Vocabulary Test About LANGUAGE-LEARNING Choose The Correct Answer MCQ Exercise 53
Question 1
Mario has now _____ to the point where his English is almost fluent.
To advance means to make progress or move forward, and it is often used in advance to the point where…: She has advanced to the point where she can read novels. Not reached, because reach takes a direct object (reached the point), not to.
Question 2
Pierre's _____ of the basic structures is good but his vocabulary is limited.
A grasp of something is your understanding of it: He has a good grasp of grammar. Grip and hold describe physically holding something, and seizure means taking something by force or a sudden illness.
Question 3
Some people think it is _____ to use long and little-known words.
Clever means intelligent, or showing intelligence. Here it describes how some people see the use of difficult words. Skilled describes a person who is good at a job (a skilled worker), not an action, so it is skilled to… is wrong.
Question 4
There is a feature of dialect _____ to Bristol by which an "l" is added to the ends of some words.
Peculiar to means belonging only to one place, person or group: This custom is peculiar to the north of England. Not partial to, which means liking something: I'm partial to chocolate.
Question 5
A role-play session is particularly useful in bringing together different _____ of teaching.
Strands are different parts or elements of an idea, plan or subject: the different strands of the course. Cords, fibres and wires are only used for physical things.
Question 6
Cyril's understanding of the language is growing _____.
By leaps and bounds means very quickly: Her confidence has grown by leaps and bounds. By hook or by crook means 'by any possible method'. The phrase slow but sure is not used here; the correct form would be slowly but surely.
Question 7
It's fifteen years since Timothy worked in Holland and his Dutch is pretty _____ now.
A skill or language that is rusty is weaker than before because you have not used it for a long time: My French is a bit rusty. The clue is fifteen years since. Stale is used for old bread or ideas, not for skills.
Question 8
The school's exam results _____ the headmaster.
Delight someone means to make them very happy: The news delighted her. The other verbs have the person as subject: people celebrate or enjoy results and rejoice at them. The results cannot do this to the headmaster.
Question 9
The Examination Syndicate was most impressed by the overseas student whose English was _____.
Impeccable means perfect, with no mistakes, and it collocates naturally with language and manners: She speaks impeccable English. Irreproachable is used for behaviour or character, infallible means never wrong (of people or methods), and spotless means completely clean.
Question 10
It is _____ that students will have doubled their vocabulary in three months.
It is anticipated that… is a formal way to say 'people expect that…': It is anticipated that prices will rise. Hope and worry are in the wrong form, because a passive structure needs the past participle. Foreseen is rarely used in this pattern.
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