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Level 5: First Certificate/Advanced >> Vocabulary Worksheets >> Small differences between words at an advanced level of English can be frustrating for students to try and understand. Here is a series of worksheets for students to not only aim at getting the right word but think about why the other answers are not correct.

Vocabulary Multiple Choice Worksheet 11

For each question, choose which of the four possible answers fits the space best. Also think about why the other three answers are not possible.

1. Inspector Grant visited the suspect's house on three occasions and on the third ____________ a remarkable discovery.
a. did
b. found
c. took
d. made

2. By studying fossils, many things can be learnt including even the events that ____________ to the animal's death.
a. caused
b. went
c. led
d. influenced

3. To ____________ up, what we would like to see is a more agressive policing in the area and more attention given to the victims of crime...and less to the criminals!
a. add
b. sum
c. total
d. figure

4. My uncle has a large greenhouse in his garden which he uses to ____________ tropical fruit.
a. grow
b. rear
c. breed
d. raise

5. If we want to get to Chicago by sunset, it ____________ having to leave at dawn tomorrow.
a. intends
b. means
c. wants
d. needs

6. It will be hard to find the area of land ____________ to build a factory such as this.
a. obliged
b. required
c. meant
d. designed

7. I like my part time job but I would like all the advantages of having a full-time contract, ____________ a company car and a good vacation package.
a. such
b. example
c. like
d. containing

8. Be careful swimming Jason. The water here gets very ____________ suddenly.
a. profound
b. deep
c. wide
d. high