AWL Sublist 10 - Exercise 1c

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right with the items on the left.
1. We could _______________ finish painting the house by Sunday if the weather stays nice.
2. In 1980, during a concert tour, reggae singer Bob Marley _______________ on stage; he died 8 months later from brain cancer.
3. Evaluation of students' progress in English is _______________ throughout the session.
4. William Nagy has stated that a single _______________ with new vocabulary is not enough to lead to any great depth of word knowledge.
5. Norway's economic fortunes were boosted in the late 1960s by the discovery of oil and gas in _______________ waters.
6. In the Middle Ages, English soldiers believed that an army attacking a castle could _______________ supernatural forces to their aid if they marched counter-clockwise around the castle walls.
7. Sophie has always been artistically _______________, and is hoping to study graphic arts.
8. The police arrested a man _______________ as a security guard as he tried to enter the bank.
9. If a person's head is cut off, he will _______________ remain conscious for about eight seconds.
10. Your essay will be much stronger if you use simple, _______________ language.