VOCABULARY TEST UNIT 1 B2 LEVEL

NAME: …............................................................ DATE: …...................................

EXERCISE 1. Read the definition of a word/phrase. Decide whether it is TRUE or FALSE:
1. CLEAN SHAVEN – having no beard or mustache
2. HIGHLY UNLIKELY – barely believable, hard to accept
3. DETEST – to hate
4. SCRUFFY – brand new, colorful, clean
5. AMIABLE – friendly, agreeable
6. HERITAGE – person's background, tradition
7. ADMITTEDLY – confessedly, by your own acceptance
8. OBSTINATE – not firmly, not stubbornly
9. ROOTS – going back to the origins of the style
10. WITTY – stupid, silly, not funny

EXERCISE 2. Fill in the sentences using on of the stated words. Each word can be used
only ONCE:
Attention !!! Watch out for the right forms of the words (like the right tense )
STAND BY SB, TIMID, DEADLY SERIOUS, FAIRNESS, FRINGE, HUMBLE, PUT
UP WITH SB, INFANCY, UNDERACHIEVER, CHUNKY
1. …................ children need gentle handling to build up their confidence.
2. We are ….......................... about this project and we cannot afford to make any
mistakes.
3. I can’t see the colour of your eyes cause your ….................. is far to long.
4. His teachers describe him as an ..............................., despite his artistic talents.
5. She was a bit overweight as a child. Oh yes she was a bit ..................
6. .................... and the childhood are very important for the right upbringing.
7. Once he’s happy and other time he’s angry- I don't know why I still ................. him.
8. In order to guarantee the .......................... there should be little or no manipulation of
elections.
9. He gave a great performance, but he was very ............................... .
10. She has vowed to support her husband during his trial. She .................... him through
his troubled career.

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EXERCISE 3. Just translate into oppoosite language:
1. HEATEDLY - ...........................................................
2. RESOURCEFUL - .............................................
3. ODWIEŚĆ KOGOŚ OD CZEGOŚ - ...............................
4. NIECIERPLIWIE WYCZEKIWANY - .......................................
5. BYĆ Z KIMŚ SZCZERYM - .............................................
6. PLUMP - ......................................
7. BOASTFUL - ............................
8. GĘSTE BRWI - ...................................
9. GET ROUND TO DOING SOMETHING - ................................
10. STOSUNKOWO PROSTY - .............................................

EXERCISE 4. Translate the words or phrases into English:

1. My generation exercised a great deal of .......................... (wolność osobista) and
choice.
2. The theory turned out to be ..................................... (szalenie optymistyczna).
3. It was a panel full of .......................... (zarozumiali) and arrogant scholars.
4. If someone is ............................. (protekcjonalny), they speak or behave towards you
in a way that seems friendly, but which shows that they think they are superior to you.
5. Don't make things up, ............................. (skrywać emocje) from an experience, or
otherwise write it in ways that you will regret later.