Complement vs Compliment

Name:_____________________

Date:_________________

Complement vs Compliment

`Complement' means to go along with or to work well with, or can refer to a full set of something. To `compliment' means to offer praise.

Fill in the blank with the best word: complement or compliment. 1. An upper-class kitchen always has a full __________ of knives in the set on the counter.

2. It's cute how Ben blushes when someone gives him a __________.

3. You are a stubborn individual, and I do not mean that as a __________.

4. After barely escaping that explosion, I was relieved to feel my usual __________ of fingers and toes.

5. The long earrings were the perfect __________ to my pirate costume. 6. I must __________ our host on the Christmas pudding, it's the best I've

tasted in years.

7. Being called `mangy' might be a __________ if you happen to be a dog.

8. Hot dogs and sauerkraut __________ each other perfectly.

9. His analytical skill and her salesmanship really __________ each other; no wonder their business is thriving.

10. No greater __________ can you pay a ballplayer than to call him a `gamer'.



Name:_____________________

Complement vs. Compliment

1. Complement 2. Compliment 3. Compliment 4. Complement 5. Complement 6. Compliment 7. Compliment 8. Complement 9. Complement 10. Compliment

Date:_________________



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