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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) e-mails
c) cartoons c) news stories
d) boats d) novels

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) 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 10 or Less = Study More!

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VOCABULARY QUIZ Jobs
Aims Vocabulary practice; self-assessment, or formal assessment
Level Intermediate
Time Approximately 10 minutes

ANSWER KEY

1. A 8. C
2. D 9. D
3. B 10. C
4. B 11. B
5. A 12. D
6. D 13. A This worksheet is now on YouTube!
7. C 14. B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG-0K1Ak934

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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