English Vocabulary Exercises - Lots of Nouns (and derivations) - Exercise 1-2

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. You can buy a big _______________ of carrots at the farmer's market for only £3.
2. The _______________ of Bonsai trees are constantly trimmed to keep the trees from growing very big.
3. After the firecracker went off in his hand, Stu lost all _______________ in his fingers for about 5 minutes.
4. _______________ is backed up for 5 miles due to a bad accident on the highway.
5. His official _______________ is Director of Communications.
6. Why do my teenage children always leave such a _______________ in the bathroom?
7. We need to sharpen the _______________ of your skates before your next hockey game.
8. Australia's largest bird, the emu, has the _______________ to run over 65 kilometres an hour.
9. She has a big _______________ between her front teeth.
10. His _______________ in God was shaken by the death of his son in an accident caused by a drunk driver.
11. Your mother just baked a big _______________ of cookies to take on our camping trip.
12. He is working at an astrophysical observatory doing research into the _______________ of the universe.
13. Our credit card users have certain _______________, such as discounts at certain stores, travel insurance, etc.
14. Do you have a piece of string I could use to tie up this _______________?
15. Many people living in large cities develop health problems as a _______________ of the air pollution there.