CPEA VOCABULARY

For Questions 1 - 5, choose the MOST suitable to complete EACH sentence.

The boy did not listen to his father's _______.

• advise

• advice

• advert

Mr. Brown ordered his dog to _______ down.

• lay

• lie

• lain

The cricketer was _____ to show his fans what he could do.

• eager

• bored

• nervous

It did not rain for months and the plants _______.

• blossomed

• burnt

• withered

A person who is _______ is unable to read and write.

• illegible

• illiterate

• literate

Choose the word CLOSEST IN MEANING to the underlined word in Questions 6 - 7.

The stain vanished after the shirt was washed several times.

• spread

• disappeared

• improved

The road was flooded, so my mother had to abandon her car and walk home.

• reject

• repair

• leave

Choose the word that is OPPOSITE IN MEANING to the underlined word in Questions 8 - 10.

The event commenced with the presentation of awards.

• concluded

• opened

• continued

Joel denied that he had damaged the book.

• promised

• admitted

• boasted

The wedding guests were expected to dress casually.

• smartly

• formally

• carelessly