Test Your Vocabulary 3

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PETER WATCYN-JONES
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Test Your Vocabulary is the best-selling series of vocabulary practice
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© approximately 6,400 new words and phrases to learn and use in the
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e vocabulary practised and revised from level to level
° a wide variety of test-types including gap-filling, multiple-choice,
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e an Introduction with notes on how to use the tests
° acomplete Answer Key.

This new edition of Test Your Vocabulary 3 1s particularly suitable for

everyone studying for the Cambridge First Certificate Examination or
similar examinations. There are tests on everyday vocabulary, plus more
specialized areas such as business, insects, shapes and musical

instruments. Jest Your Vocabulary 3 contains 57 tests.
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First published in Sweden by Kursverksamhetens forlag 1982
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Introduction

To the student
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Test

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Phrases

Tools, etc

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CONTENTS
Test

29

Missmg words — cars
and motoring

30

31

Choose the answer
Missing words — the language

of business
Add a letter

Too many words

12

Choose the word 1

14

Missing words — education

16

Out-of-door objects

\7

Signs of the Zodiac

18

Preposttions |

t9

Phrasal verbs 1

20

Word building 2

22

The body — internal organs

24

Words beginning with ‘in’

25

Indoor objects and things

26

Choose the word 2

27

32
3
34
35

36
37
38
39
40
41
42
4
44
45
46
47

expressions

29

48

Words to do with money

Missing words - newspapers
and television
Word building 1
Definttions | — types of people

10

Definitions 2 — ‘pacts of the hady’

Geography

Cartoons
Word association
Puzzle it out 2 - who won the cup?
Words ending in ‘o’
Phrasal verbs 3
British and American English
Bits and pieces 2
Prepositions after verbs

Newspaper misprints
Missmg words — ‘a scrap of”, ete
Musical instruments
Confusing words

Choose the word 3
Definitions 3 — more ‘parts
of the body’ expressions

20

What 1s it part of?

30

49

Right or wrong?

21

Insects

22

31

50

Anagrams

Phrasal verbs 2

23

Classifications

32

3

Ammal sounds

24

34

32

Rhyming words

Shapes

25

Puzzle it out 1 - which building

35

3

Group the words

54

Choose the word 4

26
27
28

1s which?
Word building 3

Bits and pieces 1
Fruit and vegetables

36

35

Adjective + noun combinations

37

56

One word, two meanings

39

37

‘Daft’ definiuons

40

Answers

69
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73
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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 ts a full Answer Key Students using Test
Your Vocabulary will find learning vocabulary both sumulating and enjoyable

Test Your Vocabulary 3 1s the fourth book mm the senes and 1s mtended for intermediate students and

above, especially those studying for the Cambridge First Certificate exammation There are fifty-seven
tests and approximately 950 words in the book There are tests on word-building, phrasal verbs and
idioms, as well as picture tests (including ones on the signs of the Zodsac and musical instruments), plus
tests on confusmg words, antonyms, prepositions British and Amencan English rhyming words, animal
sounds, adjective-noun collocations and words with more than one meaning

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 mund, you need to test yourself again and agam Hete is one method you can use to help

you learn the words
1

Read through the instructions carefully for the test you are gotng to try Then

try the test, wnung

your answers in pencil

2
3.
§

When you have finished, check your answers
the test again, paying spectal attention to the
Try the test agai five minutes later You can
the picture tests) or by asking a friend to test

and correct any
words you didn’t
do this either by
you Repeat this

mistakes
know or
covering
until you

you
got
up
can

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

Rub out your answers.

3 _ Try 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

words will be ‘fixed’ in your mind

After this most of the


1

Receptacles — containers

Write the numbe) of each drawing next to the correct word or words.

goblet
tea caddy
barrel

bread bin
crate
filing cabinet
carrier bag
sheath
satchel

cage
rucksack
keg

Wastepapet basket
litterbin


2

Phrases

Look at the following drawings, then fill in the missing words. Choose from the
questions/statements (1-12) and the responses (a-l) below.

f Excuse me, is anyone sitting here?

a It’sapleasure.

2 I didn’t know John was married.

b Has she really? How wonderful!

3 I’msorry I’mlate.

c No, of course not.

4 Thanks for the flowers, Jim.

d Certainly. Here youare.

5 My father’s much better now.

e Well, I'd rather you didn’t, darling,

6 Have you got alight, please?

f No, neither did I.

7 Pass the salt, please.

g Yes, please do.

8 Do you mind ifI switch the light off?

h Oh, that’s

9 IfonlyI hadn't said that to her.

i Yes, ofcourse.

if youdon’t mind.

10 You couldn't give me a hand,

j

all right.

Sorry, [don't smoke.

could you?
11

My

mother’s just had her first

novel

k Ah well! That's life!

accepted.

12 May I come in?

MIDNIGHT MOVIE

1

Oh, I’'mso pleased to hear it.




Tools, etc.

3

Write the number of each drawing next to the correct word or words.

hatchet
callipers

mallet
spirit level
hoe

tape measure
pickaxe
oilcan
trowel
hacksaw
awl
fork


4

Missing words — newspapers
and television

Put the following words into the correct sentences:

journalist

cartoonist
serial
series

was

cartoon strip

classified

headline

review

channels

dubbed

documentary

quiz

editor

! There

chat show

article

circulation,

a huge

Loe

caption

.

..

leader
action replay
gossip column

on the front page

this morning.

It

said ‘PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST”.
2 It certainly looked like a penalty, but when they showed the
of it you could see quite clearly that he hadn't been fouled.
3 A story which is divided into a number of episodes, each one beginning where the

previous one ended, is calleda..........
4 The number of copies a newspaper sells every day is called its

5 Areport about a new book, play or film is called a

6 The person in charge ofa newspaper is called the
7 If you are looking for a flat or a car then you can always look at the
advertisements in a newspaper.

8 A story written for a newspaper or magazine is called an ...

.


9 In many countries foreign television programmes are
viewers to understand what 1s being said

to enable

10 Someone who writes fora newspaper ts called a
11 In Britain, there are four television

— BBC 1, BBC 2,

ITV, and Channel 4

12 There was a fantastic
of Eskimos

on TV last night about the life

13 A programme in which an interviewer talks to a number of well-known personalities 1s calleda
14 ‘‘The Brothers”’ was perhaps one of the best television
ever made
1S The words under a cartoon are called the
16 You read the
about the latest news

to find out what the newspaper thought

17 A series of drawings in a newspaper every day about characters such as The

Gambols, Andy Capp, Charke Brown, etc 1s called a

18 A person who draws these 1s calleda

19 A television programme where people compete against one another by answering
questions 1s calieda

programme

20 In many newspapers there is a Special page with news about well-known people
m society (e g writers, film stars, members of the Royal Family, etc) — especially if they have new boyfriends, girlfriends or are involved in some sort of scandal

This page is called the


5

Word building 1

The word in capitals at the end of each of the following sentences can be used to
form a word that fits suitably in the blank space. Fill in each blank this way.

Example:

SHORTAGE

During the War. there was a great

SHORT

of sugar, coffee and other goods
OCCUPY

My uncle’s got a very interesting
He’s ateievision announcer.
I don’t

think guns

are

toys for

SUIT

young children.

I sometimes wonder whether the world would not have
been a better place without the

INVENT

of television
It is almost

for

young

people

POSSIBLE

leaving school today to get a job,

Many

people still refuse to believe that smoking is

HARM
SUCCESS

Bjorn Borg is probably the most
tennis player of alltime.

1 was

kept

last night

by

the

WAKE

noise from a party in the flat above.
Elizabeth Taylor won an Oscar for her

PERFORM

in ‘Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?”*
Many people think it is very
whether a cure will be found

DOUBT
for cancer before the year

2000.
10 My wife is
of spiders.
1} Although the painting looked like a genuine Picasso, the

TERROR
SIGN

was definitely a fake.
When

I.B.M.

they

received

advertised for a new
over

fifty

Production

Manager.

APPLY

for

the job.

13 He’s so nice. It’s a
him.

working for

PLEASE


14 You

shouldn't

have mentioned death. You know how
Charles is about that sort of

15 It is becoming
ajob nowadays.

difficult to find

SENSE

thing.

16 1 understand your problem, Miss Brown, and don’t think
Tm

not

» but

allow you to phone

up your boyfriend

we

really

can’t

in America

using

INCREASE
SYMPATHY

the office phone.

{7 Nowadays,

violence seems to be a

DAY

occurrence.

18 While money can’t exactly buy you

HAPPY

at least it helps you suffer in comfort,
19 John's a nice person — he’s kind, generous, sympathetic.

ATTRACT

But I couldn't go out with him — he’s just so
to look at.

20 But how could you do it? Really, Ophelta, I feel quite
of you!

SHAME


6

Definitions 1 — types of people

Fill in the missing words in the definitions below. Choose from the following:

bitchy
bossy
timid

gregarious
impulsive
garrulous

punctual
bigoted

1 Afan

- +...

..

conceited
absent-minded
tetchy

witty

industrious

reliable

stoical

person is someone who is easily frightened and is

not very brave.

2 Afan

-

person is someone who habitually talks too much

— especially about things which are not very important.

3 Afan
atall times.

person is someone you can trust and depend on

4 Afan

person is someone who is so concerned with his

or her thoughts that he or she doesn’t notice what is happening or what he or she
is doing and, as aresult, often forgets things.

5 Afan
6 Alan
tempered sort of way.

person is someone who is hard-working.

person is someone who is sensitive in a bad-

7 Afan

person

is

someone

who

enjoys

giving

other

people orders.

§ Ajan

person is someone

who

never shows

dislike,

worry, etc. when faced with something unpleasant, but who always remains calm.

9 Alan

person is someone who has a tendency to make

nasty jokes about other people and who finds fault with everything.

10 A/an

person 1s someone

who

is very sociable and

enjoys the company of other people.
11 A/an
person is someone who is never late, but who
always afrives at the exact or agreed time.


12 A/an
often unreasonably

person

is someone

who

believes

strongly

and

that he or she 1s right and best (especially in matters of re-

ligion, race or politics).
13 Afan

person ts someone

who

is able to make clever,

amusing remarks.
14 Ajan

person

something without thinking about
actions beforehand.
15 A/an

is someone

who

has

a tendency

the results or consequences

to do

of his or her

person is someone who has a very high opinion of

himself or herself— especially about his or her abilities, etc.


7

Too many words

Replace the words tn bold type in the following sentences with a single word. (The

first letter of the word 1s given.)
The man who controls a tennis match told Connors to start serving.

(u

)
2 He was very sorry for the way he had behaved.
(r

3 Many

people

told

beforehand

(f

that

John

F.

)
Kennedy

would

be

assassinated.

)

He was a happy person who was always expecting the best to happen. (0

)

Last weekend

I had the hornble

experience

of having

to visit the place where

dead bodies are kept until the funeral. (m

)

Because of the bad acoustics, the actor’s words were so low that they could not be
heard. (1

The

people

)

who

were

sitting

in the church

sermon. (c

listened

attentively

to the

vicar's

)

He had great strength of body to fight tiredness and could run for hours without
stopping. (s

)

My cousin 1s able to use both hands equally well. This was a great advantage when
he broke his arm since he could still write with his other hand. (a

y

j0 My doctor gave me sleeping pills because I was suffering from a prolonged inability to sleep. (1

}

I've just bought a cottage on an island in the group of islands
holm. (a

outside Stock-

)

I've just read a very good written account of the life of Beethoven. (b
The student said he was sorry for his bad behaviour

)

(a

)

As a child I always wanted to be a person who performs operations at a hospital.

(s

}

I must have drunk too much at the party last mght. 1 woke up this morning with a
terrible headache and a feeling of wanting to be sick. (h

)

As I was reversing into the garage I ran into a post and badly dented the metal
bar fixed at the back ofa car for protection. (b

)

)

17 Which room for patients at the hospital is your mother in? (w

18 I know it looks difficult at the moment, but don’t worry — things will work out
)

in one way or another. (s

19 Two cars drove into one another at a crossroads this morning in the village of
Ninfield, but fortunately no one was hurt

(¢

20 By the way, thís is my brother”s son, Roger. (n

)

)


8

Choose the word 1

Choose the word which best completes each sentence.
1 Before the sermon, the vicar asked the

a

audience

b

e

constituents

.....................

assembly

€

2 After hours of wandering around

crowd

.... tO sỉt down.

d

congregation

in the desert they thought they saw an oasis,

but they were wrong. There was nothing there; it was only a
a

ghost

e

mirror

3 The

b

boxer

hit his opponent

ten minutes.
a unconscious
e
4 The

mirage

b

c.
so hard

trick

d

vision

that he was

asleep

c

. for

knockedabout

d=

stopped

ignorant
police,

despite

very

careful.

..

.......

. . ...

are

still

no

nearer

discovering who the murderer is.

a

undertakings

e

investigations

5 Today’s

football

b

enquiries

match

has

c

searches

d=

been........................

surveys
...because

of

bad

weather. They will play next Thursday instead.
a

postponed

e

putaway

6 In England,

b

cancelled

the money

c

you borrow

decided

to buy a house

d=

shot up

from a Building Society

is

calleda
a

loan

e

deposit

7 During

b_contract

the fight outside

accidentally

killed.

a

manslaughter

e

fraud

The
b

¢

the football ground,
person

responsible

murder

c

8 If both parties in the strike cannot agree,

called into

a
e

settle
compromise

mortgage

"

bdecide

d_

search fee

an eighteen-year-old youth was
was

mugging

arrested

and
d_

then the Government

charged

violence

are sometimes

`

¢

choose

d=

with

arbitrate