Language Hub Upper-Intermediate, Unit 8 - Vocabulary (Easily con

А Gerard got out of bed, he stopped and listened / heard for a moment. Something didn't seem quite right and he wanted to be sure.

• listened

• heard

From the woods surrounding the house, he listened /heard a dog barking, but nothing else. 'I must be listening / hearing things,' he thought to himself.

• listened

• heard

• listening

• hearing

He got dressed and stood watching / looking out of the window at the trees. It felt / touched cold - cold enough for snow - but so far there was no sign of it.

• watching

• looking

• felt

• touched

As he was seeing / watching the treetops swaying in the breeze, he saw /watched something else.

• seeing

• watching

• saw

• watched

It was smoke. Very quickly, the awful realisation dawned on him that the house was on fire. Rushing to the door of his bedroom, he felt the back of it to see if it was hot. It wasn't, so he gently opened it and

saw / looked out into the corridor. There were no flames, but the air was thick with smoke and he couldn't see. He made his way towards the staircase, then quickly ran down the stairs.

• saw

• looked

He grabbed the door handle to fling the door open and escape, but as his hand touched / felt it, he screamed in pain! It was metal and had been heated by the fire. Gerard turned around and

watched / looked for another way to escape, but the smoke was blurring everything. He felt so disorientated in his own home, and he was beginning to feel dizzy

• touched

• felt

• watched

• looked