Nissan Tests New Self Driving Car in Japan – Vocabulary Practice

Here you can practice the vocabulary found in the ESL lesson about Nissan’s self-driving cars in Japan.

In the first exercise, you must guess the meaning of the bold word from the context of the example sentence. In the second exercise, you must choose the correct form of the word to complete the sentence. Good luck!

Vocabulary in Context:

1. The driver swerved to avoid hitting the deer on the road.

a) stay away from
b) look for
c) crash into

2. The hikers faced many obstacles on the trail, such as fallen trees and steep hills.

a) easy paths
b) things that block the way
c) interesting views

3. Maria missed a week of school because she was sick, so now she has to catch up on her assignments.

a) finish earlier than planned
b) do work that was missed
c) stop doing something

4. Many small rural towns have fewer job opportunities than big cities.

a) near the ocean
b) full of tourists
c) far from the city

5. The security cameras monitor the store to make sure no one steals anything.

a) turn off
b) fix when broken
c) watch carefully

6. The manager can work remotely, so she doesn’t have to come to the office every day.

a) without using the internet
b) from far away
c) very slowly

7. Parents have the responsibility to take care of their children and keep them safe.

a) job or duty
b) problem or difficulty
c) permission to do something

8. The teacher didn’t blame the students for being late because the bus was delayed.

a) thank someone
b) ignore a problem
c) say someone did something wrong

9. Everyone was alarmed when they felt the ground shaking during the earthquake.

a) made someone worried or scared
b) made someone feel relaxed
c) gave someone useful information

10. The car accident happened when one driver ran a red light and hit another car.

a) something that happens suddenly and by mistake
b) a fun event
c) a careful plan

Word Forms:

1. His constant ________ of difficult conversations made it hard to resolve conflicts.

a) avoid
b) avoiding
c) avoidance

2. Even though she started late, she quickly ________ to the other runners.

a) caught up
b) catching up
c) catch up

3. After being sick for a week, he spent the weekend ________ on his assignments.

a) caught up
b) catch up
c) catching up

4. The doctor is ________ the patient’s condition closely.

a) monitoring
b) monitor
c) monitored

5. She prefers working in a ________ location far away from the city.

a) remotely
b) remote
c) remoteness

6. The ________ of the village makes it difficult to access healthcare services.

a) remoteness
b) remotely
c) remote

7. He is ________ for organizing the company’s annual conference.

a) responsibility
b) responsibly
c) responsible

8. The mistake was not his fault, so he refused to take the ________.

a) blame
b) blaming
c) blames

9. The rapid increase in pollution levels is quite ________.

a) alarm
b) alarming
c) alarmed

10. She ________ sent the email to the wrong person.

a) accident
b) accidental
c) accidentally

When you’re finished the vocabulary exercise, you can do the reading lesson about Nissan’s driverless cars in Japan.