BREAKING NEWS ENGLISH VOCABULARY PRACTICE SHEET 1

   

   Put the following words into the correct sentences.

   

   in line        vehement      legislative     ecstatic       smarting     consigned      opting

   hanging up someones boots     advances     on the verge     relegated     seismic     
   elongated

   demise    sacred     curb     retaliatory    brink  lawlessness      tit-for-tat    
   spiraling    bridle

   

   1. The Pope's condemnation and excommunication of lesbian dolphins was            with his
   previous comments on the topic.

   2. Americans are often blinded by their                  patriotism.

   3. Some professors are just too old to work and should
   probably                                           .

   4. The Czechs have made many                                  in the field of highly dangerous
   explosives.

   5. The "better than everyone else in the bloomin' world" attitude in England has diminished
   since the                           of the British Empire.

   6. Cows are                            in India, but also in America, but for very different
   reasons. One place worships them alive, while the other place worships them when they are
   edible.

   7. My landlady is             for the Greens this summer rather than ODS.

   8. Stacy was so incredibly ugly that she was                            to wearing a bag over
   her head in public.

   9. "á" in Czech is just like "a" except that the first one is                             .

   10. The                       wave produced by Krakatoa was felt in Asia.

   11. Riding a horse without a                 isn't such a good idea.

   12. The value of the dollar has been                        down against the Bosnian
   Convertible Mark.

   13. Giving the death penalty to people who make and sell pervatin should be on the           

            agenda for this year.

   14. She was                         when she was awarded the first international prize for
   streudel baking.

   15.  Bart Simpson's buttocks are often                               after Homer punishes him.

   16. The Vatican City has never been remotely close to
   being                                      of winning the football World Cup.

   17. "Sleeping with his mother just because he slept with your wife was such
   a                   response!"

   18. Tourists should avoid going to Nepal because of the                               there
   now.

   19. I  am struggling to lose weight and I seriously need to              the amount of fat
   that I take in.

   20. Mr. and Mrs. Tweedy have been on the               of divorce for 10 years, but amazingly
   they are still together.