Ejercicios vocabulario Aptis
TASK 1. Sinónimos o palabras con el mismo significado.
Selecciona qué palabras de las que hay abajo se pueden emparejar con las palabras
numeradas.
1. amazing- 11. make-
2. bad- 12. neat-
3. calm- 13. old-
4. dangerous- 14. place-
5. enroll- 15. percentage-
6. end- 16. show-
7. fall- 17. tell-
8. happy- 18. venture-
9. idea- 19. winning-
10. little-
Palabras para elegir: serene, notion, tiny, astonishing, drop, victorious, display,
infamous, conclude, hazardous, jubilant, natty, gather, construct, enterprise, inform,
primitive, spot, portion,
TASK 2. Coloca la palabra adecuada para cada definición
1. Your seat is in the fore part of the ______.
2. You have to _____ for a certain amount of error.
3. I offered the children a _____ for finishing their homework.
4. The idea of going to college _____ to him greatly.
5. His family still holds the _____to his songs.
6. ______ has been shown to cause floods and drought.
7. Her arm was bandaged from the _____ to the fingers.
8. The ______ cast off the rope and set the boat adrift.
9. He described ______ as «an environmental time bomb ticking away».
10. He could hardly contain his _____.
11. Buses run at ______ intervals.
12. Don’t be so _______! The bus will be here soon.
13. He has a strong square _______.
14. His ______ was illustrated with slides taken during the expedition.
15. New ______ pathways are being built alongside the road.
16. He invested his life _______ in his daughter’s business.
17. «Please don’t yell at me.» She began to ______.
18. The _____ must take proper care of the place.
19. The ______ agreements is advantageous to both countries.
20. She was a ______ of the incident.
Palabras a elegir: savings, aircraft. trade, pedestrian, witness, fisherman, bribe,
copyright, deforestation, lecture, tenant, jaw, elbow, appealed, warming, impatient,
lecture, fury, sniffle, hourly, allow, global warming
TASK 3. Completa los huecos con la palabra correspondiente.
1. She doesn’t have much __________. Just three small bags.
2. I need some _________ to light the fire.
3. His cart was pulled by two ___________.
4. He stood on the edge of the ________.
5. This would attract industry and commerce, and ______ bring about the creation
of jobs.
6. Carla’s English is very bad. She must make ____________ progress.
7. George is unemployed. He’s looking for a __________.
8. If you want to leave work early, you have to ask for ___________ .
9. I don’t think Ann will get the job. She hasn’t got enough ______________.
10. Her words contained an implicit _______ .
11. Tom _______ exploded in laughing when he opened the gift.
12. Pam assured me she was _________ sure where the park was.
13. We didn’t plan to meet. It was________ coincidence we met.
14. Please! Don’t ________ my time again.
15. There was an emergency! He had to go to the hospital because it was a very
__________ cut.
16. Our uncle is a very _________ smoker since he smokes two packets a day.
17. We could get up the steep hill only because our car is a very ___________ one.
18. Nick! I don’t know him that well. He’s only a ____________ acquaintance.
19. My aunt is definetely an honest and ____________ citizen.
20. I think we got lost? Actually, we are _____________ lost.
Respuestas a elegir: totally, deep, progress, powerful, job, cliff, oxen, pure, heavy,
casual, law-abiding, quite, hence, experience, match, permission, waste, burst out.
threat, luggage
TASK 4. Completa cada palabra con su sinónimo.
1. Happy 11. Fat
2. Literally 12. Slow
3. Love 13. Mark
4. Smart 14. Great
5. Weird 15. Destroy
6. Interesting 16. Cool
7. Excited 17. Calm
8. Tired 18. Trouble
9. Annoyed 19. Scared
10. Combination 20. Wrong
Palabras a elegir: precisely, inaccurate, keen on/to, chubby, delighted, unhurried, adore,
misfortune, curious, icy, fatigued, demolish, amalgam, peaceful, tag, astute, intriguing,
misfortune, exasperated, petrified, worthy,
TASK 5. Empareja con la palabra adecuada para obtener una compuesta –collocation-.
1. action 11. solar
2. environmental 12. global
3. high 13. positive
4. metropolitan 14. cultural
5. domestic 15. deny
6. atomic 16. historical
7. economic 17. feminist
8. sexual 18. foreign
9. educational 19. mental
10. standing 20. mutual
Palabras a elegir: trust, movement, energy, ovation, movie, expectations, crisis, trade,
damage, currency, area, illness, violence, orientation, event, access, connotation, values,
programme, energy
