English Vocabulary Exercises - Verbs, Verbs & more Verbs - Exercise 14-4

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. Her health problems _______________ from her bad eating habits - she eats way too much junk food.
2. The United States has said that it will not defend the island of Taiwan if it begins an _______________ war of independence.
3. Nelson Mandela never _______________ in his determination to build a just society in South Africa.
4. The child gazed at his _______________ in the water as he walked along the dock.
5. I was offered a position with the firm this morning, and received _______________ of my appointment as department head this afternoon.
6. Even though she'd heard the joke several times, the young girl always _______________ when her boyfriend told it to someone.
7. Your presentation was both _______________ and entertaining.
8. This bread isn't fresh; the _______________ date was two days ago.
9. Our computers are very _______________ priced, and come with a complete software package.
10. Police have issued a _______________ of the man believed to have committed a series of rapes in the city.
11. He _______________ class to go downtown with friends.
12. At the southern tip of Japan, cherry trees _______________ into blossom at the end of March.
13. The weather forecast is quite _______________ for our ski trip; they're expecting rain.
14. There have been a lot of accidents on this _______________ of the highway.