Intermediate - Vocabulary

Doctor : Take this medicine for a week and you'll start to feel better.

Patient: ---------------

Doctor: Are you sure? It's the best on the market.

Patient : Yes I am. Can you please prescribe another one?

• What shall i do if unexpected side effects arise?

• What is the ideal dosage for my weight?

• No, it's too early to prescribe another medicine.

• But I've used it before and it did not help at all.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Jake : How did you like the movie you saw last night?

Karen: I can't say it was the best I've ever seen.

Jake : ---------------

Karen: Certainly not. Do not waste your time.

• Did you go alone or with a friend from work?

• Hadn't you read the reviews before you went to see it?

• Then you wouldn't recommend it, would you?

• I knew I could always count on you.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Father : What? You crashed the car again?

Son : ---------------

Father: I'm sure it wasn't. This is the third accident you have had this year.

Son: You're very angry now, dad. We had better talk about this later on.

• But it wasn't my fault. You've got to believe me.

• I do apologize. I promise it won't happen again.

• Was it worth the money and time you had wasted?

• Was the car in good condition?

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Chuck : ---------------

Sue : Why do you think so?

Chuck : Whenever we meet, she pretends not to see me.

Sue: I don't thin k it's because she hasn't got over her anger. She's having a bad time at work nowadays.

• It seems that Martha is still angry with me.

• Martha will never make a good manager.

• I have never seen a smarter woman than Martha.

• One thing that I especially like about Martha is her sincerity.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Tom : ---------------

Mary : Are you kidding? We are in June.

Tom: So what? What's wrong with June?

Mary: The right time to trim your roses is the beginning of winter, when they lose their flowers.

• Are you going to plant those roses in your garden in June or July?

• Can you help me prune the roses in the garden at the weekend?

• I didn't know your brother knew so much about gardening.

• Have you got any idea what the right time is to shorten rose plants?

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Last week was a hectic week.

The synonym of the underlined word is very........

• idle

• busy

• quiet

• tied up

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CCSS.L.11-12.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

I heard on the radio that 16 banks were liquidated, that's why I came here to withdraw my money.

The underlined word means:

• give away

• put back

• make certain

• take out

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CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

A: Which one do you like better?

B: ..........................the red one.

• I prefer

• I prefer to

• I would rather

• I would sooner

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

According to him, watching a football game is as interesting as ....

• the playing of basketball

• when he plays basketball

• playing basketball

• when playing basketball

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

The more I think about philosophy ......

• the less I understand it

• I like it less

• better I like it

• it likes better

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5