English Vocabulary Exercises - Lots of Nouns (and derivations) - Exercise 3-3

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. Students are expected to be ready to discuss the book's _______________ in our next class.
2. Celeste often likes to wear fabrics with soft or silky _______________.
3. He bought an excellent sound _______________ on sale at the Sony store last weekend.
4. There are two seatbelts in the front, and three in the _______________ of the car.
5. Going shopping in the little village market was a real _______________ because no one spoke a word of English.
6. A charging elephant can reach a speed of 40 kilometres per hour for a short _______________.
7. Just stand on the _______________ here for a second so I can check your weight.
8. The _______________ of the President's visit is to improve trade relations between the two countries.
9. The suggestion that coffee will reduce the effects of alcohol is a _______________.
10. He bent the _______________ of his bicycle when he crashed into a parked car.
11. We spent the day walking down country _______________ past all the old farms.
12. The Anti-Poverty Coalition has issued a public _______________ calling on the government to increase its support for social programs in this country.
13. During the Ice Age, some parts of the Earth's surface were covered in a _______________ of ice up to 180 metres thick.
14. I broke a _______________ on my guitar in the middle of the song.
15. The _______________ of her tank top was hanging sexily off her shoulder.