VOCABULARY QUIZ 6 ● GROUP A
Name: __________________________________
Class: __________________________________
Total: _________/15
A matter of fact
1 Complete the sentences with the adverbs made
from the adjectives in the box.
alarming close critical
deliberate remarkable
0 My friend doesn't get on with her father and
speaks critically about him.
1 We read the story _______________ because
we wanted to make sure we had the facts
correct.
2 He's a _______________ good tennis player,
despite no one in his family being any good at
sport.
3 An _______________ high number of children
are overweight.
4 She _______________ ignored my advice
because she hates anyone telling her what to
do. She failed the exam as a result.
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2 Complete the sentences with the missing
words. The first letters are given.
0 He has a very eye-catching style, everyone
looks at him when he enters a room.
1 We had a great lesson on how to identify
f____________ n____________ – information
that can't be trusted.
2 I had a g____________ f____________ not to
trust him. Something just didn't seem right.
3 The careers fair was so helpful but we are
a____________ with i____________ now, I'm
not sure I'm going to remember everything
when I get home.
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4 I think it's terrible how much people in power
can m____________ the m____________.
5 Richard shows a c____________ c __________
to his job and will go far.
6 If you don't e____________ s____________,
you have no idea if what you are reading is
accurate or not.
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3 Write the missing words using the definitions in
brackets to help you. Some letters are given.
There is one space for each missing letter.
0 I read the news on a d a i l y b a s i s (every
day) to keep up with what's happening in the
world.
1 You shouldn’t really take everything at
_ _ c _ v _ _ _ _ (without checking its
accuracy). Be a little more critical.
2 If you're not sure about something, then
d _ _ b _ _ - _ h _ _ k (examine for a second
time) the facts before believing it is true.
3 I think they are only doing it for
c _ m _ _ _ _ _ _ l g _ _ _ (profit), they're not
really interested in improving working
conditions.
4 When you go online, you should make sure
you _ u _ _ _ _ _ n the f _ _ _ s (analyse the
information) that seem unrealistic.
5 It's so easy to d _ _ _ _ _ t (change so that it is
false) the truth just by holding back a few
details.
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