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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. A container made of paper/plasic/ leather you use to carry things
backpacking
climbing
bag
trainers
2. part of a system - plan - piece of work etc.- chemical substance
run
thriller
uninteresting
element
3. 1.a long wooden stick used in some sports and games - like cricket or baseball 2. a round flat piece of wood used to hit the ball in table tennis
bored
bat
nose
crime
4. A small book that tells you what to look at when you are a tourist in a place
young
wallet
easy
guidebook
5. Land that is owned or controlled by a particular country - ruler or military force
mathematician
car park
camera
territory
6. A man who serves food and drinks in a restaurant
denim
waiter
surfing
club
7. The process or activity of learning
education
experienced
strict
nervous
8. Short coat
glove
junk food
jacket
ice hockey
9. Someone who cares for sick people as a job
mask
nurse
neighbour
brilliant
10. Indoor game played on a table by 2 or 4 players who hit a small plastic ball to eachother across a net
table tennis
cinema
can
zoo
11. Country of the British
suggest
popular
playing a game
Britain
12. Science of numbers and shapes
friend
desperate
alien
mathemathics
13. A place with many houses - streets and shops - etc.
town
windsurfing
bottle
countryside
14. Extremely big
fifth
top
normous
countryside
15. The process of watching something/ someone carefully over a period of time
nasty
cricket
observation
singing
16. A tube that allows someone who is swimming to breathe air under water
snorkel
megastar
factory
binoculars
17. Not strong
aerobic exercises
nowhere
classroom
weak
18. One of two sports games whose winners then compete against each other to decide who wins the whole competition
semi-final
Scotland
cook
play
19. Activity of growing plants in a garden
gardening
magnificent
unpleasant
forest
20. Become husband and wife
anything
car park
marry
above
21. A girl or a woman with the same parents as a person
Europe
sister
bathroom
factory
22. Not wet
unexciting
knight
dry
Russian
23. Opposite of easy
science fiction
difficult
above
knee
24. A large strong building built in the past as a safe place
castle
marry
tank
defeat
25. Knowledge or skill you get from doing something
experience
through
nephew
dessert
26. Activity of making pictures using paint
drawing
semi-final
painting
horror story
27. Opposite of friendly
unfriendly
in the afternoon
fashionable
be born
28. A man who rules a country because he is from a royal family
king
badly
ruler
everyone
29. Describes something that costs a lot of money
city
expensive
the best ever
history
30. Long thin metal stick used in golf to hit the ball
gardening
golf club
director
birdwatching
31. Activity of buying things
dirty
shopping
great
European
32. The most important / biggest part of a meal
shopping centre
double room
desperate
main course
33. A place/ business where you can buy things
football match
run
shop
unromantic
34. A large and important town
famous
city
bank
invent
35. A building where people pay to stay the night and eat meals
noisy
hotel
home
zoo
36. Warmest part of the year
address
half past six
summer
winter
37. Someone or something that is funny makes you laugh
noisy
diving
funny
The united States
38. Somebody - you use someone for a person when you don't mention who
diving
coast
history
someone
39. Special pair of glasses for looking at objects that are at a long distance
binoculars
Uruguay
brilliant
medium height
40. A small flat case that people keep money -credit cards and small documents in.
beach
wallet
Argentina
second
41. A woman who serves food and drinks in a restaurant
waitress
skiing
football
difficult
42. To get things and keep them together
casual
funny
alien
collect
43. Feeling calm and comfortable
fat
forest
relaxed
flat
44. To run so that you get fit
playing music
terrible
jog
in the evening
45. A particular time in history
steak
period
racket
bad at
46. A building where children have lessons
India
helicopter
friend
school
47. The nations of the African continent collectively
experience
game
sport
Africa
48. A story performed by actors
bad at
diving
airport
play
49. Short trousers that end at or above the knees
engineer
stunning
sports centre
shorts
50. A piece of paper money
brilliant
do something in a big way
note
Peruvian