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This test estimates the number of English word family meanings you know. • There are 60 questions in this test • Look at the word and an example of the word in use • Choose the meaning that most closely matches the word • You can not go back and change your answer
- 1.SEE: They saw it.
- A.
Cut
- B.
Waited for
- C.
Looked at
- D.
Started
- 2.TIME: They have a lot of time.
- A.
Money
- B.
Food
- C.
Hours
- D.
Friend
- 3.PERIOD: It was a difficult period.
- A.
Question
- B.
Time
- C.
Thing to do
- D.
Book
- 4.FIGURE: Is this the right figure?
- A.
Answer
- B.
Place
- C.
Time
- D.
Number
- 5.POOR: We are poor.
- A.
Have no money
- B.
Feel happy
- C.
Are very interested
- D.
Do not like to work hard
- 6.DRIVE: He drives fast.
- A.
Swims
- B.
Learns
- C.
Throws balls
- D.
Uses a car
- 7.JUMP: She tried to jump.
- A.
Lie on top of the water
- B.
Get off the ground suddenly
- C.
Stop the car at the edge of the road
- D.
Move very fast
- 8.SHOE: Where is your shoe?
- A.
The person who looks after you
- B.
The thing you keep your money in
- C.
The thing you use for writing
- D.
The thing you wear on your foot
- 9.STANDARD: Her standards are very high.
- A.
The bits at the back under her shoes
- B.
The marks she gets in school
- C.
The money she asks for
- D.
The levels she reaches in everything
- 10.BASIS: This was used as the basis.
- A.
Answer
- B.
Place to take a rest
- C.
Next step
- D.
Main part
- 11.MAINTAIN: Can they maintain it?
- A.
Keep it as it is
- B.
Make it larger
- C.
Get a better one than it
- D.
Get it
- 12.STONE: He sat on a stone.
- A.
Hard thing
- B.
Kind of chair
- C.
Soft thing on the floor
- D.
part of a tree
- 13.UPSET: I am upset.
- A.
Tired
- B.
Famous
- C.
Rich
- D.
Unhappy
- 14.DRAWER: The drawer was empty.
- A.
Sliding box
- B.
Place where cars are kept
- C.
Cupboard to keep things cold
- D.
Animal house
- 15.PATIENCE: He has no patience.
- A.
Will not wait happily
- B.
Has no free time
- C.
Has no faith
- D.
Does not know what is fair
- 16.NIL: His mark for that question was nil.
- A.
Very bad
- B.
Nothing
- C.
Very good
- D.
In the middle
- 17.PUB: They went to the pub.
- A.
Place where people drink and talk
- B.
Place that looks after money
- C.
large building with many shops
- D.
Building for swimming
- 18.CIRCLE: Make a circle.
- A.
Rough picture
- B.
Space with nothing in it
- C.
Round shape
- D.
large hole
- 19.MICROPHONE: Please use the microphone.
- A.
Machine for making food hot
- B.
Machine that makes sounds louder
- C.
Machine that makes things look bigger
- D.
Small telephone that can be carried around
- 20.PRO: He's a pro.
- A.
Someone who is employed to find out important secrets
- B.
A stupid person
- C.
Someone who writes for a newspaper
- D.
Someone who is paid for playing sport etc.
- 21.SOLDIER: He is a soldier.
- A.
Person in a business
- B.
Student
- C.
person who uses metal
- D.
Person in the army
- 22.RESTORE: It has been restored.
- A.
Said again
- B.
Given to a different person
- C.
Given a lower price
- D.
Made like new again
- 23.JUG: He was holding a jug.
- A.
A container for pouring liquids
- B.
an informal discussion
- C.
A soft cap
- D.
A weapon that explodes
- 24.SCRUB: He is scrubbing it.
- A.
Cutting shallow lines into it
- B.
repairing it
- C.
Rubbing it hard to clean it
- D.
Drawing simple pictures of it
- 25.DINOSAUR: The children were pretending to be dinosaurs.
- A.
Robbers who work at sea
- B.
Very small creatures with human form but with wings
- C.
large creatures with wings that breathe fire
- D.
Animals that lived a long time ago
- 26.STRAP: He broke the strap.
- A.
Promise
- B.
Top cover
- C.
Shallow dish for food
- D.
Strip of material for holding things together
- 27.PAVE: It was paved.
- A.
Prevented from going through
- B.
Divided
- C.
Given gold edges
- D.
Covered with a hard surface
- 28.DASH: They dashed over it.
- A.
Moved quickly
- B.
Moved slowly
- C.
Fought
- D.
Looked quickly
- 29.ROVE: He couldn't stop roving.
- A.
Getting drunk
- B.
Traveling around
- C.
Making a musical sound through closed lips
- D.
Working hard
- 30.LONESOME: He felt lonesome.
- A.
Ungrateful
- B.
Very tired
- C.
Lonely
- D.
Full of energy
- 31.COMPOUND: They made a new compound.
- A.
Agreement
- B.
Thing made of two or more parts
- C.
Group of people forming a business
- D.
Guess based on past experience
- 32.LATTER: I agree with the latter.
- A.
Man from the church
- B.
Reason given
- C.
Last one
- D.
Answer
- 33.CANDID: Please be candid.
- A.
Be careful
- B.
Show sympathy
- C.
Show fairness to both sides
- D.
Say what you really think
- 34.TUMMY: Look at my tummy.
- A.
Cloth to cover the head
- B.
Stomach
- C.
small furry animal
- D.
Thumb
- 35.QUIZ: We made a quiz.
- A.
Thing to hold arrows
- B.
Serious mistake
- C.
Set of questions
- D.
Box for birds to make nests in
- 36.INPUT: We need more input.
- A.
Information, power, etc. put into something
- B.
Workers
- C.
Artificial filling for a hole in wood
- D.
Money
- 37.CRAB: Do you like crabs?
- A.
Sea creatures that walk sideways
- B.
very thin small cakes
- C.
tight, hard collars
- D.
large black insects that sing at night
- 38.VOCABULARY: You will need more vocabulary.
- A.
Words
- B.
skill
- C.
money
- D.
Guns
- 39.REMEDY: We found a good remedy.
- A.
Way to fix a problem
- B.
Place to eat in public
- C.
Way to prepare food
- D.
Rule about numbers
- 40.ALLEGE: They alleged it.
- A.
Claimed it without proof
- B.
Stole the ideas for it from someone else
- C.
Provided facts to prove it
- D.
Argued against the facts that supported it
- 41.DEFICIT: The company had a large deficit.
- A.
Spent a lot more money than it earned
- B.
Went down a lot in value
- C.
Had a plan for its spending that used a lot of money
- D.
Had a lot of money in the bank
- 42.WEEP: He wept.
- A.
Finished his course
- B.
cried
- C.
Died
- D.
Worried
- 43.NUN: We saw a nun.
- A.
Long thin creature that lives in the earth
- B.
terrible accident
- C.
Woman following a strict religious life
- D.
Unexplained bright light in the sky
- 44.HAUNT: The house is haunted.
- A.
Full of ornaments
- B.
Rented
- C.
Empty
- D.
Full of ghosts
- 45.COMPOST: We need some compost.
- A.
Strong support
- B.
Help to feel better
- C.
Hard stuff made of stones and sand stuck together
- D.
Rotted plant material
- 46.CUBE: I need one more cube.
- A.
Sharp thing used for joining things
- B.
solid square block
- C.
Tall cup with no saucer
- D.
Piece of stiff paper folded in half
- 47.MINIATURE: It is a miniature.
- A.
A very small thing of its kind
- B.
an instrument to look at small objects
- C.
a very small living creature
- D.
a small line to join letters in handwriting
- 48.PEEL: Shall I peel it?
- A.
Let it sit in water for a long time
- B.
Take the skin off it
- C.
Make it white
- D.
Cut it into thin pieces
- 49.FRACTURE: They found a fracture.
- A.
Break
- B.
Small piece
- C.
Short coat
- D.
Rare jewel
- 50.BACTERIUM: They didn't find a single bacterium.
- A.
Small living thing causing disease
- B.
Plant with red or orange flowers
- C.
Animal that carries water on its back
- D.
Thing that has been stolen and sold to a shop
- 51.DEVIOUS: Your plans are devious.
- A.
Tricky
- B.
Well-developed
- C.
Not well thought out
- D.
More expensive than necessary
- 52.PREMIER: The premier spoke for an hour.
- A.
Person who works in a law court
- B.
University teacher
- C.
Adventurer
- D.
Head of the government
- 53.BUTLER: They have a butler.
- A.
Man servant
- B.
Machine for cutting up trees
- C.
private teacher
- D.
cool dark room under the house
- 54.ACCESSORY: They gave us some accessories.
- A.
Papers allowing us to enter a country
- B.
official orders
- C.
ideas to choose between
- D.
Extra pieces
- 55.THRESHOLD: They raised the threshold.
- A.
Flag
- B.
Point or line where something changes
- C.
Roof inside a building
- D.
Cost of borrowing money
- 56.THESIS: She has completed her thesis.
- A.
Long written report of study carried out for a university degree
- B.
talk given by a judge at the end of a trial
- C.
first year of employment after becoming a teacher
- D.
extended course of hospital treatment
- 57.STRANGLE: He strangled her.
- A.
Killed her by pressing her throat
- B.
gave her all the things she wanted
- C.
Took her away by force
- D.
admired her greatly
- 58.CAVALIER: He treated her in a cavalier manner.
- A.
Without care
- B.
politely
- C.
Awkwardly
- D.
As a brother would
- 59.MALIGN: His malign influence is still felt.
- A.
Evil
- B.
Good
- C.
Very important
- D.
Secret
- 60.VEER: The car veered.
- A.
Went suddenly in another direction
- B.
Moved shakily
- C.
Made a very loud noise
- D.
Slid sideways without the wheels turning
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