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English Vocabulary multiple choice exercise for Intermediate Level

Latihan soal ini bisa digunakan sebagai bahan pengayaan atau persiapan Olimpiade bahasa Inggris untuk siswa SMP/MTs, ditujukan untuk menambah kekayaan kosa kata (vocabulary) bahasa Inggris mereka. Mari kita coba mengerjakan quiz atau latihan soal Bahasa Inggris pilihan ganda ini.

Start of Vocabulary Quiz

1. The animal is not tame, so don’t ... it.
   1. greet
   2. quicken
   3. operate
   4. provoke
2. In some countries, employers are accused of ... their workers by paying them low wages.
   1. exploding
   2. exploiting
   3. exposing
   4. exploring
3. Rupiah is Indonesian ....
   1. currency
   2. fund
   3. cash
   4. dollar
4. The air was very hot and still, but then came a few gentle ... of wind, followed by a good breeze.
   1. gales
   2. blows
   3. puffs
   4. blasts
5. It’s no good hiring someone who’s never taught in high school before. We need an ... teacher.
   1. experimented
   2. exploited
   3. experienced
   4. explored
6. I am sure the debate contest can be held next month, but I can’t ... it yet.
   1. convey
   2. confine
   3. condemn
   4. confirm
7. The weather forecast ... that it would rain this evening.
   1. asked
   2. spoke
   3. prevented
   4. predicted
8. The house has become very cold. Maybe something’s wrong with the central ....
   1. heat
   2. heating
   3. hotter
   4. hot
9. Microsoft is a huge, international ....
   1. competitor
   2. corporation
   3. conference
   4. companion
10. Most cars are fitted with a ... for locking the steering-wheel to prevent theft.
    1. cable
    2. tool
    3. device
    4. window
11. Remember this ... - “Think Before You Speak”.
    1. principle
    2. prejudice
    3. prospect
    4. principal
12. The doctors didn’t know what was wrong with Dad, so they decided to do an ... of his blood.
    1. amendment
    2. artificial
    3. analysis
    4. acknowledgement
13. There’s a lot of ... in the school laboratory.
    1. applicable
    2. apology
    3. apparatus
    4. apparel
14. Please send that letter by express. It’s very ....
    1. urgent
    2. earnest
    3. great
    4. hurried
15. Your heart makes your blood ... around your body.
    1. circumstance
    2. cynical
    3. cleared
    4. circulate
16. Some people believe that if a person dies violently in a house, his ghost may come back to ... it.
    1. haunt
    2. bother
    3. visit
    4. disturb
17. The ... of the examination depends on how many subjects you take.
    1. ticket
    2. fee
    3. coast
    4. salary
18. Please don’t pass this information on to anyone else. It’s ....
    1. confidential
    2. secretion
    3. confident
    4. believable
19. There’s a very interesting ... about Lapindo in today’s newspaper.
    1. annual
    2. appendix
    3. articulation
    4. article
20. The rich lady owns a lot of ... in the middle of our town.
    1. prosperity
    2. preparation
    3. properly
    4. property
21. The rooms on this floor connect.
    Which is closest in meaning to "connect"?
    1. beat
    2. fight
    3. persuade
    4. join
22. She suffered from a deadly disease.
    Which is closest in meaning to "deadly"?
    1. fatal
    2. death
    3. alive
    4. hell
23. Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
    Which is closest in meaning to "opportunity"?
    1. chance
    2. entry
    3. change
    4. leave
24. We must preserve our natural resources.
    Which is closest in meaning to "preserve"?
    1. keep
    2. serve
    3. offer
    4. prepare
25. We refuse to talk to terrorists.
    Which is closest in meaning to "refuse"?
    1. reject
    2. fresh
    3. diffuse
    4. confuse
26. Water can be made pure by distilling it.
    Which is the antonym of "pure"?
    1. empty
    2. true
    3. impure
    4. push
27. The patient made a rapid recovery.
    Which is the antonym of "rapid"?
    1. hit
    2. smart
    3. slow
    4. jump
28. His political ideas are rather extreme.
    Which is the antonym of "extreme"?
    1. extra
    2. terrible
    3. moderate
    4. horrific
29. False friends are worse than open enemies.
    Which is the antonym of "false"?
    1. true
    2. rises
    3. wrong
    4. gentle
30. A comfortable working environment will increase productivity.
    Which is the antonym of "increase"?
    1. include
    2. conclude
    3. reduce
    4. induce
31. A: "Did Jenny say anything about her sister?"
    B: "No, she didn't ... her at all.
    1. mend
    2. amend
    3. remind
    4. mention
32. Africa used to be called the Dark ... because so little of it was known to Europeans.
    
    1. Contingent
    2. Continent
    3. Container
    4. Country
33. After eating all those green apples, Jim got a bad ....
    
    1. ache stomach
    2. stomachache
    3. middle pain
    4. stumble ache
34. After Jane's wedding, her father made a few polite ... about her new husband's family.
    
    1. remarks
    2. marks
    3. repents
    4. remakes
35. After the accident, the driver managed to ... to the nearest house and call an ambulance.
    
    1. flatter
    2. flutter
    3. stage
    4. stagger
36. After no rain for several years, there was ... in parts of northeast India.
    
    1. fame
    2. famous
    3. famine
    4. former
37. Keeping our hands clean helps us avoid getting sick and ... germs to other people.
    
    1. spreading
    2. staying
    3. standing
    4. spraying
38. Antibodies help ... the body against infectious organisms such as bacteria and viruses .
    
    1. depend
    2. differ
    3. defy
    4. defend
39. COVID-19 is a new, infectious ... caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
    
    1. decrease
    2. decease
    3. degrade
    4. disease
40. If you’re going out in public, you have to wear a ... to protect you from breathing in or spreading germs to others.
    
    1. musk
    2. mask
    3. moustache
    4. mass

End of Vocabulary Quiz.

Let us now consider some prefixes, their usual meanings, and how they change the meanings of English words.

1.  NEGATIVE PREFIXES:

Negative prefixes can mean:

• Not: un-, in-, im-, il-, ir-. E.g.: Unmagnetized, Incomplete, Impossible, Illegal, Irregular, Irrelevant
• Not connected with: non-. E.g.: Non-programmable.
• Bad, wrong: mis-, mal-. E.g.: Misdirect, Miscalculate, malfunction.
• Opposite feeling/action: dis-. E.g.: Dislike, Disagree, Dismantle, Disconnect.
• Against: anti-. E.g.: Antiglare, Antitank.
• Reduce, reverse: de-. E.g.: Demoralize, Demagnetize, Decode.
• Too little: under-. E.g.: Underestimate. 

2.  POSITIVE PREFIXES.

Positive prefixes can mean:

• Do again: re-. E.g.: Reorganize, Recycle.
• Too much: over-. E.g.: Overload.
 

3.  PREFIXES OF SIZE.

Prefixes of size can mean:

• Half, partly: semi-. E.g.: Semiconductor.
• Equal: equi-. E.g.: Equidistant.
• Small: mini-. E.g.: Minicomputer.
• Very small: micro-. E.g.: Microorganism.
• Large, great: macro-, mega-. E.g.: Macroeconomics, Megabyte.
 

4.  PREFIXES OF LOCATION.

Prefixes of location can mean:

• Between, among: inter-. E.g.: Interface, Interactive.
• Within: intra-. E.g.: Intramural.
• Over: super-. E.g.: Supersonic.
• Across: trans-. E.g.: Transmit, Transfer.
• Out: ex-. E.g.: Exclude, Extrinsic.
• Beyond: extra-. E.g.: Extraordinary.
• Under: sub-. E.g.: Subordinate.
• Below: infra-. E.g.: Infrared.
• Around: peri-, circum-. E.g.: Peripheral, Circumstance.
• Beside: para-. E.g.: Parameter.
 

5.  PREFIXES OF TIME AND ORDER.

Prefixes of time and order can mean:

• Before: ante-, pre-, fore-. E.g.: Antecedent, Prefix, Forehead.
• First: prime-. E.g.: Primary, Primitive.
• After: post-. E.g.: Postgraduate.
• Backward: retro-. E.g.: Retroactive.

6.  PREFIXES OF NUMBERS.

Prefixes of numbers can mean:

• Half, part: semi-. E.g.: Semicircle.
• One: mono-. E.g.: Monochromatic.
• Two: bi-. E.g.: Binary.
• Three: tri-. E.g.: Triangle..
• Four: quad-. E.g.: Quadruple.
• Five: penta-. E.g.: Pentagon.
• Six: hex-. E.g.: Hexagon.
• Seven: sept(em). E.g.: September
• Eight: oct-. E.g.: Octal.
• Ten: dec-. E.g.: Decimal.
• Many: multi-, poly-. E.g.: Multitasking, Polyphonic.
 

7.  OTHER PREFIXES.

Other prefixes can mean:

• Before, in advance, forward: pro-. E.g.: Program, Progress.
• Self: auto-. E.g.: Automatic.
• Life: bio-. E.g.: Biography.
• Extremely: ultra-. E.g.: Ultraviolet.
• Cause to be: en-, em-. E.g.: Encourage, Empower.
• Together, with: co-, con-, intro-. E.g.: Coordinate, Conjunction, Introduce.
• False: pseudo-. E.g.: Pseudonym.
• Opposing: counter-, contra-. E.g.: Counterattack, Contradict.
 

In learning English, we often have difficulty using or determining the correct words or phrases. It is easy to confuse words that have similar meanings, similar spellings, or similar sounds. However, these words CANNOT be interchanged.

Here, you will learn similar words or phrases in the English language that you should anticipate, especially when you want to take the TOEFL or TOEIC tests.

Accept	Accede	Except	Expect
Advise	Advice	Advisory	Advisable
Affect	Effect	Affection	Effective
Beside	Besides	Between	Among
Borrow	Lend	Loan	Lease
Bring	Take	Carry	Fetch
Cloth	Clothes	Clothing	Clothe
Come	Go	Leave	Leave for
Continuous	Continual	Continously	Continually
Develop	Expand	Elaborate	Enhance
Equal	Same	Similar	Match
Fairly	Enough	Very	Too
Ground	Soil	Earth	Floor
Grow	Grow up	Improve	Increase
Lay	Lie	Sleep	Asleep
Lose	Loose	Lost	Loss
Money	Cash	Currency	Fund
Obtain	Earn	Win	Achieve
Pass	Past	Path	Passage
Personnel	Personal	Personally	Personality
Pretty	Beautiful	Handsome	Good-looking
Raise	Rise	Elevate	Ascend
Remember	Remind	Recollect	Memory
Say	Tell	Speak	Talk
Travel	Commute	Go	Journey
Wear	Use	Be Used to	Used to

What is an idiom (ideeum)? An idiom is an expression, word, or phrase whose sense means something different from what the words literally imply. Idioms usually do not translate well. In some cases, when an idiom is translated into another language, either its meaning is changed or it is meaningless. On this post, we are going to learn common idioms using "ALL", including their closest meaning(s) in Bahasa Indonesia.
Happy learning.

IDIOMS	MEANING	INDONESIAN	EXAMPLE
All-nighter	Work or study all night	Bekerja/belajar semalam-suntuk	Pulling an all-nighter before exams is not a good habit.
All over	Very fond (of something)	Sangat menyukai sesuatu	She's all over the latest fashions.
All shook up	Extremely excited, worried, or disturbed about something	Sangat senang, khawatir, atau terganggu oleh sesuatu	She's all shook up about her mother's illness.
All that and then some	More than what has been mentioned	Lebih dari yang sudah dikatakan	He did all that and then some to get the new job.
Go all the way	Do something completely	Mengerjakan dengan sepenuhnya	They went all the way for the championship.
Dash it all!	Expression used when very upset	Ungkapan yang dipakai saat merasa sangat kecewa	Dash it all! I didn't do well in the test.
For all I know	Based on what I know (mostly implying displeasure)	Setahu saya (umumnya untuk mengisyaratkan kekecewaan	For all I know, the government will increase the fuel price this month.
Free for all	Crazy, free, non-restricted activity (generally a fight)	Gila, Bebas (biasanya untuk pertarungan	It was a free for all! Everyone went crazy!
Have it all together	Be very poised, successful	Sangat mapan, sukses	He has it all together. The house, the wife, the kids, the great job - everything!
Hold all the aces	Have all the advantages	Unggul, memiliki keuntungan atau kendali	Unfortunately, Rita holds all the aces right now. We'll have to do what she says.
Know all the angles	Be very clever about something	Sangat pandai dalam suatu hal	He knew all the angles and answered our questions satisfactorily.
Not all there	Not intelligent, not completely focused on an activity	Kurang cerdas, tidak benar-benar fokus pada sesuatu	The student was not all there. He couldn't answer my questions.
Of all the nerve!	Expression of anger at someone's behavior	Ungkapan kemarahan atas perilaku seseorang	Of all the nerve! Did you see how she treated me?
Once and for all	Finally (usually putting an end to something)	Akhirnya (dipakai untuk mengakhiri sesuatu	We need to stop this conflict once and for all!
Pull out all the stops	Make every possible effort	melakukan segala upaya	I pulled out all the stops on the test.
Can't win them all.	Expression of acceptance after a loss or disappointment	Ungkapan setelah mengalami kekecewaan atau kekalahan	You did your best in the match and I'm proud of you. You can't win them all.