English Vocabulary Exercises - Nouns? Verbs? Both! With derivations! - Exercise 5-4

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. The country is _______________ over 4 million square miles.
2. She got sand _______________ in her eyes at the beach.
3. The 1964 _______________ of this car is now considered a classic.
4. I don't think this shelf is strong enough to _______________ all the stuff you've put on it.
5. In September of 1985, the _______________ of the ocean liner Titanic was found lying in two pieces on the ocean floor at a depth of around 4,000 metres.
6. The children were still _______________ with excitement as the roller coaster came to a stop.
7. I heard a loud _______________ from the kitchen, and ran in to find that my cat had knocked over a pile of dirty dishes.
8. When Betty was feeding her neighbour's dog, it suddenly began _______________ at her.
9. The students were asked to _______________ a book or film they had recently read or seen.
10. Everyone was _______________ their feet in time to the music.
11. What _______________ does your daughter play on her baseball team?
12. We took an _______________ tour through the beautiful gardens of Hampton Court Palace.
13. In 1850, Levi Strauss was paid $6.00 in gold _______________ for his first pair of jeans.
14. The mayor has _______________ a new program to encourage cycle-tourism as a great attraction in our town.
15. The first streetlamps in Canada, _______________ by whale oil, were installed in Montreal in 1815.
16. Our values and beliefs are _______________ by our experience.