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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. Spaghetti with minced meat in a tomato sauce
invention
beach
spaghetti bolognaise
alien
2. The nations of the African continent collectively
everywhere
engineering
library
Africa
3. A place with many houses - streets and shops - etc.
town
I don't mind
unimportant
painting
4. A paper that describes your education - interests - experience etc.
third
eastern
education
curriculum vitae
5. Salad with piece of a large grey fish( tonijn)
boots
bad
tuna salad
breakfast
6. Extremely good - attractive -enjoyable
gardening
magnificent
The Netherlands
fantastic
7. Stay a a place to grow there or have your home there (verb)
surfing
desert
uninteresting
live
8. Not in any place
drawing
funny
nowhere
go camping
9. A comfortable temperature - slightly hot
curriculum vitae
Russia
beach
warm
10. Speaking or behaving in a way that is not polite - is likely to offend or annoy people
American
bone
rude
capital
11. Not wet
monster
sailing
racket
dry
12. From Uruguay
double room
Uruguayan
degree
motor racing
13. Hear sounds of instuments
technology
cheese
hotel
listen to music
14. The game when 2 teams push a ball over a high net.
fanmail
volleyball
exploration
attack
15. Intended to be useful and suitable - not just fashionable or attractive
somewhere
excellent
practical
die
16. A long thin piece of plastic or wood that you use for measuring things or drawing straight lines
princess
ruler
mathematician
flat
17. A long narrow metal or plastic object with two rows of teeth - used for closing or opening something - especially a piece of clothing.
diving
incredible
zip
hit
18. Opposite of important
unimportant
coin
lovely
chemist
19. Extremely good - attractive
riding boots
fantastic
a piece of information
garage
20. Area of sand next to the sea
beach
elephant
a big break
football match
21. Someone who produces art - especially painting or drawings
great
artist
walking
cook
22. Not important
season
in the afternoon
unimportant
ears
23. part of a system - plan - piece of work etc.- chemical substance
element
alien
champion
wonderful
24. A building where children have lessons
manager
school
destroy
famous
25. Activity of travelling on a bike
single room
Argentinian
a quarter past eight
cycling
26. Country of an Egyptian
button
Egypt
racket
winter
27. Opposite : beautiful
incredible
office
ugly
cold
28. Equipment for playing tennis
French
best friend
racket
street
29. Opposite of possible
balanced diet
adventure
blond
impossible
30. A military ship that can stay under water
celebrity
cathedral
submarine
romance
31. Unhealthy food with a lot of sugar and fat inside
junk food
beautiful
lunch
dislike
32. Describes someone who makes a lot of unpleasant sounds
bad
noisy
knife
for example
33. Opposite of kind
unkind
glove
desk
a quarter to nine
34. A building with rooms (or one room) where people work at desks
poem
office
summer
Brazil
35. Time of the year when the weather is coldest
helmet
winter
artist
suggestion
36. Country of a Welshman
game
army
Wales
war
37. From Africa
life
African
experienced
lazy
38. Someone who has won first place in a competition
town
champion
sailing
suggest
39. A small flat case that people keep money -credit cards and small documents in.
of all time
wallet
sad
flat
40. A small round object that is used for fastening clothes by pushing it through a hole.
calculator
button
American
aunt
41. Opposite of romantic
carton
gallery
street
unromantic
42. Popular in a particular time
village
fashionable
pet shop
hotel
43. Relating to men or boys
childminder
male
countryside
grandfather
44. Area around a house which has plants and flowers in it
unpleasant
kitchen
dirty
garden
45. Holiday activity of living in a tent
British
in the evening
fishing
camping
46. A set of page that gives information
brochure
useless
helmet
lunch
47. The activity of jumping into the water with arms and head first
gallery
diving
worker
campsite
48. Not old
kitchen
young
champion
degree
49. The act of using weapons against an enemy in a war
shirt
the world
architect
attack
50. Someone trained to treat people who are ill.
kitchen
doctor
run
curriculum vitae