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Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Class
Date
1.

Marie Curie was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for….the atomic weight of radium.

a)

determinate

b)

determining

c)

C. determinant

d)

D. determination

2.

Jane is not fully… about the changes, so she cannot make up her mind.

a)

A. informative

b)

B. informant

c)

C. information

d)

informed

3.

The carpet is available in different

a)

A. wide

b)

B. widen

c)

C. widths

d)

D. widely

4.

Any….whose occupation involved working with traumatic loss, terminal illness, or bereavement was eligible to participate in the study

a)

A. attend

b)

B. attendance

c)

C. attendant

d)

attendee

5.

Unable to go out because of the deep snow, she felt…in her own house.

a)

imprisoned

b)

B. imprisonment

c)

C. prison

d)

D. prisoner

6.

That dreadful noise is driving me to….

a)

A. distract

b)

B, distraction

c)

C. distracted

d)

D. distracting

7.

Several small media companies are his next likely targets for acquisition

a)

B. acquire

b)

C. acquisitive

c)

acquisition

8.

She was….to the three daughters of a wealthy manufacturer.

a)

A. governed

b)

governess

c)

C. government

9.

He was not…, ut he was lazy.

a)

intelligence

b)

B. unintelligible

c)

C. intelligently

d)

unintelligent

10.

This sauce goes….well with asparagus of new potatoes.

a)

A. wonder

b)

wonderful

c)

C wonderfully

d)

D. wondering

11.

The doctor advised us to care about our emotional

a)

A) well-being

b)

B. well-done

c)

C. well-preserved

12.

Every time I try to explain, you…me…as though nothing I say can have any value.

a)

A. brush up

b)

brush off=brush aside

13.

The resort as a paradise both for sun worshippers and…weather and abundance of night life.

a)

night class

b)

night owls

c)

C. night shift

14.

The number of late cancellations and..at the clinic were recorded over a period of six months.

a)

A. non-alignments

b)

B. non-believe

c)

nonattendances

d)

D. non-residents

15.

The compliments she received at the presentation…. her self-esteem.

a)

A. extended

b)

B. enlarged

c)

C.)boasted

d)

boosted

16.

Many of the foods are imported due to an…taste for foreign foods.

a)

A.acquired

b)

B. required

c)

C. inquired

d)

Benquired

17.

….., a traditional Japanese, Chinese, or Korean form of fighting or defending yourself, include karate, judo, kung fu, and aikido.

a)

A. Conceptual arts

b)

B. Visual arts

c)

C Martial arts /

d)

D. Digital arts

18.

….is the study of the structure and action of the molecules that make up living things.

a)

A. Microbiology

b)

Molecular biology

c)

C. Neurobiology

d)

D.Cardiology

19.

The price of cooking gas increased five-fold, worsening the economic…

a)

A.hardship

b)

B. hardtop

c)

C. hard sell

d)

D. hardware

20.

I see a day in the not-too-…future when this technology is in all homes.

a)

B. nigh

b)

C. devious

c)

distant

21.

….is a woman employed to teach children in a private household.

a)

A. governance

b)

B. governess

c)

C. government

d)

D. governor

22.

Responsibility, I suppose, is what defines….

a)

A. adulthood

b)

B. babyhood

c)

C. childhood

d)

D. likelihood

23.

Soil and climate are the main….of how land is used.

a)

A. determination

b)

B. determiner

c)

determinants

d)

D. determinism

24.

The task is built so that one…(or incorrect alternative) shows the same object as the correct picture but with a different attribute.

a)

A. distraction

b)

B.distractor

c)

C. attraction

d)

D. contractor

25.

The…of the project increased as new challenges emerged, requiring more time and resources to solve.

a)

A. simplicity

b)

B. compliance

c)

C. stability

d)

) complexity

26.

The terrorists said that anyone caught.. on them would be killed.

a)

informing

b)

transforming

c)

C. conforming

d)

D. reforming

27.

They received…(reports) that the factory was a target for the

a)

A. suppression

b)

intelligence

c)

C. concealment

d)

D. advisement

28.

….is the process of gaining knowledge and skills throughout your life, often to help you do your job properly.

a)

A. book learning

b)

B. distance learning

c)

C. action learning

d)

lifelong learning

29.

She decided to attend….to earn her degree while working full-time during the day.

a)

A. night shift

b)

B. nightmare

c)

night school

d)

D. night safe

30.

I'd recommend that you not pull …to finish this work. It's not an good for your health.

a)

all-nighter

b)

B. all-comers

c)

C. all-around

31.

(CLOSEST) Let's try to be adult about this.

a)

A. youngish

b)

B. childish

c)

mature

d)

D. juvenile

32.

(CLOSEST). The building has received no regular maintenance since it was vacated in 1998.

a)

A. preservation

b)

B. destruction

c)

C. demolition

d)

D. ruination

33.

(CLOSEST) Making a large profit is irrelevant to us - the important thing is to make the book available to the largest possible audience.

a)

A. appropriate

b)

B. related

c)

C. pertinent

d)

insignificant

34.

(CLOSEST) She describes herself as a "well-rounded individual" who works hard but has a varied social life.

a)

A. incomplete

b)

all-around

c)

C. deficient

d)

D. imperfect

35.

(CLOSEST) The two men endured great hardship during their trek across Antarctica.

a)

A. blessings

b)

B. advantage

c)

C. success

d)

D.adversity

36.

(OPPOSITE) Here the Nile broadens out between the huge granite boulders.

a)

A. widens out

b)

B. adds to

c)

C. builds up

d)

D.narrows down

37.

(OPPOSITE) It's a very complex issue to which there is no straightforward answer.

a)

a.uncomplicated

b)

B. sophisticated

c)

C. tangled

d)

D. intricate

38.

(OPPOSITE) She seemed slightly distracted, as if something was worrying her.

a)

A. worried

b)

B.collected

c)

C. confused

d)

D. distraught

39.

(OPPOSITE) He did not escape imprisonment for his nonconformity.

a)

A. incarceration

b)

B. captivity

c)

C liberation

d)

D. confinement

40.

(OPPOSITE) We need an explanation that is readily intelligible to ordinary people.

a)

incomprehensible

b)

B. understandable

c)

C. legible

d)

D. coherent