VOCABULARY EXRECISES

I. Read the following sentences carefully and complete them with one of the
words from the box:

accurate wave harbor average abolishing exhausted

1. She looked out of the window in her room and saw beautiful ships proudly
parked in the ________ waiting for their passengers.
2. He spent the whole day working hard in the garden, planting new roses
and watering the gardenias, so in the evening he was really ________.
3. Maps should be ________, otherwise people might get lost following them.
4. The ________ were perfect for surfing, but there were no surfers because
of a big shark noticed nearby a couple of days ago.
5. The __________ age of retirement in Macedonia is 60.
6. He is in favour of ____________ the death penalty.

II. Replace the underlined words in the following sentences using the given
synonyms in the box:

governor prediction abduct

famine frightening suburb

1. The administrator of the province passed the new law against smoking on
a public place.
2. Poor people usually live in the outskirts of all big cities in the world.
3. The numbers of the victims of last night earthquake are terrifying.
4. The gangsters planned to kidnap the industrialist's young daughter and
demand a huge ransom from her family.
5. Journalists have begun making prognosis about the winner of the coming
election.
6. The starvation affected half the continent.

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 III. Match the following words with the definitions:

Scenery a) the cutting side of a blade

Kingdom b) to make the characteristic short loud cry of a dog

Fortune c) a full or more than adequate amount or supply

Abbreviation d) a picturesque view or landscape

Bark e) a shortened form of a written word or phrase used in place of the whole

Plenty f) a politically organized community or major territorial unit having a monarchical

form of government lead by a king or queen

Exciting g) prosperity attained partly through luck

Edge h) producing excitement

V. Write sentences with the given words in the box:

Barrel Hill Amusing Betray Flood Plant Befriend Burn

1. ______________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________________________

5. ______________________________________________________________

6. ______________________________________________________________

7. ______________________________________________________________

8. ______________________________________________________________

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