Class 5a - Vocabulary Review Exercise #1

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. He has been __________ by members of his church since his marriage to a Muslim woman.
2. Hiring family members will only __________ distrust among your employees.
3. Following their divorce, they attempted to establish a __________ of normality for their children by spending some holidays and weekends together as a famly.
4. To __________ the cost of my trip to Korea, I'm hoping to stay with friends for a few nights.
5. The Guinness __________ in Ireland produces a delicious, dark beer.
6. The value of the Euro __________ as a result of the economic problems in Greece, Spain and elsewhere in Europe.
7. Brenda has 3 __________; two brothers and one sister.
8. Wrist watches are now considered by some to be nothing more than __________ single function devices.
9. He has been doing research in the __________ of nuclear physics for over 20 years.
10. When it came time to select a new captain of the team, choosing Gordon was a __________. He's our best player and a natural leader.
11. He was leaning back so far in his chair that I was afraid he would __________.
12. The notion that men are somehow __________ to be better than women at mathematics has long since been disproven.
13. The young boys at the beach were __________ at all the girls in their bikinis.
14. The organization is trying to put pressure on the government to __________ the law which prohibits gay marriage.
15. The boys on the winning team began __________ the losing team after the game.
16. Brian is always __________ his ex-girlfriend whenever he runs into her friends.
17. The __________ robbery took place in a bank across the street from the police station.
18. Sandra is very jealous of her little brother and does everything she can to __________ him.
19. The recent decrease in the value of the Canadian dollar has been a __________ to the export sector of our economy.
20. Charitable organizations generally target socially conscious people with lots of __________.