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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. Feeling calm and comfortable






2. Very good -in an UNEXPECTED way






3. I am willing to do something

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4. Someone who organises and controls a business






5. The sport of swimming under water using special equipment to help you to breathe






6. Shoes you wear for doing sport






7. Time of the year when leaves change colour and the weather becomes cooler






8. A small plastic card that you use to buy things now and pay for them later.






9. The structure that covers the top of a building






10. A huge - ugly creature






11. Before twelve o'clock






12. Somebody - you use someone for a person when you don't mention who






13. Someone who looks after young children






14. A building where you can buy things






15. Unhappy and wanting to cry






16. A cheap place like a hotel where you can stay






17. A story - film - idea that is about people - things - event you imagine and not real ones






18. A book that tells what has happened in someone's life - written by someone else






19. Building where Christians go to worship






20. Making a suggestion:

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21. A nuclear bomb that splits atoms to cause an extremely learge explosion






22. The act of using weapons against an enemy in a war






23. From Peru






24. A place with many houses - streets and shops - etc.






25. A place where you take your car and fill it with fuel






26. A story -film -etc. about people in love






27. 12.00 h.

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28. A building where you pay to watch a movie






29. You use it for a thing when you don't mention which thing






30. The place /building where you live






31. A person who plays a role in a film or play






32. Information you write to explain where you live.






33. Period of time between 14th and 17th centuries when art. literature - philosophy and scientific ideas became important






34. Science of numbers and shapes






35. Scribes something that is a long distance from one side to the other






36. A restaurant often in a factory -school etc - where you can choose foods that have already been cooked and carry your own food to the table






37. A close female relation of a king or queen - especially a daughter






38. Very good or beautiful and very impressive( e.g a view - building)






39. The area of land next to the sea






40. Someone who has won first place in a competition






41. Tell someone about your ideas about what they should do - where they should go etc.






42. To turn over and over and move






43. Sport of riding over the waves on a board






44. A creature from another world






45. Glasses you wear to protect your eyes when the sun is bright.






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






47. Someone who use violence such as bomb - shooting etc to obtain political demands






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






49. Not any person






50. Not interesting