GV059 - Country and City Life - Vocabulary

Gap-fill 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!

Complete the sentences with a word from the box !


cosmopolitan - hectic - metropolitan - pricey - reasonable - relaxed - sociable - solitary


  1. New York is a very city with lots of people from many different nationalities living there.
  2. What with my family, career and all my hobbies, life can get pretty at times.
  3. Many elderly people live lives without anyone to talk to.
  4. Research has shown that people without brothers or sisters tend to be less than others. They don't go out as much and are not keen on finding new friends.
  5. We are going to move to one of the cheaper suburbs because house prices are more there.
  6. People in the countryside are said to be more and welcoming than residents of the city.
  7. It was an excellent restaurant, but the food was very .
  8. Some workers don't earn so much and can only afford housing outside major areas.