CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR IELTS - Emigra a
CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR IELTS - Emigra a
CHECK YOUR ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR IELTS - Emigra a
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general vocabulary<br />
Objects & actions<br />
A. The words in the box describe the actions of the things in 1-37. Match each action with the<br />
thing it describes.<br />
evaporate • explode • change • melt • fade • bounce<br />
crumble • trickle • rise • sink • ring • contract • crack • escape<br />
stretch • wobble • congeal • burn • spill • smoulder • erupt • spin<br />
revolve • set • flow • slide • rotate • spread • erode • meander<br />
turn • subside • freeze • grow • expand • vibrate • float<br />
1. The planet Earth moving round on its axis. ______________________<br />
2. A washing machine in its final stage of a wash. ______________________<br />
3. The moon moving around the Earth. ______________________<br />
4. The CD-ROM tray on a computer base unit. ______________________<br />
5. A house slowly sinking into soft ground. ______________________<br />
6. Water slowly being converted into vapour. ______________________<br />
7. Cooking fat becoming solid on an unwashed plate. ______________________<br />
8. Traffic moving smoothly along a motorway. ______________________<br />
9. Water changing from a liquid to a solid because of the cold. ______________________<br />
10. Glass changing from a solid to a liquid in very high heat. ______________________<br />
11. A loose wheel on a car. ______________________<br />
12. Gas coming out of a faulty valve. ______________________<br />
13. A rubber ball hitting the ground and going back into the air. ______________________<br />
14. Loose windows in a window frame when a large vehicle passes nearby. ______________________<br />
15. The population of a town becoming bigger. ______________________<br />
16. A T-shirt which has been washed so often it has lost its colour. ______________________<br />
17. The sun coming up in the morning. ______________________<br />
18. The sun going down in the evening. ______________________<br />
19. A wheel on a slow-moving train. ______________________<br />
20. Traffic lights going from red to amber to green. ______________________<br />
21. Cliffs being slowly destroyed by the sea. ______________________<br />
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22. Documents being laid out on a table. ______________________<br />
For reference, see the Easier English Dictionary for Students (978 0 7475 6624 3)
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