AWL Sublist 3 - Exercise 2a

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right with the items on the left.

1. The professor wrote a number of sentences on the board _______________ the similarities in grammar between the two languages.
2. By lying to me about this, you have totally _______________ all the trust we had built up.
3. I can't stand this _______________ rain. We've got to go somewhere sunny for our holidays.
4. The Americans have _______________ Olympic basketball for many years.
5. Can you remember the _______________ of events leading up to the murder?
6. You are going to have to _______________ your decision to management because right now they are a little confused about this.
7. Police are talking to a number of people in order to get more information about the _______________ in which the murder occurred.
8. Frank is a writer of detective novels, and has _______________ over 10 best-sellers.
9. Our hockey team is looking for a _______________ sponsor to help us with costs.
10. Whenever you read a scientific or _______________ text in English, you will probably encounter many words you do not know.