Vocabulary is one of the basic elements in using a language. It will influence your ability of understanding and communication without enough Vocabulary. But we also know that it is hard to memorize words, so the following verbs, nouns, adjectives and adverbs, phrasal verbs, prepositional phrases excercises are given, and each key has detailed explain. We hope you will benefit from it through doing these exercises.

　Exercises Five

　　　1. The firm is too small to ______ with large international companies.
　　　 A. contrast　 B. contest　 C. content　 D.contract

　　　2. We ______ a small house in Newtown for a year.
　　　 A. hired　 B. engaged 　 C. rented　 D.employed

　　　3. The government is keeping a close ______ on the activities of that political party.
　　　 A. attention　 B. watch　 C. notice　 D.observation

　　　4. Getting up is an everyday______ .
　　　 A. happening　 B. occurrence　 C. incident　 D.event

　　　5. The young actress was given a ______ part in the new play .
　　　 A. little　 B. junior　 C. slight　 D. minor

　　　6. He was lucky that the bullet hadn't entered a (n)______ organ.
　　　 A. elementary　 B. vital　 C. fundamental　 D. essential

　　　7. The weather turned warm unexpectedly, making the trees ______ leaf.
　　　 A. burst with　 B. burst into　 C. burst out　 D.burst in

　　　8. The cricket team had to ______ the game because of rain.
　　　 A. call for　 B. call off　 C.call up　 D.call on

　　　9. After we had been in the village a few months we so liked it that we decided to settle
　　　　there______.
　　　 A. in turn　　 B. as usual
　　　 C. for good　 D. at most

　　　10. He said he was ______ people working shorter hours.
　　　 A. instead of　　　　 B. in honour of
　　　 C. in place of　　　 D. in favour of