Vocabulary Test About HAIR AND HEADGEAR Choose The Right Answer MCQ Exercise 27

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Question 1

"How would you like your hair cut, sir?"

"Just a _____, please."

A	cut
B	snip
C	shave
D	trim

Question 1 Explanation:

A trim is a short cut that only makes the hair a little tidier and shorter. Just a trim, please is what customers usually say at the hairdresser's. Not cut, because the question already asks how to cut it; the customer is saying how much.

Question 2

You look very different with your hair _____ on the right.

A	combed
B	divided
C	parted
D	separated

Question 2 Explanation:

When you comb your hair into two sides with a line between them, the hair is parted, and the line is a parting: She parts her hair on the left. Not divided or separated, which are not used for hairstyles.

Question 3

The new hairdresser is very expensive. I had to pay $18 just for a shampoo and _____.

A	comb
B	fix
C	set
D	wash

Question 3 Explanation:

A shampoo and set is a fixed phrase: the hairdresser washes your hair and then arranges it into a style while it dries. Not wash, because a shampoo already is a wash.

Question 4

Her hair was tied back in a _____.

A	biscuit
B	bun
C	cake
D	loaf

Question 4 Explanation:

A bun is a hairstyle where long hair is pulled back and twisted into a round shape at the back of the head. Bun is also a small bread roll, but here it means the hairstyle; biscuit, cake and loaf are only food.

Question 5

She is always wearing a strange red hat with a long _____ in it.

A	hair
B	feather
C	fur
D	tail

Question 5 Explanation:

Hats are often decorated with a bird's feather: a hat with a long feather in it. Fur is the soft hair of an animal and is not used with a long … in it.

Question 6

I don't like the _____ she does her hair.

A	arrangement
B	fashion
C	manner
D	way

Question 6 Explanation:

The way she does her hair means how she styles it. Way can be followed directly by a clause. Not manner, which needs in which (the manner in which she does her hair) and sounds very formal.

Question 7

He wore a _____ moustache and beard to the fancy-dress ball.

A	cheated
B	counterfeit
C	false
D	untrue

Question 7 Explanation:

False means not real or artificial: false teeth, a false moustache, false eyelashes. Not counterfeit, which is used for illegal copies, especially money (counterfeit notes).

Question 8

Would it be possible to make an early _____ to have my hair cut tomorrow?

A	appointment
B	arrangement
C	date
D	engagement

Question 8 Explanation:

An appointment is a fixed time to see a hairdresser, doctor, dentist, etc.: make an appointment. Not date, which is a romantic meeting or a day in the calendar, and not engagement, which is a formal promise to marry or a formal event.

Question 9

She often wears a _____ hat to protect her head when the sun is very hot.

A	felt
B	fur
C	straw
D	top

Question 9 Explanation:

A straw hat is made of dried stalks of grain. It is light and keeps the sun off your head in hot weather. Felt and fur hats are warm, for cold weather.

Question 10

She tied her _____ round her head to protect her hair from the rain.

A	belt
B	glove
C	scarf
D	umbrella

Question 10 Explanation:

A scarf is a piece of cloth worn round the neck or head. You can tie it round your head to cover your hair. You can't tie an umbrella, a belt or a glove round your head.

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