Vocabulary test

What time is it? It’s 6.15 – a _________ past six. a. fourth b. half c. fifteen d. quarter

tired –> exhausted small –> tiny angry –> _________ a. annoyed b. furious c. irritated d. vexed

vexed adjective [ before noun ] UK /vekst/ US /vekst/ difficult to deal with and causing a lot of disagreement and argument annoy (verb) UK /əˈnɔɪ/ US /əˈnɔɪ/ to make someone angry

I don’t like my job very much. I’m going to _________ and look for another one. a. finish b. retire c. resign d. fire

Are you planning to go _________ for the weekend? a. away b. off c. far b. out

Her hair isn’t completely straight – it’s slightly _________. a. bent b. curl c. waved d. wavy

go away 1. To leave or depart. I only went away for a few minutes—how did I miss that key detail in the episode? 2. To leave in order to retrieve something. Did Dad go away for the take-out yet? I want to order something else. 3. To travel or take a trip. We should go away this summer, maybe to Aruba. 4. To stop affecting someone. It took weeks, but my nasty cough has finally gone away. 5. To leave someone alone; to stop bothering someone. In this usage, the phrase is often used as an imperative. Go away, Timmy, you're annoying us! I told my little brother to go away, but he keeps coming back and bugging us!

I love all fruit, but _________ strawberries. a. especially b. specially c. specifically d. mostly

He’s so _________! I’m not _________ in anything he says. a. boring … interested b.boring … interesting c. bored … interested d. bored … interesting

The Difference Between Bored and Boring Bored is an English adjective used when someone is uninterested or uninspired by a person or event. Boring an English adjective is used to describe the object or person that makes us feel uninterested or uninspired. Boring vs. Bored: Bored can only be used to describe how a person feels. A movie cannot be bored. A person can be boring, because a person can cause another person to feel bored. Examples of how bored and boring are used: Maria was bored by the football game. I was so bored at Michael’s party I fell asleep. This book is very boring. Mary is a boring teacher. English expressions about boredom: * I am bored stiff. I am bored to tears. I am bored to death. Advice for Using Bored or Boring: If you say I am bored, this is correct. Here you are expressing your feelings of being uninterested and uninspired. If you say I am boring, this is incorrect (we hope). It means your personal qualities are boring to other people. Using boring or bored with “get.” This movie is boring. This movie gets boring quickly. Maria is bored. Maria gets bored easily.

If I were you, I’d leave earlier, so you can avoid the _________. a. traffic time b. peak hour c. rush hour d. peak time

I _________ swimming every Saturday morning. a. play b. do c. go d. plays

We nearly missed the plane—we were only just _________. a. in time for b. in time c.on time d. timely

What time do you go to _________ every day? a. workplace b. work c. job d. office

Argh! This noise is giving me a _________. a.head pain b.headache c.headouch d.headhurt

I’m a bit lost. Can you tell me how to _________ to the university? a. reach b. go c. find d. get

Every time I wear something white, I _________ coffee or orange juice or something on it. a. pour b.let c.drop d.spill

It’s the _________ building in the city. a. highest b.greatest c. tallest d. fattest

Excuse me, I think you’ve _________ a mistake in our bill. a. done b. given c. had d. made