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Analogies 1 - Find the Appropriate Match 4. When the wine is distilled and matured it becomes ___
5. What alcoholic drink was originally made in Scotland or Ireland
1. Tooth-Dentist, Hair-______? from grain?
6. What drink is served with milk or lemon and is made by pouring
2. Pure-Purify, Short-______?
boiling water over the leaves?
3. Soccer-Ball, Badminton-______? 7. A brown colored, carbonated alcoholic drink.
8. What word is the collective term for any or all alcoholic drinks?
4. Loose-Tight, Deep-______?
9. What drink is made from the ground beans of a shrub?
5. Wise-Wisdom, Rough-______? 10. What drink is made of yoghurt and water?
6. Big-Bigger, Bad-______?
7. Polite-Impolite, Responsible-______? Business Expressions 1
8. Soccer-Field, Basketball-______?
1. I thought this time things were going to be better. Losing the
9. Help-Helper, Sail-______? contract was ___ to swallow.
A) bottom line B) blue collar
10. Give-Given, Swell-______?
C) a bitter pill D) back to the drawing board
11. Actor-Actress, Widower-______? E) blow-by-blow
12. Dog-Bites, Bee-______?
2. We’ve lost the contract thanks to your incompetence. You really
13. Feet-Socks, Hands-______? ___, didn’t you?
A) back to the drawing board B) bottlenecks
14. Cats-Meow, Cows-______?
C) bottom line D) blue collar
15. Doctors-Patients, Teachers-______? E) blew it
16. Roof-Roofs, Wolf-______?
3. I’d be better off stopping my legal job and doing jobs for cash. The
17. Careful-Carefully, Fast-______? ______ is the only way to make money these days.
A) blow-by-blow B) back to the drawing board
18. Circle-Round, Triangle-______?
C) bottlenecks D) black economy
19. Cat-Kitten, Pig-______? E) bottom line
20. Hyena-Mammal, Crocodile-______?
4. The product didn’t work in the States. As they say there, it really
______.
Analogies II - Find the Appropriate Match A) back to the drawing board B) bottlenecks
C) bombed D) blow-by-blow
1. Sheep-Mutton, Pig-______? E) bottom line

2. Cow-Calf, Cat-______? 5. However, the same product sold really well in England. As they
3. Xing-Crossing, Xmas-______? say there, it ______.
A) back to the drawing board B) bottlenecks
4. Meat-Protein, Cake-______? C) bottom line D) blue collar
5. Fish-A school of, Hens-______? E) went like a bomb

6. Chicory-Bitter, Chocolate-______? 6. He used to work on the factory floor. Yes, he really started out as
7. Deprive-Of, Attentive-______? a ______ worker.
A) blue collar B) back to the drawing board
8. Hens-Eggs, Cow-______? C) bottlenecks D) bottom line
9. Oven-Kitchen, End table-______? E) blow-by-blow

10. Elbow-Arm, Knee-______? 7. There are many reasons why this should be a success. However,
11. Pure-Purify, Soft-______? the ______ is that it has been a big flop.
A) bottom line B) back to the drawing board
12. Decide-Decision, Depart-______? C) bottlenecks D) blow-by-blow
13. Datum-Data, Phenomenon-______? E) a bitter pill

14. Suitcases-Few, Luggage-______? 8. Production has been unable to keep pace with demand. We are
15. Dime-Ten cents, Nickel-______? doing our best to eliminate the ______.
A) blow-by-blow B) back to the drawing board
16. Addition-Plus, Subtraction-______? C) blew it D) a bitter pill
17. Wise-Wisely, Hard-______? E) bottlenecks

18. Form-Fill out, Tank-______? 9. We’ll have to start again on this one. It’s time to go ______.
19. 365 days-Year, 366 days-______? A) blow-by-blow B) blew it
C) black economy D) bombed
20. Soap-Bar of, Cigarettes-______? E) back to the drawing board

Beverages 10. Don’t leave out any details. I want a full ______ account of what
happened in the meeting.
1. What bitter black drink was invented by the Aztecs, but is now A) blow-by-blow B) blew it
usually served made with milk and sugar? C) black economy D) bombed
2. What soft drink is made of water, flavoring and sometimes ice E) went like a bomb
cream and which was traditionally sold at a bar known as a
fountain?
3. What drink is usually made from grapes and is classified as red,
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 Business Expressions 2 4. He says he will go elsewhere if we don’t lower our price but I
don’t think he will. I think we should ______.
1. At the start of the meeting everybody was very quiet and reserved
A) call his bluff B) call it quits
but he told a few jokes to ______.
C) called it a day D) calls the shots
A) across the board B) break the ice
E) chicken
C) broke the news D) back to the drawing board
E) take on board
5. I’m sure that there is a lot of corruption in that country. If we
order an internal audit we may be opening ______.
2. He’s not very quick on the uptake, it takes him quite a while to
A) carry the can B) chicken
______ new ideas.
C) can’t win D) chicken and egg
A) on to a good thing B) take on board
E) a can of worms
C) bullish D) breathing down
E) brief
6. Someone is going to have to take responsibility for this disaster.
Who is going to ______.
3. We’re going to have to reduce budgets in every single department.
A) can’t win B) carry the can
There will be ______ cuts.
C) chicken D) a can of worms
A) back to the drawing board B) brief
E) chicken and egg
C) on to a good thing D) brainstorm
E) across the board
7. Whatever we do, we are going to come out badly. It’s a ______
situation.
4. My boss never gives me any freedom. She’s always ______ my
A) a can of worms B) carry the can
neck.
C) chicken D) can’t win
A) broke the news B) brief
E) chicken and egg
C) breathing down D) back to the drawing board
E) bullish
8. She always likes to think things through very carefully. She likes
to ______.
5. We need a name for our new brand. The best thing is to get a few
A) chicken and egg B) chicken
people together and try to ______ a name.
C) chew things over D) call his bluff
A) brief B) on to a good thing
E) call it quits
C) broke the news D) bullish
E) brainstorm
9. We need a loan to start the company and we need a company to
get the loan. It’s a ______ situation.
6. I’m very happy with our sales prospects for the next year. I’m
A) calls the shots B) chew things over
feeling really ______.
C) chicken D) call his bluff
A) bullish B) back to the drawing board
E) chicken and egg
C) broke the news D) on to a good thing
E) brief
10. We wanted to expand into Asia but we were a bit frightened. We
were soon sorry for being so ______.
7. We would have liked to have looked at that but that wasn’t part
A) chicken and egg B) chicken
of the ______ you set us.
C) calls the shots D) chew things over
A) brief B) on to a good thing
E) call it quits
C) back to the drawing board D) breathing down
E) broke the news
Change the Words
8. I’ve heard all about it. Sally ______ to me.
Change the underlined word(s) to a one-word equivalent.
A) brainstorm B) on to a good thing
C) back to the drawing board D) breathing down
1. In place of a job, he’s looking for a course to take.
E) broke the news
2. Please go on. This story is very interesting.
3. I’m getting accustomed to coming here all by myself.
9. I’m well aware that this is potentially a good new product and
4. Last night a train ran into a bank of snow.
that we are probably ______ with it.
5. Don’t forget to bring a pail of milk when you come home.
A) on to a good thing B) back to the drawing board
6. It’s extremely cold outside; in the open air.
C) brainstorm D) breathing down
7. The champion fought better than his opponent.
E) across the board
8. From my hotel window I have a view of the bay.
9. She did not forgive him for his rudeness.
10. I guess this market study shows that nobody wants to buy our
product. It’s ______ for us.
A) back to the drawing board B) brainstorm
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C) breathing down D) across the board
E) take on board
1. Please go to the store and pick up a _______ of milk.
Business Expressions 3 A) bag B) half gallon C) dozen D) pound

1. I reckon we owe you about the same as you owe us. Why don’t 2. This recipe calls for a _______ of butter.
we just ______? A) dozen B) tube C) stick D) can
A) call his bluff B) called it a day
C) calls the shots D) chicken 3. My cat eats a _______ of tuna every day.
E) call it quits A) can B) loaf C) bottle D) bag

2. We’ve been working on this for fourteen hours now. Isn’t it time 4. I like to drink a _______ of mineral water after I exercise.
we ______? A) pound B) stick C) teaspoon D) bottle
A) called it a day B) call it quits
C) calls the shots D) chicken 5. I want to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But the _______
E) call his bluff of peanut butter is empty.
A) six-pack B) jar C) head D) box
3. Let’s face it, he decides. He’s the boss so he’s the one that
______. 6. I need three _______ of yogurt from the dairy section.
A) called it a day B) calls the shots A) tubes B) pounds C) containers D) dozens
C) call it quits D) chicken
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7. If you want coffee with breakfast, you should buy a _______ of 4. He took a map with him in case he got ______.
coffee tonight. A) lost B) found C) discovered
A) gallon B) pound C) cup D) quart
5. She was fired from her last ______.
8. I would like a large, green _______ of lettuce for tonight’s salad. A) business B) job C) house
A) head B) jar C) can D) half a cup
6. If my toothache doesn’t stop, I’ll go to the ______.
9. Would you like a _______ of chocolate or vanilla ice cream? A) doctor B) dentist C) hospital
A) half dozen B) pint C) bag D) can
7. Water expands when it ______.
10. Pick up _______ of whole wheat bread at the bakery. A) freezes B) thaws C) flows
A) half a pound B) a box C) a twelve-pack D) a loaf
8. The teacher was angry because Tom kept asking lots of stupid
11. I need _______ eggs for the Easter egg hunt. ______.
A) a gallon B) a quart of C) half a dozen D) a teaspoon of A) questions B) mistakes C) answers

12. I need a _______ of ground beef to make hamburgers for the 9. He said he was going to sail around the world in his ______.
picnic. A) car B) parachute C) yacht
A) pint B) box
C) head D) pound and a half 10. Wait while I rewind the ______.
A) television B) tape C) book
13. We need a _______ of rice to make our special chicken and rice
dish.
A) box B) gallon C) loaf D) teaspoon Food and Nutrition Quiz
1. One of the following does not belong to this food group:
14. The _______ of toothpaste are located in the health and beauty A) banana B) beef C) peach
section of the supermarket. D) nectarine E) prune
A) quarts B) tubes C) pints D) sticks
2. The food group in question 1 is:
15. Pick up a _______ of soda for the party tonight. A) Meat, Poultry, Fish, Beans, Eggs, and Nuts Group
A) head B) jar C) bag D) six-pack B) Fats, Oils and Sweets Group
C) Fruit Group
16. Order _______ Swiss cheese at the deli counter. D) Bread, Cereal, Rice and Pasta Group
A) a pint B) half a pound C) a quart D) a jar E) Milk, Yogurt, and Cheese Group

17. This recipe needs a _______ of salt. 3. What food doesn’t belong to this food group?
A) teaspoon B) loaf C) six-pack D) stick A) chicken B) steak C) lamb
D) crab E) kiwi
18. Go get a _______ of bananas in the produce section at the front of
the store. 4. The food group in question #3 is:
A) head B) dozen C) bunch D) pint A) Bread, Cereal, Rice and Pasta Group
B) Meat, Poultry, Fish, Beans, Eggs, and Nuts Group
19. We need a _______ of orange juice for tomorrow morning. C) Vegetable Group
A) pound B) quart C) bag D) stick D) Milk, Yogurt, and Cheese Group
E) Fats, Oils and Sweets Group
20. Buy a _______ of chocolate chip cookies for dessert.
A) bag B) half a gallon C) teaspoon D) loaf 5. What food doesn’t belong to this food group?
A) apricot B) squash C) zucchini
D) potato E) broccoli
Gender-Free Language
What are the gender-free words for the following? 6. The food group in question 5 is:
A) Meat, Poultry, Fish, Beans, Eggs, and Nuts Group
1. stewardess - ______? B) Fruit Group
2. policeman - ______? C) Vegetable Group
3. mailman - ______? D) Fats, Oils and Sweets Group
4. chairman - ______? E) Bread, Cereal, Rice and Pasta Group
5. spokesman - ______?
6. anchorman - ______? 7. What food doesn’t belong to this food group?
7. poetess - ______? A) chocolate milk B) cream cheese C) ice cream
8. actress - ______? D) salad dressing E) yogurt
9. housewife - ______?
10. manpower - ______? 8. The food group in question 7 is:
11. wife or husband - ______? A) Fruit Group
12. mothering - ______? B) Dairy Group
13. foreman - ______? C) Vegetable Group
14. salesmanship - ______? D) Meat, Poultry, Fish, Beans, Eggs, and Nuts Group
15. man, mankind - ______? E) Fats, Oils and Sweets Group

9. What food doesn’t belong to this food group?

Finish the Sentence A) cookies B) candy C) salad dressing
1. She usually is a careful driver but yesterday she had a(an) ______. D) cherries E) butter
A) accident B) happening C) incident
10. The food group in question 9 is:
2. She was fishing from the river ______. A) Dairy Group
A) cliff B) valley C) bank B) Vegetable Group
C) Meat, Poultry, Fish, Beans, Eggs, and Nuts Group
3. It took him three times to pass his driving ______. D) Bread, Cereal, Rice and Pasta Group
A) competition B) match C) test E) Fats, Oils and Sweets Group

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11. What food doesn’t belong to this food group? 8. A: I scored 660 points at the TOEFL test!
A) noodles B) crackers C) scallion B: ___! That’s amazing!
D) macaroni E) cous cous A) Wow B) Aha C) Woe

12. The food group in question 11 is: 9. Your children are making a lot of noise and you want to hear the
A) Bread, Cereal, Rice and Pasta Group news on the radio. How do you urge silence?
B) Meat, Poultry, Fish, Beans, Eggs, and Nuts Group A) Shh! B) Tut-tut C) Ow!
C) Vegetable Group
D) Fats, Oils and Sweets Group 10. ______! The spinach soup is out of this world!
E) Fruit Group A) Mmm B) Yuk C) Uh

13. Which of the following beverages has no fat, sugar, or oils?

A) milk B) root beer Meat
C) coffee with cream D) iced tea unsweetened
E) lemonade 1. When the flesh of a cow or bull is used as meat it’s called ______.
2. This meat is sliced and served fried with eggs, sausages and
bread for breakfast.
What Fruit...? 3. What word is used for the meat of a pig when it’s used as meat?
4. Young sheep’s meat is called ______.
1. What fruit gave Sir Isaac Newton a headache and is famous in the 5. The flesh of a fully grown sheep is called ______.
stories of Adam and Eve? 6. The flesh of a deer used for eating is known as ______.
2. What fruit was traditionally stepped on by foot to make wine? 7. The collective word for the flesh of animals such as rabbits,
3. What fruit is needed to make a ‘Pina Colada’ cocktail? pigeons and deer hunted for sport or food is ______.
4. What fruit comes in ‘bunches’ and has an easy to peel yellow 8. Roe and Caviar are the eggs of ______.
skin? 9. Roosters, hens, ducks, and turkeys when bred for food or for their
5. What fruit is ‘Seville’ famous and is used to make marmalade? eggs are collectively known as ______.
6. What red fruit is sour and used to make marmalade and juice? 10. The bits considered less valuable of an animal such as the heart,
7. What fruit are ‘water’, ‘cantaloupe’, and ‘honeydew’ all types of? wings, and liver that are used for food are known as ______.
8. What fruit are people likened to if they have an excess of body fat
around the hips and bottom?
9. What fruit when dried becomes a prune? The logic list
10. What fruit is used to make jam and is served with a shortcake Complete the logic list of words.
base?
1. Shark, carp, catfish, trout ______.
A) salamander B) toad C) frog
House Words D) herring E) turtle
1. Where do you find a toaster and a kettle?
2. Piano, organ, bagpipe, violin ______.
2. Where do you find pillows, blankets, and an alarm clock?
A) kettle B) kettledrum C) violet
3. Where do you find shampoo, soap, and a shower?
D) pinochle E) organic
4. Where do you find a T.V., a sofa and a coffee table?
5. Where do you find coat hangers and clean clothes?
3. Sea, ocean, river, lake, ______.
6. Where do you find bicycles, the car and various odds and ends?
A) seaman B) riverside C) beach
7. Where do you find spades, a hose, bulbs and gardening gloves?
D) pond E) shelf
8. Where do you find a cot, nappies or diapers, and a romper suit?
9. Where do you find a washing machine, soap powder and dirty
4. Arm-chair, coffee-table, settee, scatter-cushion, ______.
socks?
A) wall-unit B) walking stick C) hall-mirror
10. Where do you find lavatory paper, air freshener and a seat cover?
D) coat hanger E) umbrella stand

5. Oak, silver-birch, poplar, willow, ______.

Interjections
A) ashtray B) ash C) seed
1. Paraphrase the interjection used in the following dialogue. D) cork E) rubber
A: I’ve forgotten to tell John about the party.
B: Eh? 6. Tree, trunk, root, leaf, ______.
A) What did you say? B) Really? C) How come? A) paper B) branch C) fruit
D) roof E) mushroom
2. Which of the following interjections is NOT an expression of
surprise or wonder? 7. Bread, butter, sugar, cream, ______.
A) Gee! B) Gosh! C) Boo! A) shark B) scholar C) kids
D) cheese E) steam
3. You are vegetarian and you are offered a dish of raw meat. What
do you think? 8. A hat, a cap, a scarf, a shirt, ______.
A) Ugh! B) Hurrah! C) Yippee! A) an umbrella B) a shade C) trousers
D) a bag E) a stick
4. Somebody has just stepped on your toe. Which interjection would
best fit the situation? 9. Speak, talk, tell, say, ______.
A) Yoo-hoo! B) Ouch! C) Eh! A) run B) swim C) utter
D) laugh E) go
5. You are most likely to hear or use the interjection boo ______.
A) at a theatrical performance 10. Teacher, headmaster, form mistress, principal ______.
B) while listening to a political speech A) child B) pupil C) woman
C) on both of the above mentioned occasions D) teenager E) man

6. ______, Mary! Come here! I want to talk to you. 11. Worker, teacher, businessman, doctor, ______.
A) Oops B) Mmm C) Hey A) letter carrier B) classroom C) park
D) weather E) girl
7. ‘Ta’ is synonymous of ______.
A) take it easy B) thank you C) tra-la-la

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12. Wood, metal, brick, glass, ______. Word definition
A) ink B) clay C) sugar
D) pepper E) fruit 1. Someone who carries a message is ______.
A) worker B) messenger C) peace maker
13. Tree, plant, flower, bush, ______. D) foreigner E) stranger
A) field B) bird C) animal
D) grass E) insect 2. A writer of verses of any kind is ______.
A) an author B) a novelist C) a dramatist
14. Farm, village, town, city, ______. D) a poet E) a writer
A) park B) harbor C) garden 3. A food made from milk is ______.
D) corner E) settlement A) ham B) cheese C) stew
D) pepper E) roll

The most general meaning 4. The part of a room you walk on is ______.
Find the word with the most general meaning. A) ceiling B) carpet C) rug
D) floor E) wall
1. A) clever B) honest C) kind
D) polite E) good 5. A bulb like vegetable with a strong smell and flavor and unpleasant
taste is ______.
2. A) stories B) novels C) poems A) onion B) potato C) tomato
D) books E) tales D) carrot E) cabbage

3. A) apple B) fruit C) pear 6. The first letter of a word or a name means ______.
D) apricot E) cherry A) signature B) alphabet C) voice
D) initial E) injury
4. A) a cow B) a horse C) a mule
D) an animal E) a dog 7. Someone you do not know is ______.
A) inhabitant B) man C) woman
5. A) men B) women C) girls D) native E) stranger
D) boys E) people
8. A sea voyage for pleasure is ______.
6. A) cabin B) palace C) house A) by sea B) ship C) seashore
D) hut E) building D) cruise E) sea steamer

7. A) brick B) stone 9. Someone who makes or looks after machines is ______.

C) construction materials D) wood A) economist B) worker C) teacher
E) clay D) engineer E) member

8. A) dollars B) money C) franks 10. UFO stands for ______.

D) sums E) pounds A) Unknown Flying Object
B) Unmanned Flying Object
9. A) dancing B) drawing C) acting C) Unidentified Flying Object
D) art E) singing D) Unreal Flying Object
E) Unrecognizable Flying Object
10. A) man B) woman C) person
D) boy E) girl 11. A public sale where things are sold to the people who offer the
most money for them is ______.
A) audience B) attic C) auction
Types of Hats D) atlas E) astrologer

1. Panama, top and felt are all types of ______ 12. A very large pool of water with land all around is ______.
2. Baseball players wear them and now it is fashionable to wear A) garden B) object C) oath
them backwards. D) nut E) lake
3. Worn by motorcycle riders on their heads.
4. A flat hat made of felt worn by school girls and French men. 13. Two stored buses are called ______.
5. It is usually white and lacy when worn by brides. It begins with A) liners B) the underground C) street-cars
the letter “V”. D) double-deckers E) coaches
6. A square cloth folded in half and tied under the chin which begins
with the letter “H”.
7. A long piece of material wrapped around the heads of some
Indian men.
8. The headgear worn by kings and queens.
9. The headgear that is attached to a coat or jacket and can be pulled
up. It begins with a “H”.
10. This hat is mainly worn by babies, but was originally made to
keep the sun off women’s faces.

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