Check your Vocabulary for IELTS.pdf

general vocabulary
Shape & features
A. (Shape) Match the words below with the picture that best represents each word.
1. pyramid 2. cube 3. crescent 4. spiral 5. cone 6. sphere
• 7. rectangle 8. triangle 9. square 10. circle 11. cylinder 12. oval
B. (Shape) Look at the following list of words and decide what the correct adjective form is,
A, B or C.
1. sphere A. spherous B. spherical C. spherocous
2. cube A. cubed B. cubous C cubal
3. cone A. conacular B. conous C. conical
4. rectanale A. rectanalous B. rectanglis C. rectangular
5. trianale A. trianaular B. trianalous C triangled
6, circle A. circled B. circulous C circular
7. square A. square B. squaret C. squarous
8. cylinder A. cvlindrous B. cylindal C cylindrical
C. (Features) Match the descriptions on the left with the objects, geographical features, etc.,
on the right.
1. a sharp edge with jagged teeth A. a country road in very poor condition
2. steep, with a pointed peak B. somebody's hair
3. rolling, with undulating wheat fields C a very old tree
4. curved, with a smooth surface D. a knife
5. flat, with words and dotted lines E. a slow-moving river
6. wavy, with blonde hi-lights F. a mountain
7. meandering, with a calm surface G. a banana
8. winding and bumpy, with deep potholes H. agricultural countryside
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9. hollow, with rough bark I. an application form
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