1)When you
put in for a job, you are _____ .
a. an
applicant b. a customer c. a claimant
2)When a
person says: "I took it with a pinch of salt", he means:
a. he ate it with some salt. b. he sprinkled the food with salt.
c. he felt some doubt whether it was
altogether true.
3)What is
the person who pays rent called?
a. an
occupant b. a tenant c. a landlord
4)Which
word does not mean lazy?
a. idle b. inactive c. industrious
5)Don't be
too severe on that student; he's very ___ . sensible sensitive
6)I think
I ___ my car keys in the office.
forgot left
7)He knows
it's not ___ to spit on the floor. polite educated
8)She
receives an average weekly ___ of US$100.
wage salary
9)It's
advisable to ask someone who is ___ to judge the matter.
disinterested uninterested
10)The ___
in our school is to punish students caught cheating on exams.
policy politics
11)Can you
___ me 5 bucks until tomorrow ?
borrow lend
12)He's
been participating in competitions ___ a professional for a year.
as
like
13)I arrived
late at the conference and ___ the speaker's introductory remarks
missed
lost
14)John and
Becky ___ vows of eternal love. exchange change
15)rose,
daisy, daffodil, lily - Types of Flowers
16)Pyramids,
Sphinx, Nile, Cairo - All in Egypt
17)Mickey
Mantle, Carl Lewis, Ed Moses, Linford Cristie - Athletes
18)Sean
Connery, Roger Moore, Pierces Brosnan -All
played James Bond
19)diamond, ruby, emerald, jade - Precious stones or gems
20)stop
signal, London buses, United Kingdom post boxes, tomato- All are red
21)rainy,
sunny, cloudy, snowy - all are
types of weather
22)Yankees,
Mets, Giants, Dodgers - Baseball Teams
23)happy,
sad, angry, scared - Emotions
its = The possessive form of it. it's = The contracted form of it is or it
has.
24) _____ up to you. Its It's
25) I knew what model car it was, but I wasn't
sure about ____ color. its it's
26) I'm afraid ____ going to be
a very long season for the Mighty Ducks. its
it's
27) His fear of ____ being a
very long season seemed contagious. its it's
there = 1. at or in that place; 2. toward, to, or into
that place; 3. used in impersonal constructions in which the real subject
follows the verb. their = The possessive form of they. they're = The contracted
form of they are.
28) ______ are no excuses this
time, Buddy! There Their
They're
29) I can't imagine
where_______ going after the movie.
There their they're
30)It's ________ car, so let
them decide where we're going. There their they're
31)Wherever ________ are two or more firefighters in
the same room, you know what they'll be talking about. there
their they're
32)Whatever ________ doing to this highway, it seems to
be taking forever to finish.
there
their they're
33)These students have a poor attendance record. I'm
worried about ______ being absent during next week's exams. there
their they're
'Categories'
is a game in which you try to think of words which start with a specified
letter and which fit a particular category. Combinations of more than one word
are acceptable (as long as they are listed in the Concise Oxford Dictionary, so
clock golf would qualify as a sport beginning with the letter C.
34)
Name six animals starting with the letter A.
Ans: Aardvark, agouti, alligator,
antelope, ape, armadillo.
35)
Name six birds starting with the letter C. (If this is too easy, try finding 20
of them.) Ans:Canary, canvas-back, carrion crow, cassowary, catbird,
chaffinch, chanticleer, chicken, chiffchaff, chough, cockatiel, cockatoo, cock
sparrow, condor, coot, corncrake, crane, crossbill, crow, cuckoo, curlew,
cushat, cygnet.
36)Name
six occupations or professions starting with the letter D. (If this is too
easy, try finding 20.) Ans: Dairymaid, dairyman, dancer, deckhand,
decorator, dentist, dermatologist, designer, detective, dietician, director,
disc jockey, dishwasher, distiller, DJ, docker, doctor, domestic, doorman,
draftsman, dramatist, draper, draughtsman, dressmaker, driver, drover, drummer,
dustman, dyer.
37)Name
six trees starting with the letter S. (If this is too easy, try finding 12.)
Ans: Sallow, sandalwood, sapling,
sassafras, satinwood, Scotch fir, Scots pine, sequoia, silver birch, silver
fir, smoke tree, spindle, spruce, sumac, sycamore.
38)
Name six items of clothing (things to wear) starting with the letter G. (If
this is too easy, find 15.) Ans:Gaiters, galligaskins, galoshes,
garment, garter, gauntlet, girdle, glengarry, glove, gown, grass skirt,
greatcoat, G-string, G-suit, gumboot, gumshoe, gymslip.
39)Name
six musical instruments or terms used in music, starting with the letter F. (If
this is too easy, try finding 18.) Ans:Falsetto, fandango, fanfare,
fantasia, fiddle, fife, finale, fingerboard, flageolet, flautist, flugelhorn,
flute, folk music, folk song, forte, fortissimo, French horn, fret, fugue,
furioso.
40)Name
six things to eat starting with the letter H. (If this is too easy, try finding
12.) Ans: Haggis, ham, hamburger, hare, haricot, hash, hazelnut, honey,
hot cross bus, hot dog, hotpot, humbug, hummus.
41)Name
six fish starting with the letter T.
Ans:Tench, toadfish, tope, torpedo,
trout, tuna, tunny, turbot.
42)Name
five sports that start with the letter S.
Ans:Sailing, shooting, skating, skiing,
soccer, scramble, squash, swimming, softball.
43)Name
five drinks starting with the letter T.
Ans:Tea, tequila, toddy, Tokay, tonic.
44)Name
five composers starting with the letter V.
Ans: Varese, Vaughan Williams, Verdi,
Victoria, Vieuxtemps, Villa-Lobos, Viotti, Vivaldi.
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