MATCHING
MATCHING II
GIVING DEFINITIONS
FILL IN THE GAPS
SYNONYMS
100

completely

A. a mistake   B. suggest   C. amazed   D. play   E. determination   F. smile   G. content   H. progress   I. behaviour    J. light

C. amazed

100

unanimous

A. winds   B. decision   C. range   D. taste   E. smell   F. rain   G. situation   H. developed   I. maintain   J. bag

B. decision

100

To check is to _______

A. grow   B. control   C. increase   D. cut   E. permit   F. improve   G. examine   H. limit   I. prohibit   J. deteriorate   K. disagree

G. examine

100

•I’ve got a terrible _________ in my shoulder.

A. court   B. bruise   C. matches   D. suits   E. research   F. accurate   G. throb    H. biased  
I. ache   J. sentence


I. ache

100

scarce

A. meager   B. resolve   C. manage   D. temporary   E. permanent   F. rare   G. churn   H. visualise   I. demoralise   J. enforce

F. rare

Example 

Oil is becoming a scarce resource.

200

steady

A. a mistake   B. suggest   C. amazed   D. play   E. determination   F. smile   G. useless   H. progress   I. behaviour    J. tenure

H. progress

200

horrible

A. winds   B. decision   C. range   D. taste   E. smell   F. rain   G. situation   H. developed   I. maintain   J. bag

D. taste

200

2. To restrict is to ______

A. grow   B. control   C. increase   D. cut   E. permit   F. improve   G. examine   H. limit   I. prohibit   J. deteriorate   K. disagree

H. limit

200

•That shirt really ________ you. It makes you look 10 years younger.

A. court   B. bruise   C. matches   D. suits   E. research   F. accurate   G. throb    H. biased  
I. ache   J. sentence

D. suits

200

provisional

A. meager   B. resolve   C. manage   D. temporary   E. permanent   F. general   G. churn   H. visualise   I. demoralise   J. enforce

D. temporary

Example  

A provisional government was set up.

300

make

A. a mistake   B. suggest   C. amazed   D. play   E. determination   F. smile   G. useless   H. progress   I. behaviour    J. tenure

A. a mistake

300

unfortunate

A. winds   B. decision   C. range   D. taste   E. smell   F. rain   G. situation   H. developed   I. maintain   J. bag

G. situation

300

3. To ban is to _________

A. grow   B. control   C. increase   D. cut   E. permit   F. improve   G. examine   H. limit              I. prohibit   J. deteriorate   K. disagree

I. prohibit

300

•This piece of _________ will change the way we think about dinosaurs.

A. court   B. bruise   C. matches   D. suits   E. research   F. accurate   G. throb    H. biased  
I. ache   J. sentence

 E. research

300

envision

A. meager   B. resolve   C. manage   D. temporary   E. permanent   F. general   G. churn   H. visualise   I. demoralise   J. enforce

H. visualise

Example

He could visualise a successful future for himself.

400

unacceptable

A. a mistake   B. suggest   C. amazed   D. play   E. determination   F. smile   G. useless   H. progress   I. behaviour    J. tenure

I. behaviour

400

pungent

A. winds   B. decision   C. range   D. taste   E. smell   F. rain   G. situation   H. developed   I. maintain   J. bag

E. smell

400

4. To boost is to _______

A. grow   B. control   C. increase   D. cut   E. permit   F. improve   G. examine   H. limit              I. prohibit   J. deteriorate   K. disagree

C. increase

400

•You can’t believe anything you read in the newspaper. It’s very ______.

A. court   B. bruise   C. matches   D. suits   E. research   F. accurate   G. throb    H. biased  
I. ache   J. sentence

H. biased

400

supervise

A. meager   B. resolve   C. manage   D. temporary   E. permanent   F. general   G. churn   H. visualise   I. demoralise   J. enforce

C. manage

Example

She supervises a staff of 30 workers.

500

strongly

A. a mistake   B. suggest   C. amazed   D. play   E. determination   F. smile   G. useless   H. progress   I. behaviour    J. tenure

B. suggest


500

gale-force

A. winds   B. decision   C. range   D. taste   E. smell   F. rain   G. situation   H. developed   I. maintain   J. bag

A. winds

500

5. To allow is to _______

A. grow   B. control   C. increase   D. cut   E. permit   F. improve   G. examine   H. limit   I. prohibit   J. deteriorate   K. disagree

E. permit

500

•The criminal was found guilty by the _______.

A. court   B. bruise   C. matches   D. suits   E. research   F. accurate   G. throb    H. biased  
I. ache   J. sentence

A. court

500

impose

A. meager   B. resolve   C. manage   D. temporary   E. permanent   F. general   G. churn   H. visualise   I. demoralise   J. enforce

J. enforce

Example

The role of the police is to enforce the law.