Elementary Language Practice

Vocabulary Test

1 Complete the sentences.

0 What’s your name ?

1 How many brothers and s______ have you got?

2 My a______ is 79, Grafton Street, Hull.

3 Costas is m______ to Nina.

4 I don’t w______ glasses.

5 ‘Can you d______ your grandfather?’ ‘Yes, he’s short and has dark hair.’

6 Nina’s h______ is called Costas.

7 Have you got any c______ ?

8 Are you married or s______ ?

9 Harry’s very t______ . He’s 1.86 metres.

10 John and Mary have two sons and two ______ .

2 Read the paragraph. Choose the best answer for each space.

I don’t like Stephen’s new flat. It’s too (0) B .He has one (1) _____ and a small

(2) _____ .He hasn’t got a (3) _____ so he has to sit in the kitchen. (4) _____ , there is a bathroom which he shares with three other people. The (5) _____ are very small, so it’s always dark. However, there’s a new (6) _____ on the floor and the (7) _____ are full of pictures. Tomorrow, he’s going to buy some (8) _____ . He needs to get a (9) _____ because he has to study. He also wants to buy a new (10) _____ to sit on.

0 A thin B small C space

1 A bedroom B bed C floor

2 A door B wall C kitchen

3 A living room B space C ceiling

4 A Beside B Inside C Upstairs

5 A window B windows C light

6 A armchair B carpet C curtain

7 A downstairs B room C walls

8 A furniture B furnitures C bookcase

9 A chair B desk C wardrobe

10 A bed B light C chair

3 Complete each sentence. Use a word from the box.

turning	tell	country	cinema	interested	centre
flats	on	chemist’s	spends	post office

0 You can buy stamps at a newsagent’s or the post office .

1 You can see all the new films at the _________ .

2 Can you _________ me the way to the library, please?

3 You can catch a bus from the town _________ .

4 He _________ all his spare time playing computer games.

5 They live in a block of _________ .

6 Take the first _________ on the left.

7 The police station is _________ the right.

8 I don’t like living in a city, I like to be in the _________ .

9 George is at the _________ , he’s buying some medicine.

10 Maria is _________ in reading Shakespeare.