Answers

Vocabulary
Secondary
School


A. Choose the odd one out.

1. cooker

2. radio

3. lovely

4. impressive

5. British


B. Form adverbs from these adjectives.


1. easy easily

2. dangerous dangerously

3. comfortable comfortably

4. quiet quietly

5. careful carefully

6. lucky luckily

7. fast fast

8. serious seriously




C. Match the words with their opposite.


1. old young

2. early late

3. fast slow

4. clean dirty

5. in favour of against


6. easy difficult

7. strict flexible

8. full dirty

9. large small

10. wet dry



D. Make nouns from the verbs.

1. advertise advertisement

2. announce announcement

3. persuade persuasion

4. read reading

5. communicate communication

6. write writing

7. produce production

8. attract attraction

9. feel feeling

10. inform information




E. Choose the correct answer.

1. Alice is tall and slim and has a beautiful shape

2. I live in England but I was born in Australia.

3. John is not very handsome, but his nose and eyes are his
best features



4. Please be quiet. I can't listen the radio.

5. The students took their examination last month.

6. Mrs Browns children have very good manners because they have
been well brought up.

7. John is always quarrelling with his wife.

8. Please don't talk in the corridor because there is an examination in
the lecture room.

9. I dont mind washing up but I hate making bed.

10. John can't walk very well because he sprained
his ankle playing football.

11. That black cat has been laying on the wall all day.

12. My father is very clever with his hands.

13. Mrs Brown is offering a reward of 50,00 to anyone who
finds her diamond ring.

14. I would be nice if you would answer my letter by return.

15. We drove from London to Brighton in the fog and we did
not reach there till 7 p.m.

16. He will pass his examination if he works hard.

17. I stayed in London with Mrs Jones.

18. Mary is very upset because she has failed her
examination.

19. My father told me never to tell a lie

20. During the thunderstorm the tree was struck by lightning.







F. Match the British English with the American English.

1. lorry a. truck

2. sweets b. candy

3. great c. neat

4. trousers d. pants

5. autumn e. fall

6. taxi f. cab

7. lift g. elevator

8. underground h. subway

9. film i. movie

10. biscuit j. cookie




G. Match the colloquial words to the formal words.

1. gross a. disgusting

2. loo b. toilet

3. fag c. cigarette

4. telly d. television

5. Nope e. No

6. Cheerio f. Goodbye

7. Hi g. Hello

8. cool h. excelent