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Unit 9 Grade 9 : English in the World- Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I can speak two languages very well. I think I am a _____.

a)

monolingual

b)

bilingual

c)

multilingual

2.

I study in the US for four years, so I am a ______ English speaker.

a)

fluent

b)

poor

c)

rusty

d)

good

3.

It’s a long time since I last used English. My English is a bit _____ now.

a)

fluent

b)

rusty

c)

reasonable

d)

forgettable

4.

You shouldn’t ______ every new word in the dictionary. Try to guess the meaning first.

a)

check up

b)

look for

c)

look up

d)

look after

5.

While on holiday in the UK, Michael could ______ a bit of British English.

a)

take up

b)

pick up

c)

get up

d)

get over

6.

Find a word that means


(a)   : able to speak two languages equally well because you learned them as a child.

7.

Find a word that means


(a)   : able to speak, read or write a language easily, quickly and well.

8.

Find a word that means


(a)   – not as good at a language as you used to be because you have not used it for a long time.

9.

Find a phrase that means


(a)   : – learn a language by practicing it, rather than by learning it in a class.

10.

Find a word that means


(a)   – to a degree that is fairly good, but not very good.

11.

Find a phrase that mean:


(a)   – know just enough of a language for simple communication.

12.

Noun of 'happy'

(a)  

13.

Noun of 'punctual'

(a)  

14.

Computers offer a much greater degree of ____________ in the way work can be organized.

a)

flexible

b)

flexibility

c)

flexibly

d)

inflexible

15.

She spoke English with a(n) ____________ that I couldn’t understand.

a)

accent

b)

stress

c)

intonation

d)

tone

16.

Louis is virtually bilingual ____________ Dutch and German.

a)

on

b)

in

c)

for

d)

with

17.

Teachers provide a model for children to ____________.

a)

allow

b)

behave

c)

change

d)

imitate

18.

Sound symbolism means that we often ____________ the meaning of a word from its sound.

a)

guess

b)

judge

c)

imagine

d)

expect

19.

I can have a conversation in Italian, but I’m a ____________ rusty.

a)

bit

b)

lot

c)

very

d)

too

20.

He spoke a ____________ of French that we found hard to understand.

a)

slang

b)

jargon

c)

dialect

d)

language