New York English

Lexical Flexibility 1

Complete each of the sentences with a word related to the word in capitals.

Examples:

  1. Janet is a friendly person.

    FRIEND

  2. The heat destroyed our flowers.

    HOT


  1. Paul spent his in the Bronx.

    CHILD


  2. The manager wants to make some to the system.

    IMPROVE


  3. They want to their coffee with sugar.

    SWEET


  4. The traffic is very here.

    DANGER


  5. Their has lasted sixteen years.

    MARRY


  6. I don't think that is the .

    TRUE


  7. My grandfather came here because he wanted the to express himself.

    FREE


  8. Tom is responsible for the of the building.

    MAINTAIN


  9. A lot of Chinese people live in this .

    NEIGHBOR


  10. The tourist made a .

    COMPLAIN
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