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Opposite Meaning

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning

Embracing new technologies will help the country to develop more quickly.

a)

contradicting

b)

disobeying

c)

obscuring

d)

rejecting

2.

The hotel was incredible with breathtaking view and excellent cuisine.

a)

untouched

b)

unadorned

c)

unsploit

d)

unimpressive

3.

Several chapters of Joan Steer’s book describe illegitimate gambling activities in California in the 1970s.

a)

prohibited

b)

prosperous

c)

unusual

d)

lawful

4.

We run a very tight ship here, and we expect all our employees to be at their desks by eight o’clock and take good care of their own business.

a)

manage an inflexible system

b)

run faster than others

c)

organize things inefficiently

d)

have a good voyage

5.

You’re 25 years old, but you still haven’t cut the apron strings.

a)

started doing well

b)

relied on others

c)

bought a new house

d)

become independent

6.

The speaker was asked to condense his presentation in order to allow his audiences have time to ask questions.

a)

give details

b)

make longer

c)

talk briefly

d)

cut short

7.

Telomeres are the tiny caps on the ends of chromosomes that protect our DNA from damage during cell division.

a)

save

b)

attack

c)

shape

d)

guard

8.

If you say bad things about the person who give a job you bite the hand that feeds you.

a)

be devoted

b)

be thankful

c)

be ungrateful

d)

be unfriendly

9.

Contrary to their expectations, there was widespread apathy among voters on that issue.

a)

opposition

b)

resistance

c)

obedience

d)

interest

10.

Doctors and nurses of this hospital have worked round the clock to help those injured in the recent earthquake.

a)

accurately

b)

continuously

c)

interruptedly

d)

permanently

11.

In 2018 there was a craze for Bitcoin mining in Vietnam due to the belief that it would bring impressive profits.

a)

indifference

b)

sorrow

c)

fever

d)

inclination

12.

If Jeff Bezos and his wife split their assets equally. MacKenzie could become the richest woman in the world overnight.

a)

symmetrically

b)

unevenly

c)

fifty-fifty

d)

uniformly

13.

I could only propose a partial solution to the crisis in the company.

a)

complete

b)

effective

c)

halfway

d)

half

14.

Sorry, I can't come to your party. I am snowed under with work at the moment.

a)

fond of

b)

free from

c)

relaxed about

d)

busy with

15.

Urbanization is the shift of people moving from rural to urban areas, and the result is the growth of cities.

a)

transposition

b)

variation

c)

maintenance

d)

movement

16.

Salish's point of view was correct but his behavior with his father was quite impertinent.

a)

respectful

b)

smooth

c)

inadequate

d)

healthy

17.

Question 17. Biologists long regarded it as an example of adaptation by natural selection, but for physicists it bordered on the miracle.

a)

inflexibility

b)

adjustment

c)

agility

d)

flexibility

18.

The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.

a)

obscure

b)

explicit

c)

odd

d)

implicit

19.

Though built almost five hundred years ago, the church remained practically intact.

a)

in ruins

b)

in chaos

c)

in completion

d)

in perfection

20.

After a long time working incessantly, all my efforts ended in failure.

a)

collapse

b)

success

c)

loss

d)

breakdown

21.

I prefer secure jobs because I don’t like keeping on moving and changing all the time.

a)

safe

b)

stable

c)

demanding

d)

challenging

22.

When he passes the entrance exam, his parents will be walking on air.

a)

feeling extremely unhappy

b)

feeling extremely airy

c)

extremely happy

d)

extremely light

23.

Viking sailors landed in North America just under a thousand years ago.

a)

not quite

b)

just on

c)

only just

d)

upwards of

24.

His book is said to provide accurate information about life in the desert.

a)

false

b)

valueless

c)

man-made

d)

correct

25.

She wasn’t close to her mum. She was thought to confide all her secrets to her best friend only.

a)

discuss

b)

hide

c)

deny

d)

explore