Practice: One of Us, Part III

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Match with the definition:

  • jeer
  • consent
  • goad
  • defiance
  • intruder
  • to chicken out
  • recommend
  • to mask
  • obsession
  • to loom
  • to appear threatening, to come into view
  • something that takes all your attention and time
  • to suggest something, advise
  • to cover, hide, or disguise
  • to make fun of, taunt
  • to push someone to do something, dare
  • to protest, challenge
  • a person who goes where he is not allowed to go
  • agreement, acceptance
  • say you will do something and later change your mind because you're scared

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Match the synonyms:

  • hushed
  • stiff
  • chill
  • vacant
  • stride
  • creak
  • defy
  • cautious
  • at long last
  • walk quickly and confidently
  • tentative
  • rigid, firm
  • squeak
  • finally
  • quiet, whispered
  • empty
  • disobey, protest
  • cold air or a cold feeling

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Match with the definition:

  • intrigued
  • interject
  • encounter
  • uneasy
  • scold
  • tone
  • in business
  • quite
  • frustration
  • chide, rebuke
  • open and working
  • add to the conversation
  • to a strong degree, very
  • fascinated, curious
  • the sound of your voice
  • nervous, uncomfortable, anxious
  • exasperation, annoyance
  • meeting

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Finish the sentences with these words:
[ hushed – goaded – curl up – recommend – vacant – chill – intruder – intrigued - scolded – masked ]

1. The movie was excellent. I __________________ that you see it.

2. I felt a ________________ as I looked at the graveyard.

3. We talked in ____________ voices so no one would hear our conversation.

4. I _______________ my sadness by smiling and laughing a lot.

5. I love art, so I am always ______________ by museums.

6. My cat loves to _____________ at my feet and sleep.

7. The teacher ____________ at me because I was late.

8. From my friend’s ______________ expression, I could tell that he didn’t understand.

9. My classmates ______________ me to put a frog in the teacher’s desk.

10. I called the police because there was an _______________ in my home.

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Finish the sentences with these words:
[ encounter – chickened out – at long last – cautiously – uneasy – tone – defiance – stiffened – consented - loomed ]

11. I ______________ approached the hurt rabbit.

12. From my mom’s ______________ of voice, I knew that she was angry.

13. When my sister asked me to help her with algebra, I _____________ because I am good at math.

14. I yelled in _____________ when my mom told me to baby-sit my brothers on my day off.

15. I agreed to fight the class bully after school, but later I ______________ and hid in the bathroom.

16. On the day of the exam, I walked slowly to school, but all too soon the huge university building ______________ before me.

17. After my first ______________ with Lucy, I thought she was crazy, but the next time I saw her, I loved her.

18. I feel very ______________ when I am alone on a dark street.

19. ______________, I finished my homework and went to watch TV.

20. I ________________ when I heard strange voices in my kitchen.

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Match the antonyms

  • income
  • distinct
  • beneath
  • sorrow
  • sour
  • male
  • dreadful
  • happiness, joy
  • female
  • wonderful
  • unclear, vague
  • above
  • expense
  • sweet

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Match the synonyms

  • puzzled
  • distinct
  • a fortune
  • associated with
  • claim
  • jail
  • strained
  • concerns
  • sorrow
  • take as your own
  • grief
  • connected, linked
  • confused
  • worries
  • a lot of money
  • clear, distinguishable
  • prison
  • tense, stressful

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Match with the definition

  • chew
  • a record
  • fade
  • earn
  • crouch
  • debris
  • bitter
  • a will
  • to fly into a rage
  • sacrifice
  • belongings
  • victim
  • available
  • good-for-nothing
  • to give up something, forfeit
  • to bend down, stay close to the ground
  • to be possible as an option
  • useless
  • things that are yours
  • to lose color with time
  • a person who suffers damage
  • to make money
  • what you do before you swallow food
  • bad-tasting, or angry and unforgiving
  • to explode in anger
  • a written account of events or facts
  • broken pieces of something
  • document that says who will own your things after you die

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Finish the sentences with these words:
[ sacrifice – fortune – sorrow – debris – bitter – flew into a rage – faded – distinct – crouched – sour – will – claimed ]

1. When I walked into the room, I immediately noticed the _____________ smell of a dog.

2. After the tornado, _____________ was scattered everywhere.

3. A plain lemon is very ________________.

4. The dog was homeless, so I _____________ him as mine.

5. The girl had to ______________ her education to stay at home and take care of her sick father.

6. I _____________ behind a bush so I could jump out and scare my sister.

7. The photos of my grandma are old and ______________.

8. My brother was _____________ for years because I got the job that he really wanted.

9. I was surprised to learn that my grandfather had left me two thousand dollars in his _____________.

10. Life is filled with both happiness and ______________.

11. My father ______________ when I told him that I had dropped out of school.

12. Bill Gates made a _______________ in computers.

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Finish the sentences with these words:
[ male – jail – associated – available – puzzled – chew – record – strained – concern – victims – belongings ]

13. Newspapers are a great _____________ of the past.

14. Nighttime is usually _____________ with sleep.

15. He looked ______________ as he read the difficult test question.

16. Every year many people are _____________ of natural disasters.

17. The atmosphere in the room was ______________ when my ex-boyfriend showed up at the party.

18. Many people forget their ________________ in hotels.

19. The man spent ten years in _____________ for stealing money from his company.

20. What apartments are ______________ for rent?

21. My biggest ________________ about the future is finding a job.

22. I always ______________ on the tops of my pencils when I think.

23. I want a ______________ dog so that he won’t have puppies.

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