The Best Christmas Present in the World - Vocabulary Exercise - 2
Exercise - 2
Part - II
14. The soldiers were standing in their trenches. (noun)
(a) a long narrow ditch
(b) barbed fences
(c) underground
(d) spacious rooms
15. Jim was ashamed to say that Fritz began it. (adj)
(a) honest
(b) frånk
(c) guilty
(d) sympathetic
16. Someone was waving a white flag from the trenches. (to wave - verb)
(a) hoist
(b) move to and fro
(c) unfurl
(d) signal
17. The German Officer approached Jim. (to approach - verb)
(a) appreciate
(b) come near
(c) praise well
(d) address
18. He gripped his hand warmly. (to grip - verb)
(a) hold
(b) shook
(c) pull
(d) snatch
19. Hans never set foot in Dorset. (set one's foot in - phrase)
(a) shake one's feet
(b) land
(c) stary
(d) visit
20. There were huddles of khaki and grey everywhere. (noun)
(a) people gathered together
(b) heaps
(c) collection of things
(d) bundles of things
21. Greatcoats were dumped in piles to make goalposts. (to dump - verb)
(a) deposit in a hurried way
(b) collect from different places
(c) bring
(d) carry in huge numbers
22. I noticed our breaths mingling in the air between us. (to notice - verb)
(a) draw
(b) have
(c) observe
(d) relax
23. This is how we should resolve war. (verb)
(a) finish
(b) fight
(c) settle
(d) start
24. No children are orphaned. (to orphan - verb)
(a) treat badly
(b) leave carelessly
'(c) make parentless
(d) deprive shelter
25. He was very generous in his action.
(a) showing readiness to give more of something
(b) easily winning more to his side
(c) wonderful and effective
(d) showing a lot of sympathy
26. The soldiers ran out of food. (run out - phrasal verb)
(a) face shortage
(b) use more than necessary
(d) have more than enough
(d) share with others
27. I walked away from him unwillingly. (adv)
(a) angrily
(b) sadly
(c) unfortunately
(d) unethusiasticaly
28. We exchanged carols for a while. (to exchange - verb)
(a) to sing
(b) to give and receive
(c) to read and write
(d) to make
29. I will treasure these happy moments for ever and ever.
(a) Keep carefully
(b) love deeply
(c) dig carefully
(d) desire strongly
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