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Level 6: Advanced/Proficiency >> 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 vocabulary multiple choice worksheets for students to not only get the right word but think about why the other answers are not correct.

Vocabulary Multiple Choice. Worksheet 11.

Deciding between different, similar vocabulary items becomes ever more difficult as students progress to higher levels in their English studies. For each question below, choose the best answer from the four possibilities. Think also about why the other three choices are NOT possible.

1. The epidemic is thought to have started when the Brazilian monkey travelled to Europe with a circus and ____________ some of the animals there.
a. infested
b. was contagious to
c. infected
d. quarantined

2. His performance was so spectacular that he was ____________ out for praise by the team manager at the end of the game.
a. singled
b. filtered
c. distinguished
d. selected

3. That is Suzy's car in the driveway. She ____________ at work!
a. shouldn't be
b. couldn't be
c. oughtn't be
d. can't be

4. You can decide not to go to university but you ____________ the risk of not getting a good job later.
a. suffer
b. run
c. do
d. put

5. The costs of this plan for our company are ____________ by the enormous benefits it will bring us and I think we should approve it as soon as possible.
a. outrun
b. overrun
c. outweighed
d. overthrown

6. If we walk ____________ enough, we should arrive at the hostel before it gets dark.
a. sharply
b. warmly
c. briskly
d. fluently

7. Now you mention his name, I do have a vague ____________ of having once met Stephen Harmiss. But I couldn't tell you where it was!
a. remembrance
b. memorial
c. recollection
d. recall
e. memento
f. souvenir

8. The murder suspect managed to throw the police ____________ the trail with a brilliant alibi.
a. on
b. out of
c. about
d. off

9. Don't worry about swimming with that watch on. It is ____________. You can't damage it.
a. waterproof
b. watertight
c. foolproof
d. water-free

10. ____________ my boss notices what I do in the office, I might as well not be there!
a. Concerning
b. For all
c. Whenever
d. With regards to