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Level 6: Advanced/Proficiency >> Vocabulary Worksheets >> Nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives are all tested in these multiple choice exercises.

Vocabulary Multiple Choice. Worksheet 4.

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. It was a ____________ good film Howard. You absolutely have to go and see it!
a. wonderful
b. enormous
c. terribly
d. badly

2. There is too much weight on that table. It won't ____________ for much longer.
a. restrain
b. refuse
c. resist
d. reject

3. They had to buy a lot of equipment for the old boat, ____________ a new anchor.
a. including
b. coupled with
c. joined to
d. partnered with

4. I went to see the boss about a pay rise and he brushed me ____________ with a weak excuse about a business dinner and left me standing there!
a. up
b. away
c. around
d. off

5. Can you ____________ who is at the door while I take the meat out of the oven?
a. control
b. mind
c. check
d. prove

6. You should always be ____________ when someone you don't know calls at your house.
a. caring
b. wary
c. frightened
d. fussy

7. The new controversial tax law comes into ____________ from next May. Everyone should prepare themselves to avoid problems.
a. legality
b. age
c. force
d. existence

8. We don't seem to have any more of that title, Sir. It is out of ____________ but we are getting a new delivery next Thursday if you would like to pop back then.
a. order
b. shop
c. stock
d. inventory

9. The new teacher was taken advantage of by the students and often had to ____________ her authority.
a. assert
b. confirm
c. inflict
d. strike

10. You can't go to the interview with your shoes like that! Why don't you give them a quick ____________?
a. wash
b. scrub
c. brush
d. polish