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IGCSE ESL UNIT 10 VOCABULARY

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The rent takes a large_______________ out of my monthly salary.

a)

chunk

b)

block

c)

trigger

d)

rectile

2.

He has______________ his life to the preservation of nature.

a)

blocked

b)

dedicated

c)

retained

d)

diminished

3.

Tom ____________ Mary's way and wouldn't let her enter the room.

a)

retained

b)

glanced

c)

blocked

d)

dedicated

4.

She felt an________________ need to tell someone about what had happened.

a)

recite

b)

pace

c)

miserable

d)

overwhelming

5.

We have developed a new_______________ for detecting errors in the manufacturing process.

a)

reward

b)

technique

c)

recollection

d)

trigger

6.

Built in 1830, the house _________________ many of its original features.

a)

retains

b)

recollection

c)

recognition

d)

survey

7.

We've seen our house ________________- greatly/sharply/substantially in value over the last six months.

a)

chunk

b)

diminish

c)

glance

d)

overlook

8.

There's a_______________ for whoever finishes first.

a)

recignition

b)

recollection

c)

pace

d)

reward

9.

When he returned to his home town after the war, he found it had changed out of all/beyond all____________________

a)

recognition

b)

comprehension

c)

comprehend

d)

survey

10.

I have many pleasant__________________ of the time we spent together.

a)

recognition

b)

recollections

11.

It's not clear who actually pulled the______________.

a)

chunk

b)

trigger

c)

glance

12.

Could you________________ over/through this letter and see if it's alright?

a)

retain

b)

diminish

c)

glance

d)

lecture

13.

She travelled widely in North America, _____________ on women's rights.

a)

lecturing

b)

blocking

c)

dedicating

d)

overlooking

14.

That rice pudding was the first _____________ food he's eaten since his operation.

a)

solid

b)

chunk

c)

instant

15.

The children ________________ the Pledge of Allegiance every morning.

a)

recite

b)

prompt

c)

force

d)

block

16.

When she thought she heard someone following her, she quickened her___________________.

a)

solid

b)

chunk

c)

pace

17.

How she manages to fit so much into a working day is beyond my____________________ (= I cannot understand it).

a)

comprehension

b)

survey

c)

prompt

d)

comprehend

18.

A recent _____________________ showed that 58 percent of people did not know where their heart is.

a)

survey

b)

comprehension

c)

chunk

d)

technique

19.

You can emphasize text using ______________ , italics, or underlining.

a)

block

b)

chunk

c)

boldface

d)

reward

20.

The hijacker________________ the pilot to fly to New York.

a)

retained

b)

glanced

c)

overlooked

d)

forced

21.

Teachers consider teaching a ___________________ career.

a)

worthwhile

b)

comprehension

c)

comprehend

d)

miserably

22.

While the other kids played, we stared _____________ out of the window.

a)

worthwhile

b)

miserably

c)

instant

d)

recognition