Vocabulary Exercises for Intermediate Learners of English

Vocabulary exercises for intermediate learners of English that will give adequate practice in using the right word in the right context.

Choose the right word from among the options given, to fill in the blanks in the most suitable manner.

• He will ……………..to our suggestion; however, he wants to set a few conditions first.
  a) Affirm   b) agree   c) confirm   d) meet
• The pediatrician ……………………the little boy.
  a) Investigated   b) detected   c) examined   d) tested
• When she heard the terrible news, she lost her usual composure and became ……………………
  a) Amok   b)chaotic   c) hysterical   d) havoc
• The ……………for the job were asked to take a number and wait in the hallway.
  a) Candidates   b) contestants   c) competitors   d) applicants
• Bernard went to ………………….. the doctor last month for a medical check-up.
  a) Visit   b) see   c) meet   d) confront
• I received the letter only two months after it was posted because of a ………..in the postal service.
  a) Delay   b)detention   c) deferment   d) obstruction
• He tried to ………………..the new teacher with his ………………..comments.
  a) Effect   b)impress   c) imprint   d) influence
• Peifang was so weak that she could ……………….talk.
  a) only   b)barely   c) simply   d) poorly
• The …………from the summit was breathtaking.
  a) survey   b)view   c) vision   d) revelation
• This city has ……………..rapidly in the last eight years.
  a) evolved   b)developed   c) matured   d) unfolded
• This material is a bit too ………………..for my liking.
  a) frail   b)feeble   c) fragile   d) flimsy
• She is trying to …………….him by phone as she has some very important news for him.
  a) touch   b)reach   c) connect   d) attain
• John could not …………….his secretary’s incompetence any longer.
  a) forbear   b)tolerate   c) withstand   d) undergo
• The tourists were ……………..in the sunshine.
  a) bathing   b)warming   c) toasting   d) basking
• She made a ……………….of all the things she needed to get at the supermarket.
  a) record   b)listing   c) list   d) catalogue
• In a rush to catch the bus, he fell down and ………………..himself.
  a) wounded   b)harmed   c) damaged   d) hurt
• The lawyer charged him a reasonable sum as a ………………………fee.
  a) conference   b)meeting   c) consultation   d) solicitation
• Mosquitos like to breed in ……………..water.
  a) shallow   b)stale   c) swampy   d) stagnant
• Wane has gone to England to ………………her studies.
  a) farther   b)further   c) improve   d) enhance
• They are ………………….to go to Thailand next week.
  a) plotting   b)thinking   c) planning   d) scheming
• You are …………………..to read the passage before you answer the questions.
  a) ordered   b)forced   c) required   d) permitted
• The ……………….to the advertisement she placed in the newspapers was very good; over a hundred letters of application were received.
  a) response   b)answer   c) correspondence   d) respond
• The writer had already ……………………quite a number of short stories.
  a) published   b)printed   c) issued   d) engraved
• The show was boring so we left the cinema before it ……………..
  a) ended   b)completed   c) stopped   d) finished
• Penelope was so ………………………….that she could not even lift her hand to hold the cup of tea that her mother prepare for her.
  a) whiny   b) obese   c) exhausted   d) irritated
• The political leader went on speaking in a ………………………voice, so by the time it ended half of the audience were sleeping.
  a) loud   b)deafening   c) monotonous   d) rough
• The boxes are ……………of books.
  a) packed   b)plentiful   c) filled   d) full
• That lawyer and his ……………….are very highly thought of.
  a) friends   b)contacts   c) associates   d) consorts
• Although she wanted very much to go over and join them, her ……………got the better of her.
  a) respect   b) pride   c) glory   d) self-conscious
• Do you believe in the ……………….of ghosts?
  a) occurrence   b) existence   c) tendency   d) being
• That wealthy man is very highly ……………….in that town.
  a) noticed   b) observed   c) regarded   d) minded
• Marion has a very shy, …………..disposition.
  a) untiring   b) retreating   c) trying   d) retiring
• He was caught …………..rabbits in the game preserve.
  a) hunting   b) stalking   c) poaching   d) hounding
• It was rather ……………of them to have left all the housework for their mother to do.
  a) inconsiderate   b) inconsistent   c) thoughtless   d) uncharitable
• He has waited for over two hours, but there was still no …………….of her.
  a) evidence   b) sign   c) sight   d) indication
• Lisa ………………….her problems with me yesterday.
  a) discussed   b) confided   c) trusted   d) confessed
• The workers were very unhappy with the administration and decided to ………………
  a) manifest   b) protest   c) assert   d) revolt
• The little boy had to be ………into the dentist’s office as he was too scared to go in on his own.
  a) compelled   b) hauled   c) dragged   d) obliged
• It is not wise to make such a ig fuss over such a minor ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
  a) subject   b) object   c) issue   d) question
• He was …………….from attending the meeting because he had to participate in a race.
  a) pardoned   b) released   c) relieved   d) excused
• She asked him to do her a …………………….
  a) favour   b) help   c) assistance   d) obligation

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