WAYS OF VERBS WITH PRECISION OF MEANING EXERCISE

CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS INGLESES

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FILL IN BLANKS WITH A SUITABLE VERB:

A)    WAYS OF WALKING. VERBS OF MOVEMENT

The drunken man……………….out of the room. (walk with difficulty)

He hurt his leg and……………... for several weeks afterwards.

Be careful you don’t……………. on this grassy patch

The thief………………. Out of the room without being seen. (escaped)

Some guest left the party early, some others………………….. on. (stayed behind)

The soldiers…………………… silentLy forwards out  of sight of the enemy (crawled)

He wasn’t looking where he was going and…………….. over a stone.

She………………….. into the room al 5 o’clock in the morning so as not to be heard.

She………………….. into the shop. (move forward and quickly)

The police……………….. the crowd. (go in different directions)

The only beggar was………………….. down the street. (walk without  a direction)

                                                                                                                                                                                                       

B)    WAYS OF LOOKING

……………………….. me carefully and imitate what I do.

He……………………. at me several times during the lecture.

I dislike being…………………… at. ( look fixedly)

He…………………….. at me when I complained. (look angrily at, fiercely at)

The boy……………….. at the toys in the shop-windows. (give a long steady look)

The dazzling light made me………………..

The old man…………………. at the young girl.

Our neighbours spend hours......................... at behind the curtains.

I ……………………... you on T.V. last night. (use your eyesight)

He…………………… of the accident as he drove past. (have a quickly look)

He…………………… at me when I told him he was fired. (look like an idiot)

C)    VERBS OF LIGHT 

Stars…………………….. in the night

All that…………………… in not gold

He……………………….. his torch in my eyes (connected with flames)

Her eyes………………… with excitement.

The Jewels…………………… in the bright light  

The lights of the oncoming car…………………… me

It was difficult to see through the…………………….. of the head lighter.

The tropic sun …………………….down on us all day.

What is that driver………………… the lights al me?

Her eyes were…………………….. with tears.

The diamonds……………………... in the bright light

There were ………………………..embers in the fireplace as we entered the hotel lobby

The moonlight on the water…………………………….

The……………………………….. of the glasses in the candlelight

He was…………………………… by the strong tropical sun of the desert.

CEI C-65   2013