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