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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 3

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. Can I borrow $10 ___________ you until tomorrow. I have to buy a book for college.
a. to
b. from
c. for
d. with

2. There is so little time left until the exams. I think I need to just concentrate my effort ___________ the most important two exams that I cannot fail.
a. for
b. with
c. of
d. on

3. I was never very ___________ at history at school and now I work in a museum. How ironic!
a. good
b. expert
c. keen
d. able

4. My mother would like to consider herself ___________ but I think even she would be shocked if we took her to see that film!
a. broad-minded
b. independent
c. stubborn
d. well-behaved

5. When I first arrived in Russia, I took ___________ lessons from an old woman to help me with the language.
a. private
b. secret
c. personal
d. reserved

6. There was only a light ___________ in the morning with no sign that a storm was coming.
a. gale
b. cyclone
c. breeze
d. draught

7. A new type of transistor radio has been ___________ by South African electrical engineers.
a. developed
b. found
c. discovered
d. looked into

8. I want to play a game with you. First, ___________ about an animal you would like to be. Ready?
a. consider
b. imagine
c. think
d. wonder