Vocabulary Review Exercise #1

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. The lost city of Atlantis was first _______________ by the Greek philosopher Plato about 2,400 years ago.
2. We found a cat that had been _______________ by its owners when they moved away.
3. The _______________ of the space shuttle has been delayed due to high winds.
4. The _______________ of the heart is to pump blood throughout the body.
5. The military is having difficulty keeping control of the northern _______________ of the city.
6. Just after I got off the bus, I _______________ I had forgotten my knapsack on my seat.
7. The children all _______________ around the teacher as she began to read the story.
8. Look at that sunburn; she _______________ forgot to put on her sunscreen.
9. Crocodiles and their relatives are found in _______________ such as swamps, ponds, rivers, lakes and marshes.
10. It took over 3 months of _______________ for the union and management to reach a first contract.
11. Recent discoveries in astronomy have led scientists to _______________ that Pluto is not actually a real planet.
12. The election was _______________ by the opposition parties, who claimed that the vote was unfair.
13. Changes in the American economy generally have a serious _______________ on our economy here in Canada.
14. If you _______________ a bear while hiking, the best thing to do is to back away quietly.
15. The city's fire chief has announced that the fire that destroyed a city block was _______________ set by persons unknown.