You Re Given Adjectives and Verbs: Fill in the Blanks with the Right Word!

Vocabulary - KES –

You’re given adjectives and verbs: fill in the blanks with the right word!

ADJECTIVES:

run-down / quarrelsome / dull / tedious /cheerful / gloomy / hopeful / annoyed / exhausted / exhausting / upset / wealthy / wild / rough / posh / filthy /

VERBS:

be likely / can’t help / deliver/ steal / share / be bound to / expect / get on (with) / annoy /

(can’t) afford / resent / remind / sound / grumble / look / tease

1)  Billy would like to go on holiday but his mother can’t ……….to send him to a holiday camp:

she hasn’t got enough money.

2)  Jud, stop …………….. your brother!

3)  Billy is often ……………. at the way his older brother ……….. him.

4)  Jud …………… working down the pit: it’s so ……………… !

5)  Billy and Jud keep quarreling: it’s obvious they don’t ………… with each other.

6)  Billy is often ………………. when he arrives at school: he can’t sleep in the morning and on top of that he must ……………… papers. What a life!

7)  What’s the matter with Jud? There must be something wrong! He ……… so ……….. and ……………. so furious!

8)  He’s never satisfied with anything! He keeps complaining: he ……… / …….. / ……………!

9)  He’s so quick-tempered and ……………………: he ……../ ……… disagreing with everything and fighting people.

10)  The librarian ………….. Billy to fill in a form if he wants to borrow books.

11)  His teachers often …………….. him he must be on time.

12)  The headmaster’s speeches are always so ……………. ! He’s so boring!

13)  Living in such an environment must be very…………. : I think everything is so monotonous there!

14)  Billy is doing his best to try and train his kestrel! He …………………… succeed!

15)  Jud never …………….. his money with Billy! He wants it all for himself.

16)  Look at that! It’s so dark, depressing and ……………..; I’d hate to live there!

17)  Jud was so …………….. when he found out what Billy had done with his money .

18)  Billy ……………….. to work down the pit: it’s highly probable since he doesn’t do well at school.

19)  Look at those ………………….. sheds. Let’s hope nobody lives there: they’re in ruins.

20)  Look at the boss’s …………… car! I know he’s quite ………………..; however, I wonder whether he’s happy.

21)  When Billy goes birdwatching, he’s often ……………..: watching kestrels is so pleasant.

22)  I’m not too ……………. about Billy’s future: I can guess he’ll work down the pit like Jud.

23)  Look at him! He’s hungry and thirsty. Don’t you think it’s awful to have to ………… to survive?

24)  Billy ……………….. people’s papers to their door.

25)  His mother should keep an eye on him. Why is he allowed to run ………… ?

OR: He’s so dirty! He often ………………….. me of a savage: he’s so ………….. !

26)  Billy often behaves quite violently: I wonder why he’s so …………..!

27)  Billy’s clothes are so dirty! How can his mother let him be so ………………?