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Unit 8-Topic vocabulary

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I ... my school bag from the table and rushed out of the house

a)

clutched

b)

grabbed

2.

As the train left the station, Jenny w_ _ _ _ goodbye

(a)  

3.

When the women were finally found, they had been ... at sea in a tiny boat for hours.

a)

drifting

b)

wandering

c)

roaming

4.

The burglar broke into the house and c_ _ _ _ very quietly along the corridor.

(a)  

5.

All of a sudden, Jenny turned around and ... him in the face.

a)

punched

b)

pointed

c)

bounced

6.

Just s_ _ _ this way, sir, and the manager will be with you in a minute

(a)  

7.

I didn't see the oil on the floor and I ... on it

a)

slipped

b)

tripped

c)

fell

8.

In basketball, you must ... the ball when you are moving with it

a)

bounce

b)

rotate

c)

roll

d)

move

9.

The road was wet, so when I pressed the brakes the car

a)

skidded

b)

slide

c)

stripped

10.

I'm hoping to train so that I can p_ _ _ _ commercial aircraft

(a)  

11.

Lina ___ her fists tightly in anger but managed to control herself

a)

clenched

b)

clutched

c)

clambered

12.

Three companies of soldiers ____ around the field.

a)

went

b)

marched

c)

skipped

d)

jogged

13.

In the 1950s, many people e_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ from the West Indies to England

(a)  

14.

He ____ my hand firmly and I could see that he was trying to thank me.

a)

grasped

b)

fumbled

c)

squeezed

15.

They found it difficult to expel illegal _______

a)

emigrants

b)

immigrants

c)

emigrate

d)

migrate

16.

Before he learnt to walk, my younger brother used to c _ _ _ _ everywhere on all fours.

(a)  

17.

A single is 15$, but the r_ _ _ _ _ f_ _ _ is actually only 22$

(a)  

18.

The raiders fled when disturbed by a ____

a)

passersby

b)

passengers

c)

pedestrians

19.

They use special chemicals to ____ the growth of crops.

a)

accelerate

b)

drift

c)

bounce

d)

approach

20.

Every time I fly to the States, I get really bad j _ _ _ _ g .

(a)  

21.

We saw a _____ trying to thumb a lift at the motorway junction.

a)

hitchhiker

b)

hiker

c)

passerby

22.

The amount of space available for your legs when you are sitting behind another seat is called: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ( 7 words)

(a)  

23.

He crossed the room in a couple of ____.

a)

strides

b)

skips

c)

skid

24.

The speaker (a)   onto the stage and smiled confidently at the audience

25.

We have been tasked with setting up camps for ________ .

a)

immigrant

b)

pier

c)

refugees

26.

There were fishing boats all along the ____.

a)

quay

b)

pier

c)

carriage

27.

P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ need to be particularly careful at this crossing.

(a)  

28.

Can you (a)   on one leg?

29.

A group of ____ came over the hill.

a)

hikers

b)

passengers

c)

passerby

d)

hitchhikers

30.

Would you just ____ this way, sir?

a)

stride

b)

step

c)

slide

d)

trip

31.

Complete the sentence using the word given without changing it meaning:

I wonder what it's like to fly an aircraft?

=> I wonder (a)   ? (pilot)

32.

I _____ about five miles every morning.

a)

jog

b)

grasp

c)

punch

d)

fumble

33.

The Titanic ______ when it hit an iceberg.

a)

skidded

b)

floated

c)

sank

d)

glide

34.

It took them ages to load the c_ _ _ o.

(a)  

35.

The accident was reported to the police by a _____ who went ___ at the time.

a)

passerby-jogging

b)

passenger- marching

c)

passerby- hopping

d)

passenger-jogging

36.

What is the first ____ of making apple pie?

a)

stride

b)

step

c)

slide

37.

The satellite slowly r_ _ _ _ _ _ as it circles the earth.

(a)  

38.

These animals m_ _ _ _ _ _ annually in search of food.

(a)  

39.

The old man c _ _ _ _ h _ _ his fist and waved it angrily at us.

(a)