14. Verbs: communicating TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 3

TEST YOUR VOCABULARY 3

14. Verbs: communicating

Complete each sentence with a verb from the box in the correct form.

advertise	advise	congratulate	contact
deny	demand	explain	inform
insult	interrupt	persuade	present
remind	translate	warn	whisper

1	‘Ssh! Don’t make a noise,’ he ____whispered__. ‘ We don’t want to wake the others up, do we?’
2	This is going to hurt a little,’ the  doctor _________ her.
3	‘We regret to _________ you that flight BR 243 is delayed for three hours.’
4	I _________ to her three times how to use my mobile, but she still couldn’t make a call.
5	I almost forgot to return the videos to the video shop. Luckily Claude _________ me.
6	I hate him. He called me a stupid idiot and _________ me in various other ways.
7	I know he copied his essay off the internet, but he continuous to _________ it.
8	She _________ me not to do the computer course but I’m still thinking of doing it because it might be useful.
9	At first I wanted to go to California on holiday but in the end we went to Maine because my sister _________ me it would be more fun. It was definitely the right choice.
10	Martha hasn’t _________ me about the trip next week. I don’t think she wants to come.
11	On Radio 6, they are _________ some very cheap flights to Florida at the moment.
12	Our first night in the hotel was terrible. The next morning we _________ to see the manager.
13	She didn’t speak a word of Spanish so I had to _________ for her when we were in Madrid.
14	We were trying to have a conversation but her little boy kept _________ us.
15	While everyone was _________ the bride and groom after the wedding, we disappeared.
16	You look a bit like the guy who _________ the TV programme Lucky Day.

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