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Review Vocabulary for IELTS

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The history of human civilisation is entwined with the process of us learning to exploit water resources.

Find the closet in meaning of entwined with in this case.

a)

is indifferent to

b)

is closely connected to

c)

is seperated from

d)

is different from

2.

She has broken the record of this competition. It was such an unprecedented victory.

Find the synonyms of the word underlined.

a)

extraordinary

b)

bizarre

c)

odd

d)

miraculous

e)

unique

3.

Food production has been trying to keep ____ ____ the increasing population.

(a)  

4.

The lack of clean water are jeopardising people's health, especially in developing countries.

What does the word underlined mean?

a)

to put something in good conditions

b)

to put something in danger of being harmed

c)

to heal something

d)

to nurture something

5.

The national population has increased unprecedentedly in the past few years.

Find a word that can replaced the underlined.



(a)  

6.

Draw a dam

7.

Find the word means "increase 4 times"

(a)  

8.

Find the synonym of the word "inventive"

a)

modern

b)

innovative

c)

new

d)

odd

9.

Sophisticated infrastructures has been built in order to carry water from increasingly remote areas.

The word underlined means:

a)

very beautiful

b)

extremely large

c)

very complicated

d)

very small

10.

Many monumental engineering projects have been designed to control floods and protect clean water resources.

Find the antonym of the word underlined.

a)

grand

b)

tiny

c)

unimportant

d)

significant

11.

Find the synonyms of "decrease".

a)

shrink

b)

fluctuate

c)

soar

d)

diminish

e)

escalate

12.

Groundwater aquifers are being exploited faster than their paces of replenishing. Find the synonyms of the word underlined.

a)

generate

b)

recover

c)

refill

d)

produce

13.

Finds the antonym of the word "adequate"

a)

insufficient

b)

enough

c)

remote

d)

plentiful

14.

Find the phrases that mean "in danger of".

a)

at risk

b)

in jeopardy

c)

under threat

d)

in good hand

e)

under pressure

15.

"At the outset of a new millenium, the way people thinks can start to change."

The underlined phrase can be replaced by:

a)

at the advent of

b)

at the beginning of

c)

at the final stage of

d)

Firstly

16.

Find the synonyms of "dealing with".

a)

addressing

b)

tackling

c)

sentencing

d)

solving

e)

struggling