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Basic English Words For All
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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.
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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. Country of a Dutchman
The Netherlands
photography
desperate
casual
2. To move your foot against something/someone
sword
do something in a big way
carton
kick
3. Describes someone - a way of speaking - etc. that is pleasant and doesn't upset people
popular
cream
polite
Danish
4. A long narrow metal or plastic object with two rows of teeth - used for closing or opening something - especially a piece of clothing.
famous
a big break
zip
table tennis
5. Not bend or curved
straight
polluted
romantic
everyone
6. Many years - days - hours in the past
teacher
ski centre
Britain
a long time ago
7. A piece of clothing you wear over your other clothes when your outside
coat
dessert
water skiing
backpacking
8. Extremely big
monster
spring
nose
normous
9. Activity of looking at beautiful or famous places when you are on holiday
bank
beautiful
sightseeing
serious
10. To make - design or think of a new type of thing (verb0
Turkish
notebook
invent
cheese
11. A small container like a paper bag
technology
in the morning
Ukrainian
packet
12. Describes someone who is pleasant and kind
friendly
easy
forest
breakfast
13. There has never been any better before
invent
horror story
the best ever
honest
14. On a higher level in a building; opposite= downstairs
shorts
ski centre
expensive
upstairs
15. Someone who tells the actors and cameramen what to do in a film or play.
noisy
director
athlete
nylon
16. Scribes something that is a long distance from one side to the other
wide
car park
excellent
Argentina
17. Opposite of late
experience
nasty
early
season
18. Someone trained to treat people who are ill.
doctor
airport
final
exploration
19. A job or profession
one thing is..
Asian
occupation
scientist
20. From Europe
sunny
European
above
athlete
21. A building where things/products are made
upstairs
resort
factory
colourful
22. The most important / biggest part of a meal
main course
mask
match
without
23. Building where you can get or keep your money
club
bank
skiing
suggest
24. A thing no matter what
handbag
Ireland
city
anything
25. Activity of riding on a horse
science fiction
polluted
horse riding
brochure
26. Opposite of wide
polite
narrow
calorie
llama
27. A boy or man with the same parents as another person
score
game
funny
brother
28. To produce words on paper - in an email -etc.
hockey
trainers
the best ever
writing
29. Nice - pleasant
anywhere
lovely
something
romantic
30. Describes someone who embarrassed and not willing to talk to people
shy
skills
spider
main course
31. A woman who rules a country because she is from a royal family
rebel
Russia
actor
queen
32. Physical activity including games -athletics and competitions
engineer
icy
experiment
sport
33. 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
cinema
ruler
nervous
34. Your father or mother's brother
shy
coin
basketball
uncle
35. Suitable for official or serious situations/ occasions
comedy
formal
microchip
poem
36. Unit for messuring temperature
coin
biology
The Renaissance
degree
37. A creature from another world
hotel
alien
adventure
runner
38. 3rd
noisy
novel
third
dry
39. A large bat with strings in the middle that you use to play tennis or badminton
excellent
adventure
semi-final
racket
40. Bed and breakfast ; a small hotel or private house where you can stay for the night and have breakfast before you leave.
catch
warm
from nine until 10 o'clock
B&B
41. A hard hat that protects your head
helmet
birdwatching
of all time
European
42. A large area in some way different from other areas around it
Scotland
zone
rubber
sister
43. To make sounds and smile to show you are happy or think something is very funny
destroy
laugh
war
fiction
44. Person who studies or teaches mathematics or is a specialist in it
romance
airport
mathematician
biologist
45. A thin book in which you write somethings to remember
invention
washing up
the best ever
notebook
46. Intended to be useful and suitable - not just fashionable or attractive
muscle
office
biology
practical
47. A large strong building - built in the past as a safe place that could be easily defended against an attack
territory
office
castle
basketball
48. Time of the year when flowers and leaves appear
attack
calorie
school
spring
49. A structure that has been built and filled with water for people to swim in
shopping centre
a quarter past eight
swimming pool
What about - I know/ I've an idea - why don't we...
50. Country of an Indian
India
Brazil
countryside
wall