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