Verbs Quiz - January

As Switzerland’s glaciers SHRINK, a way of life may melt away.

• get_broken
• get_smaller
• get_weak
• move_in_space

As Switzerland’s glaciers shrink, a way of life MAY melt away.

• be_able
• conditional
• could_(supposition)
• might_exist

As Switzerland’s glaciers shrink, a way of life may MELT away.

• die
• get_ones_shape_changed
• get_hidden
• get_smaller

Germans PUSH back as far right’s influence grows.

• defend_oneself
• fight
• move_in_direction/relatively_to
• move_(sthg)_in_direction/relatively_to

Germans push back as far right’s influence GROWS.

• develop_oneself
• get_better
• get_bigger
• get_strong

It was now RAINING cats and dogs outside if I refer to the zeal with which the people were digging into their raincoat.

• be_abundant
• exist_(weather)
• move_(sthg)_in_space
• AUTRE

It was now raining cats and dogs outside if I REFER to the zeal with which the people were digging into their raincoat.

• analogize
• analyse
• quote
• use_(sthg)

An Italian town full of the elderly wants to FEEL young again.

• feel_inside
• feel_(sthg)
• get_young
• AUTRE

Why this presidential front-runner is STIRRING fears of the ‘death of democracy’.

• cause_(sthg)
• frighten_(sbody)
• make_feel_(sthg)
• stir_(sbody)

Winter storm SWEEPS Britain, posing ‘danger to life’ in coastal areas.

• disadvantage
• exist_(weather)
• move_in_direction/relatively_to
• AUTRE