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Basic English Words For All

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. Tired and unhappy because you have nothing to do or nothings interesting is going on.






2. Something you wear on your feet - usually over socks.






3. Large open area in a town






4. System of communication by written and spoken words - which is used ina particular country or area






5. Metal stick used in golf






6. Country of a Brazilian






7. Describes someone who is friendly and likes being with people






8. Sport of travelling in a boat with sails






9. Trousers made of denim






10. A place you can go skiing






11. Covered with mud - dust -old food - etc.






12. Water that falls in small drops from clouds






13. A small container like a paper bag






14. To be or go on a holiday in Africa looking at big wild animals






15. The science studying the structure of substances and the way they change or combine with each other






16. A white or grey mass in the sky that forms very small dropps of water






17. Very good - important






18. To see and notice something






19. To ask people questions in a formal situation






20. In or from the east of a country or area






21. Extremely good - attractive






22. Electronic instrument similar to the piano that can produce sounds like many different instruments






23. From Kenya






24. Describes something that make you feel unhappy






25. A fact or detail about something






26. The first meal of the day






27. Land that is owned or controlled by a particular country - ruler or military force






28. Indoor game played on a table by 2 or 4 players who hit a small plastic ball to eachother across a net






29. The sport of moving on water using a board with a sail






30. A extremely pupular star






31. Drawing of an area showing roads -rivers -etc.






32. A nuclear bomb that splits atoms to cause an extremely learge explosion






33. A creature from another world






34. Failure to win






35. A paper that describes your education - interests - experience etc.






36. The main meal of the day






37. Sitting or lying in the sun especially in order to become brown






38. To do a job






39. Someone who lives next to you or very near






40. Activity of travelling on a bike






41. Someone who produces art - especially painting or drawings






42. Opposite of kind






43. Opposite of wide






44. All the people






45. Moving over snow with two long - narrow boards under your feet






46. New machines - equipment and ways of doing things that are based on modern knowledge about science and computers






47. A room for sleeping






48. Intended to be useful and suitable - not just fashionable or attractive






49. To move your foot against something/someone






50. The nations of the Asian continent collectively