Vocabulary Size Test1

time
number

Circle the letter a-d with the closest meaning to

the key word in the question.

POOR: We are poor.

have no money

First 1000

feel happy
are very interested

SEE: They saw it.

do not like to work hard

cut
DRIVE: He drives fast.
waited for

swims

looked at

learns

started

throws balls

TIME: They have a lot of time.

uses a car

money
food

JUMP: She tried to jump.

hours

lie on top of the water

friends

get off the ground suddenly

stop the car at the edge of the road

PERIOD: It was a difficult period.

move very fast

question
time

SHOE: Where is your shoe?

thing to do

the person who looks after you

book

the thing you keep your money in

the thing you use for writing

FIGURE: Is this the right figure?

the thing you wear on your foot

answer
place

STANDARD: Her standards are very high.

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rich
the bits at the back under her shoes

unhappy

the marks she gets in school

DRAWER: The drawer was empty.
the money she asks for

sliding box

the levels she reaches in everything

place where cars are kept

cupboard to keep things cold

BASIS: This was used as the basis.

animal house

answer
place to take a rest

PATIENCE: He has no patience.

next step

will not wait happily

main part

has no free time

has no faith

Second 1000

does not know what is fair

MAINTAIN: Can they maintain it?

keep it as it is

NIL: His mark for that question was nil.

make it larger

very bad

get a better one than it

nothing

get it

very good
in the middle

STONE: He sat on a stone.

hard thing

PUB: They went to the pub.

kind of chair

place where people drink and talk

soft thing on the floor

place that looks after money

part of a tree

large building with many shops

building for swimming

UPSET: I am upset.
CIRCLE: Make a circle.
tired

rough picture

famous

space with nothing in it

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round shape

given to a different person

large hole

given a lower price

made like new again

MICROPONE: Please use the microphone.

machine for making food hot

JUG: He was holding a jug.

machine that makes sounds louder

machine that makes things look bigger

A container for pouring liquids

small telephone that can be carried around

an informal discussion
A soft cap

PRO: He's a pro.

A weapon that explodes

someone who is employed to find out

important secrets

SCRUB: He is scrubbing it.

cutting shallow lines into it
repairing it

a stupid person

rubbing it hard to clean it

drawing simple pictures of it

someone who writes for a newspaper

someone who is paid for playing sport etc

Third 1000

DINOSAUR: The children were pretending to

be dinosaurs.

robbers who work at sea

SOLDIER: He is a soldier.
person in a business
student

very small creatures with human form but with

wings

person who uses metal

person in the army

RESTORE: It has been restored.

large creatures with wings that breathe fire

animals that lived a long time ago

said again

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STRAP: He broke the strap.

LONESOME: He felt lonesome.

promise

ungrateful
very tired

top cover

lonely

shallow dish for food

full of energy

strip of material for holding things together

PAVE: It was paved.

prevented from going through
divided
given gold edges
covered with a hard surface

DASH: They dashed over it.

moved quickly
moved slowly
fought
looked quickly

ROVE: He couldn't stop roving.

getting drunk
travelling around

making a musical sound through closed lips

working hard

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The test is created by Paul Nation, Victoria University of

Wellington, and found at http://www.lextutor.ca/. This test
is freely available and can be used by teachers and
researchers for a variety of purposes.

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