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VOCABULARY 8+ P13

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

There's a lot more to Willie than one would think: still waters run __________.

a)

A. slow

b)

B. fast

c)

C. depth

d)

D. deep

2.

Her Spanish has come on in ____________this year.

a)

A. odds and ends

b)

B. leaps and bounds

c)

C. bounds and leaps

d)

D. ends and odds

3.

Why not buy the dress on___________then you can take it back if it doesn't fit your mother?

a)

A. agreement

b)

B. approval

c)

C. affirmation

d)

D.affection

4.

Insects and bugs _____________     

a)

A. make my skin run

b)

B. make my skin walk

c)

C. make my skin crawl

d)

D. make my skin march

5.

Whether or not you like some kinds of modern furniture is a matter of_______.

a)

A. comparison

b)

B. taste

c)

C. favor

d)

D. vogue

6.

Nothing ever seems to bother Colin. No matter what happens, he always seems to remain as cool as________________.

                                   

a)

A. as Eskimo

b)

B. ice-cream

c)

C. cool feet

d)

D. a cucumber

7.

You must have your head in the ____if you think you’ re going to succeed without hard work.

a)

A. ground

b)

B. clouds

c)

C. sky

d)

D. air

8.

How much longer do we have to wait? This is starting to get on my ______________.

                                                                 

a)

A. mind

b)

B. back

c)

C. nerves

d)

D. nose

9.

___________! You deserved to win.

a)

A. Unfair luck

b)

B. Nasty luck

c)

C. Hard luck

d)

D. Bad fortune

10.

I was all set to take the job in Tokyo, but at the last minute I _________and decided to stay in Britain.

a)

A. held my horses

b)

B. called it a day 

c)

C. got cold feet

d)

D. pulled my finger out

11.

The nearest town was 80 km away, I mean really in the middle of _____________.

a)

A. everywhere   

b)

B. somewhere

c)

C. anywhere

d)

D. nowhere

12.

Several angry drivers shook their __________at me as I drove away.  

a)

A. elbows

b)

B.arms    

c)

C. hands

d)

D. fists

13.

“What's wrong with Tom today? He”s unusually quiet,”

- “He's got something on his ___________„ I expect”.

a)

A. thoughts

b)

B. brow

c)

C. mind  

d)

D. brain

14.

Peter was born and brought up in Hastings and knows it like the _____________.

a)

A. nose on his face

b)

B. tip of the tongue

c)

C. back of his hand

d)

D. hair on his head