Synonyms Vocabulary MCQ Test With Answers + PDF Exercise 1

Synonyms Vocabulary Test 1

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Question 1

He LOOKS at himself in the glass.

A	puts
B	likes
C	sees
D	stares
E	stands

Question 1 Explanation:

Look at and stare at both mean to point your eyes at something. Stare means to look for a long time: He stares at himself in the glass. Not sees, because we don't say sees at.

Question 2

Ships and AIRCRAFT are often equipped with radio-telephones.

A	planes
B	trains
C	railroads
D	highways
E	boats

Question 2 Explanation:

Aircraft are machines that fly, so here the word means planes. The plural of aircraft is also aircraft.

Question 3

Hemingway is a FAMOUS writer.

A	well-known
B	unknown
C	good
D	interesting
E	loved

Question 3 Explanation:

Famous means that many people know about someone, so it means well-known. Unknown means the opposite.

Question 4

The children know that the sun RISES in the east.

A	wakes up
B	reaches
C	appears
D	sets
E	watches

Question 4 Explanation:

When the sun rises, it comes up and we can see it in the sky, so it appears. Sets is the opposite: the sun goes down in the west.

Question 5

The teacher ASKED why he had missed so many classes.

A	replied
B	informed
C	wondered
D	answered
E	said

Question 5 Explanation:

Ask why and wonder why both show that the teacher wanted to know the reason. Replied and answered mean the opposite: they give a reason, they don't ask for one.

Question 6

I don’t want to know what they are TALKING about.

A	taking
B	speaking
C	coming
D	leaving
E	saying

Question 6 Explanation:

Talk about and speak about mean the same thing. Not saying, because we don't say saying about.

Question 7

The game they LIKED best was writing short stories of their own.

A	found
B	did
C	enjoyed
D	wanted
E	wished

Question 7 Explanation:

Liked best and enjoyed most mean they had the most fun with this game. Enjoy means to like doing something.

Question 8

My friend was sorry as his father was DEAD.

A	no longer alive
B	living
C	tired
D	ill
E	alive

Question 8 Explanation:

Dead means no longer alive. Alive and living mean the opposite.

Question 9

My friends can use my notes when they are ILL.

A	sick
B	hard
C	fresh
D	fine
E	fear

Question 9 Explanation:

Ill and sick both mean not well or not healthy. Fine means the opposite.

Question 10

Our classes usually ARE OVER at 7 in the evening.

A	go on
B	continue
C	finish
D	begin

Question 10 Explanation:

When classes are over, they finish or end. Begin means the opposite.

Question 11

She said that she WAS GOING to live in London.

A	refused
B	came
C	planned
D	went
E	left

Question 11 Explanation:

Be going to shows a plan for the future, so was going to live means planned to live. Not refused, which means she said she would not do it.

Question 12

He thought that he was very SILLY.

A	clever
B	foolish
C	bright
D	wise
E	strong

Question 12 Explanation:

Silly and foolish both mean not sensible. Clever, bright and wise mean the opposite.

Question 13

They had a big house and AT THE BACK OF it there was a small lake.

A	behind
B	in front of
C	between
D	over
E	near

Question 13 Explanation:

At the back of means behind. In front of is the opposite.

Question 14

TWO HUNDRED YEARS ago the square yard was very clean.

A	many years
B	two weeks
C	two centuries
D	a fortnight
E	two months

Question 14 Explanation:

A century is 100 years, so two hundred years is two centuries. A fortnight is only two weeks.

Question 15

I am not going to write any more NOW.

A	then
B	at the moment
C	after that
D	early
E	before

Question 15 Explanation:

Now means at the moment, the present time. Then and before talk about other times.

Question 16

We shall be REACHING the station in 15 minutes.

A	moving to
B	leaving for
C	staying at
D	getting to
E	taking from

Question 16 Explanation:

Reach a place means get to or arrive at it: We'll get to the station soon. Not leaving for, which means going away from a place.

Question 17

She saw at once that something terrible had HAPPENED.

A	solved
B	decided
C	understood
D	heard
E	taken place

Question 17 Explanation:

Happen and take place both mean that something occurs: Something terrible had taken place.

Question 18

She became angry and BEGAN to shout at them.

A	finished
B	stopped
C	started
D	set
E	was over

Question 18 Explanation:

Began and started mean the same thing. Finished and stopped are the opposite.

Question 19

They BEGAN to work together twenty years ago.

A	finished
B	stayed
C	continued
D	started
E	gave up

Question 19 Explanation:

Began means started. Gave up and finished mean they stopped.

Question 20

We took the book last week and now we must GIVE it back.

A	take
B	return
C	revise
D	copy
E	hold

Question 20 Explanation:

Give back means return: you give something to the person or place you got it from. We must return the book.

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