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Vocabulary Worksheets

by Rachel Spack Koch

Intermediate level

Azar Grammar Series: Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3rd edition

Vocabulary Worksheets help students learn new vocabulary in the context of the

grammar covered in the tables of contents of the Azar textbooks or any comparable

syllabus. An Answer Key and Word List for target vocabulary are provided for

each chapter. You may download, reproduce and adapt the material to suit your

classroom needs. Vocabulary Worksheets are available as Word documents or PDF

files.

Chapter 4—The Present Perfect and The Past Perfect

1. Reading: Oldest College Graduate

2. Vocabulary practice


4. Reading: A Book Review



7. Similar or different?

8. Conversation completions

9. Vocabulary review

10. Scrambled letters

Answer Key

Word List


Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3rd Edition

Chapter 4: The Present Perfect and the Past Perfect

Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. Permission granted to reproduce or adapt for classroom use.

Worksheet 1. Reading: Oldest College Graduate

Read the passage and then answer the questions on the next page.

Oldest College Graduate

In May 2007, many thousands of graduates throughout the

country received their college diplomas. At Fort Hays State

University in Kansas, there was a unique graduating senior:

Nola Ochs, a 95-year-old great-grandmother.

Ms. Ochs graduated from high school in 1929, but she didn’t start college

until almost 50 years later, after her husband had died. Until then, she had

been living and working on the family farm and raising her four sons. After

the boys grew up, she attended her first college class, about agribusiness,

the business of farming. She liked the college campus so much that she

enrolled in many more classes.

In a radio interview with National Public Radio just before graduation she

said, “I’ve taken lots of history classes, civilization classes, composition

classes, public speaking and computer classes.” She has been writing her

college papers on her laptop. In fact, she has written over 100 papers. Her

bachelor’s degree is in general subjects with a major in history.

Ms. Ochs has accomplished a great deal, and says she is very proud of her

achievements. But she is most proud of her family: three living sons, 13

grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. One of her granddaughters, 21-

year-old Alexandra Ochs, attended the university at the same time and

graduated with her.

About the future? Ms. Ochs – the oldest person who has ever graduated from

college -- says she would like to get a job on a cruise ship that goes around

the world.


Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3rd Edition



Worksheet 1, page 2

Circle the correct answer based on the reading.

1. What is the passage about?

a. The difficulty of college

b. The oldest person who has ever graduated from

college

c. Living on a farm

2. Which sentence is true about Nola Ochs?

a. She is attending college now.

b. She is going to attend college next year.

c. She has recently graduated from college.

3. Where did Ms. Ochs live before she attended college?

a. In a city in Kansas

b. On a farm

c. On the college campus

4. What was the first class that Ms. Ochs took?

a. History

b. The business of farming

c. Computers

5. What was Ms. Ochs’ major?

a. Agribusiness

b. Public speaking

c. History

6. According to Ms. Ochs, what is her greatest achievement?

a. Her bachelor’s degree

b. Her computer skills

c. Her family

7. Who was one of her classmates?

a. Her husband

b. Her daughter

c. Her granddaughter

8. Which sentence is true about Ms. Ochs?

a. She has had a job on a cruise ship.

b. She wants to get a job on a cruise ship.

c. She is not going to get on a cruise ship.

Vocabulary Worksheets Fundamentals of English Grammar, 3rd Edition



Worksheet 2. Vocabulary practice

Complete the sentences with the correct word from the word pool.

accomplish

achievement

bachelor’s

campus

composition

diploma

enroll

graduates

interview

laptop

major

unique

1. Cornell University has a beautiful ________________. It

consists of all of the university’s land and buildings in the area.

2. When you register for a class, you __________________ in

that class.

3. Last night on TV there was an interesting _________________________

with a woman who had climbed Mount Everest.

4. Barry always takes his ______________________ with him when he

travels. He uses it to write emails and to access the Internet.

5. Margo’s _____________________ in college was English. She

knows a lot about the English language, and is now an editor

in a publishing company.

6. You receive a __________________ when you graduate from

high school.

7. When you ______________________ something, you have succeeded.

You have tried to do something, and you have completed it successfully.

8. It’s a big __________________________ to win a gold

medal in the Olympics. Ethiopia has won 14 Olympic gold

medals in running events since 1960.

9. Students receive a _________________________

degree when they graduate from a four-year college in the United States.

10. Fingerprints of each individual are __________________.

Each person’s is different from every other person’s.





Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.

1. The mother of my grandmother is my (great-grandmother / aunt).

2. Before there was (civilization / composition), people hunted and fished for

food. They didn’t grow food.

3. Irving graduated first in his class. He had the best grades of

all the students in the class. His parents and friends are very

(friendly / proud) of him.

4. Nick and Maria graduated from Columbia University last year.

They are (bachelors / graduates) of Columbia University.

5. English 101 is a (composition / civilization) class. In the class,

you learn how to write clearly.

6. (Farming / Running) is important in Florida. This state produces a lot of

vegetables and citrus fruit.

7. If you take a trip on a (plane / cruise ship), you can relax on it for several

days.

8. Syracuse is a mid-size city. The population is about 700,000. There are

(millions / thousands) of people living there.

9. If you (attend / listen to) class every day, then you are never absent.

10. Harry is (usual / unique) in his family. He is the only one who has ever

attended college.

11. Dr. Goodson has (accomplished / enrolled) many things in his life. Last

year he won an award for all the contributions he has made to medicine.

12. Jennifer hung her (diploma / major) on the wall of her office.

13. Jack’s (major / diploma) is biochemistry. He wants to do research in the

chemistry of the brain.

14. A candidate for president has to be good at (computers /

public speaking).




Worksheet 4. Reading: A Book Review

Read the book review. Then answer the questions on the next page.

A Book Review

Richard Horne has written a book called 101 Things to Do Before

You Die (published by Bloomsbury, ©2004). This is a list of

activities and accomplishments that the author thinks will enrich his life, and

maybe your life too. The book is more than a list, though. There are

suggestions about how to accomplish each goal. There’s a page after each

activity where the reader checks off an activity when she or he completes

it. There’s a place to write down notes.

The author’s list is personal. He says that he wants to experience certain

things in his life, not just dream about them. Here are some things he wants

to say during his lifetime:

1. I have won an important award, trophy, or prize.

2. I have learned to play a musical instrument.

3. I have gone up in a hot air balloon.

4. I have stayed in a five-star hotel.

5. I have visited every country.

6. I have been present when my country won the World Cup.

7. I have learned another language.

8. I have read the greatest books ever written.

9. I have sold all my junk on eBay and made a profit.

10. I have reached 100 years of age.

Perhaps the reader wants to do these things, too.

This book appears in bookstores in the “humor” section because it is written

in a humorous way. However, there is also a message in the book: it is to

focus on doing the things that you want to do in life, and actually do them.

He believes that readers will be happy as they check off each

accomplishment and can say, “I have finally accomplished this!”

World Cup = the most important international competition in football (called “soccer”

in the U.S.A.) which is held every four years in a different country

eBay = an online website where people buy and sell things worldwide




Worksheet 4, page 2

Circle T if the statement is true according to the reading, A Book Review. Circle F if

the statement is false.

1. T / F The author wants to enrich his life.

2. T / F The author wants to accomplish many things.

3. T / F The author wants to win a prize or an award.

4. T / F The author wants to sing well.

5. T / F The author wants to fly in a space craft.

6. T / F The author wants to live in a good hotel.

7. T / F The author wants to see every country in

the world.

8. T / F The author wants to play football in the

World Cup.

9. T / F The author wants to speak another

language well.

10. T / F The author wants to write a great book.

11. T / F The author wants to buy a lot of things on eBay.

12. T / F The author wants to live to be 100, at least.





Complete each sentence with the correct word from the word pool.

accomplish

author

award

check

down

enrich

five-star

goal

junk

list

off

profit

up

1. A good education will _________________ your life.

2. When you ________________ something, you are successful.

3. The runner’s ________________ was to win the Boston Marathon. He

ran in the race and he won!

4. This closet is full of ________________. Everything in it is old and

useless. Let’s give everything away or throw it out.

5. Janet won the ________________ for being the best student in her

class.

6. I make my ________________ of the things I need to buy before I go

to the supermarket.

7. Then I ________________ off these items one by one after I put

them in my shopping cart.

8. Kim is afraid of high places. He gets nervous every time that he

goes________________ in an elevator.

9. When you make more money than you spend or lose, you make a

________________.

10. When you make a note to yourself, or want to remember

something, you write it ________________.

11. Travel experts write about hotels and restaurants. They give

them stars to describe the quality. A bad place will have

one star or no stars, and an excellent place will have

several stars. An excellent hotel would be a ________________ hotel.





Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence.

1. Painters paint pictures. (Authors / Events) write books,

articles, plays, and movies.

2. All the students were in class yesterday. All the

students were (absent / present).

3. In many countries, a person can vote as soon as she or he (gets /

reaches) 18.

4. When you tell someone how to do something, you are making (an

accomplishment / a suggestion).

5. The movie has won a number of (awards / balloons) for the best picture of

the year.

6. A five-star restaurant is probably (expensive / far away).

7. Our teacher is quite (humorous / happy). He has told us lots of funny

stories.

8. Have you ever dreamed (off / about) flying?

9. Check (on / off) all the things on this list that you have already done.

10. (Write / Read) your password on a piece of paper and put it in your desk

drawer.

11. Please leave a (message / prize) on my voice mail.

12. You can read a (description / prize) of the five-star hotel in the guide

book.

13. My grandmother has traveled in 87 countries during her (lifetime /

activities).

14. This is a difficult problem. Let’s (enrich / focus on) it now. We need to find

a solution.

15. Aunt Sarah says she is 39, but (actually / finally) she is 49. She was born

49 years ago.




Worksheet 7. Similar or different?

Decide whether the two words in each pair are similar or different and put a check

in the correct column.

Similar Different

1. unique / usual

2. profit / loss

3. proud / ashamed

4. present / absent

5. award / prize

6. junk / garbage

7. humorous / funny

8. enroll /register

9. win /lose

10. enrich / improve

11. personal / public

12. author / writer

13. accomplishment / achievement




Worksheet 8. Conversation completions

Complete the conversations. Some are imaginary and some are real. Fill in the

blanks with the letter of the correct phrase.

a. he had already left

b. I think everything you’ve been doing for the planet is

wonderful

c. I’ve read all seven of the books you’ve written.

d. I’d read all seven of the books you’ve written

e. she has already said that

f. You had played great

g. You played great

1. A: Hello, Mr. Gore. I’m Rachel, and I’m a fan of your work for the

environment.

B: Well, thank you, Rachel. I’m glad to meet you too.

A: _______.

B: That’s good to hear! You’ve made my day!

2. A: Hello, Ms. Rowling. I’m Tim, and I’m a fan of yours. You’re my favorite

author.

B: Thank you very much, Tim. It’s a pleasure to meet you too.

A: _______. I hope you write another one.

B: I’m glad you like them. I’m going to do one more before I retire.

3. A: Good work, guys! You were awesome out there on the field in the first

half, and ....

B: Thanks, Coach Lombardi.

A: _______! But the game isn’t over yet! You have to keep it up in the

second half.

B: We will, Coach, we will!

4. A: So, did you get the interview with the president, Candace?

B: No, I didn’t. I got stuck in traffic!

A: You weren’t present at the press conference?

B: No! By the time I got there, _______.

a fan of yours = someone who greatly admires you

you’ve made my day= you’ve made my day a wonderful one

awesome = wonderful, excellent, terrific

keep it up = continue in the same way

got stuck = was in a place where it was impossible to move




Worksheet 9. Vocabulary review

Check all the words that can complete the sentence logically.

1. A rock star usually has a lot of _______.

fans degrees civilization graduates

2. The concert was _______!

proud great awesome terrible

3. Dr. Tanaka won an award for her _______.

accomplishment achievement research work

4. We were late for work because we got stuck in _______.

traffic the elevator the farm college

5. Lara will graduate next week. She’ll get her _______.

cruise degree activity diploma

6. All those things are not good. Throw them out. They're _______.

awards trophies junk prizes

7. Everybody laughed because the story was _______.

serious funny humorous unique

8. Sue is good in languages. Spanish is going to be her _______.

major profit degree graduation




Worksheet 10. Scrambled letters

Unscramble the letters to make words. Write the word in the blank space. All the

words are in Chapter 4.

Places

m a r f ____________farm__________________________

c y i t __________________________________________

l e c o e g l __________________________________________

s c a p u m __________________________________________

Adjectives

o u p r d __________________________________________

n u n y f __________________________________________

q u i n e u __________________________________________

a s w e e o m __________________________________________

Verbs

w n i __________________________________________

o s l e __________________________________________

r i c h e n __________________________________________

r l o e n l ________________________________________________



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Answer Key

Worksheet 1

1. b.

2. c.

3. b.

4. b.

5. c.

6. c.

7. c.

8. b.

Worksheet 2

1. campus

2. enroll

3. interview

4. laptop

5. major

6. diploma

7. accomplish

8. achievement

9. bachelor’s

10. unique

Worksheet 3

1. great-grandmother

2. civilization

3. proud

4. graduates

5. composition

6. Farming

7. cruise ship

8. thousands

9. attend

10. unique

11. accomplished

12. diploma

13. major

14. public speaking



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Worksheet 4

1. T

2. T

3. T

4. F

5. F

6. F

7. T

8. F

9. T

10. F

11. F

12. T

Worksheet 5

1. enrich

2. accomplish

3. goal

4. junk

5. award

6. list

7. check

8. up

9. profit

10. down

11. five-star

Worksheet 6

1. Authors

2. present

3. reaches

4. a suggestion

5. an award

6. expensive

7. humorous

8. about

9. off

10. Write

11. message

12. description

13. lifetime

14. focus on

15. actually



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Worksheet 7

1. Different

2. Different

3. Different

4. Different

5. Similar

6. Similar

7. Similar

8. Similar

9. Different

10. Similar

11. Different

12. Similar

13. Similar

Worksheet 8

1. b.

2. c.

3. g.

4. a.

Worksheet 9

1. fans

2. great, awesome, terrible

3. accomplishment, achievement, research, work

4. traffic, the elevator

5. degree, diploma

6. junk

7. funny, humorous, unique

8. major

Worksheet 10

Places

farm

city

college

campus

Adjectives

proud

funny

unique

awesome



Page 4 of 4


Verbs

win

lose

enrich

enroll




Word List

absent

accomplish

accomplishment

achievement

activity

actually

attend

author

award

awesome

bachelor’s

balloon

campus

check

city

civilization

college

composition

cruise ship

degree

description

different

diploma

elevator

enrich

enroll

event

expensive

fan

far away

farm

farming

finally

five-star

focus on

funny

get

goal

graduate

great

great-grandmother

happy

humorous

interview

junk

laptop

lifetime

list

lose

major

message

place

present

prize

profit

proud

public speaking

reach

research

similar

suggestion

terrible

thousand

traffic

unique

win

work

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