4000 Essential English Words

Exercise 1

Choose the answer that best fits the question.

1. What might be abolished?
   a. A rule b. A toy


2. Who tackles crime?
   a. Bankers b. Criminals


3. Who is infamous?
   a. A trusting friend
   c. A tiny puppy


4. If a behavior is pathological, it_____
   a. is envied
   c. can be bad


5. Who might be lame?
   a. A healthy baby
   c. A young man


6. A trance is most similar to.
   a. dancing b. eating

c. A car d. A star

c. Postal workers

b. An evil king

d. A newborn baby

b. cannot be controlled

d. is pleasant

b. An athlete

d. Someone in a wheelchair

d. Police officers

c. showering d. sleeping

7. What is most likely to have a charter?
   a. An unknown island b. A new automobile c. A large company d. A basketball

8. What might be censored?

a. A newspaper b. A fly

9. If your skills are phenomenal, they are____
   a. ordinary b. not appreciated


10. Which area is likely to be cosmopolitan?
    a. A television set b. A bedroom

c. A cruise d. Cell phone

c. in need of practice d. great

c. A big city d. A small village

Exercise 2

Choose the one that is opposite in meaning to the given word.

1. lame
   a. rude


2. secrecy
   a. well known


3. abolish
   a. great


4. remorse
   a. again


5. disseminate
   a. distribute

b. kind

b. hidden

b. start

b. grief

b. collect

c. smart

c. upset

c. round

c. happiness

c. open

d. healthy

d. popularity

d. caring

d. glow

d. forget