English Vocabulary Exercises - Nouns? Verbs? Both! With derivations! - Exercise 1-3

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. Bank machines allow customers to _______________ their accounts 24 hours a day.
2. The road _______________ a bit, and then rose over the hill.
3. He _______________ with pride when the teacher gave him the award.
4. Government popularity has _______________ to its lowest level in years.
5. The Prime Minister _______________ for a few seconds before answering the reporter's question.
6. As we got nearer to the temple, we could hear the monks _______________ in Sanskrit.
7. Smoking increases your _______________ for many health problems, including cancer and heart disease.
8. Toronto _______________ in overtime to win the Stanley Cup in hockey news today.
9. The small plane was being _______________ about in the sky by strong winds.
10. The Prime Minister will _______________ his plans to reduce unemployment at a news conference tonight.
11. The girl's long, blonde hair _______________ as she walked.
12. Even though I generally disagree with his _______________, I have to admit that he may be right this time.
13. My car is a piece of _______________ that I couldn't sell for more than about a thousand bucks.
14. Originally a salty _______________, soy sauce was introduced in China during the Zhou dynasty.
15. North Korea boycotted the Olympic Games when Seoul, South Korea, _______________ the summer games in 1988.
16. The next stop on our _______________ is Kingston, Jamaica.