English Vocabulary Exercises - Verbs, Verbs & more Verbs - Exercise 12-1

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. The teacher _______________ the children for running in the halls.
2. Everyone _______________ me for my sister because we look so much alike.
3. We always _______________ our house with lights and a tree at Christmas.
4. I got a new video game for my children, but I don't know how to _______________ it on my computer.
5. Snakes regularly _______________ their skin as they grow larger.
6. Her progress has been _______________ somewhat by her lack of experience.
7. Business has _______________ since we started advertising on the Internet.
8. She has to _______________ to catch up to her classmates because she has been absent for a week.
9. The teacher _______________ down to talk to her kindergarten student.
10. I need to practise a lot in order to _______________ my tennis serve.
11. The children were able to _______________ themselves during the bus ride by drawing and reading comics.
12. The argument outside the pub quickly _______________ into a fistfight.
13. My dad let me _______________ the car as we drove around the parking lot.
14. The bridge is only temporary, and is not strong enough to _______________ the weight of more than two vehicles at a time.