UNIT 9: confusing verbs

CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION:

I love ___ my days off in the garden

• spending

• passing

CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION:

Why don't you ___ at home if you're feeling ill?

• stay

• spend

CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION:

Humans blink so much we ___ two seconds a minute with our eyes closed!

• spend

• pass

CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION:

I wish you wouldn't ___ so late at work every night.

• stay

• spend

CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION:

I can't believe how fast the time has ___ on this holiday.

• spent

• passed

CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION:

My parents used to ___ too much time watching TV, so they deiced to give it away.

• spend

• pass

MATCH THE FOLLOWING

• progress towards a cure for diseases.

• The constant changes in employment laws cause

• great confusion in the workplace.

• It has taken a while but the government is now making

• an impact on how people perceive you.

• It seems scientists are making

• an effort to tackle climate change.

• The way you present yourself to the world has

• offence before you post them online.

• Think about whether your comments might cause

CHOOSE THE CORRECT COLLOCATION:

• Achieve ​ (a)  

• Carry out ​ (b)  

• Devote ​ (c)  

• an ambition
• an improvement
• energy to

CHOOSE THE CORRECT COLLOCATION:

• Achieve ​ (a)  

• Carry out ​ ​ (b)  

• Devote ​ ​ (c)  

• success
• research
• one's life to

CHOOSE THE CORRECT COLLOCATION:

• Achieve ​ ​ (a)  

• Carry out ​ ​ ​ (b)  

• Devote ​ ​ ​ (c)  

• an objective
• a threat
• time to