English Vocabulary Exercises - Verbs, Verbs and More Verbs - Exercise 4-3

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. _______________ one's country at the Olympic Games is the greatest achievement an athlete can hope for.
2. With its declining birth rate, Hungary's population is slowly _______________.
3. We got _______________ walking home in the rain.
4. Fonya felt bad after _______________ to her parents.
5. Pigs have been taught to _______________ almost anything a dog can do, and usually in a shorter period of time.
6. There is a _______________ squirrel living in a tree in our backyard that will eat nuts right out of your hand.
7. Most people _______________ the law simply because they believe that it is right.
8. These documents will _______________ you with all the information you need to write your report.
9. Averil Coxhead has noted that ESL students who hope to study in college in English need to _______________ and use words that occur regularly in academic textbooks.
10. This software allows you to _______________ easily and quickly through the millions of websites on the Internet.
11. A bunch of us are going to the pub tonight, do you want to _______________ us?
12. I was really _______________ by the special effects in the movie "The Matrix."
13. Since leaving Japan, I really _______________ being able to buy cheap sushi at the corner grocery store.
14. My fingers were _______________ as I picked up my guitar, and faced the audience.