New Verbs: A to H

Here's an exercise to help you increase your vocabulary! Below are 8 verbs, some of which you may know, and some of which might be new to you.

Each sentence needs one of these verbs. Find the meaning of the verb and match it to the correct sentence.

I recommend reading all the sentences before making your choice.

Then, from memory, try to write your own list of verbs from A to H.

Lesson by Caroline Devane

Verb List

Accept
Ban
Clarify
Drop
Enforce
Flirt
Gossip
Handle

New Verbs: I to P

New Verbs: Q to Y

• 1. I can't believe how much she was ___ with him, she kept playing with her hair and smiling!
  
  clarifying
  enforcing
  flirting
  dropping
  accepting
  banning
  gossiping
  handling
  
  
• 2. You have to ___ that you will never be as good a dancer as she is.
  
  handle
  drop
  flirt
  accept
  clarify
  enforce
  gossip
  ban
  
  
• 3. Do you think you can ___ working overtime this week? I know you're really busy.
  
  drop
  gossip
  enforce
  handle
  flirt
  ban
  accept
  clarify
  
  
• 4. Be careful you don't ___ the parcel, it's very precious.
  
  handle
  flirt
  ban
  clarify
  drop
  gossip
  accept
  enforce
  
  
• 5. I don't think I understand what you just said, could you ___ for me please?
  
  handle
  flirt
  gossip
  accept
  ban
  drop
  enforce
  clarify
  
  
• 6. We have ___ mobile phones from the classroom.
  
  gossiped
  enforced
  dropped
  accepted
  handled
  banned
  clarified
  flirted
  
  
• 7. She ___ more than anyone I've ever met, I don't know why she's so interested in other people's lives.
  
  enforces
  handles
  flirts
  drops
  clarifies
  accepts
  bans
  gossips
  
  
• 8. We must ___ the rules of this school, the students are going wild.
  
  clarify
  ban
  drop
  enforce
  flirt
  accept
  handle
  gossip