English Vocabulary Exercises - Feelings, Qualities & States - Exercise 2-1

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. It really _______________ my wife when my son lost his job.
2. He looked at his father lying drunk on the floor, and felt a mixture of pain and _______________.
3. He is really _______________ to his children. He is always yelling at them and criticizing them for every little mistake.
4. Our neighbours are a _______________ older couple who just love children, and are always offering to babysit for us.
5. She is very _______________ that she will win the game because she has beaten her opponent a number of times in the past.
6. My father was raised in an era when men weren't expected to show their _______________, so he never really seemed to get very upset or excited about things.
7. He was full of _______________ as he gazed at his girlfriend.
8. Your grandmother has a lot of _______________ for you, and will be upset if you don't visit her while you are in town.
9. No one had much _______________ for Eleanor when she got fired, because she was such a difficult person to work with.
10. The children have grown very _______________ of our neighbours, and are upset now that they are moving away.
11. Heather is totally _______________ to stay at home with her new baby for the first couple of years.
12. I'm _______________ you like your gift. We thought it would be perfect for you.
13. It was really _______________ of her to admit her mistake to her boss.