Verbs to know

Our tennis team is hoping to _____ to the state championship next month!

• assume
• maintain
• advance
• seize

The student often ______ her classmates by shouting out answers all the time so no one else gets a chance.

• annoys
• competes
• exhausts
• endangers

I would never _____ that the principal would come and help me with my homework, but I might ask her if she has time.

• fascinate
• assume
• indicate
• hesitate

My two brothers always _____ to see who can lift the most weight.  My older brother always loses!

• neglect 
• prefer
• compete
• release

Parents should never ______ their children by leaving them locked up inside a hot car in summer!

• relieve

• assume

• endanger

• hesitate

You should not ______ yourself by staying up too late doing your homework and not getting enough sleep.

• annoy
• seize
• indicate
• exhaust

Some of the Olympic games seem boring to me, but the exact same games seem to _____ other people who can watch them for hours!

• annoy

• fascinate

• maintain

• seize

I usually ______ before answering the teacher's question. I want to think and be sure, so I never answer immediately.

• hesitate

• indicate

• assume

• prefer

Her high fever _____ that she probably has the flu.

• indicates

• relieves

• exhausts

• assumes

_____ a house is a lot of work because you have to clean it and fix things often.

• Competing

• Releasing

• Maintaining

• Seizing