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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. A public road in a town






2. Someone trained to repair cars or machines






3. A small machine you can use to find quantities using numbers






4. A room or building containing books that can be looked at or borrowed






5. Slightly fat






6. A folded card in which you can keep loose papers






7. Strong material made of animal skin






8. Extremely good - important - successful






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






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






11. Not old






12. A large area in some way different from other areas around it






13. A building for education






14. To run so that you get fit






15. Speaking or behaving in a way that is not polite - is likely to offend or annoy people






16. Carrying radiation - a form of energy that can harm living things






17. Someone who makes things in a factory






18. Land that is owned or controlled by a particular country - ruler or military force






19. Tools / stuff you need to do an activity






20. A building that belongs to a company or organisation - with rooms where people can work at desks






21. Activity that is a compition between players or teams






22. To see and notice something






23. Some one who does a sport like running or jumping






24. Our planet Earth and everyone /everything on it






25. The game when 2 teams push a ball over a high net.






26. Describes someone who tells the truth






27. Sport of riding over the waves on a board






28. Not good






29. Country of a Spaniard






30. Activity of cleaning plates -cups knives -etc.






31. The number 0






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






33. My sister's or my brother's son






34. Hair that grows in the shape of curves






35. A person is talented when he is very good at something






36. Woman who performs in a play or film






37. When you see sex on a form they are asking whether you are male or female






38. Activity of travelling on a bike






39. A very small town in the countryside






40. Someone who organises and controls a business






41. Organized sports event between 2 teams or people






42. A white or grey mass in the sky that forms very small dropps of water






43. Describes someone who is pleasant and kind






44. Opposite of long






45. Country of a Kenyan






46. A piece of clothing that covers a woman's body and her legs






47. A piece of paper money






48. Of a low temperature






49. Work involved in designing roads - bridgesand machines etc.






50. Cloth made from the white fibres of the cotton plant