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