Vocabulary Revision

38. Revise Vocabulary 1 Unit 6 (p. …) and do the following multiple choice task.

1. I phoned Ann this afternoon but nobody ______.

A. answered B. replied C. retorted

2. The dog _______ to his name.

A. answers B. replies C. retorts

3. I asked him where he was going but he didn’t _______.

A. answer B. reply C. retort

4. “Are you ready?” – “Why should I be ready when you aren’t?” she _______.

A. answered B. replied C. retorted

5. “Clean the mess in the kitchen, will you?” – “Do it yourself! I’m not paid for it,” she _______ insolently.

A. answered B. replied C. retorted

6. Few people _______ in the building after the alarm was given.

A. remained B. stayed

7. Can you ________ for dinner? – Sorry, I must be off. I’ve got things to do.

A. remain B. stay

8. We can’t have any parties now. My mother is ______ with us this week.

A. remaining B. staying

9. Though John was intimidated he _______ faithful to his friends and didn’t reveal any information.

A. remained B. stayed

10. It only _______ for me to say that the problem will be dealt with soon.

A. remains B. stays

11. Grandma was ill and I _______ with her till she got better.

A. remained B. stayed

12. She _______ put where she was, she couldn’t leave the house.

A. remained B. stayed

13. If you go to a number of ______ shops you’ll find great variations of price for the same articles.

A. different B. varied

14. Martin is a _____ man from what he was ten years ago.

A. different B. varied

15. Wildlife in the country is quite ______.

A. different B. varied

16. People have most _______ ideas about what is important in life: some value fame, others value money or freedom.

A. different B. varied

17. Going through Britain by car you see the most ______ country; the scenes change every hour.

A. different B. varied

18. He _______ that his journey would be delayed by bad weather and didn’t make any concrete arrangements for the trip.

A. forecast B. foresaw C. predicted

19. The economic situation in the country is so unstable that our future profits are impossible to ______.

A. forecast B. foresee C. predict

20. Why are you complaining? The situation was quite clear. You should have ______ the difficulties.

A. forecast B. foreseen C. predicted

21. Economists _______ that the rate of inflation will go down.

A. forecast B. foresee C. predict

22. The weather is fine. But my grandmother, who has lumbago, _______ it is going to change for the worse.

A. forecast B. foresaw C. predicted

23. The policeman _____ the thief but fell down and had to give it up.

A. chased B. pursued

24. Wherever the travelers went they were _______ by beggars.

A. chased B. pursued

25. His behaviour is unpredictable. I don’t see what aims he _____.

A. chases B. pursues

26. The cat ______ the mouse but couldn’t catch it.

A. chased B. pursued

27. It has been raining for days. Cars are ______ to skid on wet roads.

A. likely B. liable

28. If you park your car in front of a doorway you are ______ to get fined.

A. likely B. liable

29. Do you think Jane is telling the truth? – It’s quite ______.

A. likely B. liable

30. Jack hasn’t attended a single lecture this term. He’s _____ to fail all his exams.

A. likely B. liable

31. This plan will be the _______ of many opposition attacks.

A. aim B. target

32. You are going to have a nervous breakdown. What’s the ______ of working so hard?

A. aim B. target

33. If I were to counter Roy, I would first of all find out what his ______ are.

A. aims B. targets

34. If your savings reach the ______ figure of £25,000 this month you’ll be able to follow through with the plan.

A. aim B. target

35. Was George ________ from high school? – No, he dropped out because it was driving him mad.

A. expelled B. excluded

36. We can _______ the possibility that it was the boy who shot the President.

A. expel B. exclude

37. You are all guilty. I can _______ no one from the list of suspects.

A. expel B. exclude

38. If you are caught using drugs in a British university, you are liable to be ______.

A. expelled B. excluded