Abstract nouns 3
Select correct abstract noun for each gap to complete each
sentence.
achievement 1. Congratulations! Cycling all the way around the Mediterranean is
a fantastic _________ .
agreement
2. Don't take your children to see that film. There's a lot of sex
appearance and _________ in it.
confidence 3. His _________ has increased since he went on that public
speaking course. He gave a talk to 200 people last week and he
distance
didn't seem at all nervous.
experience
4. I have a very good _________ with my boss. We get on very
experiment well.
invention 5. There is a _________ that I will be out when you get here
tomorrow. If I am out, you'll find the keys under the rubbish bin in
leadership the garden.
opportunity 6. In Biology, we did an _________ to see the importance of
light for growing plants.
possibility
quality 7. She's always worried about her _________ . She keeps
changing her hair colour and going on diets to lose weight.
relationship
8. She's been a teacher for fifteen years. She has a lot
unemployment of _________ with children of all ages.
violence 9. The two sides talked all day but they couldn't reach
an _________ .
10. I wanted to visit Josie in New York but I didn't get
the _________ . I had to go to meetings every day until late at
night.
11. There is terrible _________ in this country. There are over
two million people without jobs.
12. These shoes didn't cost much but they are really
good _________ . They're leather and they're handmade.
13. To start with, Martin was in charge. When he got ill, Jill took
over the _________ of the group.
14. Which _________ of the twentieth century do you think has
changed people's lives the most?
15. 'What is the _________ from London to Edinburgh?' 'I think
it's about 350 kilometres, but I'm not sure.'