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Basic English Words For All
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english
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vocabulary
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literacy
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. Someone who wins a war or gets control of a country
conqueror
skiing
inactive
bat
2. A person who plays a role in a film or play
encyclopedia
sad
explore
actor
3. Not nice
What about - I know/ I've an idea - why don't we...
romantic
nasty
a quarter to nine
4. It can be done
possible
education
Denmark
half past six
5. The act of inventing (noun)
champion
invention
fashionable
painting
6. Describes someone who is friendly and likes being with people
teacher
outgoing
live
chess
7. Someone who sings
singer
hot
unromantic
footballer
8. The area of land next to the sea
everywhere
volleyball
Africa
coast
9. In stories and film - someone who can do strange and impossible things
manager
always
water skiing
wizard
10. Someone who use violence such as bomb - shooting etc to obtain political demands
straight
radioactive
terrorist
popular
11. From Hungary
nose
Hungarian
physics
tennis
12. Very good or beautiful and very impressive( e.g a view - building)
magnificent
desert
Turkey
winter
13. A flat - round piece of metal with special designs on it - used as money
necklace
coin
science fiction
kitchen
14. An activity or sport in which people compete with each other according to agreed rules
fanmail
uninteresting
game
bad at
15. Activity of growing plants in your garden
gardening
actress
petrol station
surfing
16. The sport of doing special exercises and movements
tie
gymnastics
anyone
eastern
17. A large and important town
restaurant
city
quiet
Japan
18. From Ukraine
sailing
apple pie
Ukrainian
party
19. A small round object that is used for fastening clothes by pushing it through a hole.
button
pretty
caravan park
honest
20. Areas outside towns and cities
sunbathing
countryside
degree
dessert
21. From Russia
Russian
skating
cream
player
22. Intended to be useful and suitable - not just fashionable or attractive
practical
night club
dislike
French
23. Knowledge or skill you get from doing something
be born
experience
knee
hot
24. Someone's male parent
father
gardening
kick
nose
25. Tired and unhappy because you have nothing to do or nothings interesting is going on.
husband
bored
nasty
American
26. A weapon with a long - sharp blade and a handle
forest
quiet
sword
magnificent
27. Country of a Uruguayan
unpopular
square
alien
Uruguay
28. The day when you were born
backpacking
shoes
a piece of information
date of birth
29. New machines - equipment and ways of doing things that are based on modern knowledge about science and computers
technology
a quarter past eight
curly
chemistry
30. Hair that grows in the shape of curves
trousers
Welsh
something
curly
31. Describes something that makes you laugh
funny
fanmail
nasty
notebook
32. The way you feel at a particular time
honest
armour
mood
tank
33. Jewellery worn around your neck
hero
art
necklace
poem
34. Sport of moving on boots with metal blades or small wheels on the bottom
skating
horror story
packet
Egypt
35. A social event when a lot of people meet together enjoying themselves by eating - drinking -dancing -etc.
fantasy
outgoing
bottle
party
36. A man with a high rank in the past and who was trained to fight while riding on a horse
shorts
actress
knight
main course
37. The nations of the Asian continent collectively
clothes shop
flippers
Europe
Asia
38. A group of shops together in one area.
quiet
zero
shopping centre
smart
39. Someone who write novels or stories
note
writer
live
guide book
40. 8.45 h.
a quarter to nine
poem
inactive
love story
41. A building with rooms (or one room) where people work at desks
The Renaissance
office
experienced
creepy
42. A building where you can see and buy art
with
tennis
gallery
Malian
43. Beef cooked in an oven
roast beef
cotton
supermarket
unimportant
44. Cold or calm and relaxed - or fashionable/good
cheap
amazing
balanced diet
cool
45. Activity of putting up a tent and living in it on holiday
excellent
go camping
zone
volleyball
46. Opposite of hard-working
jacket
lazy
gardening
Scots
47. Opposite of friendly
unfriendly
anything
alien
ruler
48. Child of your uncle or aunt
cold
calculator
cousin
the world
49. Sport of trying to catch fish
a big break
experience
fishing
creepy
50. Scribes something that is a long distance from one side to the other
interview
preference
cool
wide