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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. Idea - plan -possibility that someone mentions






2. Extremely cold or covered in ice






3. A building where children have lessons






4. Describes something with a lot of different colours






5. A comfortable temperature - slightly hot






6. Some one who plays football - especially as a job






7. To move to the sounds of music






8. Strong material made of animal skin






9. Someone's way of behaving - their opninons - etc






10. Activity of moving through the water using your arms and legs






11. Describes something or someone that makes you laugh






12. A strong artificial substance that is used in making plastic and cloth






13. A set of page that gives information






14. Not well






15. A place where people go to dance or an organisation for people with the same interest






16. A place you can get on or off a train






17. A very small pieve of silicon containing electronic parts - which is used in computers and other machines






18. To stop being alive






19. A room that you have lessons in






20. A hard hat that protects your head






21. A show of paintings - photographs or other things that people can see.






22. Part of your face you use for eating - speaking and kissing






23. Strong cotton cloth usually in blue and used especially to make jeans






24. Someone who lives next to you or very near






25. A girl or a woman with the same parents as a person






26. Sport of using a parachute






27. A building where things/products are made






28. Many years - days - hours in the past






29. Not having - doing or including






30. Hair that grows in the shape of curves






31. Extremely good or of high quality






32. The game when players hit a ball over a net with a racket






33. Someone who has won first place in a competition






34. The first part of a meal






35. Popular in a particular time






36. A piece of equipment for taking photos or making films






37. Very high hill






38. Not wet






39. To turn over and over and move






40. The process of watching something/ someone carefully over a period of time






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






42. Country of the British






43. Large area of land covered with trees






44. Country of an Egyptian






45. The act of inventing (noun)






46. Having qualities considered to be typical of women






47. Someone who has a lot of skill because he has done it a lot






48. A boy or man with the same parents as another person






49. A scary story - film -etc. about a murder






50. A small book that tells you what to look at when you are a tourist in a place