English Vocabulary Exercises - Verbs, Verbs & more Verbs - Exercise 13-2

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. His grandmother _______________ a five dollar bill into his hand and told him to buy himself a little present.
2. The children were teasing the new student by _______________ his foreign accent.
3. My dad always had the job of _______________ the turkey at Christmas.
4. The Prime Minister has _______________ a former backbencher to the position of Minister of the Environment.
5. The fighter plane was able to use an electronic jamming system to _______________ the enemy radar.
6. The teacher _______________ the story of her own first day at school to the kindergarten children.
7. The conference was _______________ when someone pulled the fire alarm.
8. The old man _______________ his beard as he pondered the question.
9. Please do not _______________ to contact me if you need any more information.
10. A recent report shows that health conditions in this country _______________ favourably with those in other economically developed nations.
11. If you _______________ to miss classes, you will fail the course.
12. The winner will be _______________ at the end of the evening.
13. My little boy _______________ waking up at night with nightmares.
14. Could you _______________ a good restaurant? My parents are visiting from Ontario.