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C1 - C2 Vocabulary Time

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I'll only be working here for a couple of weeks. I'm a __________ worker.

a)

timely

b)

seasonal

c)

temporary

d)

obsolete

2.

It couldn't have happened at a better time! What a ___________ arrival.

a)

timely

b)

seasonal

c)

temporary

d)

obsolete

3.

It depends on the time of the year. It's a __________ problem.

a)

timely

b)

seasonal

c)

temporary

d)

obsolete

4.

I get to work at nine o'clock on the dot every day. I try to be __________

a)

timely

b)

seasonal

c)

temporary

d)

punctual

5.

We both said it a exactly the same time. Our answer was ___________.

a)

overdue

b)

provisional

c)

simultaneous

d)

obsolete

6.

We can't use that software on our new computers. It's ___________.

a)

overdue

b)

provisional

c)

simultaneous

d)

obsolete

7.

It's the first draft of the text. We can change it later if we want. It's only ___________.

a)

overdue

b)

provisional

c)

simultaneous

d)

obsolete

8.

They should have sent that to us ages ago. It's long ______________.

a)

overdue

b)

provisional

c)

simultaneous

d)

obsolete

9.

We live in a/an __________ of mass communication.

a)

millennium

b)

spell

c)

era

d)

century

10.

After a short ___________ of being unemployed, I decided to set up my own business.

a)

millennium

b)

spell

c)

era

d)

century

11.

It was in the twentieth ___________ that humans first developed nuclear weapons.

a)

millennium

b)

spell

c)

era

d)

century

12.

Despite advances in technology, no human being will ever live for a ____________ in my opinion.

a)

millennium

b)

spell

c)

era

d)

century

13.

The council is planning to increase the ___________ of buses to the city centre.

a)

span

b)

stint

c)

phase

d)

frequency

14.

I did a brief _________ in the navy, and then I decided it wasn't for me.

a)

span

b)

stint

c)

phase

d)

frequency

15.

I've got a very short concentration _______________.

a)

span

b)

stint

c)

phase

d)

frequency

16.

It's just a _____________ that most teenagers go through. Don't worry!

a)

span

b)

stint

c)

phase

d)

frequency

17.

Choose the correct words.


Dear Alan, I am writing to thank the organisation for the _______ service I received when my membership _________.

a)

prior

b)

promt

c)

postponed

d)

expired

18.

As you may know, I am a ____________ member of the Chaversham ____________ Car Club,

a)

long standing

b)

timely

c)

Vintage

d)

Antique

19.

having spent most of my ____________ working with cars built in the __________ following the First World War:

a)

spell

b)

lifetime

c)

duration

d)

decade

20.

Indeed, I was under the impression that I did not have to renew my subscription each year as I had been granted the status of '______ member' for the _____ I spent of chairperson of the organisation in the 1970s.

a)

chronological

b)

permanent

c)

period

d)

interval

21.

I was therefore more than a little surprised to receive a rather ___________e-mail from the club saying that as three months had ______ since my membership ran out

a)

interim

b)

abrupt

c)

lapsed

d)

elapsed

22.

I was no longer eligible to attend the _________ dinner next month. I, of course, immediately replied, stating the facts as I saw them. I received a _________ e-mail from the same person, apologising for the confusion, explaining that although I did not have to pay to renew my subscription, I still had to renew it.

a)

annual

b)

eteranl

c)

subsequent

d)

temporary

23.

They kindly explained how I could do this online, and I must say I most impressed with the ______ thing, as the change from my being a non-member to being a member again was literally ___________.

a)

whole

b)

hole

c)

simultaneous

d)

instantaneous

24.

I am looking forward to meeting up with some of my ________ at the dinner next week. I hope to see you there.

__________Regards

Robert Thompson

a)

anachronisms

b)

contemporaries

c)

Warmest

d)

Sincerely