1 Find eight verbs related to communication in the word snake.
communicateapoocesiglomplainremindwarnjokewonderdisagree
Answer
communicate
apologise
complain
remind
warn
joke
wonder
disagree
2 Match the words from Exercise 1 to the meanings.
1 to share information with other people by speaking or writing: ……communicate……
2 to say something funny: …………………………
3 to have a different opinion to someone else: …………………………
4 to say sorry: …………………………
5 to make someone remember something: …………………………
6 to tell someone that something bad might happen: …………………………
7 to say you are not happy with something: …………………………
8 to ask yourself questions about something: …………………………
Answer
2 joke 3 disagree 4 apologise 5 remind 6 warn
7 complain 8 wonder
3 Complete each sentence with the correct form a word from Exercise 1.
1 A lot of people these days ……communicate…… through social media.
2 I …………………… you not to eat so much food, but you didn’t listen.
3 Anna …………………… for breaking my laptop.
4 I’m afraid I …………………… with you. I don’t think you’re right.
5 I …………………… what’s on TV tonight …
6 Don’t be upset with John. He was only …………………… .
7 The food in the restaurant was terrible, so we …………………… to the manager.
8 My mum …………………… me to switch off the lights before I left my room, but I forgot as usual.
Answer
2 warned 3 apologised 4 disagree 5 wonder
6 joking 7 complained 8 reminded
4 Complete the sentences with an adverb of degree.
1 My brother’s ……very…… confident, compared to me.
2 Our dog is r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ well-behaved, if she gets enough food.
3 We live in a p _ _ _ _ _ large house.
4 I can spend time alone q _ _ _ _ happily. I don’t always need to be with other people.
5 I think I’m a f _ _ _ _ _ reliable person.
Answer
2 reasonably 3 pretty 4 quite 5 fairly
5 Choose the correct options.
A: Hi Katie, can I talk to you?
B: No, I don’t want to 1…………………… with you at the moment. You were 2…………………… rude to me yesterday. You 3…………………… that my new hairstyle looked 4……………………, in front of 5…………………… else.
A: But I’ve 6…………………… that it was just a funny 7…………………… .
B: Well, I 8…………………… . It was a 9…………………… bad one. It really hurt my feelings. And you’re always doing things like this. I should 10…………………… you of when you told 11…………………… that my food made you ill.
A: I 12…………………… .
B: Well, OK, but I 13…………………… how you would like it if people made bad jokes about you.
A: You’re right. I’m 14…………………… sure I’d be upset.
1 A communicate B remind C warn
2 A quite B enough C too
3 A told B said C remind
4 A original B classic C silly
5 A no one B anyone C someone
6 A warned B explained C told
7 A joke B complain C insist
8 A wonder B disagree C demand
9 A enough B quite C pretty
10 A explain B remind C warn
11 A everyone B anyone C no one
12 A explain B disagree C apologise
13 A wonder B insist C tell
14 A quite B too C enough
Answer
2 A 3 B 4 C 5 C 6 B 7 A 8 B
9 C 10 B 11 A 12 C 13 A 14 A
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