Upper Intermediate Vocabulary One

​Vocabulary Group One

Choose the correct option for the gap in each sentence.

Multiple Choice

1. Don’t mind him. He’s been in a bad mood since he _____ his girlfriend:

• 1. got broken up with

• 1. got dumped by

• got engaged to

Multiple Choice

1. Does the restaurant have any high chairs available for _____?

• infants

• adolescents

• pals

Multiple Choice

1. Aww, that baby is so cute. He can’t talk yet but he has started _____ a lot.

• babbling

• bubbling

• blubbing

Multiple Choice

1. When I’m nervous I start biting my nails. But I don’t do it _____. I’m not aware of it until someone points it out.

• 0. consciously

• 0. subconsciously

• 0. conscientiously

Multiple Choice

1. The dance team practised for hours in order to perfectly _____ their movements.

• harmonise

• hypnotise

• synchronise

​Vocabulary Group Two

Choose the correct option for the gap in each sentence.

Multiple Choice

My cousins are more like _____. We hang out together often.

• pals

• piles

• pills

Multiple Choice

I like to go for a short _____ after dinner. Walking helps me digest.

• doll

• roll

• stroll

Multiple Choice

3. She has really _____ at her new school. I think the environment suits her better.

• flourished

• punished

• astonished

Multiple Choice

3. It was such a busy day at work. I was on my feet all day and I felt like an absolute _____ by the end of it.

• wreack

• wreck

• wreath

Multiple Choice

3. Everything _____ passing this exam. If I don’t pass, I won’t get the scholarship.

• hinges on

• holds on

• hits on

​Language point: Homonyms and homophones

Listen to the following text.
Write the missing words into the gaps with the correct spellings.

Fill in the Blank

My sister can really be _____ sometimes. She’ll call some of the girls at school names. I'm not sure she always _____ to be cruel. At least she says she's only joking around. She's also quite _____ so the boys like her and pay her a lot of attention.

Fill in the Blank

I think it’s given her a big head. Plus she never worries about anything. Meanwhile, I feel like I have the _____ of the world on my shoulders. She’s also _____ intelligent so she manages to get good grades even though she doesn’t study much.

Fill in the Blank

It’s really hard for me because I have to study so intensely for my grades. But there’s no _____ getting depressed about it. She thinks she’s perfect but she’s _____ in a lot of ways. I’m just too nice to _____ them out. She'll be _____ one day when one of the guys she likes rejects her or something. I can't _____ until that happens.

Vocabulary Group One

Put the given words to the correct definitions

Multiple Choice

1. (n): people in general as a group

• deemed

• embodiment

• flawed

• humanity

• influential

Multiple Choice

1. (adj.): able to change others’ actions and opinions

• deemed

• embodiment

• flawed

• humanity

• influential

Multiple Choice

1. (v): have an opinion on something in a particular way

• deemed

• embodiment

• flawed

• humanity

• influential

Multiple Choice

1. (adj.): having faults

• deemed

• embodiment

• flawed

• humanity

• influential

Multiple Choice

1. (n): total representation of something

• deemed

• embodiment

• flawed

• humanity

• influential

Vocabulary Group Two

Put the given words to the correct definitions

Multiple Choice

1. (n): killing all members of a group

• average

• extermination

• nuance

• supposedly

• susceptible

Multiple Choice

1. (n): small differences

• average

• extermination

• nuance

• supposedly

• susceptible

Multiple Choice

1. (adj.): likely to be influenced or harmed by

• average

• extermination

• nuance

• supposedly

• susceptible

Multiple Choice

1. (adv.): something said or reported to be true

• average

• extermination

• nuance

• supposedly

• susceptible

Multiple Choice

1. (n): summary of a group of numbers

• average

• extermination

• nuance

• supposedly

• susceptible

Vocabulary Idioms

Part A: Select the correct option in the italic part of each of the following idioms.

Multiple Choice

1. be like one’s whole world is

• crushing

• crashing

• crushing down

Multiple Choice

1. be on the same

• leaf

• wave

• page

Multiple Choice

1. read each other’s

• minds

• brains

• heads

Multiple Choice

1. be attached at the

• waist

• shoulders

• hip

Multiple Choice

1. be in _____ with someone else

• strip

• step

• steep

Vocabulary Idioms

Part B: Now match them with their definitions.

Multiple Choice

be like one’s whole world is crashing down

• 1. be able to tell what the other is thinking

• 1. be in agreement and in sync with someone generally

• 1. when everything in your life has been significantly negatively impacted

• 1. understand and agree with someone else about something

• 1. when two people are extremely close and spend a lot of time together

Multiple Choice

be attached at the hip

• 1. be able to tell what the other is thinking

• 1. be in agreement and in sync with someone generally

• 1. when everything in your life has been significantly negatively impacted

• 1. understand and agree with someone else about something

• 1. when two people are extremely close and spend a lot of time together

Multiple Choice

read each other’s minds

• 1. be able to tell what the other is thinking

• 1. be in agreement and in sync with someone generally

• 1. when everything in your life has been significantly negatively impacted

• 1. understand and agree with someone else about something

• 1. when two people are extremely close and spend a lot of time together

Multiple Choice

be in step with someone else

• 1. be able to tell what the other is thinking

• 1. be in agreement and in sync with someone generally

• 1. when everything in your life has been significantly negatively impacted

• 1. understand and agree with someone else about something

• 1. when two people are extremely close and spend a lot of time together

Multiple Choice

be on the same page

• 1. be able to tell what the other is thinking

• 1. be in agreement and in sync with someone generally

• 1. when everything in your life has been significantly negatively impacted

• 1. understand and agree with someone else about something

• 1. when two people are extremely close and spend a lot of time together

Language point discourse markers Group One

Match the following discourse markers to their descriptions.

Multiple Choice

well

• an interjection to show concern or alarm

• agreement, to show that you are listening

• we often use this at the beginning of what we want to say especially in response to a question

• often used to start a statement or before summarising something

• filler or hedging word or used to compare something

Multiple Choice

like

• an interjection to show concern or alarm

• agreement, to show that you are listening

• we often use this at the beginning of what we want to say especially in response to a question

• often used to start a statement or before summarising something

• filler or hedging word or used to compare something

Multiple Choice

oh no

• an interjection to show concern or alarm

• agreement, to show that you are listening

• we often use this at the beginning of what we want to say especially in response to a question

• often used to start a statement or before summarising something

• filler or hedging word or used to compare something

Multiple Choice

so

• an interjection to show concern or alarm

• agreement, to show that you are listening

• we often use this at the beginning of what we want to say especially in response to a question

• often used to start a statement or before summarising something

• filler or hedging word or used to compare something

Multiple Choice

yeah

• an interjection to show concern or alarm

• agreement, to show that you are listening

• we often use this at the beginning of what we want to say especially in response to a question

• often used to start a statement or before summarising something

• filler or hedging word or used to compare something

Language point discourse markers Group Two

Match the following discourse markers to their descriptions.

Multiple Choice

woah

• an interjection to show a surprise

• shows the need to pause before proceeding

• a response to show that you are listening or agree

• hedging words to show uncertainty or lack of confidence

• an interjection to show surprise (it is a variant of Oh my god)

Multiple Choice

I guess

• an interjection to show a surprise

• shows the need to pause before proceeding

• a response to show that you are listening or agree

• hedging words to show uncertainty or lack of confidence

• an interjection to show surprise (it is a variant of Oh my god)

Multiple Choice

oh my gosh

• an interjection to show a surprise

• shows the need to pause before proceeding

• a response to show that you are listening or agree

• hedging words to show uncertainty or lack of confidence

• an interjection to show surprise (it is a variant of Oh my god)

Multiple Choice

right

• an interjection to show a surprise

• shows the need to pause before proceeding

• a response to show that you are listening or agree

• hedging words to show uncertainty or lack of confidence

• an interjection to show surprise (it is a variant of Oh my god)

Multiple Choice

wait

• an interjection to show a surprise

• shows the need to pause before proceeding

• a response to show that you are listening or agree

• hedging words to show uncertainty or lack of confidence

• an interjection to show surprise (it is a variant of Oh my god)