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Basic English Words For All
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Subjects
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english
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vocabulary
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literacy
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Very unpleasant and making you feel sick; often used for a taste or smell
fantasy
disgusting
niece
cottage
2. Describes someone who embarrassed and not willing to talk to people
Polish
shy
basketball
narrow
3. Very good -in an UNEXPECTED way
amazing
Polish
Uruguayan
campsite
4. A man with a high rank in the past and who was trained to fight while riding on a horse
knight
surfing
experienced
hero
5. Cloth made from the white fibres of the cotton plant
in the evening
cotton
occupation
steak
6. System of communication by written and spoken words - which is used ina particular country or area
language
The Renaissance
resort
football
7. A building where things/products are made
snow
angry
factory
Brazilian
8. Area of sand next to the sea
eastern
puck
mechanic
beach
9. To spend a lot of money - energy - etc - on it
can
bag
do something in a big way
fantastic
10. A small plastic card that you use to buy things now and pay for them later.
the world
actress
credit card
be born
11. The sport of moving on water using a board with a sail
comfortable
windsurfing
novel
colourful
12. Piece of jewellery you wear in your ears
earring
caravan park
cook
fiction
13. From France
upstairs
French
comedy
legend
14. The game when 2 teams try to throw a large ball through a high net
dirty
basketball
cotton
alien
15. 3rd
tuna salad
disco
third
comedy
16. Jewellery worn around your neck
relaxed
office
necklace
noisy
17. Activity of putting up a tent and live in it on holiday
roast beef
camping
American
basketball
18. Particular area where something happens or is
water skiing
bad
do something in a big way
place
19. Popular in a particular time
love story
fashionable
engineering
fibre
20. All the things
everything
dessert
inactive
mathemathics
21. Science concerned with the study of physical objects and substances and natural forces such as light - heat and movement
physics
email
architect
The Netherlands
22. All the people
trainers
hang gliding
diving
everyone
23. E.g. to use something which is typical of what you are talking about.
good-looking
airport
for example
Dutch
24. Activity of growing plants in a garden
gardening
lazy
football
disgusting
25. To produce words on paper - in an email -etc.
Britain
writing
sightseeing
technology
26. A person who cuts up and sells meat as a job
butcher
nationality
omelette
bike
27. A man who serves food and drinks in a restaurant
Uruguay
conqueror
waiter
cook
28. Activity of riding on a horse
singer
unfriendly
backpacking
horse riding
29. Person from Brazil
Brazilian
exhibition
cloudy sky
unhelpful
30. Extremely cold or covered in ice
The Renaissance
icy
jumper
airport
31. A room for sleeping
breakfast
degree
bedroom
bag
32. In /at any place
anywhere
architect
shorts
of all time
33. Opposite of hard-working
lazy
uncle
medium height
nervous
34. A large strong building - built in the past as a safe place that could be easily defended against an attack
cream
trousers
castle
bedroom
35. To touch someone or something hard with your hand - a stick -etc.
microchip
safari
hit
knight
36. In or to every place
spring
magazine
everywhere
beach
37. Someone who gives lessons in a school
formal
teacher
army
helmet
38. To get things and keep them together
occupation
collect
art
everything
39. Extremely bad or unpleasant; often in a way that causes harm or damage
student
terrible
nationality
young
40. Piece of clothing that covers the body from the waist to the feet - divided into separate parts for each leg. They are worn by men and women.
trousers
anyone
playing a game
dress
41. A crature with wings and feathers that can usually fly - the female lays eggs
coat
bird
dancing
thriller
42. Game when players try to hit the ball into a hole in the ground
golf
temperature
fourth
camping
43. A shop where you can buy all kinds of things for your animals at home
straight
poem
pet shop
windsurfing
44. Kind of hat
cap
church
shirt
The united States
45. Opposite of possible
photography
impossible
Malian
sunny
46. Jumping into the water with arms and head first
work
possible
fat
diving
47. A large and important town
Canadian
city
Japanese
in the morning
48. A story - film - idea that is about people - things - event you imagine and not real ones
fantasy
nowhere
equipment
experiment
49. A very small pieve of silicon containing electronic parts - which is used in computers and other machines
hostel
Scotland
adventure
microchip
50. Relating to men or boys
everyone
notebook
male
steak