Worksheet: Vocabulary Words 

A.  Find the correct word and fill in the blank.

1. We had to__________________________ some money to expand our business. (burrow/borough/borrow)
2. Venny is very rich. She and her husband made a ___________________ (lot of money) in real estate. (fort/fortune/sale)
3. A___________________ executive is someone with a very high position within a company. (top-level, top-notch/tip-top)
4. Tesla is not popular, but he is ___________________ by all the employees. (respectfully/respect/respected)
5. My manager almost never ___________________ my work. He’s always very happy with   the way I do things. (criticizes/criticism/praises)
6. Another way of saying ‘he was fired’ is ‘he was ___________________.’ (shown the door/ kicked out of the door/ cleaning the door)
7. Do you think it’s ___________________ to buy things online? (safety/safe/ sagely)
8. A company that hasn’t been around very long (a new company) is often called a ___________________. (start-up/ green company/ newbie business)
9. I need a new chair. This one is not very __________________________. (common/ comfortable/comforting)
10. He__________________________ his time very well. (counts/ takes/ manages)
11. There’s no rush.__________________________ your time. When you finish the report, let me know.(Make/ Take/ Count)
12. My __________________________is Rs 50,000 per month. (celery/ salary/ sale/ cost)
13.  In Canada,__________________________ are higher than in the United States. (taxes/ tax/taxation)
14. 25% of my__________________________ goes to taxes. (cash/ incoming cash/ income)
15. I’m__________________________ right now, can we talk in one hour? (free/ occupied/ business)
16. My__________________________ is very important to me. (career/ workload/ working)
17. These days I almost have no __________________________. (fun time/ free time/ good time)
18. We have to__________________________ (discuss/review) this report. (go/ go over/ get over)

B.  Odd One Out: In each line, choose the word that is different from the others in meaning.

EDUFOLKS TIPS

Vocabulary Words      

• helps you expand your thinking skills        
• Don’t memorize all the new and fancy words, instead pick few, learn their usage and then use them regularly to frame in sentences.       
• Keep practising till the word is familiar to you. 

Answers: 

A

1. borrow
2. fortune     
3. top-level
4. respected
5. criticizes
6. shown the door     
7. safe start-up comfortable
8.  manages
9.  take
10.  salary
11.  taxes
12.  income
13. occupied
14.  career
15.  free time
16. go over