{"id":1688,"date":"2016-12-07T16:45:18","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T16:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=1688"},"modified":"2016-12-07T16:45:18","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T16:45:18","slug":"vocabulary-exercise-gap-fills-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/vocabulary-exercise-gap-fills-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocabulary exercise | Gap fills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the word given in the brackets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. A few people lingered after the \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. of the meeting. (terminate)<\/p>\n<p>2. The belief that the universe is expanding has been proven and is no longer \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. (theory)<\/p>\n<p>3. Add cornstarch to \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. the sauce. (thick)<\/p>\n<p>4. This bush is very \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (thorn)<\/p>\n<p>5. Even though she had plenty of money, the old woman was very \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. (thrift)<\/p>\n<p>6. Bringing the two enemies together will be a \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. job. (tickle)<\/p>\n<p>7. His \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. prevented him from asking her to the dance. (timid)<\/p>\n<p>8. Such rude behavior is not \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 (tolerate)<\/p>\n<p>9. I have a \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. toothache. (torture)<\/p>\n<p>10. Why are you so \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 today? (touch)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. A few people lingered after the <strong>termination<\/strong> of the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>2. The belief that the universe is expanding has been proven and is no longer <strong>theoretical<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>3. Add cornstarch to <strong>thicken<\/strong> the sauce.<\/p>\n<p>4. This bush is very <strong>thorny<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>5. Even though she had plenty of money, the old woman was very <strong>thrifty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>6. Bringing the two enemies together will be a <strong>ticklish<\/strong> job.<\/p>\n<p>7. His<strong> timidity<\/strong> prevented him from asking her to the dance.<\/p>\n<p>8. Such rude behavior is not <strong>tolerable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>9. I have a <strong>torturous<\/strong> toothache.<\/p>\n<p>10. Why are you so <strong>touchy<\/strong> today?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the word given in the brackets. 1. A few people lingered after the \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. of the meeting. (terminate) 2. The belief that the universe is&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[118],"class_list":["post-1688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vocabulary-exercises","tag-vocabulary-exercises-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1689,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1688\/revisions\/1689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}