Vocabulary Level Check
Knowing how good your vocabulary range is can be tested in many different ways, but the method we are going to use here is based on a series of vocabulary based frequency lists developed by Batia Laufer & Paul Nation.
There are eighteen questions below, and you have to decide which word is missing from each sentence. The first few letters have been given to you to help. Read each sentence carefully and try to fully understand the meaning. Then write down what you think the answer is for each sentence.
It is suggested that if you score below fifteen out of eighteen that your vocabulary range is below university level.
University Level Check – One
| 1 |
I’ve had my eyes tested and the optician says my vi…………… is good. |
| 2 |
The anom…………… of his position is that he’s chairman of the committee, but cannot vote. |
| 3 |
In their geography class, the children are doing a special pro…………… on North America. |
| 4 |
In a free country, people are not discriminated against on the basis of colour, age, or s…………… |
| 5 |
A true dem…………… should ensure equal rights and opportunities for all citizens. |
| 6 |
The drug was introduced after medical res…………… indisputably proved its effectiveness. |
| 7 |
These courses should be taken in seq…………… not simultaneously. |
| 8 |
Despite his physical condition, his int…………… was unaffected. |
| 9 |
Governments often cut budgets in times of financial cri…………… |
| 10 |
The job sounded interesting, but when he realized what it involved, his excitement sub…………… |
| 11 |
Research ind…………… that men find it easier to give up smoking than women. |
| 12 |
In a lecture, a lecturer does most of the talking. In a seminar, students are expected to part……………in the discussion. |
| 13 |
The airport is far away. To en………….. that you catch your plane, you’ll have to leave early. |
| 14 |
It’s difficult to ass………….. a person’s true knowledge by one or two tests. |
| 15 |
The new manager’s job was to res…………… the company to its former profitability. |
| 16 |
Although he didn’t do well in the midterm exam, he got the highest mark in the fi…………… |
| 17 |
His plan to leave home wasn’t well thought out. It was not based on rat…………… considerations. |
| 18 |
The challenging job required a strong, successful, and dyn…………… candidate. |
Answers
- vision 2. anomaly 3. project 4. sex 5. democracy 6. research
- sequence 8. Intelligence 9. crises 10. subsided 11. indicates 12. participate
- ensure 14. assess 15. restore 16. final 17. rational 18. dynamic
