Parents Just Don't Understand - Vocabulary Review: Summer 2012

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. It really scares the crap out of me when cars __________ at me when I'm riding my bicycle to school.
2. We had to call the __________ when my neighbour's teenage son had a big party that got out of control.
3. The young man became __________ after consuming a mixture of alcohol and illegal drugs.
4. The driver of the motorcycle that crashed while __________185 kmh was killed instantly.
5. If I ever took my dad's car without permission, I think he'd __________ me for life!
6. That's a __________ idea! We should try it.
7. He had about 20 speeding tickets that he hadn't paid, so the police __________ his car.
8. You're going down the most dangerous hill on the first time you're trying snowboarding? Are you a ___________?
9. There are various approaches one can follow in attempting to undertake an analysis of the __________ of a novel.
10. She sued the guy that hit her car for $20,000 because she got a really bad case of __________ as a result of the accident.
11. Let's __________ for a sec. I'm feeling a bit car-sick.
12. The bully __________ little Bobby off the chair he was sitting on.
13. He was __________ on his bicycle, trying to do tricks, when he fell and broke his wrist.
14. I've been working __________ since I finished high school and almost have enough money now to buy myself a car.
15. Wow, nice motorcycle...do you think I could __________?
16. Have you seen the __________ on that girl? Man, she must lift weights or something because her legs are bigger than most men's.
17. The smell of her perfume really __________.
18. The thieves jumped in a car and __________ before the police arrived.