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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 5.

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. He was given the France post even though his French is decidedly ____________.
a. fluent
b. untidy
c. rusty
d. disheveled

2. What really ____________ me as I walked into the office was the number of women working there!
a. occurred
b. realised
c. struck
d. seemed to

3. Oh! That guitar is out of ____________. What a horrible sound!
a. melody
b. chorus
c. parity
d. tune

4. The company has a lot of problems but they all seem to ____________ to money.
a. boil down
b. cook up
c. lead over
d. reason out

5. The walls of your bathroom were wet with ____________ after my shower so I opened the window.
a. vapour
b. condensation
c. mould
d. dew

6. You treat this house like a hotel Tim! And you take your mother totally for ____________. You should appreciate what she does for you more.
a. fool
b. assumption
c. advantage
d. granted

7. We took Bill ____________ for a couple of months after the fire at his home. It was no trouble as we have the extra bedroom up in the converted loft.
a. in
b. out
c. up
d. off

8. ____________ did he complain to the head waiter all night, but he didn't leave a tip at the end of the night either!
a. not really
b. on no account
c. not only
d. no longer

9. ____________ you get the job. Where would you go and live?
a. provided
b. supposing
c. as long as
d. unless

10. Did you ever ____________ for anything when you were a child or did you have everything you desired?
a. lack
b. miss
c. want
d. ask