Day 9 worksheet - Core English
Worksheet: Vocabulary Words
A. Find the correct word and fill in the blank.
- We had to__________________________ some money to expand our business. (burrow/borough/borrow)
- Venny is very rich. She and her husband made a ___________________ (lot of money) in real estate. (fort/fortune/sale)
- A___________________ executive is someone with a very high position within a company. (top-level, top-notch/tip-top)
- Tesla is not popular, but he is ___________________ by all the employees. (respectfully/respect/respected)
- My manager almost never ___________________ my work. He’s always very happy with the way I do things. (criticizes/criticism/praises)
- Another way of saying ‘he was fired’ is ‘he was ___________________.’ (shown the door/ kicked out of the door/ cleaning the door)
- Do you think it’s ___________________ to buy things online? (safety/safe/ sagely)
- A company that hasn’t been around very long (a new company) is often called a ___________________. (start-up/ green company/ newbie business)
- I need a new chair. This one is not very __________________________. (common/ comfortable/comforting)
- He__________________________ his time very well. (counts/ takes/ manages)
- There’s no rush.__________________________ your time. When you finish the report, let me know.(Make/ Take/ Count)
- My __________________________is Rs 50,000 per month. (celery/ salary/ sale/ cost)
- In Canada,__________________________ are higher than in the United States. (taxes/ tax/taxation)
- 25% of my__________________________ goes to taxes. (cash/ incoming cash/ income)
- I’m__________________________ right now, can we talk in one hour? (free/ occupied/ business)
- My__________________________ is very important to me. (career/ workload/ working)
- These days I almost have no __________________________. (fun time/ free time/ good time)
- 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.
1. tidy |
neat |
ponder |
clean |
orderly |
2. manage |
direct |
organize |
control |
various |
3. scheme |
suitable |
plan |
design |
undertaking |
4. primary |
presume |
suppose |
assume |
believe |
5. foolish |
silly |
absurd |
smooth |
ridiculous |
6. uncertain |
marvelous |
wonderful |
amazing |
great |
7. pleasant |
fragile |
delicate |
frail |
breakable |
8. wreck |
ruin |
destroy |
spoil |
decent |
9. disaster |
catastrophe |
tragedy |
doubt |
calamity |
10. prompt |
immediate |
punish |
quick |
rapid |
11. stretch |
private |
confidential |
personal |
secret |
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
- borrow
- fortune
- top-level
- respected
- criticizes
- shown the door
- safe start-up comfortable
- manages
- take
- salary
- taxes
- income
- occupied
- career
- free time
- go over
B
- ponder
- various
- suitable
- primary
- smooth
- uncertain
- pleasant
- decent
- doubt
- punish
- stretch