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Basic English Words For All
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Subjects
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english
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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. From Africa
African
technology
hockey
museum
2. A place with fences where you can watch wild animals
zoo
acting
conqueror
airport
3. The most important / biggest part of a meal
a long time ago
fibre
main course
masculine
4. A shop where you can buy all kinds of things for your animals at home
flat
kind
pet shop
polluted
5. A social event when a lot of people meet together enjoying themselves by eating - drinking -dancing -etc.
party
prince
waitress
office
6. A famous person
celebrity
play golf
young
note
7. Opposite of hard-working
nervous
ugly
sunny
lazy
8. Racing in very fast and expensive cars
engineering
cheese
Formula 1
unhealthy
9. Opposite of romantic
excellent
windsurfing
football match
unromantic
10. Travelling for pleasure with little money -and carrying a rucksack
backpacking
coast
listen to music
army
11. 1st
first
jumper
ears
Irish
12. A thing no matter what
in the afternoon
anything
invade
a quarter past eight
13. The sport of standing on a board and moving across the waves in the sea
grandfather
polluted
Europe
surfing
14. From Spain
panish
washing up
science fiction
flying
15. A place where people go to dance and drink - which is open late at night
somewhere
young
singing
night club
16. Country of an Egyptian
Egypt
snorkel
great
skiing
17. From Britain
war
ghost
eyes
British
18. Piece of clothing that covers your hand
glove
parachuting
interest
writer
19. Your father or your mother's sister
fanmail
hostel
diving
aunt
20. Country of a Turk
butter
sorbet
waitress
Turkey
21. A building with rooms (or one room) where people work at desks
life
surfing
prince
office
22. Sport when you wear skis and a boat pulls you on the water
first
water skiing
The Renaissance
glamorous
23. Piece of clothing usually made of wool that covers your chest and arms
camping
jumper
Japan
for example
24. A building where you can buy and drink an alchoholic drink
walking
car park
unhelpful
pub
25. A small round object that is used for fastening clothes by pushing it through a hole.
earring
button
helpful
plump
26. Activity of looking at birds and trying to recognize different types
degree
birdwatching
engineer
home
27. A long narrow metal or plastic object with two rows of teeth - used for closing or opening something - especially a piece of clothing.
Kenya
starter
coast
zip
28. To move your foot against something/someone
keyboards
kick
camera
nationality
29. Someone who plays football as a job
brilliant
file
footballer
someone
30. Describes someone who is pleasant and kind
disco
lovely
friendly
interest
31. Meal of eggs mixed together and cooked in oil
omelette
player
camping
roof
32. Many years - days - hours in the past
lazy
flat
a long time ago
car park
33. A soft shirt that usually has short sleeves and no collar.
factory worker
T-shirt
championship
outgoing
34. A building where people pay to stay the night and eat meals
cycling
hotel
mask
great
35. Not difficult
collect
easy
grandmother
unromantic
36. Extremely fashionable
strict
sweatshirt
temperature
trendy
37. A book that explains the meaning of words
diving
queen
amazing
dictionary
38. Worried or afraid so not able to be calm
cereal
nervous
pet shop
bike
39. A snow-covered part of the mountain used for skiing
ski slope
riding boots
factory worker
wall
40. A long written story
petrol station
novel
ski centre
drawing
41. Slightly fat
horror story
plump
cathedral
box
42. Small house in the country
cottage
motor racing
rubber
zip
43. Building where clothes are sold
painting
denim
clothes shop
period
44. A military ship that can stay under water
submarine
club
important
entury
45. Story about exciting or dangerous events
kitchen
hot property
beach
adventure story
46. A story - film - idea that is about people - things - event you imagine and not real ones
Malian
golf
fantasy
for example
47. Sitting or lying in the sun especially in order to become brown
polite
Ireland
sunbathing
occupation
48. Opposite of exciting
rude
breakfast
unexciting
helicopter
49. Moving over snow with two long - narrow boards under your feet
explore
skiing
happy
factory
50. A container made of paper - plastic -etc. with straight sides.
Egyptian
footballer
fishing
box