English Vocabulary Exercises - Feelings, Qualities & States - Exercise 3-3

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. My boyfriend was really _______________ to my parents, and now they're so upset they want me to break up with him.
2. The children began to _______________ as their school bus slid across the icy road.
3. His family always gives _______________ to charity at Christmas time.
4. Rita looked _______________ after having to sleep in the car all night.
5. My progress in learning Spanish has been _______________ slow.
6. Our dog has a good _______________, and is great with children.
7. The soldiers marched _______________ into battle, despite being heavily outnumbered.
8. I _______________ tried to stop him, but I wasn't able to.
9. In Kuwait, traditionally there was a great social _______________ attached to being divorced, and the woman would usually lose her children as a result.
10. Audrey was only _______________ interested in coming to the movie tonight, so I don't know if she'll actually show up.
11. In my opinion, television is one of the great _______________ of modern civilization because it makes us so lazy and unimaginative.
12. Hitting the other guy from behind was a particularly _______________ act.
13. Every boy on the baseball team likes to _______________ that he is the best player, but they're all fairly even.