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Vocabulary Quiz 2

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  1. Who judges points in a soccer match?
    a. a judge
    b. a referee
    c. a proctor
  2. Which word means fortunate?
    a. genial
    b. lucky
    c. lively
  3. Which word means behave badly?
    a. act up
    b. act out
    c. act on
  4. Which word completes the expression: "dead as a _____ nail".
    a. finger
    b. toe
    c. door
  5. When you put in for a job, you are _____ .
    a. an applicant
    b. a customer
    c. a claimant
  6. When a person says: "I took it with a pinch of salt", he means:
    a. he ate it with some salt.
    b. he sprinkled the food with salt.
    c. he felt some doubt whether it was altogether true.
  7. What is the person who pays rent called?
    a. an occupant
    b. a tenant
    c. a landlord
  8. Which word does not mean lazy?
    a. idle
    b. inactive
    c. industrious

Copyright (C) 1997 Vera Mello (vcqm@ruralsp.com.br)
This quiz is part of the HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal.