Cindy Words Flashcards
Gap-fill exercises
Please be careful! Don’t stand on the ___ of the cliff.
1) wedge
2) edge
3) fridge
Please be careful! Don’t stand on the edge of the cliff.
the outer part of something
A cold _____ blew through the house.
1) raft
2) draft
3) craft
A cold draft blew through the house.
cold air moving through a room or building
There were only two rooms in the place _______.
1) together
2) gather
3) altogether
There were only two rooms in the place altogether.
in total; completely
I want to eat something more filling and ____ than salad.
1) terrifying
2) satisfying
3) satisfied
I want to eat something more filling and satisfying than salad.
making you feel happy by giving you what you want or need
The mouse _____ on the cheese.
1) nipped
2) kibble
3) nibbled
The mouse nibbled on the cheese.
to eat something by taking a lot of small bites
The building was burning down around Jack and Jill. They ___________ looked for the exit.
1) desperately
2) desperate
3) separate
The building was burning down around Jack and Jill. They desperately looked for the exit.
show you are ready to do anything to get what you want
There isn’t enough food in their country. If we don’t help them, they will _______.
1) star
2) starve
3) stare
There isn’t enough food in their country. If we don’t help them, they will starve.
to become very weak or die because there isn’t enough food to eat
Do you want _________ or butter on your toast?
1) marbled
2) Margaret
3) margarine
Do you want margarine or butter on your toast?
similar to butter, for spreading on bread, but made of vegetable fat
Please remember to ______ the cap back on the toothpaste.
1) crew
2) screen
3) screw
Please remember to screw the cap back on the toothpaste.
to fit something onto another thing by turning it
His Japanese is _________ improving.
1) gradual
2) gradually
3) graduation
His Japanese is gradually improving.
gradually: happening slowly over a long time
The witch was small and __________ with age.
1) drivel
2) shrivel
3) shrivelled
The witch was small and shrivelled with age.
shrivelled: dry and wrinkled from heat, cold or old age
We ________ our food and went back outside to play.
1) garbled
2) gobbled
3) gobbles
We gobbled our food and went back outside to play.
gobble: to swallow or eat something quickly
The boy _________ up the last of his dinner.
1) cobble
2) cobbled
3) gobble
4) gobbled
The boy gobbled up the last of his dinner.
to eat quickly and noisily
It is ______________ that he passed the test.
1) astonish
2) astonishing
3) astonished
4) admonish
It is astonishing that he passed the test.
very surprising; amazing
Because Cindy opened a strange email, her computer picked up a _____________.
1) viral
2) virus
3) vitamin
Because Cindy opened a strange email, her computer picked up a virus.
a tiny non-living thing that can make living things very sick; a computer program that can stop your computer working properly
When the _______ stands between the two wrestlers with his feet apart, this means the match is about to begin.
1) reference
2) referee
3) refund
When the referee stands between the two wrestlers with his feet apart, this means the match is about to begin.
