Vocabulary Exercise

Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the word given in the bracket.

1. What a ………………….. spring day! (glory)

2. It was a ………………. winter day. (gloom)

3. High blood pressure can be the result of ……………… (glutton)

4. You aren’t ………………. enough to be a good dancer. (grace)

5. Helping others gives him tremendous ………………….. (gratify)

6. How refreshing to see a student who is ………………… for knowledge. (greed)

7. His health has ………………. improved. (great)

8. Working on the farm …………………….. him to rising early. (habit)

9. There wasn’t much time so I dressed …………………. (haste)

10. She gobbled down her lunch and ……………… to her appointment. (haste)

Answers

1. What a glorious spring day!

2. It was a gloomy winter day.

3. High blood pressure can be the result of gluttony.

4. You aren’t graceful enough to be a good dancer.

5. Helping others gives him tremendous gratification.

6. How refreshing to see a student who is greedy for knowledge.

7. His health has greatly improved.

8. Working on the farm habituated him to rising early.

9. There wasn’t much time so I dressed hastily.

10. She gobbled down her lunch and hastened to her appointment.