Vocabulary Test About DECORATING Choose The Right Answer MCQ Exercise 128

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Question 1

Before beginning to use the paint, you should _____ it in the tin.

A	roll
B	stir
C	turn
D	twist

Question 1 Explanation:

To stir paint means to move it round and round with a stick so that it mixes well. Example: Stir the paint before you use it.

Question 2

Always wear goggles when spraying paint as a _____ against damage to your eyes.

A	prevention
B	refuge
C	restriction
D	safeguard

Question 2 Explanation:

A safeguard against something is a thing that protects you from harm. The fixed phrase is as a safeguard against. Not prevention, because we don't say "as a prevention against".

Question 3

The house was built more than a hundred years ago. My father had it _____ when he bought it.

A	altered
B	changed
C	renewed
D	reformed

Question 3 Explanation:

To alter a building means to make changes to it, such as moving walls or adding rooms. Had it altered means he paid builders to make these changes. Not renewed: we renew documents or contracts, not old houses.

Question 4

Changing the colour of the room seemed a good _____ at the time, but they regretted it later.

A	belief
B	idea
C	opinion
D	thought

Question 4 Explanation:

It seemed a good idea at the time is a common phrase for a plan that looked sensible but later proved to be a mistake. Opinion, belief and thought don't collocate with "seemed a good … at the time".

Question 5

This room looks terrible; it's in such a _____.

A	disorder
B	litter
C	mess
D	rubbish

Question 5 Explanation:

In a mess means very untidy or dirty. Example: My bedroom is in a mess. Not disorder: we say "in disorder" without a, and litter and rubbish are uncountable.

Question 6

I think the pattern on that wallpaper has been printed _____.

A	back to back
B	face down
C	side to side
D	upside down

Question 6 Explanation:

Upside down means with the top at the bottom. A wallpaper pattern printed upside down looks wrong when the paper is hung.

Question 7

The house is in good _____ though it needs to be repainted.

A	condition
B	position
C	standing
D	state

Question 7 Explanation:

In good condition means not damaged and working well. It is the usual phrase for houses, cars, etc. Not state: we say "in a good state", with a.

Question 8

The colour of the handle does not _____ so long as it is the right size.

A	affect
B	concern
C	matter
D	worry

Question 8 Explanation:

Matter here means "be important". It doesn't matter = it is not important. Not affect, concern or worry, because they need an object (e.g. it doesn't worry me).

Question 9

It's _____ we did something about redecorating the sitting-room.

A	full-time
B	good time
C	high time
D	long time

Question 9 Explanation:

It's high time + past simple means something should have been done already. Example: It's high time you went to bed. The past tense did is the clue.

Question 10

The floor was so rotten that it almost _____ under his weight.

A	gave away
B	gave back
C	gave up
D	gave way

Question 10 Explanation:

Give way means to break or fall down under weight or pressure. Example: The old bridge gave way. Not gave away, which means to give something for free or reveal a secret.

Question 11

The Bears have just had their sitting room _____.

A	coloured
B	dyed
C	redecorated
D	replaced

Question 11 Explanation:

To redecorate a room means to paint it or put up new wallpaper again. Have something redecorated means someone else does the work. Not coloured or dyed: we dye clothes or hair, not rooms.

Question 12

In my opinion, standards of workmanship have _____ over the past ten years.

A	aggravated
B	declined
C	diminished
D	subsided

Question 12 Explanation:

Standards decline is the natural collocation: they become lower or worse in quality. Example: Standards of service have declined. Aggravated means made a problem worse and needs an object. Subsided is used for storms, pain or floodwater becoming less strong. Diminished is used mainly for size, amount or importance rather than quality.

Question 13

Could you give me a rough _____ of what the job might cost?

A	account
B	correlation
C	estimate
D	value

Question 13 Explanation:

A rough estimate is an approximate calculation of a cost or amount. Example: The builder gave us an estimate of £2,000. Not value, which is what something is worth, not what a job will cost.

Question 14

My brother has just had central heating _____ in his flat.

A	inlaid
B	inset
C	installed
D	introduced

Question 14 Explanation:

To install equipment means to put it in place so it is ready to use. We have central heating installed. Inlaid and inset describe decoration set into a surface.

Question 15

The storm _____ a lot of houses in the village.