Exercise 5. Vocabulary. Part I

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

Questions 1-15.
1. A book of instructions on how to do something is called a -
a. manual b. leaflet c. pamphlet d. exhortation
2. The record of who said what at a meeting is called the -
a. recordings b. moments c. reportings d. minutes
3. A businessman carries his papers around in a -
a. rucksack b. carry-bag c. satchel d. briefcase
4. Papers which you have to work on are called your -
a. workpaper b. paperwork c. documentation d. word processes
5. The adjective of the word 'contract' (a formal agreement) is -
a. contractive b. contractary c. contractual d. contraction
6. Something you have to do is a/n
a. obligation b. obedience c. hint d. suggestion
7. The word meaning to 'let someone know' is 'to ....
a. observe b. information c. notify d. hinder
8. Something that has been put into the place where it will be working has been -
a. installed b. attached c. inserted d. dug in
9. A special phone line with which you can contact someone urgently is a/n -
a. ISDN line b. hotline c. chatline d. firewire
10. Another word for 'absolutely necessary and urgent' is -
a. dilatory b. needy c. high-velocity d. imperative
11. Complete this proverb 'half a loaf is better than ..'
a. crumbs b. no bread c. a whole loaf d. a stale loaf
12. Someone who is not informed is 'kept
a. in secret b. off the record c. in the dark d. very quiet
13. Someone who is informed is 'kept -
a. into date b. up front c. well hush d. in the loop
14. Things you do while you are connected to the internet are done...
a. in the net b. on-line c. cyberstyle d. spamwise
15. If you stay in contact with someone, you 'keep in .. -
a. conversation b. feel c. touch d. earshot

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