English Vocabulary Exercises - Lots of Nouns (and derivations) - Exercise 2-4

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. People in Quebec are known for voting _______________ for the candidate that they expect to win the election.
2. Forest fires are burning in 3 different places in the province, but firefighters say the _______________ is under control.
3. When thinking about your goals for learning English, it is important to have goals which are _______________ achievable; otherwise, you may get discouraged.
4. She received a _______________ letter warning her to be careful.
5. The bicycle wagons are made with a very strong _______________ steel frame.
6. Travelling at a rate of 3 to 5 kilometres per hour, camels can carry 200 to 400 kilograms, and are able to keep up this _______________ for 6 or 7 hours a day.
7. The children laughed as the man _______________ pulled a large bouquet of flowers out of his tiny jacket pocket.
8. She injured her knee, and it takes a lot of _______________ for her just to walk across the room.
9. The children were being _______________, so the teacher told them to quiet down.
10. The _______________ of the car smelled strongly of alcohol when the driver was stopped by police.
11. I _______________ deleted some files on my computer, so now I have to start my essay all over again.
12. The young girl's face turned a _______________ white when she heard the bear in the woods behind her.
13. There are over 70 feet of nerve _______________ in one square inch of skin on the human hand.
14. The dog went out into the water to get the _______________ his master had thrown.
15. Stonehenge was built in _______________ from about 2800 B.C. to about 1075 B.C.