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CONTENTS

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Opposites I: adjectives

The face
Prepositions of place
Missing verbs 2
The body

Missing verbs 3
Opposites 2: more adjectives
Countries and nationalities
crossword

10

Test

Jobs1

11
12
13
14.
1Š
16.
17
18
19

Missing verbs 4
Choose the word |
Jobs2
What's the weather like?
Missing verbs $
Plurals crossword
Food and drink1
Opposites 3: verbs
Prepositions of time

21.
22.
23.
24
25.
26
27
28
29

Missing verbs 6
Food and drink2
Choose the word 2
Today, yesterday, etc.
Food and drink 3
Opposites4: more verbs
How do they look?
Complete the dialogue
The house1

20. What are they saying?1

30
31

32
33

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Introduction
To the student
Test 1 Missing verbs 1

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38
36
37
38
39

Missing verbs 7

Shops. etc.

The house 2

Prepositions 3

Opposites 5: various words
In the living-room

Missing verbs 8
What's the matter?
What are they saying? 2
In the kitchen:

Choose the word 3
4 Irregular verbs crossword Ì
4 Sports and pastimes |
4:
Sports and pastimes 2
44 In the town
45 Who's saying what?
46 Jobs in the home
47 Irregutar verbs crossword 2
48 Prepositions 4
49 Word association
50 Animals, pets, etc,
5
What are they? (categories)
$2 ‘Odd man out
$3 Crossword: what’s the word?
$4 Words that sound the same
$8 Adjective + noun
56 Group the words
37 Choose the word 4
40

58

New words for old

59 Getter words
“0 Where are they?
Answers.

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39

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First published in Sweden by Kursverksamhetens fOrlag 1982
Published in Penguin Books 1985
Revised edition published 1996
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INTRODUCTION

‘Nowadays few people will dispute the importance of vocabulary, especially the need for active vocabulary
practice. The Test Your Vocabulary books filled this need when they first came out, and they continue to
do so, There are six books in the series, from elementary to advanced level. In this new edition of the
series each book has ten new tests. To facilitate self-study there is a full Answer Key. Students using Test
Your Vocabulary will find leaming vocabulary both stimulating and enjoyable.
Start Testing Your Vocabulary is the first book in the series and is intended for elementary students. It
contains sixty tests and aims to build up a basic vocabulary of approximately 850 words. These are
arranged into areas such as jobs, food, sports and hobbies, the home and parts of the body, plus verbs,
prepositions and adjectives. Since the student’s range of vocabulary at this level is not very wide,
approximately half the tests are picture-based. Other techniques employed are gap-filling, crosswords,
choosing the appropriate word or aitonym, one-sided dialogue writing, grouping words under the same
headings and finding the ‘odd man out’.
TO THE

STUDENT

This book will help you to learn a lot of new English words. But in order for the new words to become
‘fixed’ in your mind, you need to test yourself again and again. Hete is one method you can use to help
you learn the words.
1 Read through the instructions carefully for the test you are going to try, Then try the test, writing
your answers in pencil.

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2. When you have finished, check your answers
the test again, paying special attention to the
3° Tey the test again five minutes later. You can
the picture tests) or by asking a friend to test
Rub out your answers.

and correct any mistakes you
words you didn’t know or got
do this either by covering up
you. Repeat this urttit you can

have made. Read through
wrong,
the words (for example, in
remember al the words.

3. Tey the test again the following day. (You should remember most of the words.)
6 Finally, plan to try the test at least twice again within the following month. Afler this most of the
words will be ‘fixed’ in your mind.



1

Missing verbs 1

Fill in the missing verbs in the sentences below. Choose from the following (see
example):

swim

write

drink

dance

sleep

cry

read

run

laugh

drive

listen

sing

¡ They say that people from Wales can

.

UNG

2 I feel very tired today because I didn't

very well,
very much last night.

3 I don't like going to the beach with my friends because [ can’t
4 [always

.

5 Do you...

to the news on the radio in the morning.

wit

work or do you go by bus?

6 It’s no good asking John to waltz ~ he can’t .
7 1 don't like babies; they
8 1 think I'll stay in tonight and

¬

too much!
.

..some letters.

9 Ilike Dave Allen very mụch. He`s so funny. He always makes me........................
I0 We usually...........................champagne on New Year°s Eve.
11

lalways

se

12 [find it hard to

«othe

.

newspaper before I go to work.

these days. | really must stop smoking.


2

Opposites 1: adjectives

Write down the opposite of each of the words on the left. Choose from the words on
the right (see example):

ADJECTIVE

OPPOSITE

1 good

te

bad

"

closed

2 fat

new

3 big

poor

4 tall

bad

5 fuli

dry

6 young

slow

7 open
8 wet

short
thin

9 hot

10 old

°

"

.

TH... ri

low

cold

tt happy

empty

12 fast

soft

13 high

small

44 rich

sad

33 hard

old


3

The face
!-!5 next to the correct words (see example).

Write the numbers

mouth
tongue

Ag

hair
eyelash

“
we

chin
ear

cheek
Jaw

¬
few

eyebrow
lip

"

teeth
freckles


4

Prepositions of place

Look at the drawings and fill in the missing prepositions in the sentences below. Use
each of the following once only:

in

through

on

inside

in front of

hext to

behind

outside

over

between

=e

The post office is

under

opposite

bank and the library.

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w+ the bed.

The car is parked

seuss, the phone box.


He is standing

The bridge is

;

`À

. the river.

The dog is lying down

sous the fire,

Gil
gs

meme)
¬"
ces.

ee

KEStAURaME
GitaaIeeES

The cinema is

. the restaurant.

There’s a man
the window.


5

Missing verbs 2

Fill in the missing verbs in the sentences below, Choose from the following (sec
example):

learn

open

carry

ask

phone

watch

eat

sit down

play

fly

wash

smoke

1 Could you .....Of...
2 It only

.

takes a few

. . the window, please? It's very hot in here.

hours to

+

from

London

to New

York

by

Concorde.
3 Could

you

esuseeu.,

the theatre

to find out what

time

the play starts

tomorrow night?
4 Did you

`

the film on television [ast night?

3 How long dịđ it take you to...........................

tơ pÏlay the guitar?

6 ‘Would you like a cigarette?""

**No, thank you. [ dor”t..........................
7 Could you .........

. this bag, please? It's too heavy for me.

8 I'm tired. Can't we
.
sees
fora minute?
9 1 don'`t think E'Ïl go out tonight. Ì want to.......................... my hair.
10 If you

don’t

know

the

way

in

England

you

can

policeman.

11 Do you know how to...........................

bridge?

Í2 Inever.......................... meat. Ïm a vegetarian.

always


6

The body

Write the number I-15 next to the correct words (see example):

arm
toe
chest
head
back
shoulder...
foot
finger
elbow
hip
knee

hand
neck
leg

buttocks/
backside


7

Missing verbs 3

-

Fill in the missing verbs in the sentences below. Choose from the following (see
example):

ctimb

know

shut

forget

wear

come

tell

walk

cook

spell

jose

1 Would you like to .

COMME...

2 Excuse me, do you

sell

to my party on Friday?

on

. the way to the station, please?

3 I live very near my office. so 1 usually..........................

4 Can you

...

3 Shalll.........

.

. me what time the film starts, please?

`

my blue dress or my red dress to the party?

6 “'Could you..........................
7

se...

your name, please?” he asked.

the Window, please. Is cold in here.

8 Did you ever..............
9 Eethink PW...

tƠ Work,

...........

trees when you were a child?
Mỹ car and buy a motorbike instead.

10 My Wif€ always gets very angry ifI.

11 Not many men kaow how (0...........................

. our Wedding Anniversary.

CÁt least thai's what they say to

their wives!)
12 Lhate playìng cards with my wifc because Ï always seem tô..............


Opposites 2: more adjectives

8

on
Write down the opposite of each of the words on the left. Choose from the words
the right (see example):
ADJECTIVE
J right
2 strong
3 dead
4 early
5 thick
6 wide

7 male
8 kind
9 clever
40 clean

If cheap
12 easy

OPPOSITE
thin
unkind
expensive
unfriendly
awake
stupid

wrong,
late
difficult
narrow
noisy
weak

13 friendly

dirty

[4 quiet

alive

15 asleep

female


Countries and nationalities
crossword

Fill in the following crossword. Each answer is a country or a nationality.

DOWNY
| He is British, He comes from ...
2 She is Italian. She lives in ...
3 He comes from Sweden. He is ...
4 They are Dutch. They come from ...
5 He was born in China. He is ...

6 We come from Greece. We are...

7 He is German. He was born in ...

8 She is Danish. She comes from ...
9 Mr and Mrs Carter come from the USA. They are...
ACROSS >

t She is Swiss. She comes from ...
2 He is Polish, He was born in ...
3 My giclfriend is ... She was born in France.

4 He comes from India. He is .-.
5 They come from Norway. They are ...

6 He was born in Russia. He is ...
7 She is Spanish. She comes from

...

10

Jobs 1

Write the number of each drawing next to the correct word(s).

@ postman

woo

a policeman

"-

a shop assistant

"¬¬....

a waiter

anelectrician
atypist

.........

a doctor

......

a nurse

adentist........



1 1 Missing verbs 4
Fill in the missing verbs in the sentences below. Use the Present Simple Grork

works, finish, finishes, etc.) in sentences 1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 12. Choose from the following
(see example):

copy

count

draw

finish

bear

help

look at

cut

follow
leave

speak

1 My wife starts work at 9 o'clock and

understand

finishes.

cow at five.

2 She can'L....................................... Yon, Ïm afraid. She`s deaf.

3 What time đoes the next buss...............

ws please?

4 Janet is very clever, isn’t she? She........................................ al feast six different languages.

5 The teacher askcd the class tO..............

........ the blackboard.

6 My son has only just started talking but be can already ....
up to ten.
7 Put the knife down! You might

8 Samantha always....................
9 Would you..........

yourself!

....

... the way I dress.

... Me to move the piano, please?

10 I think James is going to be an artist. He......

so well.

me, please,”” the guide said to the group of tours:
ht.
_.. quite a lot.
12 [don’t speak English very well but1 .....