Vocabulary Tests [ 106 ] Test One Hundred And Six

106 - ] Vocabulary Tests

106 - ] Test One Hundred And Six .

1 -]Entertainment

1 - ] Replace the underlined words with a word from the following .

[ chapters - soundtrack - plot - lead singer - artwork - acting - compilation - symphony - paperback - novel - special effects - version - tracks - script - album - photography ]

Example

1 . My mother bought me a collection of 20^th-century poetry . 1 . compilation

2 . I don’t like novels with a complicated story . 2 .----------------

3 . I’m looking for the film music of Love Story . 3 .--------------------

4 . It sounds OK , but I prefer the original way of playing it . 4 . ------------------

5 . This is a special edition of the CD with three bonus piece of music . 5 .------------------

6. I was a bit disappointed by the words of the film . 6 .-------------------

7 . What did you think of the actor’s performance ? 7.--------------------

8 . This is an early edition of the book , with the original pictures . 8.-------------------

Complete the table with the above words between brackets .

Movies	Music	Books
		chapters

2 - ] Polite Requests

Look at the following situations and complete each question so that it is polite. Example

1 . You want to pay by credit card .

Can I pay by credit card ?

2 . You want to borrow your friend’s camera .

Do you think --------------------------------------?

3 . You didn’t hear what your classmate said . You want him to say it again .

Could -----------------------------------------------------?

4 . You’ve written a letter in English . You want your teacher to check it .

Would you mind -------------------------------------?

5 . You can’t hear what your flat-mate is saying because of the radio . You want him to turn it down .

Would ----------------------------------?

6. You need ten dollars . You want your colleague to lend it to you .

Do you think ----------------------------------?

7 . You haven’t finished your essay . You want to give it to your teacher a day late .

Do you mind if -------------------------------------------?

8. You need to use your colleague’s computer .

Could I possibly ---------------------------?

9 . Your friend asks you to go to the cinema with him . You can’t tell him until tomorrow .

Is it okay --------------------------------------------?

3 - ] Words With Several Meanings

The words have more than one meaning . Read the definitions, then decide which of the meanings applies to each example sentence . Then write appropriate number in the brackets , as in the example .

1 . pretty adv. (spoken) adj. 1 . adv. fairly , though not very  2 . adj. (of a woman , child or object) good-looking  but not really beautiful

(A) The town is a pretty little seaside town with a charming town square and some attractive restaurants on the beach . (2)

(B) It’s pretty obvious that we won’t have many more visitors today . (1)

2 . class n 1 .(C) the social group that someone belongs to according to job , wealth , family , etc. 2. ( C ) a group of pupils in a school who are taught together 3 . (C) a group or category into which people or things are divided , according to their qualities 4 . (U) informal  exceptional style or skill when you do something

(A) Ali and I have been best friends ever since we were in the same class at school . (  )

(B) Financial cut-backs mean that all company executives are now expected to fly economy class . (   )

(C) The move leading to Raheem’s seventy-third minute goal showed real class . (   )

(D) The University aims to encourage more applications from students with a working-class background . (   )

3 . cool adj. / verb 1 . adj. pleasantly low in temperature , but not cold 2 . calm and in control 3 . informal fashionable , attractive 4 . verb to become less hot 5 . not as friendly as expected

(A) your engine’s overheated . Let it cool down for a while before you restart it . (   )

(B) the I-Zone is a good place to pick up a cool pair of sunglasses to wear on the beach . (   )

(C) Although the temperatures outside can  be high , the hotel’s air-conditioning keeps things nice and cool . (   )

(D) My brother has been decidedly cool towards me ever since I refused to lend him my bike . (   )

(E) The job is a hectic and demanding one , so we need someone who can remain cool under extreme pressure . (   )

4 . thing n 1 . (C) characteristic of someone or something 3 . (plural) equipment , clothes , etc. 4 . (C) action 5 . (plural) the general situation , outlook

(A) A self-heating frying pan ? There’s no such thing ! (   )

(B) The weather ‘s bound to be good , so don’t forget to pack your swimming things . (   )

(C) He lay awake all night wondering whether he’d done the right thing . (   )

(D) Things have been very quiet in the flat since he left for Australia . (   )

(E) The thing I find really annoying about Hassan is that he’s so disorganized . (   )

5 . hot adj. 1 . at a high temperature 2 . (of food) containing pepper or chilli , giving it a very spicy taste 3 . controversial 4 . popular or fashionable at a particular moment

(A) Some of the food in Thailand makes liberal use of spices and may be a little hot for Western tastes . (   )

(B) The singer is said to be the hottest property in show business right now . (   )

( C) Government corruption is still likely to be a hot topic when the general elections come around next year . (   )

(D) There was only enough hot water for one person to have a shower . (   )

6 . tough adj. 1 . difficult to do or deal with , and needing a lot of effort and determination 2 . able to live through difficult or severe conditions 3 . very determined or strict 4 . difficult to cut or chew

(A) My steak is so tough I can hardly eat it . (   )

(B) You need to be tough to survive life in the desert . (   )

( C) Life during the war was extremely tough for the majority of people . (   )

(D) The government has promised to be tough on crime . (   ) 

Vocabulary Tests [ 105 ] Test One Hundred And Five

105 - ] Vocabulary Tests 

 

105 - ]Test One Hundred Five

1 - ]Describing Life Events

1 - ] Complete the phrases in the article with the correct verbs .

Example

    At the age of sixty , Tessa Daley , director of Newsgroup Publishing , has ir all : she has (1) become so successful that she seems to be on TV or in the papers every week , and she has (2 ) m ------------more money than most of us could dream of . But this is the woman who (3) f ----------------- all her exams and (4) l----------------school with no qualifications .

     ‘I hated school and couldn’t wait to get away and (5) s------------work . I (6) g------------

a job at a local newsagent’s . I loved working there because I could read all the magazines , but unfortunately I was asked to leave two weeks later - for reading magazines and forgetting to serve the customers !’

        One of the customers was Simon , a good-looking journalist , who she (7) ----------------in love with . They (8) g--------------engaged six weeks after the first meeting , then (9) g------

married at the end of that year . Tessa devoted the next sixteen years of her life to being a wife and (10) b-----------up her children . Simon (11) --------------jobs a lot during those years , and the family (12) m -------------house several times . The disruption had a disastrous effect on the marriage and they (13) s---------------up when the oldest child was fifteen .

  ‘After I (14) g-------------divorced there was a big gap in my life and I didn’t know what to do . My daughter persuaded me to go to university to (15) d ---------media studies .’ Tessa worked hard and (16) p------------her exams with the best grades in her year . ‘The day I (17) g--------------my degree was the proudest day of my life .’

          Tessa has just launched a new magazine and is busier than ever : she has no plans to retire yet !

2 - ] Prepositions

2 - ]Choose the correct alternative in each sentence .

Example

1 . Put your boss in a good mood on Monday morning : find [ about / out ] what his/her favorite chocolates are and leave some on his / her desk .

2 . Always look as if you’re concentrating [ on/in ] your work when the boss walks past .

3 . Distract your colleagues [ off / from ] their work by sending them funny e-mails .

4 . Make sure that you always leave the office at lunchtime so that you can switch [ out /off ] from work for a while .

5 . If your boss asks you to work later , till him / her you have important plans [ for / at ] the evening which you can’t possibly cancel .

6 . Find an interesting course and persuade your boss to pay [ for / to ] you to do it as part of your professional development .

7 . If your boss asks you to do some extra photocopying , say that you have to get on [ at / with ] some work for an important client .

8. Don’t waste time looking [ back  / behind ]at your mistakes - just hope that no one notices them .

9 . Always remember that this job may lead [ to / on ] something better in the future .

10 . If you’ve really had enough by Friday lunchtime , tell your boss that something urgent has come [ on / up ] at home and you’ve got to leave early .

3 - ] - ed / -ing Adjectives .

3- ] Complete the sentences with the correct form of the following adjectives .

[ amusing / amused - annoying / annoyed - depressing / depressed - surprising / surprised - frustrating / frustrated - tiring / tired - worrying / worried - embarrassing / embarrassed ]

Example

1 . We’re very surprised to hear that Ali and Huda are getting married . We didn’t think she liked him !

2 . It was so ---------------------- . Ahmad’s brother came up to talk to me at the party and I didn’t recognize him !

3 . Sarah got very --------------with Said for being late for another meeting .

4 . My sister’s cat died last week . She’s really ----------------

5 . I’ve had such a --------------------day - I need to sit down and put my feet up .

6 . Don’t look so -----------------------your flight’s not until 6.30 , you’ve got plenty of time .

7 . I don’t find Akram’s jokes at all ------------------ .

8 . I’ve had a very ---------------------- shopping trip : I couldn’t find anything I liked .

4 - ] Complete these letters to a TV magazine with the following adjectives .

[ boring - confused - convincing - shocked - pleased - disappointing - upsetting - disappointed - interesting ]

Example

1 . Well done Channel 10 for the brilliant series City Mysteries . The characters were really (1) convincing and the stories were certainly never (2) ---------------- . I was so (3) --------------

when it finished . Are there plans for a new series

2 . I’m rather (4) ----------------about ABC’s policy on not showing violence before 9 p.m. I watched The Precinct  at 8.30 p.m. last Thursday and was (50 --------------at the amount of violence shown . My ten-year-old daughter , who was watching with me , found it quite (6)

----------------- .

3 . I was really (7) ---------------when I saw that Celebrity Spot was back on SBS . I always look forward to the program because it has such (8) ---------------guests . However , last Friday’s show was very (9) ------------------ - the interviewer asked such stupid questions and hardly gave Nasser a chance to speak !

Vocabulary Tests [ 104 ] Test One Hundred And Four

104 - ] Vocabulary Tests

 

104 - ] Test One Hundred Four

1- ] School / University Subjects .

1 - ] Which subjects are the people below talking about ? Write the name of the subject next to the appropriate comment .

[ art - chemistry - economics - history - languages - mathematics [math] - music - psychology - biology - drama - geography - information technology (IT) - literature - media studies - physical education [ PE]- religious studies ]

Example

1 . ‘I could never remember the names of all the authors .’ 1 . literature

2 . ‘I enjoyed this because I was interested in animals and plants .’ 2 . ----------------

3 . ‘My worst subject - I always got all my sums wrong .’ 3 . --------------------

4 . ‘I loved doing experiments in the lab .’ 4 . ---------------------

5 . ‘I found them difficult - I couldn’t understand the grammar .’ 5 .---------------------

6 . ‘There were a lot of dates to learn , but the teacher really brought it to life for us .’

6 .--------------------------

7 . ‘I found it interesting to see how biased the different newspapers are .’ 7.------------

8 . ‘I liked finding places in the atlas , but I was no good at remembering the names of the capital cities . 8.---------------------

9 . ‘One of my favorite subjects - I loved dressing up and learning lines .’ 9.----------------

10. ‘I hated it - I’ve never been good at team games !’ 10 . -----------------

11 . ‘I wasn’t very good at it but I found painting really relaxing and liked experimenting with different colors .’ 11.-------------------

12 . ‘It was a difficult subject , but very interesting to find out how the mind works .’

12 .--------------------------

13 . ‘This was my best subject . I played the piano and sang in the school choir .’

13 .----------------------

14 . ‘I found it boring and I still do : just ask my bank manager !’ 14 . ----------------

15 . ‘I think it’s important to learn about different people’s beliefs .’ 15 .---------------

16 . ‘A very useful subject to study at school , especially when most people will use computers at some point in their lives .’ 16 .-----------------------

2 - ] Verb + Noun Combinations .

2 - ] Complete the sentences with the correct form of the following verbs .

[ ask - do - improve - invent- lose - make - organize - reduce - take ]  

Example

1 . I didn’t make many notes during the lesson .

2 . Doing exercise is a good way to ---------------stress .

3 . I hope I don’t -------------------my memory as quickly as you did , granddad !

4 . I’ve tried to get Hassan to ------------------an interest in sport , but he says it’s boring .

5 . Why don’t you try to --------------------your ideas before you start writing the essay - then it’ll be easier .

6 . Come on Ali ,you’re not -------------- an effort - I’m sure you know the answer .

7 . He decided to -------------------his memory by repeating things lots of times and by -------

himself lots of questions .

8 . After the lesson , he ---------------a funny story to help him remember the new English words .

9. I’m surprised my father hasn’t got a better memory : he loves --------------puzzles .

10 . He is ----------------------more responsibility for his learning now , and his progress is excellent .

Answer Key

2 . reduce 2 . lose 3 . take 4 . organize 5 . making 6. improve , asking 7.invented

8 . doing 9. taking

3 - ] Remembering and Forgetting

3  - ] Complete the questions with the following words .

[ remember - remind - forget - recognize - learn - lose ]

Example

1 . When you argue with a friend , do you forget about it quickly and stay friends ?

2 . Do you find it easy to ------------------people’s names ?

3 . How long did it take you to -----------------how to use a computer ?

4 . When did you last -----------------------someone’s birthday ?

5 . Is it easy to ---------------------your handwriting ?

6 . Do you ----------------people of anyone in your family ?

7 . Can you ---------------your first day at school ?

8 . Have you ever had to -------------------- a poem by heart ?

9 . How often do you --------------------your keys ?

10 . What sort of things do people have to -------------------you to do ?

4 - ]Word Building

4-] Complete the sentences by changing the word in capitals to the correct form .

Example

1 . How many political parties are there in your country ? POLITICS

2 . My sister has a very strong -----------------------she always says what she thinks . PERSON

3 . You must be ---------------------! How did you know I was going to say that ? TELEPATHY

4 . Can we pay --------------------, please ? SEPARATE

5 . Did you know that you have exactly the same ----------------expressions as your mother ? FACE

6 . You’re going to Paris this weekend , too ? What a -------------! COINCIDE

7 . Some people say --------------------prices for designer clothes . BELIEVE

8 . There are some --------------------between the two paintings , but I don’t think it’s the same artist . SIMILAR

9 . After all the discussion , the council still hasn’t come to a --------------about the building work . CONCLUDE

10 . My grandmother was a --------------------woman: she brought up six children by herself . REMARK

11 . I had quite a strict ----------------: my parents had quite old-fashioned ideas about how children should behave . BRING

Vocabulary Tests [ 103 ] Test One Hundred And Three

103 ] Vocabulary Tests 

103 - ] Test One Hundred Three

1 - ]Be , Have and Do In Questions .

1 - ] Complete the questions with the correct form of be , have or do .

Example

A : What’s your new friend’s name ?

B : Tom .

A : (1) --------------that an American name ?

B : Yes , that’s right .

A : Which part of US (2) --------------he come from ?

B : Boston .

A : Uh-huh .. so (3) ------------------you speak English ?

B : Not well .

A : Oh , right . (4) ----------------he doing that English language and literature course with you last month ?

B : No , he is a native speaker .

A : Well , how (5) ---------------you meet him , then ?

B : At the American University - he teaches there .

A : I see . (6) ----------------he got his own flat here ?

B : Well , it’s a furnished rented flat .

A : Oh .(7) -----------------he living here ?

B : Some of the time , yes .

2 - ] How you spend your time .

2 - ] Complete the sentences with the correct preposition . In one sentence , no preposition is necessary .

Example

1 . I’ve never been interested in football .

2 . My flat-mate spends a lot of time --------------the Internet .

3 . My parents don’t have much time ----------------relaxing and doing nothing .

4 . My sister and her friends spend too much time chatting ----------------the phone .

5 . I really love hanging out ----------------my friends at the weekend .

6 . My colleagues spend a lot of time texting --------------their friends at work .

7 . My brother’s quite good -------------cooking .

8. My grandmother doesn’t know anything ---------------computer games .

3 - ] Collect ,  Make , Do or Go .

3 - ] Complete the sentences with the correct form of collect , make , do or go .

Example

1 . My brother goes  fishing every weekend , but he never catches anything !

2 . Don’t disturb your mother - she’s ---------------------a crossword .

3 . She ---------------all her own clothes , and she always looks fantastic .

4 . Do you want to ---------------dancing tonight ? There’s a salsa evening at the community center .

5 . My uncle says he -----------------antiques because it’s a good way of investing money .

6 . My friend Ali’s ----------------a beautiful model of an old sailing boat at the moment .

7 . Ahmad’s really fit and healthy because he --------------------a lot of sport every week .

8 . I’ve decided to ----------------famous chef’s autographs - I’ve got two , so far !

4 - ] Wordspot .

Have and have got .

4 - ] Complete the sentences with a phrase from the following and the correct form of have .

[ a break , a walk , blue eyes , a bad back , a cold drink , a shower , breakfast , a sense of humor ]

Example

1 . It’s so hot ! Let’s stop in this café and have a cold drink .

2 . All the people in my family ----------------------and black hair .

3 . Can we stop and ----------------------------soon ? I’m getting tired .

4 . You need to ------------------in this job - things are always going wrong !

5 . Hassan’s just ---------------------------- - he’ll be down in a few minutes .

6 . Why is it that you always --------------when I need you to help him with the housework ?

7 . I think I’ll -------------------before dinner - I need some fresh air .

8 . I like to -----------------------in a café on Saturday mornings , and read all the papers .

  

Vocabulary Tests [ 102 ] Test One Hundred And Two

102 - ] Vocabulary Tests

 

102 - ] Test One Hundred And Two

1- ] Wordspot

way

Complete the sentences .

Example

0  . It’s coming . It’s on its way .

1 . If something is blocking you , it’s --------------the way

2. This is the wrong way --------------

3 . Move ! Will you please get ----------------of the way !

4 . I want a much bigger one . This is way -------------small !

5 . If you take extra trouble , you go -----------------of your way to do something .

6 . She’s determined to have her -----------------way .

7 . -------------- but some people prefer to try and (8)-------------the way themselves !

9. If you go first , you ------------------the way .

10 . You shouldn’t get lost if you -------------the way .

11 . This is the wrong way ---------------!

Answer Key  

1 . in 2 . up 3 . out 4 . too 5 . out 6 . own 7 . Ask 8 . find 9 . lead 10 . know 11 . round

2 - ] Patterns to Notice

2.  A - ] Match the phrases 1-8 to their opposites  in a - h .

1 . get better 2 . deteriorate 3 . increase 4 . rapidly 5 . blurred 6 . longer and longer

7 . more and more ( + plural noun ) 8 . more and more ( + adjective / uncountable noun )

a . clear b. decrease c . get worse d . fewer and fewer e . improve f . shorter and shorter

g . less and less h. slowly

1 . c 2. --------3 .-------- 4 .--------- 5.-------- 6. --------7.-------8 . --------

B - ] Rewrite the following sentences with the opposite of the underlined phrase .

Example

1 . This type of car is becoming more and more popular .

 This type of car is becoming less and less popular .

2 . The standard of teaching seems to be getting better .

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3 . The town’s importance is slowly increasing .

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4 . More and more people are taking holidays abroad .

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5 .We have less and less time to ourselves these days .

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6 . Ahmad’s English seems to be slowly improving .

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7 .The difference between the two groups is becoming clearer and clearer .

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8 . The days are getting longer and longer .

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3 . A - ]Answer the questions using a word beginning with the letter shown .

Example

1 . What B means false , or intended to deceive people (adjective) ? 1 . bogus

2 . What B is how you speak if you tell the truth even if it upsets others (adverb) ?

2 .---------------------------

3 . What C means to get money by telling people something which is false (verb) ?

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

4 . What C means to be unfaithful to your partner (phrasal verb) ?

4 . ---------------------

5 .What E means you make something much bigger or more important than it really is (verb) ? 5 .-------------------

6 . What E is the reason people give for having done something wrong (noun) ?

6 .--------------------

7 . What F is a small , unimportant lie (noun) ? 7.-------------------

8 . What F is a document , painting or bank note which is not real , but intended to deceive people (noun) ? 8.-------------------------

9 . What G means to escape without punishment (phrasal verb) ? 9. -------------------

10 . What G is malicious talk about other people (noun) ? 10 . --------------------

11 . What H is an elaborate attempt to make people believe something that isn’t true (noun) ? 11 . -------------------

12 . What Hs do you tell when someone needs to realize some unpleasant facts about themselves (noun , plural) ? 12 .---------------------

13 . What O is a formal and serious promise you take , e.g. in a court of law (noun) ?13 .-------------

14 . What P is lying under O (noun) ? 14 . ---------------------

15 . What Rs are pieces of information being passed around which may or may not be true (noun , plural) ? 15.-------------------

16 . What S means to make something more widely known and is often used with Rs

(verb) ? 16 . ------------------------

17. What T means that you have been lied to and deceived by someone else (phrasal verb) ?

17 . ------------------

18 . What Ts are stories which you tell the teacher to get others into trouble (noun) ?

18 .---------------------

19 . What T means to make a formal statement in a court of law (verb) ? 19 .----------------

20 . What W is the color of lies which are told to protect people or avoid harm (adjective)

20. ----------------------

Answer Key

2 . bluntly 3 . con 4 . cheat on 5 . exaggerate 6. excuse 7 . a fib 8 . forgery 9. get away with

10 . gossip 11 . hoax 12 . home truths 13 .  oath 14 .  perjury 15 . rumors 16 . spread

17. taken in 18 . tales 19 . testify 20 . white

B- ] Use the correct form of one of the words in part A to complete the sentences .

Example

1 . Dutchman Hans van Meegeren make a fortune from selling paintings , supposedly by Dutch masters like Vermeer . In fact , the paintings were all forgeries which he did himself. 2 . When he said he’d been to the United States hundreds of times , I’m sure he was ---------

It can’t be more than five or six .

3 . The accused swore under ---------------that he spent the evening at home watching videos : this was later found to be a lie , and he was charged with -----------------

4 . He has been trying to -----------------------people out of money by persuading them to invest in a -----------------insurance scheme .

5 . She says that he made her cry by pulling her hair , but I suspect she’s telling ----------

6 . The robbers might have --------------------if they hadn’t left one vital clue at the scene of the crime .

7 . Rather than tell little Sarah the truth about what happened to her cousin , we decided to tell her a ---------------------

8 . I’m so annoyed that they have been ----------------about my private life . It’s non of their business .

9 . He spoke very ---------------and told us a lot of ---------------which upset many people but was probably necessary .

10 . There have been a lot of ---------------going round about redundancies . Can you confirm or deny them ?

11 . He made a number of phone calls claiming to have planted bombs : they were all

-------------------and nothing was ever found .

12 . Everyone knew that he had been -------------on his wife for years : unfortunately she was the last to know .

13 . I hope you’ve got a good ---------------for being three hours late for dinner .

14 . I had to tell a few -------------------to get the day off - but I’m sure no one will mind .

15 . He was a very convincing liar , and many people were ---------------by him .

Answer Key

2 . exaggerating 2 .path/ perjury 4 . con / bogus 5 . tales 6. got away with it 7 . white lie

8. gossiping 9 . bluntly / home truths 10. rumors 11 . hoaxes 12 . cheating 13 . excuse

14 . fibs 15 . taken in