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Level 6: Advanced/Proficiency >> Vocabulary Worksheets >> For these worksheets, students need to select the right word out of four options.

Vocabulary Multiple Choice. Worksheet 20.

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 sales department was ___________ with complaints after the faulty washing machine went on sale nationwide.
a. attacked
b. flooded
c. wetted
d. sieged

2. The police were called out in the early hours of the morning when there was a ___________ involving a few teenagers.
a. disturbance
b. riot
c. outcry
d. campaign

3. Morale at the football club began to decline as the ___________ departure of the coach approached.
a. future
b. predictable
c. nearby
d. forthcoming

4. The coach has ___________ fit to move to another club after some disputes over player contracts.
a. seen
b. looked
c. seemed
d. chosen

5. ___________ on by my husband, I applied for the job I had always dreamt of having.
a. begged
b. obliged
c. urged
d. pleaded

6. As you are no doubt ___________ aware, your lies have shown you to be an untrustworthy employee and we will have to let you go.
a. steadily
b. painfully
c. apparently
d. sharply

7. The train finally arrived, covered in snow after two further hours. ___________ to say, when I arrived at the restaurant, there was no sign of Maggie at all.
a. silly
b. useless
c. wasteful
d. needless

8. Did you ever realise you have an uncanny ___________ of coming down to the kitchen just as I am about to serve dinner? Very strange!
a. habit
b. knack
c. trick
d. routine