Vocabulary Size Test by nation and beglar

Vocabulary Size Test, VST by Nation & Beglar (2007)

First 1000

1. see:

They

saw

it.

a. cut

b. waited for

c. looked at

d. started

6. drive:

He

drives

fast.

a. swims

b. learns

c. throws balls

d. uses a car

a. lie on top of the water

b. get off the ground suddenly

c. stop the car at the edge of the road

d. move very fast

2. time:

a. money

They

have

a

lot

of

b. food

time

.

c. hours

d. friends

3. period:

a. question

It

was

a

difficult

b. time

period

.

c. thing to do

d. book

4. figure:

a. answer

Is

this

the

right

b. place

figure

?

c: time

d: number

5. poor:

We are

poor

.

7. jump:

She tried to

jump

.

8. shoe:

a. the person who looks after you

Where is your

shoe

?

b. the thing you keep your money in

c. the thing you use for writing

d. the thing you wear on your foot

9. standard:

a. the bits at the back under her shoes

Her

standards

are

b. the marks she gets in school

very high.

c. the money she asks for

d. the levels she reaches in everything

a. answer

b. place to take a rest

c. next step

d. main part

a. have no money

10. basis:

b. feel happy

This was used as the

c. are very interested

basis

.

d. do not like to work hard.

Second 1000:

1. maitain:

a. keep it as it is

Can

they

b. make it larger

maintain

it?

c. get a better one than it

d. get it

:

a. hard thing

They

sat

on

a

b. kind of chair

stone

.

c. soft thing on the floor

d. part of a tree

3. upset:

I am

upset

.

a. tired

b. famous

c. rich

d. unhappy

6. nil:

a. very bad

His

mark

for

that

b. nothing

question was

nil

.

c. very good

d. in the middle

7. pub:

a. place where people drink and talk

They

went

to

the

b. place that looks after money

pub

.

c. cupboard to keep things cold

d. animal house

8. circle:

Make a

circle

.

a. rough picture

b. space with nothing in it.

c. round shape

hole

4. drawer:

a. sliding box

9. microphone:

a. machine for making food hot

The

drawer

b. place where cars are kept

Please

use

the

b. machine that makes sounds louder

was empty.

c:

cupboard

to

keep

things

microphone.

c. machine that makes things look bigger

cold

d.

samll

telephone

that

can

be

carried

d: animal house

around

5. patience:

a. will not wait happily

He

has

no

b. has no free time

c. has no faith

patience.

not know what is fair

10. pro:

He is a

pro

.

a.

someone

who

is

employed

to

find

out

important secrets.

b. a stupid person

c. someone who writes for a newspaper

e who is paid for playing a sport

1

Third 1000

1. soldier:

a. person in a business

He is a

soldier

.

b. student

c. person who uses metal

d. person in the army

2. restore:

a. said again

It

has

been

to a different person

restored

.

c. given a lower price

d. made like new again

3. jug:

a. a container for pouring liquids

He was holding

b. an informal discussion

a

jug

.

c. a soft cap

d. a weapon that exploes

4. scrub:

g shallow lines into it

He

is

b. repairing it

scrubbing

it.

c: rubbing it hard to clean it

d: drawing simple pictures of it

5. dinosaur:

The

children

were

pretending

to

be

dinosaurs

.

6. strap:

He

broke

strap

.

a. promise

the

b. top cover

c. shallow ish for food

d.

strip

of

material

for

holding

things

together

a. prevented from going through

b. divided

c. given gold edges

d. covered with a hard surface

7. pave:

It was

paved

.

8. dash:

a. moved quickly

They

dash

ed

b. moved slowly

over it.

c. fought

d. looked quickly

9. rove:

a. getting drunk

He

couldn

’

t

stop

b. travelling around

roving

.

c.

making

a

musical

sound

through

closed lips

d. working hard

a. ungrateful

b. very tired

c. lonely

d. full of energy

a. robbers who work at sea

me:

b.

very

small

creatures

with

He felt

lonesome

.

human form but with wings

c. large creatures with wings that

breathe fire

d.

animals

that

live

a

long

time

ago.

Fourth 1000

1. compound:

They

made

a

new

compound

.

a. agreement

6. input:

ation,

power,etc.

put

into

b.

thing

made

of

two

or

more

We

need

more

something

parts

input

.

b. workers

of

people

forming

a

c. artificial filling for a whole in wood

business

d. money

d. guess based on past experience

7. crab:

Do

you

crabs

?

a. sea creatures that walk sideways

like

b. very thin small cakes

c. tight, hard collars

d. large black insects that sing at night

2. latter:

a. man from the church

I agree with the

b. reason given

latter

.

c. last one

d. answer

3. candid:

Please

candid

.

a. be careful

be

b. show sympathy

c. show fairness to bothe sides

d. say what you really think

8. vocabulary:

a. words

You

will

need

b. skill

more

vocabulary

c. money

d. guns

9. remedy:

a. way to fix a problem

We

found

a

good

b. place to eat in public

remedy

.

c. way to prepare food

d. rule about numbers

2

4. tummy:

a. cloth to cover the head

Look

at

my

b. stomach

tummy

.

c: small furry animal

d: thumb