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Basic English Words For All
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Subjects
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english
,
vocabulary
,
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. The day when you were born
possible
date of birth
a piece of information
I don't mind
2. Intended to be useful and suitable - not just fashionable or attractive
something
above
boring
practical
3. Metal container for food or drinks
winter
cook
horrible
can
4. To touch someone or something hard with your hand - a stick -etc.
dishonest
tin
hit
sex
5. A close female relation of a king or queen - especially a daughter
boring
politician
princess
bird
6. Describes something that makes you laugh
short
mineral
funny
spider
7. A shop where you can buy all kinds of things for your animals at home
great
pet shop
breakfast
manager
8. Describes someone who can make and repair things
uncle
swimming pool
practical
sailing
9. From Mali
actor
crowded
ball
Malian
10. Opposite of kind
desert
magnificent
heavy
unkind
11. Become husband and wife
jacket
theatre
Australian
marry
12. To travel around in an area order to find out about it
explore
plump
knight
guide book
13. Book of practical information about a place
artist
countryside
formal
guide book
14. 5th
plump
lazy
for example
fifth
15. A game for 2 players who move pieces on a board to try to trap a piece called the king
unkind
knife
windsurfing
chess
16. South American animalwith thick hair like wool - and a long neck
llama
fantastic
email
rain
17. Country of an Indian
friendly
India
wonderful
territory
18. A television programme - film - etc. that makes you laugh
comedy
polluted
cafeteria
protein
19. The last game in the competition
bar
final
dirty
basketball
20. Unit for messuring temperature
short
file
snorkel
degree
21. Someone who produces art - especially painting or drawings
curly
delicious
artist
beach
22. The game when players hit a ball over a net with a racket
someone
rubber
tennis
golf club
23. From France
number one hit
wet
French
Africa
24. Large open area in a town
T-shirt
discovery
let's...
square
25. Failure to win
friendly
outgoing
athlete
defeat
26. I am willing to do something
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27. A famous person - often an actor or sports personality
star
American
trainers
upstairs
28. 8.45 h.
denim
a quarter to nine
radioactive
doctor
29. 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.
dislike
bag
trousers
Canadian
30. A problem is....
one thing is..
magnificent
dry
funny
31. An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition in e.g. running - throwing -jumping
athletics
sailing
crime
fashionable
32. An activity or sport in which people compete with each other according to agreed rules
game
fantasy
beach
street
33. A large strong building - built in the past as a safe place that could be easily defended against an attack
castle
walking boots
fat
surfing
34. When you see sex on a form they are asking whether you are male or female
rubber
sex
town
France
35. One of the 4 parts a year is devided into - each part has a particular type of weather
season
garden
Scots
radioactive
36. Opposite of never
always
waiter
bone
beach
37. A place where you take your car and fill it with fuel
single room
shopping centre
silk
petrol station
38. Move your legs faster than walking
ball
footballer
run
apartment
39. A thing that you have been successful in.
snorkel
unkind
famous
achievements
40. Suitable for official or serious situations/ occasions
Uruguay
important
formal
sailing
41. Frozen sweet food made of fruit juice - sugar and water
magnificent
library
grandmother
sorbet
42. Changing often
best friend
love story
brother
changeable
43. A place where you can put your caravan when you are on holiday
cloud
helicopter
caravan park
volleyball
44. From Ukraine
fantasy
diving
kind
Ukrainian
45. Not light
element
heavy
car park
fashionable
46. E.g. to use something which is typical of what you are talking about.
top
taking photos
above
for example
47. A metal container
waiter
wallet
tin
observe
48. A thing no matter what
nephew
anything
fishing
observation
49. Someone's way of behaving - their opninons - etc
changeable
scientist
horse riding
personality
50. Extremely attractive or surprisingly beautiful
classroom
stunning
sightseeing
square