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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. Country of an Egyptian
Egypt
skirt
twelve o'clock
experienced
2. Country of a Canadian
brilliant
gardening
catch
Canada
3. Describes something or someone that makes you laugh
element
feminine
funny
magnificent
4. A flat - round piece of metal with special designs on it - used as money
everywhere
basketball
coin
die
5. Country of a Dutchman
love story
unimportant
apartment
The Netherlands
6. Very unkind - unpleansant and shocking;often used for a taste that stays in the mouth or an event when people are hurt.
nasty
restaurant
budgie
dance
7. A thing no matter what
party
anything
champion
championship
8. Building where Christians go to worship
ruler
jeans
cafe
church
9. Someone who organises and controls a business
safari
season
invade
manager
10. The place with equipment you can use to get fit and healthy
gym
temperature
unromantic
apple pie
11. Area of sand next to the sea
map
politician
love story
beach
12. Land that is owned or controlled by a particular country - ruler or military force
nephew
territory
wonderful
excellent
13. A solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
garden
cathedral
disco
cheese
14. Racing on motorbikes
motor racing
actor
village
third
15. A piece of good quality beef
hot property
Irish
puck
steak
16. Sport of using a parachute
football match
ski centre
education
parachuting
17. Of a low temperature
fibre
cathedral
cold
physics
18. Describes someone - a way of speaking - etc. that is pleasant and doesn't upset people
game
writer
zip
polite
19. Not wet
someone
singer
dry
Australian
20. A thing that you have been successful in.
uncle
painting
sauna
achievements
21. From Russia
file
Russian
dislike
fat
22. Country of a Spaniard
skiing
diving
Spain
street
23. Building where you can stay for a short time
game
hotel
zip
cold
24. Soft white pieces of frozen water
rainforest
horse riding
snow
fantastic
25. E.g. to use something which is typical of what you are talking about.
gardening
dessert
lovely
for example
26. A shop where you can buy all kinds of things for your animals at home
golf
write
home
pet shop
27. Changing often
glamorous
changeable
winter
denim
28. System of communication by written and spoken words - which is used ina particular country or area
spectacular
Uruguayan
gardening
language
29. Period of time between 14th and 17th centuries when art. literature - philosophy and scientific ideas became important
normous
The Renaissance
jeans
badminton
30. A small plastic card that you use to buy things now and pay for them later.
kick
no one
credit card
terrorist
31. Activity of growing plants in a garden
gardening
suggest
starter
attractive
32. To move to the sounds of music
champion
cousin
badly
dance
33. Opposite of famous
unknown
defeat
Scots
nylon
34. Child of your uncle or aunt
top
cousin
relaxed
party
35. Describes water - air -etc. with dirt - bad chemicals -etc in it
fiction
polluted
noisy
cool
36. Someone who looks after young children
skating
exploration
sad
childminder
37. Travelling in a boat
ball
silk
sailing
cafe
38. Not interesting
championship
tomorrow
boring
early
39. Trying to catch a fish
without
countryside
attractive
fishing
40. Fat from milk that you can put on a sandwich or cook with.
butter
surfing
fibre
apple pie
41. Opposite of noisy
quiet
dirty
somewhere
adventure
42. Someone who has a lot of skill because he has done it a lot
experienced
doctor
polite
knight
43. Opposite of possible
unhelpful
guide book
department store
impossible
44. Organized sports event between 2 teams or people
match
unexciting
Australia
ball
45. Not healthy
T-shirt
unhealthy
desk
twelve o'clock
46. Describes something with a lot of different colours
date of birth
chemist
aerobic exercises
colourful
47. A game for 2 people or 2 pairs of people who use rackets to hit a small soft ball over a net
ruler
tennis
The Netherlands
birdwatching
48. 6.30 h.
a big break
cook
goalkeeper
half past six
49. Making pictures with a pen or pencil
drawing
T-shirt
cool
apartment
50. The most important town in a country
water skiing
wall
dirty
capital city