Exercises on Vocabulary and language notes

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Choose the correct answer:

1. It was so hot inside the room that I thought I was going to (paint – faint – print – fail).

2. I ran ten kilometres yesterday and now my legs (ache – break – strike - shrink)!

3. Mona has a bad headache but this medicine should (please – release – ease - increase) the pain.

4. We walked up to the castle in (vain – plain – plane – stain). It was closed.

5.  No one is useless in this world who (hardens – strengthen – widens - lightens) the burdens of another.   

6. What can we do to help (make – break – take - shake) people’s lives better?

7. The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt (with – for – about - to) the heart.

8. To ease is to make something less (clear – difficult – fearful - sudden).

9. If you can stop a person from being sad, your life will be (miserable – unbearable - successful – wasted).

10. To faint means to become (unconscious – sad – happy – rich) for a short time.

11. In vain means without (delay – success – recovery – pain).

12. If something is challenging, it is interesting, but (easy – difficult – necessary – usual) to do.

13. A/An (inspector - publisher – astronaut – astronomer) is a person or company that produces books for people to buy.

14. My cousin wrote a novel but hasn't found a (publisher – chapter – collector - watcher) yet.

15. The film about the war was very (driving – enriching – moving - catching). A lot of people cried at the end!

16. Although the plane crashed, rescuers were pleased to find that all the passengers were (addictive – alive – aggressive - attractive).

17. The walk across the mountains was beautiful but very (changing – exchanging – challenging - living).

18.  I knew that Ahmed would not be late because he never (makes – takes – brings - breaks) a promise.     

19. If you drive too fast, you will break the (law – line – street - lane). The police might fine you.

20. It broke Amira's (head – heart – lungs - kidney) when her best friend moved to Dubai.

21. The football team did not lose for 50 matches and broke a (lord – word – sword - record).

22.  In winter, we often see (robins – cabins – dustbins – basins) in the trees in the park.

23. Hassan's tooth hurt all night and he went to the dentist because the (baking – breaking – aching – shaking) did not stop today.

24. It was very hot and busy in the market today and one tourist (felled – failed – filled – fainted).

25. We ran to the station but it was in (vain – pain – brain – chain). The train had already left.

26. It hurt when I hit my head on the shelf, but the pain soon (arose – amused – eased – praised).

27. The tourists left the boat and went (ashore – shore – the shore - shores) for the afternoon.

28. My father drove the car slowly because we saw there was a sandstorm (head – ahead – heading – headed).

29. Some of the fish in the market are still (lifeless – lived – alive – livelihood), so they are very fresh.

30. It's late, but the children are still (alone – alike – awake – asleep). I can hear them talking.

31. To get to the bank, walk (along – ahead – among – aside) this road and turn right at the baker's.

32. Don't make too much noise. The baby is (alive – asleep – aware – abroad).

33. (Catching – Missing – Losing – Winning) the World Cup is every country's dream.

34. I've (missed – lost – caught – found) my keys, so I can't open the door.

35. The rain didn’t stop us (by – about - from – with) enjoying the trip.

36. It was a bad accident – they’re lucky to be (aware – alive – ahead – along).

37. Ali now faces the biggest (challenge – revenge – charge – check) of his career.

38. She suddenly fell forward on to the table and (feared – frightened – fainted – fined).

39. I gave him some medicine to (raise - ease – rise – arise) the pain.

40. My cousin broke the (prize – medal - record – competition) for the high jump.

41. The job was not (challenging – murderous – killing – impossible) enough for me, so I got bored.

42. Unless we find somewhere (safety – safely – safe – save), we'll all get caught.

43. We should (take - break -bring – sleep) now for lunch.

44. If you want to choose a great hotel for your holiday, you can look (of – at – on -with) the internet.

45. She introduced me to some of her (pillow – fellow – widow – follow) students.

46. An angle (warm – warn – worm - word) is a long thin animal, with no bones and no legs, that lives in soil.

47. Can you think of a word that (rhymes – lines – minds – declines) with 'flew'?

48. The poet's anger finds expression in the last (reverse – course – curse – verse) of the poem.

49. The poet recited some of her recent (stories – poems – novels – plays).

50. She was asked about the pay increase but made no (communication – comment – contact – connection).

51. The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them (worry – worrying – worries – to worry) about losing them.

52. The sun shone, the birds sang, and in every corner of the garden there was something (interest – interested – to interest – interesting) to look at.

53. Fortunately the train was late so we did not (catch – lose – miss – hold) it.

54. He resigned from the company in order to take a more (challenging – changed – changing – recharging) job.

55. His feet were (baking – waiting - aching – searching) from standing so long.

56. He (shook - broke – shrank – took) his promise and did not come to see me.

57. I almost (founded – fined – faked – fainted) when she told me the news.

58. We tried in (vain – pain – rain – main) to make him change his mind.

59. I broke his (part – art - heart – tart) and now all I want to do is take away his pain.

60. This medicine will help to (tease - ease – breathe - please) your anxiety.

61. (What – Which – That – When) he is trying to say is that he is against the proposal.

62. I wrote a letter (economizing – summarizing – sanitizing – fertilizing) the main points we had discussed.

63. The tax only affects people on incomes of over $200,000 - in other (words – phrases – sentences – letters), the very rich.

64. Bacteriology is the scientific study of bacteria and other very small (lively – alive - living – life) things.

65. Mona has (changed - challenged – hanged – alleged) me to a game of chess.

66. At the moment we are facing a serious environmental (average – bandage – baggage – challenge).

67. Suddenly I felt a sharp (ache – pain – cut - bruise) in my chest.

68. He earned his (life – live – living – alive) by writing articles for magazines.

69. The government has taken measures to (ease – please – increase – release) congestion in the capital.

70. All the (move – movement - moving – moved) parts of the engine must be kept well-oiled.

71. He (took - broke – put – saw) the world record twice.

72. It’ll break your father’s (mind – head – brain – heart) if you tell him you’re giving up college.

73. He's currently (abroad – broad – aboard – boarded) on business.

74. There were four people (along - ahead – afraid – ashore) of me at the doctor’s.

75. You’re looking slim. Have you (gained - lost – missed – taken) weight?

76. The police say they’re doing all they can to (miss – lose – gain – catch) the criminals.

77. I read (interesting something – interesting anything – something interesting – interesting nothing) about Japan yesterday.

78. All his limbs ГШСЗЭ (pain - ached – cured – treated) and he shivered with cold.

79. The job was very (changing – ranging – managing – challenging), but rewarding.

80. The film tells the (moved – moving – movable – immovable) story of an old man.

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Distributives & Determiners: all, both, half, each, every, either, neither, none, some, any

 

۩ КУКОПг all гЪ ЗУг МгЪ жЭЪб МгЪ Гж ЗУг бЗ нхЪП жЭЪб гЭСП:

Ё All                                                                                  

· All Mona's money is at home, so all her friendsare helping her.

· All the information you need is on the internet.

۩ КУКОПг all of ЮИб ЦгЗЖС ЗбгЭЪжб all of you/us/them:

· He bought gifts for all of us.

۩ жнгЯд Гд КГКн ИЪП ЦгЗЖС ЗбгЭЪжб:

· I said goodbye to them all.

· There is no cake left. They've eaten it all.

۩ нгЯд ЗУКОПЗг   of Гж ЪПг ЗУКОПЗгеЗ Эн НЗбЙ ЗбГУгЗБ ЗбМгЪ Гж ЗбЗУгЗБ ЗбКн бЗ КЪП ИФСШ жМжП the/this/that/these ЮИб ЗбЗУг Гж ХЭЗК гбЯнЙ гЛб his/her/your/their/our/my:

·   All (of) this money belong s to me.

· All (of) the workerswere given a pay rise at the end of the year.

· Allmy money was stolen.

۩ жбЗ КУКОПг of Эн НЗбЙ ЪПг жМжП the:

· I love all music not just classical.  

۩ нгЯд Гд КГКн all ИЪП ЗбЭЗЪб жИЪП ЭЪб To be жИЪП ЗбЭЪб ЗбдЗЮХ жИЪП ЗбЭЪб ЗбгУЗЪП:

· We all do our best to pass the test.

· The students areall here now. We can start.

· We can all do something about pollution.

· They haveall left already.

۩ нгЯд Гд КГКн all   ЯЦгнС ЭЗЪб жнГКн ИЪПеЗ ЗбЭЪб Эн ХнЫЙ ЗбМгЪ Гж ЗбгЭСП НУИ ЗбУнЗЮ:

· All were happy with their examination results.

= All students were happy with their examination results.

· Allwas quiet in the street outside. (=Everything was quiet..)

 

۩ КхУКОПг all   ГНнЗдЗ ИгЪдн completely:

· He lived all alone in an old house.

· He lived all by himself.

· I'm all in favour of giving children more freedom.

· Now we are going to be late and it's all because of you.

 

۩ бЗ КхУКОПг the   ИЪП all Эн НЗбЙ ЗбКЪИнСЗК ЗбПЗбЙ Ъбн ЗбТгд: