Vocabulary Exercise -1

March 8, 2021 BEN_BEN

Choose the correct word.

Vocabulary Exercise -1

Choose the correct word.

1. Our holiday was spoiled by bad ———- .

A) weather

B) whether

Correct word : weather

Our holiday was spoiled by bad weather

2. There are several big parks in London ———- Hyde Park.

A) beside

B) besides

Correct word : beside

There are several big parks in London beside Hyde Park.

3. The information comes through secret ———- .

A) canal

B) channels

Correct word : channels

The information comes through secret channels.

4. We ———- his excuse.

A) accepted

B) excepted

Correct word : accepted

We accepted his excuse.

5. It will go ———- with the murderer if he is caught.

A) hard

B) hardly

Correct word : hard

It will go hard with the murderer if he is caught.

6. Windsor ———- on the Thames of London.

A) lies

B) lays

Correct word : lies

Windsor lies on the Thames of London.

7. I have to ———- you that our business with that company is very important to us.

A) remember

B) remind

Correct word : remind

I have to remind you that our business with that company is very important to us.

8. The boys ———- the old barn for use by the club.

A) adapted

B) adopted

Correct word : adapted

The boys adapted the old barn for use by the club.

9. The captain ordered all the ———- to be fired.

A) canons

B) cannons

Correct word : cannons

The captain ordered all the cannons to be fired.

10. The mercury in the thermometer is ———- to changes in temperature.

A) sensitive

B) senseble

Correct word : sensitive

The mercury in the thermometer is sensitive to changes in temperature.

11 . The disease ———- his mind so that he could not remember what he had done.

A) effected

B) affected

Correct word : affected

The disease affected his mind so that he could not remember what he had done.

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Vocabulary Exercise -1

Choose the correct word.

12. The population of this town has been ———- for ten years at about 5000 people.

A) stationary

B) stationery

Correct word : stationary

The population of this town has been stationary for ten years at about 5000 people.

13. It isn’t very ———- to leave the lights on when you’re not in the room.

A) economic

B) economical

Correct word : economical

It isn’t very economical to leave the lights on when you’re not in the room.

14. Do you believe in the ———- that all men are equal?

A) principal

B) principle

Correct word : principle

Do you believe in the principle that all men are equal?

15. You are ———- losing your things!

A) continuously

B) continually

Correct word : continually

You are continually losing your things!

16. The police are on the ———- of the thieves.

A) cent

B) scent

Correct word : scent

The police are on the scent of the thieves.

17. Witnesses ———- the policemen’s statement.

A) collaborated

B) corroborated

Correct word : corroborated

Witnesses corroborated the policemen’s statement.

18. His blood ———- the ground.

A) dyed

B) died

Correct word : dyed

His blood dyed the ground.

19. A ———- referee will judge a basketball game fairly.

A) disinterested

B) uninterested

Correct word : disinterested

A disinterested referee will judge a basketball game fairly.

20. He was only three years old when his family ———- from Germany.

A) immigrated

B) emigrated

Correct word : emigrated

He was only three years old when his family emigrated from Germany.

21. If you want to speak English fluently, you need more English ———- .

A) practice

B) practise

Correct word : practice

If you want to speak English fluently, you need more English practice.

22. I ———- too much. I’m going to have a diet.

A) weight

B) weigh

Correct word : weigh

I weigh too much. I’m going to have a diet.

23. The police found a ———- body in the river.

A) dead

B) died

Correct word : dead

The police found a dead body in the river.

24. I need your ———- on this paper. Could you do it just now?

A) signature

B) sign

Correct word : signature

I need your signature on this paper. Could you do it just now?

25. Let’s meet at seven o’clock. Will that time ———- you?

A) suitable

B) suit

Correct word : suit

Let’s meet at seven o’clock. Will that time suit you?

Vocabulary Exercise

Choose the correct word.

#1. There are several big parks in London __ Hyde Park.

#2. It isn't very __ to leave the lights on when you're not in the room.

#3. If you want to speak English fluently, you need more English __ .

#4. Our holiday was spoiled by bad ...... .

#5. You are __ losing your things!

#6. He was only three years old when his family __ from Germany.

#7. Let's meet at seven o'clock. Will that time __ you?

#8. I need your __ on this paper. Could you do it just now?

#9. Do you believe in the __ that all men are equal?

#10. The police found a __ body in the river.

#11. Witnesses __ the policemen's statement.

#12. We __ his excuse.

#13. The police are on the __ of the thieves.

#14. The captain ordered all the __ to be fired.

#15. The population of this town has been __ for ten years at about 5000 people.

#16. The information comes through secret __ .

#17. The mercury in the thermometer is __ to changes in temperature.

#18. I __ too much. I'm going to have a diet.

#19. A _ referee will judge a basketball game fairly.

#20. The disease __ his mind so that he could not remember what he had done.

#21. His blood __ the ground.

#22. The boys __ the old barn for use by the club.

#23. I have to __ you that our business with that company is very important to us.

#24. Windsor __ on the Thames of London.

#25. It will go __ with the murderer if he is caught.

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