The Borneo Post - Good English

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY

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Fill in the blanks with the words given below.

particular prompt necessary former bizarre subtle rapid blunt single essential whole moderate average ample ugly

3. I can’t believe you ate the ......................... watermelon!

1. The ......................... most important thing in his life is his family.

2. Is there any ......................... reason why you have decided to change universiti­es?

4. I think we should get rid of these ......................... curtains and put up some blinds instead.

5. I have 3 children: two with my ......................... wife, and one with my present girlfriend.

6. We enjoy the ......................... climate here.

7. It is ......................... that you increase your vocabulary if you want to improve your English.

8. To really learn vocabulary, it is ......................... to study it in a variety of ways.

9. There was a really ......................... guy on the bus this morning. I think he must have been on drugs or something.

10. Without the ......................... action of the emergency room staff, he surely would have died.

11. The ......................... child watches almost 3 hours of television per day.

12. The students had ......................... time to do the test, and most finished with plenty of time to spare.

13. There is a ......................... difference in meaning between the two words that is difficult to explain.

14. My darts are getting ......................... and won’t stick into the dartboard very well.

15. His ......................... advancemen­t in the company is due purely to his hard work, and his ability to work under pressure.

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