightly 3 . cheaply 4 . cheap / cheaply 5. clean 6 . clean / cleanly

7 . clear 8 . clearly 9 . dear 10 . dear / dearly 11 . deeply 12. directly 13 . direct / directly

14 . fair / fairly 15 . fairly 16 . fine 17 . finely 18 . firmly 19 . firm 20 . first

2 - ] Sometimes only one word will fit ; sometimes two . Circle the right word or words .

1 . ( First - Firstly ) you press the eject button , then you load the tape .

2 . I was so exhausted , I could only lie ( flat - flatly ) on my back .

3 . She ( flat - flatly ) denies he has anything to do with this business .

4 . We ( full - fully ) appreciate your support during this difficult period .

5 . He had a fight at school and was punched ( full - fully ) in the face .

6 . Planes coming in to land have to fly ( low / lowly ) over buildings .

7 . He began life as a ( low - lowly ) bank clerk and rose to the position of chairman .

8 . I suppose you expect me to smile ( pretty /prettily ) at the camera .

9 . With a job and that salary , you’re sitting ( pretty - prettily ) .

10 . You did ( right - rightly ) in refusing payment for giving them advice .

11 . I did what I was asked to do , but I’ll never know if I acted ( right - rightly ) .

12 . He was sent off the football field for playing ( rough - roughly ) .

13 . I only caught a glimpse of her so I can only describe her ( rough - roughly ) .

14 . You should never speak ( rough - roughly ) to young children .

15 . You don’t have to answer so ( sharp - sharply ) if I ask you a simple question .

16 . Turn ( sharp - sharply ) left at the corner and you’ll be in Nasr Street .

17 . We’ll let you know ( short - shortly ) whether your application has been successful .

18 . We’ll have to leave soon because we’re running ( short - shortly ) of time .

19 . She’s been ill for some time , but she’s beginning to feel ( strong - strongly ) again .

20 . I know how ( strong - strongly ) you feel about law and order .

Answer Key

1 . First 2 . flat 3 . flatly 4 . fully 5 . full 6 . low 7 . lowly 8 . prettily 9 . pretty 10 . right

11 . right / rightly 12 . rough /roughly 13 . roughly 14 . roughly 15 . sharply 16 . sharp

17 . shortly 18 . short 19 . strong 20 . strongly