Vocabulary Exercise - How well can you do?

Todays's exercise is a what we call a 'mixed bag'. That means it has a bit of everything.  Let's begin.

OK, so you think you're good at English? Well, today we have ten tricky words and phrases that I think you've heard before. They're all common and, above that, they're all useful. Let's see how many of you can get 10/10 and let's see if I made any spelling mistakes...right, Yura?

For those of you who recognise the words, but can't remember the meanings, I suggest you review. An important part of learning English is to review the things you have learned in the past. It's just as important as learning new things.

Like I said, who can get 10/10? Tell us your score.

Note: Yura is a very helpful user of this site. She always gives feedback and points out my, frequent, spelling mistakes. Thanks, Yura!

Word Forms

Verb Collocations

• When I have a "dozen" of something, I have how many?
  
  11
  9
  12
  10
  
  
• A "leap year" is:
  
  366 days long
  time off between school and university
  24 months
  a happy period
  
  
• Someone who is strongly influenced by emotional feelings, especially about happy past-memories is:
  
  sentimental
  suave
  stingy
  selfish
  
  
• The opposite of "danger" is:
  
  safely
  safe
  safety
  safer
  
  
• Advice is a:
  
  noun
  neither verb or noun
  verb
  both a verb and noun
  
  
• Complete the idiom:"Every ___ has a silver lining."
  
  cloud
  crown
  crowd
  clown
  
  
• "The restuarant closes ___ midnight."
  
  to
  at
  in
  on
  
  
• Feeling as if everything is spinning round and that you will fall, is called:
  
  gassy
  silly
  dizzy
  ugly
  
  
• A person who sells meats is a:
  
  baker
  butcher
  surgeon
  vet
  
  
• Feeling ill after drinking too much alcohol, is a called a:
  
  hangover
  hangup
  hangunder
  hangon