English Vocabulary Exercises - All Adjectives! (+ derivations) - Exercise 8-3

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. Water is so _______________ in the arid regions of China that in the grasslands the people never take baths, and sometimes must wash their faces in yak's milk.
2. This new contract is a _______________ opportunity for our company.
3. One of the other workers will help you until you become _______________ with the machine you'll be working on.
4. The government has promised a very _______________ set of regulations regarding all experiments in cloning.
5. She may be a super-model, but when she takes off all her make-up, and puts on her jeans and a T-shirt, she actually looks quite _______________.
6. Superman was only _______________ when he came in contact with kryptonite.
7. The _______________ memory he had of his wife helped him to feel her love for long after she had died.
8. Your concerns regarding this business deal are quite _______________, given past problems with that company.
9. Keep the canoe _______________ as you climb into it.
10. My new coat has a beautiful _______________ fur collar; I would never buy clothes made with real animal fur.
11. It takes 12 bees their _______________ lifetime to make about 15 millilitres of honey.
12. In China, guests are generally introduced to the most _______________ person first.
13. Your sentence here is somewhat _______________. You should try to say it in a different way.
14. We discussed a _______________ range of issues at yesterday's meeting.
15. You should feel yourself _______________ to be able to go to university and get a good education like this.