English Vocabulary Exercises | Personality
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Complete the following sentences with a noun formed from the adjectives in parentheses:
- Thousands would have died in last year’s famine in Ethiopia, if it wasn’t for the of ordinary people. (generous)
- They’ve always shown me great (kind)
- The theatre’s sent me tickets for the wrong day again. I can’t believe their (careless)
- Considering how ill I’ve been, I thought my boss would show a bit more (sympathetic)
- She handled the situation very well. She showed great ( sensitive)
- You’ve been such a great help. I’d like to buy you dinner as an expression of my (grateful)
- I do wish those children would show a little more sometimes. (patient)
- He just told me to shut up and walked off. I’ve never known such (rude)
- You don’t like him because of his accent? You could show a bit more sometimes. (tolerant)
- I think one day we might doubt the of this decision. (wise)
ANSWERS
- generosity
- kindness
- carelessness
- sympathy
- sensitivity
- gratitude
- patience
- rudeness
- tolerance
- wisdom