Parents Just Don't Understand - Vocabulary Practice Exercise

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. We wanted to go to the pub but we couldn't find any parking so we just _____ town all night.
2. I was _____ all weekend by my parents for smoking so I just had to sit around and watch television.
3. He has been working _____ at MacDonald's since he graduated from high school.
4. Some bird pooped over my car and it fell on me through the _____ while I was driving home.
5. We only have one computer at home so my children and I all have to _____ using it.
6. We'd better _____ pretty soon or we'll miss our bus.
7. Massage therapy can help to relieve the pain of a _____ injury.
8. Brigitte came to the office today to _____ her new baby.
9. He wanted to ask the girl to dance but he was too shy so his friend _____ him so that he bumped into her and had to talk to her.
10. Girls at the private school have to wear skirts that are long enough to completely cover their _____.
11. There's something wrong with my car. The engine makes a strange noise whenever I _____ kmh or more.
12. The _____ of a tennis court are almost double those of a badminton court.
13. It really _____ when my girlfriend dances for me.
14. You should always _____ when you hear a siren, in order to let emergency vehicles pass.
15. There was a huge traffic jam and the noise from everyone _____ was incredible.
16. You should _____ on the highway before you decide whether or not you want to buy it.