**VOCABULARY EXERCISES**
I. Choose A, B, C, or D that best fits each blank in the following sentences:*
1. My responsibility is to wash the dishes and _____ the rubbish.
A. take up B. get out
C. get up D. take out
2. The father typically works outside the home while the mother is _____ raising
children.
A. suitable for B. capable of
C. responsible for D. aware of
3. When both our parents go on business, our next-door neighbors come and _____
us with the cooking.
A. help out B. help us out
C. help out us D. help in
4. A healthy _____ between work and play ensures that everyone has a chance to
enjoy their lives.
A. balance B. equality
C. share D. control
5. One of the ways we can _____ our teenager’s needs as parents is by giving them
attention.
A. watch B. solve
C. share D. meet
6. My brother and I _____ the toilets and take out the rubbish.
A. takes turn B. take turn
C. take turns D. takes turns
7. My mother gets annoyed with my younger brother because he _____ his dirty
clothes over the floor.
A. always throws B. is throwing
C. always throwing D. is going to throw
8. This book contributes little _____ our understanding of the subject.
A. for B. to
C. into D. with
9. Children might _____ a lot from sharing housework with their parents.
A. profit B. take
C. benefit D. worth
10. They were made to _____ all the cleaning in the house.
A. do B. make
C. carry out D. take
11. A happy couple should be based on _____ understanding.
A. each other B. one another
C. mutual D. together
12. Most women used to be _____ of the family in the old days.
A. breadwinners B. mothers
C. homemakers D. wives
II. Give the correct form of the provided words to complete the sentences:
1. Very little in our lives prepares us for _____ (PARENT).
2. Suddenly, your life is turned upside down and all sorts of _____ (FAMILIAR)
demands are placed on you.
3. How we ourselves were treated by our parents in our _____ (YOUNG) can have an
impact on how we become as parents.
4. The model of parenting that is _____ (OBSERVE) from our own parents strongly
influences our approach to child-rearing.
5. It is not _____ (COMMON) for people to repeat the behavior they experienced from
their parents.
III. Fill in the blanks with a suitable preposition from the box:
in / on / out / up / with / through / over / under / for / at
1. He turned _____ late for his appointment with the supervisor.
2. We are _____ no obligation to change goods which are not purchased here.
3. Everyone was eager to get a copy of the day the book came _____.
4. The company’s announcement is laying _____ over 1,000 workers.
5. She handed the letter _____ to her teacher before leaving the
