Sunday, May 11, 2014

ADVANCED VOCABULARY (EXERCISE A30E120)












1. Underline the word that does not belong.
    
    (A) gin            kebob           pasta           sushi
    (B) noun         adjective      spelling       preposition
    (C) baseball    knitting        golf             tennis
    (D) aisle          balcony       foyer           sculpture
    (E)  beckon     point            wink            wave
    (F)  elbow       head             male            foot
    (G)  English    Germany     French         Portuguese
    (H)  boutique   ethnic          museum      restaurant

2. Complete the sentences with ten verbs from the box.


    bring    chew   clap   fall   feed   feel  give   guess    look    make    nod    shake     take    stare

 
(A)   I  _________  at home in Brazil.   
(B)   Do you usually _________  forward to your vacation?
(C)   Please do not _________ the animals.
(D)   You can often _________ what a word means from the context.
(E)    The journey will only _________ three hours.
(F)    You should _________ your food a hundred times.
(G)   When you come, please ________ something to eat.
(H)   Can I _______  you a ride to the station?
(I)      I often _________ hands when I meet someone for the first time.
(J)     I don’t _________  friends easily.
(K)   I would like to __________ in love with someone.

3. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.

(A)  Police have warned people to be _________ when strangers call at the door.
(i) choosy        (ii)  cagey      (iii)   wary       (iv)  scary
(B) New consumer protection legislation comes into __________ next April.
      (i) law              (ii)  force       (iii)   statute     (iv)  act
(C) The factory is working below __________  due to a shortage of raw materials.
      (i) range           (ii)  scope      (iii)  capacity   (iv)  density
(D) If the work-force respected you, you wouldn’t need to __________ your authority so often.
(i) assert          (ii)  affirm      (iii)  maintain   (iv) inflict
      (E)  It’s twenty years since I worked in Argentina and my Spanish is pretty __________ .
             (i) scratchy      (ii)  scruffy     (iii) rusty         (iv)  sloppy
      (F)  Every Christmas of my childhood was the same. My father _________ late for lunch
             weighed down with presents for the family. 
             (i) would arrive (ii) had arrived (iii) was arriving  (iv) used to arrive
      (G)  It ____________ me as strange that my front door was open when I got home.
             (i) seemed        (ii) occurred   (iii) appeared   (iv)  struck
      (H) His English was roughly _________ with my Spanish.
             (i) level            (ii) on a par    (iii) equal         (iv)  in tune
      (I)   What her problems all seemed to __________ to was lack of money.
            (i) analyze         (ii) condense   (iii) boil down  (iv) sum up


ANSWERS

1. Underline the word that does not belong.
    
    (A) gin            kebob           pasta           sushi              (Food)
    (B) noun         adjective      spelling       preposition      (Grammar)
    (C) baseball    knitting        golf             tennis              (Sports)
    (D) aisle          balcony       foyer           sculptur           (Places in a building)
    (E)  beckon     point            wink            wave              (Hand movement)
    (F)  elbow       head             male            foot               (Parts of the body)
    (G)  English    Germany     French         Portuguese       (Languages)
    (H)  boutique   ethnic          museum      restaurant        (Places)

2. Complete the sentences with ten verbs from the box.


    bring    chew   clap   fall   feed   feel  give   guess    look    make    nod    shake     take    stare

 
            (A)  feel at home in Brazil.   
            (B) Do you usually look forward to your vacation?
(C)  Please do not feed the animals.
(D)  You can often guess what a word means from the context.
(E)   The journey will only take three hours.
(F)   You should crew your food a hundred times.
(G)  When you come, please bring something to eat.
(H)  Can I give you a ride to the station?
(I)     I often shake hands when I meet someone for the first time.
(J)    I don’t make  friends easily.
(K)  I would like to fall in love with someone.

3. Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.

(           (A) Police have warned people to be wary when strangers call at the door.
(i) choosy        (ii)  cagey      (iii)   wary       (iv)  scary
(B) New consumer protection legislation comes into force next April.
      (i) law              (ii)  force       (iii)   statute     (iv)  act
(C) The factory is working below capacity due to a shortage of raw materials.
      (i) range           (ii)  scope      (iii)  capacity   (iv)  density
(D) If the work-force respected you, you wouldn’t need to assert your authority so often.
(i) assert          (ii)  affirm      (iii)  maintain   (iv) inflict
      (E)  It’s twenty years since I worked in Argentina and my Spanish is pretty rusty.
             (i) scratchy      (ii)  scruffy     (iii) rusty         (iv)  sloppy
      (F)  Every Christmas of my childhood was the same. My father would arrive late for lunch
             weighed down with presents for the family. 
             (i) would arrive (ii) had arrived (iii) was arriving  (iv) used to arrive
      (G)  It struck me as strange that my front door was open when I got home.
             (i) seemed        (ii) occurred   (iii) appeared   (iv)  struck
      (H) His English was roughly on par with my Spanish.
             (i) level            (ii) on a par    (iii) equal         (iv)  in tune
      (I)   What her problems all seemed to boil down to was lack of money.

            (i) analyze         (ii) condense   (iii) boil down  (iv) sum up

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