Character Adjective
I'm --- with everyone asking me to do things for them all the time. Nobody ever says thank you or helps me. (depressed - resolute - fed up)
I'm fed up with everyone asking me to do things for them all the time. Nobody ever says thank you or helps me.
A noun form of the verb "improve"
The director promised my sister a part in the film - he'd better --- his word (hold - take - keep)
The director promised my sister a part in the film - he'd better keep his word
Tim wasn't looking forward --- on his first business trip to Latvia in the middle of winter (going - to go - to going)
Tim wasn't looking forward to going on his first business trip to Latvia in the middle of winter
Bob has a rather --- attitude towards the future of our planet. He's convinced global warming will destroy the earth soon (moody - realistic - pessimistic)
Bob has a rather pessimistic attitude towards the future of our planet. He's convinced global warming will destroy the earth soon
The positive and negative adjective forms of the noun "impression"
(n) impression = (adj) impressive (adj) unimpressive (adj impressionable (adj) unimpressionable
We're planning to --- a party to celebrate Tina's good news (throw - make - do)
We're planning to throw a party to celebrate Tina's good news
He wasn't very keen --- in icy conditions (on travelling- to travel- travelling)
He wasn't very keen on travelling in icy conditions
We must be --- and do everything possible to improve the transport facilities in the town (excited - cheerful - optimistic)
We must be optimistic and do everything possible to improve the transport facilities in the town
two noun forms of the verb "speak"
(v) speak = (n) speech (n) speaker
He --- a lie when the police interviewed him and now he's in big trouble (said - told - spoke)
He told a lie when the police interviewed him and now he's in big trouble
In any case, he didn't believe --- time making personal visits when a phone call or email would do just as well (to wasting - in wasting - to waste)
In any case, he didn't believe in wasting time making personal visits when a phone call or email would do just as well
Zeb seems very ---. He wasn't nervous about making that speech to the whole college (confident - curious - excited)
Zeb seems very confident. He wasn't nervous about making that speech to the whole college
(v) respond = (adj) responsive (adj) unresponsive
Everyone else was furious when one man --- the queue for tickets (missed - overtook - jumped)
Everyone else was furious when one man jumped the queue for tickets
He objected --- told what to do (to being - being - to be)
He objected to being told what to do
You're not being very --- about our plans for the summer. We just couldn't afford to go on holiday to a place like that (resolute - optimistic - realistic)
You're not being very realistic about our plans for the summer. We just couldn't afford to go on holiday to a place like that
the adverb form of the noun/verb "notice"
(n/v) notice = (adv) noticeably
It's very hard to --- a living as an actor (earn - get - gain)
It's very hard to earn a living as an actor
He'd never been very good at --- with cold temperatures (coping - cope - to coping)
He'd never been very good at coping with cold temperatures