Welcome to your Vocabulary Proficiency Quiz
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B2 3. The taxi _____ me off at the airport. I _____ in before the plane _____ off and when I arrived my friend _____ me up.
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B2 6. He was _____, he was unable to move due to the surprise. She was _____, she was utterly confused. They were _____ when they decided to travel the world.
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B2 8. _____ your nose, _____ your hair, _____ your shoulders, _____ my hand. Don't _____, be happy.
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C1 3. It is getting late, get a _____ on. She gets on my _____, she annoys me. Grandad is getting _____ a bit he is 90. It is difficult to get _____ to her she is unable to listen.
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B1 1. What is in the picture?
red meat, cabbage, tomatoes, mussels, lemons, garlic, onions
prawns, duck, fish, tomatoes, potatoes, salmon, crab
cherries, pork, beef, green beans, tomatoes, duck, lamb
red meat, prawns, tomatoes, lettuce, lemons, garlic, onions
tomatoes, lemons, prawns, lettuce, chicken, aubergine
red meat, prawns, tomatoes, lettuce, lemons, garlic, beetroot
None
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B2 10. Tabloids always have _____ headlines. All the news in the major news agencies is _____, totally politically motivated. A lot of social media and even the biggest search engine is now _____ people.
A tabloid
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B2 7. _____ only if you are angry. _____ problems rationally. _____ only if it is low interest. _____ to a friend only if he is reliable. Allow your cake to _____. _____ your children well.
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C1 9. The scenery is _____. The monuments are _____. But I like to go _____, in _____ places in nature.
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A2 9. Charles _____ at 6 a.m. _____ breakfast and _____ to work by car.
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A2 6. Choose the right answer.
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B1 8. Troy is a film with a great _____ of actors, amazing _____ because of the scenery, and a well-written _____.
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B1 3. My house is _____ $100,000. I _____ money to buy it 5 years ago. But I don't _____ any money now because I _____ it back.
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A2 4. Stand _____, sit _____ and _____ to your speaking partner.
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B1 2. Emma is very _____, her parents give her too many toys. Jay is _____, he likes to win in sport. Sonia is _____, she is usually worried and nervous.
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B1+ 5. What packaging can you see?
What packaging can you see?
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A2 8. Choose correctly.
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B1 10. She's doing a _____ in History, the _____lasts 3 years at university. If she _____an exam, she can retake it.
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A2 1. Which is correct? 1,544,376
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C1 7. Get a _____ to buy a house. _____ reduces the value of your savings. A _____ society is based on spending money. The next _____ is coming and people will lose their jobs.
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B1 9. The dog _____ his bone. The girl _____ because she is happy. The boy _____ his finger at the cat.
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B2 9. _____ break into your house at night without your knowledge. _____ often steal watches, wallets and purses without being detected. "This is a _____!" shouted the big men with guns at the restaurant.
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A2 2. Choose the right answer.
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C1 2. Working at the checkout can be _____ _____ _____. You do the same things all day. A surgeon's job is _____ due to the long hours and heavy responsibility. Being able to help people is _____ _____ _____ .
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A2 5. The elephant is _____. The shark is _____. The child is _____.
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C1 1. She is _____, she is intelligent. He is _____, always saying things that are not sincere. She is _____, she always does her homework diligently and prepares carefully.
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C1 6. _____ time in the airport by reading a book. _____ the lost time that we spent apart by _____ more time together. _____ for time when there is a difficult decision and a lot of pressure.
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B1 5. I never argue _____my wife _____ money. I am excited _____ travelling. I am fond _____ animals, I like them.
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B1 6. Play football on the football _____. Play basketball on the basketball _____. Swim in the swimming _____.
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C1 8. Choose the correct prefixes to make the negative of these words. appropriate, hospitable, relevant, personal, moral
disappropriate, unhospitable, unrelevant, unpersonal, unmoral
inappropriate, imhospitable, irrelevant, inpersonal, unmoral
ilappropriate, inhospitable, unrelevant, impersonal, immoral
inappropriate, inhospitable, irrelevant, impersonal, immoral
inappropriate, inhospitable, irrelevant, inpersonal, inmoral
None
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B1+ 3. Where do you get bread, meat and something special?
Choose the places you see in the illustration.
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B2 1. Spilling boiling water on your skin results in _____. For a _____ take paracetamol. If you cut yourself you need to stop the _____.
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C1 5. _____ the door, _____ the car horn, _____ your soup. _____ because it has been a long hard day and you feel emotional.
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A2 3. What do you see?
a dictionary, a pen, a purse, a watch, a lamp, a notebook
a dictionary, a pencil, a purse, a identity card, a lamp, a piece of paper
a dictionary, a wallet, a pencil, a card, a light, a book
a dictionary, a pen, a purse, a train ticket, a lamp, a notebook
None
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B1 4. Which are only methods of public transport?
motorway, coach, scooter, ferry
car, underground, van, motorbike
coach, underground, tram, ferry
motorbike, van, train, tram, lorry
None
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A2 7. Choose the right answer
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C1 4. _____ are your friends in love and in war. _____ are people without a home. A _____ is when there is a sudden change of power without democracy.
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A2 13. the ____ is hanging from the _____.
Choose two words.
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A2 10. I _____ _____ swimming every day in the evening. I can't _____ your name, sorry I forgot. Can you _____ that noise?
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B1 7. Which is the correct order?
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B2 2. She got _____ for our date. But during our date she spilled wine on her dress and needed to _____. She went to the bathroom and _____ her stained dress on the hat stand.
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C1 10. Animals which are _____ in _____ are not wild. Bees call a _____ their home, horses a _____ birds a _____. And a baby bear is a _____.
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B2 5. What kinds of weather do you see in the picture?
blizzard, flood, monsoon, heatwave
flood, lightning, thunder, hail
flood, hurricane, hail, drought
flood, thunderstorm, forest fire, drought
None
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B1+ 6. What countryside things can you see?
Choose 6.
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B2 4. I love music _____ jazz. Her wedding dress was _____ made. I have _____ finished the book. She looks younger than me but _____ she is older.
