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Vocab quiz a04 09.02

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"The leader" of a meeting or a working party is called (mark all possible answers):

a)

a chairperson

b)

a chairman

c)

a chair individual

d)

a chairwoman

e)

a chair

2.

If someone is meticulous, they:

a)

pay a lot of attention to details

b)

are not very tall

c)

are very rational

d)

often talk without thinking first

3.

In a sentence: "We've made a terrible mistake", a good synonym for the word terrible would be:

a)

failing

b)

egregious

c)

metric

d)

ventured

4.

The word venture is NOT used correctly in the sentence:

a)

It was obvious she was scared of venturing anywhere near the edge of the cliff.

b)

Mike was in charge of their ill-conceived venture while it was running, or at least that's what I've heard.

c)

More than £8000 was needed to fund the venture, but at last the company took off.

d)

North of the lake the forest trees and general venture look very enticing.

5.

A handout can mean (tick all correct answers):

a)

a piece of paper with the most important info from a talk at a conference

b)

a xerox given to students at a lecture

c)

a sum of money from government, like social aid

d)

a big poster you can see on a billboard

6.

If you want to know an opinion of a group of people, you might want to conduct a ...

a)

form

b)

probe

c)

survey

d)

questionnaire

7.

How many hemispheres are there in any spherical object?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

3

d)

1

8.

In the sentence: "Mark's solution to the problem is actually quite convoluted", convoluted could be replaced by:

a)

simplistic

b)

unachievable

c)

brilliant

d)

complex

9.

A good synonym for quit, as in the sentence "Tom wasn't doing well at school, so he decided to quit" will be:

a)

get going

b)

drop out

c)

run off

d)

take off

10.

"You're such a ... ! You always ruin people's fun with your comments!"

a)

quick wit

b)

down to earth

c)

spoilsport

d)

collocation