Pre-Intermediate Vocabulary Test 1 - ESL Vocabulary Exercises

1. Excuse me. I'm a(n) ............... in this neighbourhood.

Can you tell me what number bus will take me to the 6. Nobody gave him a hand. He did it on his ______.
town center, please? I want to do some shopping.
A) single
A) foreigner B) self
B) customer C) alone
C) tourist D) own
D) stranger E) lonely
E) immigrant

7. GNP stands for "gross ............... product".

2. How much must I ............... a good second-hand car?
A) national
A) buy from B) global
B) pay for C) international
C) borrow from D) universal
D) own for E) regional
E) lend to

8. He received another letter from the ...............

3. It's getting quite ______. I think it's going to rain soon. demanding more money.

A) windy A) burglar
B) hot B) thief
C) foggy C) pickpocket
D) cold D) robber
E) cloudy E) blackmailer

4. The ............... today is full of the news of yesterday's 9. "How much is the ______?" she asked the bus
concert. conductor.

A) press A) fare
B) publisher B) price
C) reporter C) cost
D) literature D) prize
E) journalism E) fee

5. It's a very ............... picture. I laugh at it all the time. 10. Come to Turkland, and ............... all these places
where history lives on.
A) laughing
B) smiling A) inform
C) joking B) define
D) funny C) memorize
E) serious D) describe
E) discover

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11. There are a lot more television ............... today than 16. His friends advised him to see a doctor about his
there were some twenty years ago. headaches, but he ............... to listen to them.

A) spectators A) remembered
B) visitors B) refused
C) onlookers C) memorised
D) viewers D) requested
E) sightseers E) mentioned

12. How was your ............... back? 17. How did they ............... when they heard the price?

A) sightseeing A) laugh
B) vacation B) hate
C) trip C) discuss
D) luggage D) knock
E) holiday E) react

13. FATHER: "Tell me. Do you love him or not?" 18. It takes a lot of patience to ............... hyperactive
DAUGHTER: "Well, I'm very ______ of him." children because of their low level of concentration.

A) keen A) describe
B) friendly B) discover
C) fond C) teach
D) likeable D) joke with
E) romantic E) think about

14. Yes, we certainly want to move to a bigger house, but 19. Don't ............... to call me if you need help.
our ............... of money is only part of the problem.
A) dream
A) inflation B) hesitate
B) presence C) shame
C) shortage D) repeat
D) absence E) frighten
E) border

20. The concert was called ............... because of the

15. Sorry, it's much too expensive for me; I can't heavy rain.
............... it.
A) out of
A) help B) aside
B) stand C) off
C) forgive D) down
D) export E) out
E) afford

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24. She isn't very ............... with her friends at school.

A) loved
21. It is not often that we get a(n) ............... to meet a B) clever
film star.
C) frequent
A) dream D) frequent
B) taste E) popular
C) reality
D) chance
E) acceptance
25. Plants absorb water from the soil through their ______.

A) stems
B) flowers
22. The pirates ............... the treasure on a desert island.
C) roots
A) cooked D) branches
B) invented E) leaves
C) forgave
D) grilled
E) buried
26. They didn't stay for supper. They weren't ______.

A) sleepy
B) early
23. Aren't you going to ............... me to your friend?
C) thirsty
A) joke with D) hungry
B) demonstrate E) poor
C) introduce
D) receive
E) memorise
27. There were three ............... helping the two doctors in
the operating theatre.

A) butchers
B) greengrocers
C) plumbers /PLAM-ız/
D) carpenters
E) nurses

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29. The office is on the second floor of the building. It is

200 square meters in ______.

28. According to the Marxist doctrine, it is the workers A) depth

that should ............... the world.
B) height
A) shake C) length
B) divide D) area
C) rule E) width
D) blow up
E) choose

30. He usually reads the sports ............... of the

newspaper first.

A) section
B) pictures
C) chapter
D) literature
E) tales

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Answer Key:

1: D 16: B
2: B 17: E
3: E 18: C
4: A 19: B
5: D 20: C
6: D 21: D
7: A 22: E
8: E 23: C
9: A 24: E
10: E 25: C
11: D 26: D
12: C 27: E
13: C 28: C
14: C 29: D
15: E 30: A

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