ENGLISH VOCABULARY Exercise 1 Multiple -Choice Questions Choose the most suitable answer. 1. The passengers were................

.as the bus traveled down the rocky road. (a) (b) (c) (d) bounced jolted lunged swung

2. To make your dish look more attractive, you have to................it with something colourful. (a) (b) (c) (d) beautify decorate garnish primp

3. You should visit the famous Chinese..................The cough medicine that he brews will cure any cough instantly. (a) (b) (c) (d) herbalist healer concoctionist wizard

4. Susan was on the..............of tears when she got scolded. (a) (b) (c) (d) corner border rim verge

5. There was a loud snap when Hew stepped on some................ (a) (b) (c) (d) reeds stalks twigs trunks

6. All the students..............at Thomas for not playing fair and being dishonest.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

declared howled jeered lamented

7. When I got the mumps, my face became................and I looked as if I put on weight. (a) (b) (c) (d) bloated distorted expanded inflated

8. I love buying clothes from this store as the colours look fresh and.............. (a) (b) (c) (d) alert cautious soothing vibrant

9. The patients in this special hospital are infected with a disease that is..............They cannot go near anyone or else the disease will spread to others. (a) (b) (c) (d) affectionate contagious poisonous toxic

10. Hamida was hungry after smelling her mothers..............home-cooked food. (a) (b) (c) (d) fragrant odourless pungent stale

Exercise 2 Multiple-Choice Questions Choose the most suitable answer. 1. Andrews parents told him not to cry............spilt milk when he came in last in the final year exams. (a) (b) (c) (d) after for into over

2. The kingfisher............down and caught a fish swimming in the river. (a) (b) (c) (d) accelerated soared swooped whizzed

3. When I was a teenager, my favourite.............was the Internet caf in Orchard Road. (a) (b) (c) (d) dwelling haunt sanctuary vicinity

4. The................old man ate four bowls of rice and a whole chicken in fifteen minutes. (a) (b) (c) (d) eager famished hasty hysterical

5. She was paralysed after taking a...................down the stairs. (a) (b) (c) (d) flight flop skid tumble

6. This piece of music was.................by my father. He has been a composer since he . was seventeen. (a) (b) (c) (d) composed constructed formulated merged

7. As I had twisted my ankle in school, I................all the way home. (a) (b) (c) (d) hobbled plodded trembled wobbled

8. Some animals spend the whole winter............During this period, they will be in a state of deep sleep.

(a) (b) (c) (d)

idling conscious hibernating moonlighting

9. The thieves..............to their feet when they heard the sirens. (a) (b) (c) (d) dashed jostled scrambled shuffled

10. The Rovers and Celtics treated each other like.........The two teams would always argue during every football match. (a) (b) (c) (d) accomplices associates foes rebels

Exercise 3 Vocabulary Close Choose the word(s) closest in meaning to the underlined word(s). Hurry with my food and drink, boy, Sir Berlin ordered, seating himself on one of the wooden benches that filled the great dining hall. William obediently (1) scurried to the kitchen, where he filled a bowl with steaming soup. He was careful not to spill any on himself as Sir Berlin took it as a personal (2) affront to be (3) waited on by a servant with stained clothes. William remembered Sir Berlins warning to keep his clothing clean and that he once said that he would not (4) tolerate a squire who looks as if he tends pigs. William knew that it was a sign of respect to his master to (5) look after his attire. 1. (a) flew (b) galloped (c) dashed (d) surged

2. (a) insult (b) judgment (c) symbol (d) criticism 3. (a) cared (b) nurtured (c) attended (d) escorted 4. (a) consent (b) forbid (c) humor (d) withstand 5. (a) guard (b) heed (c) mind (d) disregard