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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. To ask people questions in a formal situation
sex
jeans
sunny
interview
2. To see and notice something
discovery
carton
observe
calorie
3. A unit to measure the energy in food
wonderful
calorie
city
for example
4. Anybody - any person no matter who
Africa
early
anyone
garage
5. A thick yellow -white liquid - the fatty content of milk
dance
encyclopedia
anyone
cream
6. The sport of moving on water using a board with a sail
windsurfing
dessert
element
sweatshirt
7. Son of a king - queen - prince or princess
observe
volleyball
prince
snow
8. Piece of clothing that covers your upper part of your body.
top
angry
home
boring
9. 6.30 h.
in the afternoon
half past six
handsome
chemistry
10. A building where you can see and buy art
tomorrow
cold
breakfast
gallery
11. To be or go on a holiday in Africa looking at big wild animals
tomorrow
hockey
fishing rod
safari
12. A place where people go to dance or an organisation for people with the same interest
sorbet
knight
technology
club
13. Not clean
dirty
shy
art
badly
14. The most important town in a country
discover
runner
carton
capital city
15. Not interesting
packet
horrible
boring
horse riding
16. The nations of the European continent collectively
unromantic
Europe
camera
preference
17. Opposite of late
bank
friend
Ukrainian
early
18. A long narrow metal or plastic object with two rows of teeth - used for closing or opening something - especially a piece of clothing.
zoo
temperature
night club
zip
19. Unpleasant in a way that makes you nervous or frightened
experiment
bounce
creepy
play golf
20. A crature with wings and feathers that can usually fly - the female lays eggs
a quarter past eight
amazing
bird
freezing
21. 1.a building or part of a building where you keep your car.2. a place you can take your car to be repaired.
garage
unimportant
swimming pool
knife
22. Your favourite friend
lazy
notebook
lovely
best friend
23. Country of a Scot
email
birdwatching
cafeteria
Scotland
24. A place where you can buy and eat meals
blond
straight
map
restaurant
25. Sport of using a parachute
parachuting
dry
unromantic
email
26. From Argentina
Argentinian
The Renaissance
nylon
play golf
27. Piece of jewellery you wear in your ears
earring
game
outside
city
28. Travelling in a boat
sailing
bad
uninteresting
occupation
29. Opposite of exciting
unexciting
sorbet
airport
smart
30. A place where planes take off and land - with buildings for passengers to wait in
unimportant
top
airport
incredible
31. Letter from your admirers
skiing
caravan park
female
fanmail
32. Higher than; opposite = below
reading
sport
knee
above
33. The first meal of the day (usually in the morning)
armour
warm
breakfast
romance
34. Sport of moving down snowy hills on long thin pieces of wood or plastic under your boots
skiing
cotton
helmet
war
35. A piece of good quality beef
cool
steak
male
masculine
36. A strong hard cap to protect your head
acting
helmet
Turkey
colourful
37. A place to go for a coffee or other drink
ice hockey
cafe
restaurant
chemist
38. A person who cuts up and sells meat as a job
a quarter to nine
butcher
through
niece
39. A piece of clothing made of cotton that you wear on the upper part of your body for exercise or informal activities.
sweatshirt
equipment
rain
office
40. The nations of the African continent collectively
fishing
Africa
trendy
disco
41. Play the game in which the players hit a ball into holes in the ground -using as few hits as possible
crowded
quiet
play golf
countryside
42. Someone who write novels or stories
normous
writer
trekking
Russia
43. A metal container
fishing rod
education
tin
coin
44. A very small pieve of silicon containing electronic parts - which is used in computers and other machines
coat
microchip
student
office
45. Jumping into the water with arms and head first
diving
backpacking
forest
from nine until 10 o'clock
46. Visiting interesting or famous places as a tourist
sightseeing
B&B
desert
badly
47. Sport of trying to catch fish
bike
a quarter to nine
fishing
nationality
48. Country of a Ukrainian
brilliant
ski slope
waiter
Ukraine
49. A soft shirt that usually has short sleeves and no collar.
monster
T-shirt
box
magnificent
50. Country of a Dane
architect
flat
half past six
Denmark