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QUIZ: JOBS and OCCUPATIONS

Answer these fourteen questions to score your vocabulary knowledge.

1. What does an architect usually 8. Which of the following things does
design? a journalist usually write?
a) buildings a) songs
b) clothes b) letters
c) cartoons c) news stories
d) boats d) childrens stories

2. Where does an astronaut usually 9. Which of the following things can
work? you get from a librarian?
a) in an office a) hats
b) on a mountain b) tickets
c) under water c) fish
d) in space d) books

3. Which of the following will you cut 10. Which of the following things can a
if you are a barber? mechanic fix?
a) flowers a) a television
b) hair b) a computer
c) paper c) a car
d) bread d) a door

4. Which of the following will you take 11. Which of the following things can
from people, if you are a cashier? you get from a pharmacist?
a) their coats a) a gun
b) their money b) medicine
c) their food c) a cow
d) their books d) a pizza

5. A teacher can make you study. What 12. Which of the following things can
can a clown make you do? a plumber fix?
a) laugh a) a window
b) cry b) a chair
c) sleep c) shoes
d) exercise d) a sink

6. Which of the following things can 13. Which of the following things can
you buy from a florist? you get from a postal worker?
a) fish a) a letter
b) food b) a job
c) frogs c) money
d) flowers d) a cup of coffee

7. Which of the following things can 14. Which of the following should
you buy from a grocer? you bring to a veterinarian?
a) cars a) your friend
b) radios b) your cat
c) carrots c) your bicycle
d) shoes d) your homework


13 14 = Excellent 11 12 = Good 9 10 = OK



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VOCABULARY QUIZ: Jobs
Answer Key



Aims

Vocabulary practice; self-assessment, or formal assessment
Level Lower-Intermediate to Intermediate
Time

Approximately 20 30 minutes (including extension activity)


ANSWER KEY:


NOTES & EXTENSION ACTIVITIES:

For notes and extension activity
suggestions, see the Notes document in
the Quiz topic list.

1. A
2. D
3. B
4. B
5. A
6. D
7. C


8. C
9. D
10. C
11. B
12. D
13. A
14. B

Grades as percentages:

14 / 14 = 100 %
13 / 14 = 93
12 / 14 = 86
11 / 14 = 79
10 / 14 = 71
9 / 14 = 64
8 / 14 = 57
7 / 14 = 50
6 / 14 = 43
5 / 14 = 36
4 / 14 = 29
3 / 14 = 21
2 / 14 = 14
1 / 14 = 7
0 / 14 = 0 %
















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