Choose the word 2 Test your vocabulary

Test your vocabulary

Choose the word 2

Choose the word which best completes each sentence.

1	My work’s got worse and worse. Unless 1 _____ I’ll fail my exams in the summer.
	a	get well	b	improve	c	increase	d	get back
2	Oh dear! My watch has _____ !
	a	ended	b	stopped	c	finished	d	completed
3	If you work for someone, then you are _____
	a	a slave	b	unemployed	c	an employer	d	an employee
4	I’m afraid there’s no _____ of seeing Mr Brown until tomorrow.
	a	possibility	b	wish	c	opportunity	d	chance
5	The _____ around this town is quite beautiful.
	a	countryside	b	scene	c	nature	d	country
6	He’s always telling me what to do. He’s so _____
	a	cruel	b	bossy	c	helpful	d	charming
7	His parents gave him everything he asked for. He was thoroughly _____
	a	disturbed	b	ashamed	c	full up	d	spoilt
8	I still feel like a cigarette even though I _____ smoking two years ago.
	a	gave in	b	gave up	c	gave over	d	completed
9	He wants to get to the top before he is thirty. He is very _____.
	a	tall	b	ambitious	c	intelligent	d	industrial
10	John always arrives on time. He’s so _____
	a	careful	b	boring	c	punctual	d	industrial
11	She made the _____ mistake of forgetting to put the ‘s’ on the verb in the third person singular.
	a	classic	b	important	c	classical	d	famous
12	I was very _____ for all the advice she gave me.
	a	glad	b	grateful	c	in debt	d	pleased

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