Vocabulary Test About DECORATING Choose The Right Answer MCQ Exercise 129

To scrape something off means to remove it from a surface by rubbing it with a hard or sharp tool, e.g. scrape the old paper off the walls. Not chip, which means to break off small pieces of something hard like paint or stone, not wallpaper.

To bring out a colour or quality means to make it easier to see or notice: Cream walls will bring out the colour of the curtains. Make out means to see or understand something with difficulty, and take out means to remove.

To pull something off means to remove it by pulling, often by accident when you use too much force: You'll only pull the handle off. Drag means to pull something heavy along the ground, and pluck is used for pulling out small things like hairs or feathers.

A coat of paint is one thin layer of paint put on a surface; the usual phrase is two coats of paint. Sheets and coverings are not used to count layers of paint.

A door that creaks makes a rough, squeaky sound when it moves, usually because the hinges need oil: The door creaks when you open it. Not screeches, which is a loud, harsh, piercing sound, like car brakes or tyres. Rustle is the sound of dry leaves or paper, and shriek is a loud, high cry, usually made by a person.

Glass that is shattered breaks suddenly into many small pieces: The windows were shattered by the explosion. Crushed means pressed until it breaks or loses its shape, and shredded means cut or torn into thin strips, like paper.

Dreadful here means very bad or unpleasant, a common way to criticise someone's taste: What a dreadful colour! Alarming and frightening mean causing worry or fear, which does not fit a colour you simply dislike.

A pane is a single sheet of glass in a window: a new pane of glass. Oblong and square are shapes, not the word for a piece of window glass.

Frosted glass has a rough, cloudy surface, so light comes through but people cannot see through it. That is why it is used in bathroom windows. Thick glass is still transparent, so it would not stop people seeing in.

To entail means to involve something as a necessary part or result: The work will entail closing the library. Result would need in (result in closing), and ensure means to make certain that something good happens.

Interior decoration is the fixed phrase for designing and decorating the inside of buildings. Internal is used for things inside the body or an organisation (internal injuries, internal affairs), and inside is not used before this noun.

To strip off wallpaper or paint means to remove it completely from a surface: strip off the old wallpaper. Scratch means to make small marks with something sharp, not to remove a whole covering.

Paint that is flaking is coming off in small, thin pieces: The paint is flaking badly. Crumbling is used for things like plaster, stone or bricks breaking into small bits, and rotting is for wood or food that decays.

Consternation is a feeling of shock, worry or alarm, often in the phrase to my consternation. The other options only look similar: constitution is a set of laws or a person's health, constriction is tightening, and consumption is using something up.