Exercise 12. Vocabulary. Part I

Look at the sentences, and then choose the best option to complete them by clicking on the choices below. When you have finished, click on "answers" at the bottom of the page.

Questions 1-15.
1. A person who is feeling unwell is feeling -
a. off-colour b. a bit blue c. in the dumps d. a cold shoulder
2. If you take someone's place you ........ for them.
a. work over b. stand in c. jump up d. fill up
3. Suggestions that you should follow are called -
a. instructions. b. hints c. insinuations d. guidelines
4. If you have to start before everyone else you should be '.... and early'!
a. quick b. sharp c. bright d. alert
5. Keeping thieves out of the building is the job of -
a. reception b. health and safety c. management d. security
6. The public area of an office building is the -
a. lobby b. lounge c. waiting room d. pub area
7. The staff's phone numbers are in the...
a. private exchange b. internal directory c. pink pages d. black book
8. If you take a chance that something will be okay, you do it ... .
a. by accident b. with gambling c. on spec d. thinking wishfully
9. Spoken phone messages left on a computer are called...
a. e-voice b. speaking letters c. speak express d. voice mail
10. What does ID stand for?
a. Internal directory. b. Inside a day c. Indeed d. Identification
11. Letters that staff send and receive go through the -
a. mail room b. post box c. letter office d. stamp duty
12. To go out for a short time is to -
a. peek out b. poke out c. pop out d. peck out
13. Something that is not being looked after is ....
a. unguarded b. unattended c. unintended d. unavailabler
14. If you take someone's place for a while, you .. for them.
a. cover b. change c. replace d. impersonate
15. A quick friendly conversation is a -
a. gossip b. rumour c. dialogue d. chat

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