4000 Essential English Words

Exercise 3

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

1. columnist
   a. singer b. journalist c. electrician d. CEO


2. cricket
   a. grasshopper b. beetle c. ant d. mosquito


3. maze
   a. disguise b. hoop c. tower d. puzzle


4. gravel
   a. boulder b. rock c. hill d. mound


5. haunt
   a. calm b. play c. terrorize d. soothe

Exercise 4

Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the word bank.

•£ Word Bank )..........................

expired

reservoir

courteous

crickets

amber

maze

pebbles

moss

streak

granite

They had three minutes to find their way out of the 1 ______________.

They had to get out before the time 2______________.

Jessica had the carpet in her house replaced with 3______________tiles.

The tiles had lovely designs on them and also pieces of A______________.

Gene squeezed the bottle and got a 5______________of ketchup on his shirt.

The 6______________host was nice enough to get him a new shirt.

There was a pile of 7______________near the water.

They had been washed up from the bottom of the 8_____________.

We walked down the road and passed many trees covered in 9_____________

It was dark already, and all that could be heard were the 10______________.