IGCSE ESL UNIT 10 VOCABULARY

The rent takes a large_______________ out of my monthly salary.

• chunk

• block

• trigger

• rectile

He has______________ his life to the preservation of nature.

• blocked

• dedicated

• retained

• diminished

Tom ____________ Mary's way and wouldn't let her enter the room.

• retained

• glanced

• blocked

• dedicated

She felt an________________ need to tell someone about what had happened.

• recite

• pace

• miserable

• overwhelming

We have developed a new_______________ for detecting errors in the manufacturing process.

• reward

• technique

• recollection

• trigger

Built in 1830, the house _________________ many of its original features.

• retains

• recollection

• recognition

• survey

We've seen our house ________________- greatly/sharply/substantially in value over the last six months.

• chunk

• diminish

• glance

• overlook

There's a_______________ for whoever finishes first.

• recignition

• recollection

• pace

• reward

When he returned to his home town after the war, he found it had changed out of all/beyond all____________________

• recognition

• comprehension

• comprehend

• survey

I have many pleasant__________________ of the time we spent together.

• recognition

• recollections