VOCABULARY 2 EXERCISES (part 1)

1 Choose the correct option.

1 I have sand /cabbage in my shoe.
2 They sent him to a high-security picnic / prison.
3 In 1906 an adjective / earthquake destroyed much of San Francisco.
4 He caught a fish in the net / belt.
5 Don't be such an idiot use your blood / brain.
6 The farmer had five hundred bats / lambs.
7 They brought their lunch in a picnic basket / packet.
8 The tigers are in a prison / cage to protect the public.

2 Complete the sentences with the following words.

exam couple journey pound vacuum cleaner joke tie bowl

1 We wished her a safe and pleasant _____________________________.

2 He was wearing a suit and _____________________________.
3 There are one hundred pence in a _____________________________.
4 She has no fridge or washing machine, but she has a _____________________________.
5 Did I tell you the _____________________________ about the chicken crossing the road?
6 She eats a _____________________________ of cereal every morning.
7 He told me that the biology _____________________________ was difficult.
8 Are they a _____________________________? No, they are just good friends.

3 Complete the sentences.

1 If your trousers fit you correctly you dont need to wear a b_____________________________.
2 "Let's go shopping." "That's a good i_____________________________!"
3 Dinner is my favourite m_____________________________.
4 Ants, bees, butterflies, and grasshoppers are all i_____________________________.
5 My father always has a biscuit and a c_____________________________ of tea at bedtime.
6 I must write a few p_____________________________ while we're on holiday.
7 She ate a whole p_____________________________ of crisps.
8 You can take the u_____________________________ to Stonebridge Park and then walk.

4 Unscramble the words.

1 The ship crashed on the _____________________________ (ORCKS).
2 I need one first-class _____________________________ (PMATS) to send this letter.
3 I like most vegetables but not _____________________________ (EBBACAG).
4 "Big", "boring", "green", and "dangerous" are all _____________________________ (TIJECADVES).
5 She recited some of her favourite _____________________________ (MOPES).
6 Bake the bread at 180 _____________________________ (SEEGRED) for 35 minutes.
7 We're growing tomatoes and _____________________________ (EBANS) in our garden this year.
8 They went to an Italian restaurant on their first _____________________________ (ATED).

5 Write the rhymes.

1 a place to live that rhymes with hat ______________________
2 a flower with a sweet smell that rhymes with nose ______________________
3 a road in a town that rhymes with meet ______________________
4 a short period of rest that rhymes with cake ______________________

SOURCES: Tatoeba (http://tatoeba.org/eng/), Cambridge Dictionaries Online (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/), Merriam-Webster's Learner's

Dictionary (http://www.learnersdictionary.com/) The Free Dictionary (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/), Wiktionary (https://www.wiktionary.org/).
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Exercise 1 1 sand 2 prison 3 earthquake 4 net 5 brain 6 lambs 7 basket 8 cage

Exercise 2 1 journey 2 tie 3 pound 4 vacuum cleaner 5 joke 6 bowl 7 exam 8 couple

Exercise 3 1 belt 2 idea 3 meal 4 insects 5 cup 6 postcards 7 packet 8 underground

Exercise 4 1 rocks 2 stamp 3 cabbage 4 adjectives 5 poems 6 degrees 7 beans 8 date

Exercise 5 1 flat 2 rose 3 street 4 break