Opposite Verbs I

Match the verbs on the leftwith its opposite on the right.
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1. shrink 2. stop 3. take 4. take off (clothes) 5. take off (plane) 6. tighten 7. weep 8. win 9. withdraw

a. laugh b. deposit c. loosen d. expand e. land f. start g. lose h. put on i. give

Answers 1-d 2-f 3-i 4-h 5-e 6-c 7-a 8-g 9-b

(c) 1998 Vera Mello

Opposite Verbs II

Match the verbs on the left with its opposite on the right.
Use the boxes on the left to write your choices.
Then click on the answer button to see if your answer is correct.

1. regress 2. rise 3. shorten 4. show 5. sink 6. sit 7. spend 8. stay

a. fall b. lengthen c. stand d. save e. leave f. float g. hide h. progress

Answers 1-h 2-a 3-b 4-g 5-f 6-c 7-d 8-e

(C) 1997 Vera Mello

Participles

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1. It's ___ how popular American music is around the world.
   a. surprised
   b. surprising
   Answerb

2. I thought the movie "Independence Day" was really ___ .
   a. bored
   b. boring
   Answerb

3. That tall new building in Kuala Lampur really ___ me!
   a. fascinate
   b. fascinating
   c. fascinates
   Answerc

4. Bryan Adams is a really ___ singer.
   a. interested
   b. interesting
   c. interest
   Answerb

5. The comedian we saw last night really ___ us.
   a. amusing
   b. amused
   c. amuse
   Answerb

6. I think flying in an airplane is a ___ experience.
   a. terrifying
   b. terrified
   c. terrify
   Answera

7. Have you heard about the ___ new roller coaster at the amusement park?
   a. excited
   b. excite
   c. exciting
   Answerc

8. He ___ us with his knowledge of Medieval history.
   a. surprised
   b. surprising
   Answera

9. That three hour lecture yesterday was really ___ !
   a. tired
   b. tiring
   Answerb

10. Halloween is coming soon! What a ___ holiday!
    a. frighten
    b. frightened
    c. frightening
    Answerc

Copyright (C) 1996 by Larry Davis

Assorted Questions

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1. That is ___ you are poor.
   a. why
   b. that
   c. which
   Answera

2. I couldn't help ___ when he told me that story.
   a. laugh
   b. laughed
   c. laughing
   d. to laugh
   Answerc

3. I heard him ___.
   a. sings
   b. is singing
   c. sing
   d. sang
   e. has sung
   Answerc

4. The place ___ we used to study is no longer a school.
   a. whom
   b. at
   c. where
   Answerc

5. He is ___ taller than you.
   a. very
   b. so
   c. much
   Answerc

6. Jane is ___ than her sister.
   a. more tall
   b. tall
   c. taller
   Answerc

7. There are ___ books on my desk.
   a. little
   b. a little
   c. a few
   Answerc

8. The supermarket ___ their prices last week.
   a. rose
   b. raised
   c. has risen
   Answerb

9. I ___ him last Saturday.
   a. have visited
   b. visited
   Answerb

10. Shakespeare ___ in 1616.
    a. died
    b. has died
    c. was died
    Answera

11. I ___ that movie yet.
    a. don't see
    b. haven't seen
    Answerb

12. He wished he ___ better.
    a. do
    b. did
    c. had done
    Answerc

13. I ___ to go to school.
    a. can
    b. have
    c. must
    Answerb

14. Would you ___ opening the window?
    a. go
    b. have
    c. mind
    d. please
    Answerc

15. Did you enjoy ___ with your girlfriend?
    a. walk
    b. walked
    c. walking
    d. to walk
    Answerc

16. I ___ rather die than spend the rest of my life in prison.
    a. will
    b. would
    c. might
    Answerb

17. He ___ be a fool to do such a thing.
    a. can
    b. must
    Answerb

18. Joe and I ___ good friends.
    a. am
    b. is
    c. are
    Answerc

19. That question is ___ important to be neglected.
    a. so
    b. too
    c. very
    Answerb

20. My mother told me ___ do that.
    a. not to
    b. not
    Answera

21. One of the students ___ in the classroom.
    a. is
    b. are
    Answera

22. I am very fond of ___.
    a. they
    b. them
    c. their
    Answerb

23. ___ isn't easy to learn how to play the piano.
    a. It
    b. That
    c. This
    Answera

24. He had the boy ___ his car.
    a. wash
    b. washed
    Answera

25. I am not as ___ at swimming as you are.
    a. good
    b. well
    Answera

26. Neither my brother nor I ___ rich.
    a. am
    b. are
    c. is
    Answera

27. I saw her ___ by the door.
    a. to stand
    b. standing
    c. stands
    d. stood
    Answerb

28. This is a ___ interesting book.
    a. much
    b. very
    Answerb

29. My brother is ___ stronger than your father.
    a. much
    b. very
    Answera

30. Please take good care ___ your mother.
    a. about
    b. of
    c. to
    Answerb

31. ___ my way to school, I stopped at the post office.
    a. At
    b. In
    c. On
    Answerc

32. I bought this car ___ four thousand dollars.
    a. by
    b. for
    c. with
    Answerb

33. This is a ___ fast car.
    a. much
    b. very
    Answerb

34. I had ___ money, so I couldn't buy lunch.
    a. little
    b. a little
    Answera

35. Please speak a little slower. I can ___ understand you.
    a. hard
    b. hardly
    Answerb

36. I am not used ___ driving this car.
    a. for
    b. of
    c. to
    Answerc

37. I get up ___ seven.
    a. at
    b. in
    c. to
    Answera

38. I didn't see ___ of those movies.
    a. any
    b. none
    Answera

39. There were ___ people at the party.
    a. many
    b. much
    Answera

40. I have a ___ money in my pocket.
    a. few
    b. little
    Answerb

41. He looks ___ than his father.
    a. more happy
    b. happier
    Answerb

42. This place is famous ___ its good-tasting rice.
    a. by
    b. for
    c. with
    Answerb

43. I go to school ___ foot.
    a. by
    b. on
    c. with
    Answerb

44. I have lived here ___ many years.
    a. during
    b. for
    Answerb

45. My brother is ___ of the two.
    a. taller
    b. the taller
    Answerb

46. This news ___ interesting.
    a. was
    b. were
    Answera

47. Did they ___ tennis last Saturday?
    a. played
    b. plays
    c. play
    d. playing
    Answerc

48. He ___ a camera.
    a. have
    b. has
    Answerb

(C) 1997 Charles I. Kelly