Intermediate Level Vocabulary English Grammar Exercises

Question. There have been several ……………………….. of armed violence at the school.
(a) instances
(b) instants

Answer : A

Question. The campers missed the ........................... of a refrigerator.
(a) convenient
(b) conveniently
(c) convenience

Answer : C

Question. A ………………………………… was erected in honor of the departed leader.
(a) memorial
(b) memorandum
(c) memory

Answer : A

Question. He doesn’t have much ………………………… to work hard.
(a) incline
(b) inclination
(c) inclined

Answer : B

Question. He came into a large …………………………
(a) inheritance
(b) inherit
(c) inheritant

Answer : A

Question. His arm had gone ………………………..
(a) skeptic
(b) septic

Answer : B

Question. White is the ............................ color of a wedding gown.
(a) convention
(b) conventional

Answer : B

Question. The country is presently in the ……………………….. of a recession.
(a) throes
(b) threw

Answer : A

Question. How many times have you ……………………… to me?
(a) lain
(b) laid
(c) lied

Answer : C

Question. The upsurge in crime calls for strong ........................... measures.
(a) correct
(b) correction
(c) corrective

Answer : C

Question. There is not much ……………………… between these two colors.
(a) difference
(b) deference

Answer : A

Question. The proposed airport generated …………… interest.
(a) consider
(b) considerate
(c) considerable

Answer : C

Question. He is still ……………. on his parents.
(a) depend
(b) dependent
(c) dependence

Answer : B

Question. Oxygen does not have any ………….. at all.
(a) order
(b) odor
(c) oder

Answer : B

Question. Sending anonymous letters is a .............................. act.
(a) coward
(b) cowardly
(c) cowardice

Answer : B

Question. The Irish ………………………. famous for their sense of humor.
(a) is
(b) are

Answer : B

Question. Albert Einstein took ……………………….. in the US during the Nazi rule of Germany.
(a) refuge
(b) refugee

Answer : A

Question. Man is naturally ............................ about the universe.
(a) curious
(b) curiously
(c) curiosity

Answer : A

Question. A ………………… is an animal that resembles a rabbit.
(a) hare
(b) heir
(c) hair

Answer : A

Question. He was given a warm welcome on his ………………….
(a) arrive
(b) arrival
(c) arriving

Answer : B

Question. There was mutual ……………….. between the two.
(a) admire
(b) admiration
(c) admiring

Answer : B

Question. Many seats in the theatre remained ………………. during the show.
(a) empty
(b) vacant
(c) Either could be used here

Answer : B

Question. With that ............................. outlook he does not trust anyone.
(a) cynic
(b) cynical
(c) cryptical

Answer : B

Question. He remembers ………………… dragonflies when he was a boy.
(a) catching
(b) to catch

Answer : A

Question. They live in ……………………….. conditions.
Please select 2 correct answers
(a) pity
(b) pitiable
(c) piteous

Answer : B, C

Question. He is …………………………. in nature.
(a) septic
(b) skeptic

Answer : A

Question. James Joyce's Ulysses was a .............................. book.
(a) controversy
(b) controversial

Answer : B

Question. The tablet gave ……………………… relief from pain.
(a) instant
(b) instances

Answer : A

Question. His political ......................... are very radical.
(a) convict
(b) conviction
(c) convictions
(d) convince

Answer : C

Question. You cannot buy this medicine without a ………………………….
(a) proscription
(b) prescription

Answer : B

Question. He shows great ……………………………. to his parents.
(a) deference
(b) difference

Answer : A

Question. The ……………………….. of cooking gas and water for domestic use is insufficient.
(a) provide
(b) provision
(c) provicion

Answer : B

Question. The government cannot do away with farm …………………
(a) subsidiaries
(b) subsidies

Answer : B

Question. When he failed the test his ………………….. knew no bounds.
(a) disappoint
(b) disappointment
(c) disappointing

Answer : B

Question. The old man was esteemed for his ............................ manners.
Please select 2 correct answers
(a) courtly
(b) courteous
(c) courtesy

Answer : A, B

Question. He had a ………………………. knowledge of his subject.
(a) through
(b) thorough

Answer : B

Question. The old fortune teller muttered ................................ warnings.
Please select 2 correct answers
(a) crypt
(b) cryptic
(c) cryptical

Answer : B

Question. Despite his commercial success as an actor, he still ………………………. for critical acclaim.
(a) earns
(b) yearns

Answer : B

Question. It is the smallest number ……………….. as the sum of two cubes in two different ways.
(a) express
(b) expressed
(c) expressing

Answer : B

Question. He is the …………………………. to a large fortune.
(a) heir
(b) hair
(c) hare

Answer : A

Question. The flood caused much ……………. to the crops.
(a) destroy
(b) destruction
(c) destruct

Answer : B

Question. A/an …………………………. vessel has nothing in it.
(a) empty
(b) vacant
(c) Either could be used here

Answer : A

Question. ‘Don’t make ………………………. noise,’ the teacher said.
(a) any
(b) some

Answer : A

Question. He arrived with his ....................... promptness.
(a) custom
(b) customary
(c) customize

Answer : B

Question. It is ............................... to skate on thin ice.
(a) danger
(b) dangerous
(c) dangerously

Answer : B

Question. He ……………………. off during the class.
(a) dozed
(b) dosed

Answer : A

Question. You must take the …………………………. to solve the problem yourself.
(a) initiate
(b) initiative
(c) initiation

Answer : B

Question. His ……………………….. for liberty is appreciable.
(a) zeal
(b) seal
(c) ceal

Answer : A

Approve, Disapprove, Oppose, Object | English Vocabulary Exercise

Question. The committee ................... the proposal.
(a) approved
(b) approved of
(c) Either could be used here

Answer : A

Question. I .................. to the motion and will vote against it.
(a) object
(b) oppose
(c) disapprove

Answer : A

Question. Many of the panelists were ................... to the idea.
(a) objected
(b) opposed
(c) Either could be used here

Answer : B

Question. Many people .................. the project.
(a) objected
(b) opposed
(c) approved

Answer : B

Question. My parents .................... of my decision to change jobs.
(a) objected
(b) opposed
(c) disapproved

Answer : C

Question. Her parents do not .................. her boyfriend.
(a) approve
(b) approve of
(c) Either could be used here

Answer : B

Question. I object ................... now.
(a) leave
(b) to leaving
(c) to leave
(d) leaving

Answer : B

Question. The radical economic reforms were ................... by the parliament.
(a) approved
(b) approved of
(c) Either could be used here

Answer : A

Question. My wife ................... to my quitting the job.
(a) opposed
(b) objected
(c) approved

Answer : B

Question. I have no objection .................. the scheme.
(a) of
(b) for
(c) to

Answer : C

Question. I ................... to smoking.
(a) object
(b) oppose
(c) Either could be used here

Answer : A

Question. My parents ................... of my living alone.
(a) objected
(b) opposed
(c) disapproved

Answer : C