English Vocabulary Exercises - Verbs, Verbs & more Verbs - Exercise 18-3

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. I decided to come to Canada to study English, and I have never _______________ my decision.
2. Janice is _______________ to quit her job because she doesn't like her boss.
3. Farmers in the valleys of the Austrian Alps must _______________ with rocky fields and a short growing season.
4. The first package holiday was _______________ by Thomas Cook in 1861.
5. As of December 31, 1991, the U.S.S.R. no longer _______________ as a single country.
6. Our Earth is moving constantly, _______________ at a rate of 1,000 miles per hour.
7. I'm going to kill my little sister. She _______________ my new sweater without asking and then forgot it at school.
8. Mozart _______________ "Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star," when he was only five years old.
9. Research suggests that listening to _______________ pronunciation of English sounds can help ESL students to improve their accent.
10. The chickens _______________ as the children ran laughing towards them.
11. She was totally _______________ when she heard that her husband had been killed in a car accident.
12. Scientists believe the islands of Trinidad and Tobago _______________ from the South American continent about 10,000 years ago.
13. It is easier to start a campfire if you _______________ bits of a candle wax onto the wood before lighting it.
14. Her grandfather was killed when he was _______________ by a car while crossing the street.