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vocabulary u456 E12

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A period of time at night during which a group of workers regularly work

a)

minute

b)

month

c)

project

d)

night shift

2.

Education has been reluctant to .............. with business.

a)

help

b)

join hands

c)

support

d)

export

3.

My main responsibility is to take out the garbage every day.

a)

empty

b)

give

c)

receive

d)

send

4.

Doing what you are told to do; willing to obey

a)

obedient

b)

naughty

c)

mischievous

d)

active

5.

In this final year at the upper secondary school, I am under a lot of study........................

a)

pressure

b)

impression

c)

duty

d)

responsibility

6.

To protect something so that it is safe and difficult to attack or damage

a)

free

b)

grateful

c)

secure

d)

careful

7.

A ................................. boy who enjoys playing tricks and annoying people

a)

active

b)

mischievous

c)

obedient

d)

hard-working

8.

My sister takes the responsibility ..............running the household.

a)

with

b)

by

c)

of

d)

for

9.

My Dad is always willing to ........................ a hand with washing

a)

join

b)

give

c)

help

d)

raise

10.

My family often share our feelings, and whenever problems come up, we discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly

a)

happen

b)

appear

c)

rise

d)

mention

11.

Vocabulary


1. I've got lots of ____________ but I think Aunt Paula and Uncle Joe are my favourites.

a)

enemies

b)

partners

c)

classmates

d)

relatives

12.

Vocabulary


2. Some people say that ________ are just friends you

haven’t met yet.

a)

peers

b)

strangers

c)

coaches

d)

colleagues

13.

Vocabulary


3. You worked hard all day, Mum. Sit down and ________

while I get dinner ready.

a)

do your fair share

b)

put your feet up

c)

be sick and tired

d)

run errands

14.

Vocabulary


4. My best friend ________ me of breaking her iPod, but I

didn’t!

a)

accused

b)

argued

c)

discussed

d)

advised

15.

Vocabulary


5. I passed all my exams, so my parents are very ________

of me.

a)

proud

b)

calm

c)

ashamed

d)

cheerful

16.

Vocabulary


9. When a young person does something well, you

should ________ them for it.

a)

grumble

b)

gossip

c)

praise

d)

criticise

17.

Grammar


4. ‘Can Billy come out and play?’

‘No, he ________ his mother do the chores right now.’

a)

is always helping

b)

helps

c)

does help

d)

is helping

18.

He needs exercise. He is so ____________.

a)

in shape

b)

crazy

c)

out of shape

d)

sorry

19.

Joseph is _________about sudoku. He solves puzzles everyday.

a)

happy

b)

crazy

c)

confused

d)

big

20.

I'm _____________ to the park in the city center. Would you like to come?

a)

in my way

b)

on my way

c)

off my way

d)

to my way

21.

1. He has been very interested in doing research on ______ since he was at high school.

a)

biology

b)

biologically

c)

biologist

d)

biological

22.

When I grow up, I want to be an ______ and make a time machine to see my future life.

a)

inventor

b)

invent

c)

inventive

d)

invention

23.

They are twins, they have almost the same appearance but they are seldom in______.

a)

agree

b)

agreement

c)

agreeable

d)

aagreeably

24.

A whistle is the ______ for the football players to begin the match.

a)

communication

b)

signal

c)

attention

d)

instance

25.

Carl wasn’t very good at mountain climbing as he’s afraid of ______.

a)

highs

b)

highness

c)

heights

d)

height

26.

When he was a boy, one of his ______ was collecting stamps.

a)

hobbies

b)

cares

c)

sports

d)

professions

27.

The _____ of Brian’s furnished room is ten pounds a week.

a)

rent

b)

payment

c)

wage

d)

cash

28.

Several of my friends are ______ reporters.

a)

newspapers

b)

newspaper

c)

newspaper's

d)

newspapers'

29.

She got her parents’ ______ to study abroad

a)

permission

b)

allowance

c)

assistance

d)

word

30.

A sense of ______ makes a girl beautiful.

a)

humor

b)

humorist

c)

humorless

d)

humorous

31.

What is your biggest ______?

a)

weak

b)

weaken

c)

weakness

d)

weakly

32.

If you need anything, I am at your ______, madam.

a)

serving

b)

service

c)

serviceman

d)

serviceable

33.

A man who acts for a living is called an ______.

a)

actor

b)

action

c)

actress

d)

acting

34.

My friend gave me a ______ of chocolate on my birthday.

a)

bar

b)

box

c)

tube

d)

packet

35.

We enjoy _______ time together in the evening when the family members gather in the living room after a day of working hard.

a)

spending

b)

caring

c)

taking

d)

doing

36.

It is parents' duty and responsibility to _______ hands to take care of their children and give them a happy home.

a)

shake

b)

hold

c)

join

d)

take

37.

Most doctors and nurses have to work on a night _______ once or twice a week at the hospital.

a)

solution

b)

chore

c)

duty

d)

shift

38.

It is generally believed that "Men make _______ house and women make _______ home".

a)

- / -

b)

a/ an

c)

the/ the

d)

an/ the

39.

He is a _______ boy. He is often kind and helpful to every classmate.

a)

frank

b)

mischievous

c)

obedient

d)

caring

40.

_______ sure that you follow the instructions carefully.

a)

Believe

b)

Try

c)

Do

d)

Make

41.

Doctors are supposed to _______ responsibility for human life.

a)

do

b)

take

c)

get

d)

join

42.

Peter was _______ a hurry to go so he did not stop to greet me.

a)

on

b)

at

c)

in

d)

with

43.
English children don’t have to pay fees if they go to _____ schools.
a)
public
b)
independent
c)
state
d)
private
44.
A(n) ______ school is a school that is not financed by local or national government.
a)
state
b)
independent
c)
secondary
d)
primary
45.
A/an _______ is an official document stating that you have passed an examination, completed a course, or achieved some necessary qualifications.
a)
certificate
b)
requirement
c)
education
d)
test
46.
He did not do well at school and left with few _______ qualifications.
a)
academic
b)
academy
c)
academician
d)
academically
47.
Each term is _____ by a one-week break called half term.
a)
devided
b)
substracted
c)
departed
d)
separated
48.
‘Independent’ school system in Britain is__________
a)
card-paying
b)
fare-paying
c)
fee-paying
d)
scholarship-paying
49.
We have had our car_______so we need a lift.
a)
stolen
b)
to be stolen
c)
was stolen
d)
have been stolen
50.

In Scotland, students transfer from primary to secondary education at approximately age 12.

a)

compound

b)

base

c)

change

d)

move