English Vocabulary Exercises - AWL Sublist 1 - 1e

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. In 1993, a Florida judge ruled that a twelve-year-old boy who didn't want to be with his parents any longer could __________ divorce them.
2. In learning a second language, some people are very __________ and want a rule for everything, while others prefer to gather examples and imitate them.
3. She is working in an office downtown on a two-month __________, but is hoping to find a permanent job pretty soon.
4. Bananas are __________ all year-round. They are harvested every day of the year.
5. Cynthia Nelms once remarked that if men liked shopping, they'd call it __________.
6. Hurricanes __________ devastate the economy of Guadeloupe.
7. Both weddings and funerals are important __________ of status in Hong Kong.
8. The two dictionaries are both useful for language learners, but they have a couple of important __________ that allow them each to appeal to different learning styles.
9. One of the most important risk __________ for breast cancer is age.
10. Supporting programs that encourage people to do regular exercise is simply good __________ in that it results in lower health care costs for society.