Focus on British history - vocab exercises

Gap-filling exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

1. Explain the following words in English (compare your vocab, pp. 156 - 159):
a) host:
The host at a party is the .
b) to explore:
If you explore a place, you in it to .
c) to execute:
To (in order )
d) pirate:
Pirates are who other ships and from them.
e) to discover
If you discover a feeling, you it for .
f) valuable:
If sth. is valuable it could be for .
g) architecture:
If you study architrecture, you learn how to and .
h) topic:
Topic is another word for .
i) to force:
If you force so. to do sth., you .
j) to lead:
If you lead the way, you .
k) monarchy:
A country .
l)adviser:
Sb. who tells you .
m) MP:
An MP is a .

2. What's the matching noun?
a) to sail:
b) to explore:
c) to write:
d) to colonize:
e) valuable:

3. What's the opposite?
a) to get married: to get
b) Catholic: