

Research has shown that you need to meet a word at least 7 times before you know it properly.ĭoing exercises like these, that practise words and expressions that you have already encountered, is a useful way of helping yourself to fix the vocabulary you are working on in your long-term memory. You can, of course, use these tests even if you have not been working with English Vocabulary in Use but are simply interested in assessing your knowledge of the vocabulary area covered by the test. In a few cases, vocabulary items are included which have not been presented in English Vocabulary in Else and, when this happens, the instructions for the exercise suggest that you may use a dictionary if you wish.

There are references in the contents pages and in each test to show you which unit or units each test is based on. It is based on the vocabulary presented and practised in the units of English Vocabulary in Use series. Raymond taught English as a foreign language for 17 years in Germany and the UK, but since 1988 has been a full-time writer of ELT materials. This book provides a series of tests on different aspects of English vocabulary at elementary, pre-intermediate, intermediate, upper intermediate, and advanced level. Raymond Murphy's legendary titles are known and loved the world over, and have given literally millions of students the tools they need to tackle English grammar head-on. A classic developmental skills text for beginner, pre-intermediate, intermediate, upper intermediate, and advanced students of English.
