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ESL Pre-Intermediate Vocabulary 1

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Excuse me. I'm a(n) ............... in this neighbourhood. Can you tell me what number bus will take me to the town centre, please? I want to do some shopping.

a)

foreigner

b)

customer

c)

tourist

d)

stranger

e)

immigrant

2.

How much must I ............... a good second-hand car?

a)

buy from

b)

pay for

c)

borrow from

d)

own for

e)

lend to

3.

It's getting quite ............... . I think it's going to rain soon.

a)

windy

b)

hot

c)

foggy

d)

cold

e)

cloudy

4.

The ............... today is full of the news of yesterday's concert.

a)

press

b)

publisher

c)

reporter

d)

literature

e)

journalism

5.

It's a very ............... picture. I laugh at it all the time.

a)

laughing

b)

smiling

c)

joking

d)

funny

e)

serious

6.

Nobody gave him a hand. He did it on his ............... .

a)

single

b)

self

c)

alone

d)

own

e)

lonely

7.

GNP stands for "gross ............... product".

a)

national

b)

global

c)

international

d)

universal

e)

regional

8.

He received another letter from the ............... demanding more money.

a)

burglar

b)

thief

c)

pickpocket

d)

robber

e)

blackmailer

9.

"How much is the ............... ?" she asked the bus conductor.

a)

fare

b)

price

c)

cost

d)

prize

e)

fee

10.

Come to Turkland, and ............... all these places where history lives on.

a)

inform

b)

define

c)

memorise

d)

describe

e)

discover

11.

There are a lot more television ............... today than there were some twenty years ago.

a)

spectators

b)

visitors

c)

onlookers

d)

viewers

e)

sightseers

12.

How was your ............... back?

a)

sightseeing

b)

vacation

c)

trip

d)

luggage

e)

holiday

13.

FATHER: "Tell me. Do you love him or not?"


DAUGHTER: "Well, I'm very ............... of him."

a)

keen

b)

friendly

c)

fond

d)

likeable

e)

romantic

14.

Yes, we certainly want to move to a bigger house, but our ............... of money is only part of the problem.

a)

inflation

b)

presence

c)

shortage

d)

absence

e)

border

15.

Sorry, it's much too expensive for me; I can't ............... it.

a)

help

b)

stand

c)

forgive

d)

export

e)

afford

16.

His friends advised him to see a doctor about his headaches, but he ............... to listen to them.

a)

remembered

b)

refused

c)

memorised

d)

requested

e)

mentioned

17.

How did they ............... when they heard the price?

a)

laugh

b)

hate

c)

discuss

d)

knock

e)

react

18.

It takes a lot of patience to ............... hyperactive children because of their low level of concentration.

a)

describe

b)

discover

c)

teach

d)

joke with

e)

think about

19.

Don't ............... to call me if you need help.

a)

dream

b)

hesitate

c)

shame

d)

repeat

e)

frighten

20.

The concert was called ............... because of the heavy rain.

a)

out of

b)

aside

c)

off

d)

down

e)

out

21.

It is not often that we get a(n) ............... to meet a film star.

a)

dream

b)

taste

c)

reality

d)

chance

e)

acceptance

22.

The pirates ............... the treasure on a desert island.

a)

cooked

b)

invented

c)

forgave

d)

grilled

e)

buried

23.

Aren't you going to ............... me to your friend?

a)

demonstrate

b)

joke with

c)

introduce

d)

receive

e)

memorise

24.

She isn't very ............... with her friends at school.

a)

loved

b)

clever

c)

frequent

d)

shy

e)

popular

25.

Plants absorb water from the soil through their ............... .

a)

stems

b)

flowers

c)

roots

d)

branches

e)

leaves

26.

They didn't stay for supper. They weren't ............... .

a)

sleepy

b)

early

c)

thirsty

d)

hungry

e)

poor

27.

There were three ............... helping the two doctors in the operating theatre.

a)

butchers

b)

greengrocers

c)

plumbers

d)

carpenters

e)

nurses

28.

According to the voters, it is the workers that should ............... the world.

a)

shake

b)

divide

c)

blow up

d)

rule

e)

choose

29.

The office is on the second floor of the building. It is 200 square metres of ............... .

a)

depth

b)

height

c)

lengh

d)

area

e)

width

30.

He usually reads the sports ............... of the newspaper first.

a)

section

b)

pictures

c)

chapter

d)

literature

e)

tales