Class 5b - Vocabulary Review Exercise #1

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. 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.
2. The __________ robbery took place in a bank across the street from the police station.
3. He lost his job in the __________ from the decision to restructure the company after a year of decreasing revenues.
4. Sometimes the challenges I'm facing seem __________ and I feel like giving up.
5. He was leaning back so far in his chair that I was afraid he would __________.
6. Overfishing in the Mediterranean has __________ certain fish stocks.
7. Her son is a typical __________ teenager who refuses to listen to his parents and is perpetually angry at the world.
8. Wrist watches are now considered by some to be nothing more than __________ single function devices.
9. The player was __________ for tripping a player on the other team.
10. Sandra is very jealous of her little brother and does everything she can to __________ him.
11. The two countries are __________ over fishing rights around the islands bordering their nations.
12. The hiker was __________ through his backpack looking for bear spray when he was attacked and eaten by a grizzly bear.
13. He __________ out of the bar and then threw up in the street.
14. Political __________ is a natural part of the democratic process.
15. I was so __________ after the twelve hour flight that I fell asleep in the taxi from the airport.
16. She __________ a coin into the beggar's hat as she walked by.
17. There are always tons of people in my music class at the beginning of a course but the number tends to __________ a bit after a couple of weeks.
18. He and his ex-wife were __________ in the lawyer's office when they were negotiating custody of their children.
19. She was __________ uncontrollably by the end of the movie "Titanic."
20. He had a __________ conversation with his boss about his emotional problems.