Verbs

Question 1

To expose one’s body to the sun

Answer 1

Sunbathe - sunbathed

Question 2

To be responsible for or to take care of somebody/something/yourselfTo care for

Answer 2

Look after - Looked after
-Who’s going to look after the children while you’re away?
-I’m looking after his affairs while he’s in hospital.
-Don’t worry about me—I can look after myself

Question 3

To search

Answer 3

Look for - Looked for

Question 4

To anticipate, expect, or wait for. To be thinking with pleasure about something that is going to happen (because you expect to enjoy it).

Answer 4

Look forward to - Looked forward to
-We’re really looking forward to seeing you again.
-I look forward to hearing from you

Question 5

To become aware of (a fact or situation, especially of something that has been true for a long time).

Answer 5

To realise - To realised
-It is important to realize that there are still potential problems.

Question 6

To get over a physical or abstract obstacle

Answer 6

Overcome
/ˌəʊvərˈkʌm/
overcame - overcome
-The two parties managed to overcome their differences on the issue.

Question 7

To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
As soon as I ____ what is wrong with my car, I will fix it.
…To calculate.
We’d already _____ that the trip would cost $1,000.

Answer 7

Figure out - Figured out
-I’m trying to figure out a way to make this work.
-Have you figured out how much the trip will cost?

Question 8

To do or achieve what was hoped for or expected. To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
He has failed to ———- his duties

Answer 8

Fulfill - fulfilled
/fʊlˈfɪl/
-Once they had fulfilled their obligations, they were allowed to go.

Question 9

To continue or proceed as before.

Answer 9

Carry on - Carried on

Question 10

To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.

Answer 10

Regret - regretted

Question 11

To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.

Answer 11

Hesitate - hesitated

Question 12

To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner.

Answer 12

Dump - dumped

Question 13

When you —- something, you carry or support it, using your hands or your arms.

Answer 13

Hold - held - held

Question 14

1. to maintain a firm grasp
   she —- on with all her strength
2. to continue or persist

Answer 14

Hold on - Held on

Question 15

If you ——— something, you succeed in doing it.
to ask what you’re trying to ——– with it.

Answer 15

accomplish
past tense, past participle accomplished

Question 16

To rebuke, to reprimand, or to admonish, often in a harsh, angry, direct way.
Joel’s boss —- him — for being late again.

Answer 16

Tell off - Told off

Question 17

A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape.
a —- in a roof
a —- in a gas pipe

Answer 17

Leak - leaked

Question 18

If something —— you, it worries you.

Answer 18

concern - past tense, past participle concerned

Question 19

To see or gain knowledge of through experience.
To furnish proof of, to show.

Answer 19

witness - witnessed
/wɪtnəs/
-Verb: We are now witnessing an unprecedented increase in violent crime.
-Noun: We have a witness to the killing.

Question 20

To find something, or to meet someone, by accident.

Answer 20

stumble across/on/upon - /ˈstʌmb(ə)l/

Question 21

to try hard to do something that you find very difficult.

Answer 21

struggle VERB INTRANSITIVE /ˈstrʌɡ(ə)l/

Question 22

To believe something to be true because it is very likely, although you are not certain:

Answer 22

Presume /prɪˈzjuːm/
I presume (that) they’re not coming, since they haven’t replied to the invitation.
guess /ɡes/
I didn’t know the answer, so I had to guess.

Question 23

To find yourself in a place or situation at the end of a process or period of time

Answer 23

End up
Phrasal verb
-I ended up doing all the work myself.
-If you go on like this you’ll end up in prison.
-We moved around a lot when I was young but we ended up in London.
-If he carries on driving like that, he’ll end up dead.

Question 24

To need or depend on someone or something.
To trust or have faith in someone or something.

Answer 24

Rely on
Phrasal verb
-As babies, we rely entirely on others for food.
-These days we rely heavily on computers to organize our work.
-The industry relies on the price of raw materials remaining low.
-You should rely on your own judgment.