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