Test your vocabulary for FCE

 TEST YOUR VOCABULARY FOR FCE 
TOO MANY WORDS 
Replace the underlined words in the following sentences with a single word. (The first letter of the word is 
given.) 
1. My brother is able to use both hands equally well. (a.................. ) 
2. The passengers went ashore at Harwich. (d.............. ) 
3. These computers are completely out-of-date now. (o.................. ) 
4. A great deal of damage was caused by the earthquake. (e…………… ) 
5. One side of a postage stamp is covered with a sticky substance. (a................) 
6. The two countries signed an agreement to stop fighting. (a ................. ) 
7. Your actions may have put our plans in danger. (j ............. our plans) 
8. The meeting was put off until later in the week. (a ................. ) 
9. The soldier was accused of lack of courage in the face of the enemy. (c.................. ) 
10. This month’s sales figures have gone beyond our expectations. (e................. ) 
11. The river curves and winds through the Wye Valley. (m..................) 
12. My father has just got a new pair of false teeth. (d................. ) 
13. The fortress was impossible to be taken by force. (i................. ) 
14. He was found guilty of murdering his mother. (m.................. ) 
15. The margin of error is so small that it can be ignored. (n...............) 
16. At least twenty villages were laid waste by the floods. (d.................. ) 
17. Some of the planes were no longer fit to fly. (a..................) 
18. He is suffering from loss of memory. (a .................. ) 
19. We tried to find out the cause of the accident. (a .................. ) 
20. His appetite for power and wealth is impossible to satisfy. (i.................. ) 
KEY 
1. ambidextrous 8. adjourned 15. negligible 
2. disembarked 9. cowardice 16. devastated / destroyed 
3. obsolete 10. exceeded 17. airworthy 
4. extensive 11. meanders 18. amnesia 
5. adhesive 12. dentures 19. ascertain 
6. armistice 13. impregnable 20. insatiable 
7. jeopardized 14. Matricide 
WORD ASSOCIATION 
Write next to each of the words on the left a word that can be associated with it. Choose from the words on the 
right. Use each word once only. 
1. apple....... 
2. athletics... 
3. bicycle..... 
4. billiards... 
5. book ........ 
6. candle..... 
7. car........... 
8. chimney... 
9. church.... 
10. clock....... 
11. comb....... 
12. cow......... 
13. cricket.... 
14. ear .......... 
15. fish ......... 
16. flower..... 
17. funeral.... 
18. hair ........ 
19. horse...... 
20. jacket..... 
21. ladder..... 
22. nut......... 
23. piano...... 
bonnet 
bridge 
core 
cuff 
cushion 
estuary 
flue 
funnel 
gills 
hammer 
hand 
handset 
jacket 
kernel 
lapel 
lobe 
mane 
parting 
pimp 
pulpit 
rafter 
relay 
rung 
24. prostitute 
25. river ....... 
26. roof......... 
27. ship ........ 
28. shirt ....... 
29. telephone 
30. violin..... 
spoke 
stem 
tooth 
udder 
umpire 
wick 
wreath 
KEY 
1. core 
2. relay 
3. spoke 
4. cushion 
5. jacket 
6. wick 
7. bonnet 
8. flue 
9. pulpit 
10. hand 
11. tooth 
12. udder 
13. umpire 
14. lobe 
15. gills 
16. stem 
17. wreath 
18. parting 
19. mane 
20. lapel 
21. rung 
22. kernel 
23. hammer 
24. pimp 
25. estuary 
26. rafter 
27. funnel 
28. cuff 
29. handset 
30. bridge 
WORDS OF SIMILAR MEANING 
VERBS 
Complete each of the groups of three words with a word that is similar in meaning. Choose from the 
following: 
abhor coerce jibe scurry 
abridge corroborate pillage shelve 
allure crow postulate snicker 
bicker dupe procure thwart 
chide fathom revere vex 
1. abbreviate, shorten, condense .... 
2. acquire, gain, obtain................. 
3. admire, respect, venerate......... 
4. annoy, bother, pester................ 
5. argue, quarrel, squabble........... 
6. assume, suppose, infer.............. 
7. brag, boast, swagger................. 
8. cheat, swindle, hoodwink.......... 
9. confirm, verify, affirm.............. 
10. force, compel, oblige................. 
11. hate, detest, loathe................. 
12. laugh, chuckle, guffaw............. 
13. oppose, resist, withstand .......... 
14. postpone, adjourn, put off......... 
15. rebuke, scold, reprimand.......... 
16. rush, scamper, dash ................. 
17. sneer, scoff, jeer ................. 
18. tempt, entice, seduce............... 
19. understand, comprehend, grasp 
20. rob, steal, plunder................. 
KEY 
 1. abridge 8. dupe 15. chide 
 2. procure 9. corroborate 16. scurry 
 3. revere 10. coerce 17. jibe 
 4. vex 11. abhor 18. allure 
 5. bicker 12. snicker 19. fathom 
 6. postulate 13. thwart 20. pillage 
 7. crow 14. shelve 
MISSING WORDS: ADJECTIVES 
 Fill in the missing adjectives in the sentences below. Choose from the following: 
adamant eligible indigenous requisite 
avid exorbitant inopportune sedentary 
circumstantial feasible irrevocable slushy 
commensurate heinous petty spontaneous 
congested implicated plausible squeamish 
cursory implicit prevailing unanimous 
dishevelled incessant indicative prolific 
redundant vivid 
1. Brian wasn’t really interested in art, so he gave each painting no more than a................ glance. 
2. “You have been found guilty of a most................. crime,” said the judge. 
3. The kangaroo and koala bear are ................. to Australia. 
4. The ................. cash is kept in that black box over there. 
5. I could never watch an operation; I’m far too................... I even faint when someone has a nosebleed. 
6. My parents were................. about not letting me go to the pop concert. 
7. The plan sounds................. , but I’d like to discuss it with the others before giving you the go-ahead. 
8. As a child, I had ................. faith in my parents. As far as I was concerned, they could do no wrong. 
9. There’s nothing you can do, I’m afraid. The committee’s decision is 
10. He gave a very................. excuse for being late. 
11. To go to university you have to have th e ................. number of A-levels. 
12. Now that it had started to thaw, the roads were very................... 
13. To be a writer, you need among other things a ................. imagination. 
14. Even as a child she was a(n)................. reader. 
15. You could tell she had only just got out of bed. She had no make-up on and her hair was................... 
16. Do you think any other members of the Government are ................. in the current scandals? 
17. The ................. noise from the workmen outside my window was beginning to drive me mad. 
18. People with ................. jobs ought to get as much exercise as possible in their free time. 
19. The board members gave................. support to the proposal. 
20. The police didn’t have any definite proof that he had committed the crime; all the evidence was................... 
21. Only single people are ................. to join this club. 
22. The fact that only 40 per cent turned out to vote in the election is ................. of the state of political apathy in 
the country at present. 
23. The ................. wind in this area is from the west. 
24. Nothing Peter says or does is ever................... He always thinks things out very carefully beforehand. 
25. She was looking for a job ................. with her abilities. 
26. We didn’t buy anything because we thought the prices were.................... 
27. She arrived at a most................. moment; I was just getting into the shower. 
28. She was a ................. writer who averaged fifteen to twenty books a year. 
29. I hate driving through London because the streets are so................... 
30. When the car factory closed down, more than 2,000 workers were made................. 
KEY 
1. cursory 11. requisite 21. eligible 
2. heinous 12. slushy 22. indicative 
3. indigenous 13 vivid 23. prevailing 
4. petty 14. avid 24. spontaneous 
5. squeamish 15. dishevelled 25. commensurate 
6. adamant 16. implicated 26. exorbitant 
7. feasible 17. incessant 27. inopportune 
8. implicit 18. sedentary 28. prolific 
9. irrevocable 19. unanimous 29. congested 
10. plausible 20. circumstantial 30. Redundant 
 VERBAL EXPRESSIONS 
Fill in the missing verbs below. Choose from the following (use each verb once only): 
acquire cook fill keep read 
alleviate cut follow ead see 
bear draw form lose serve 
call drive hang make take 
collect drop hold play throw 
1. To..................a conclusion 
2. To..................suit 
3. To..................allowances 
4. To..................a party 
5. To ................. a taste for something 
6. To................. someone a line 
7. To ................. wallpaper 
8. To................. between the lines 
9. To ................. suffering 
10. To ................. one’s thoughts 
11. To ................. the fort 
12. To ................. stars 
13. To ................. a grudge against someone 
14. To ................. the books 
15. To ................. a vacancy 
16. To ................. truant 
17. To ................. precautions 
18. To ................. someone’s bluff 
19. To ................. a hard bargain 
20. To ................. a company 
21. To ................. time 
22. To ................. a tooth 
23. To ................. house 
24. To ................. heart 
25. To ................. someone up the garden path 
KEY 
1 draw 
2 follow 
3 make 
4 throw 
5 acquire 
6 drop 
7 hang 
8 read 
9 alleviate 
10 collect 
11 hold 
12 see 
13 bear 
14 cook 
15 fill 
16 play 
17 take 
18 call 
19 drive 
20 form 
21 serve 
22 cut 
23 keep 
24 lose 
25 lead 
To be continued…. 
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