C1 - C2 General Vocabulary Gap-fill exercise

People who are colour blind often can't __________ between red and green.

• see

• differ

• tell

• distinguish

I hope the lecturer wasn't referring __________ my assignment when he made that remark.

• in

• for

• to

• on

Languages __________ over time so dictionaries always need to be updated.

• evolve

• elicit

• eliminate

• establish

My teacher said my essay was __________. She couldn't follow my arguments.

• incompetent

• incoherent

• inaccurate

• incisive

It's important to teach children not to __________ lies.

• tell

• speak

• talk

• say

These figures __________ a peak ten years ago, when over 5 million new machines were sold.

• reached

• rose

• increased

• got

Air __________ is cheaper than many other forms of travel.

• journey

• travelling

• trip

• travel

A large number of houses were __________ by the storm.

• effected

• influenced

• affected

• involved

Many people believe that computer games can have a harmful __________ on our children.

• involvement

• affect

• effect

• damage

My first task was to arrange the files in __________ order, from the oldest to the newest.

• numerical

• historical

• alphabetical

• chronological