Vocabulary test

1. Parents and adults punish children when they _________ a lie.

a) speak
b) say
c) tell
d) talk
2. I'm just here _________ a favour for my son.
a) to make
b) to give
c) to lend
d) to do
3. We learned _______ deal about recycling.
a) a great
b) a huge
c) a big
d) a many
4. We sometimes ______instinct.
a) act up
b) act on
c) act out
d) act of
5. I can already speak three languages, but I’d really like to_______________
to speak Spanish.
a) study
b) teach
c) know
d) learn
6. I'll _________and see if anyone knows of a good cleaner.
a) ask of
b) ask inside
c) ask about
d) ask around
7. We were just talking when he suddenly _______ and started screaming.
a) was crazy
b) went crazy
c) held crazy
d) got crazy
8. Stay calm and _______ and remember do not leave everything until the last
minute.
a) make your best
b) have your best
c) do your best
d) go your best
9. She always _______ her arguments with facts.
a) backs down
b) backs up
c) backs in
d) backs of
10. She's just _______with her boyfriend.
a) broken out
b) broken off
c) broken down
d) broken up
11. He _______when he was twenty-one.
a) had missing
b) went missing
c) was missing
d) want missing
12. I had a cup of tea with her yesterday, as ________of fact.
a) matter
b) moment
c) monument
d) minute
13. After the war, he opened up a furniture store, but it quickly ______business.
a) was out of
b) went out of
c) want out of
d) were out of
14. When introverts ______ quiet, we are wrongly accused of being stuck up,
angry, or disinterested.
a) have
b) am
c) go
d) broke