English File B2 7A Verbs often confused

How are you feeling today?

I hope / wish I knew the answer to this question.

• hope

• wish

The chemist can warn / advise you which is the best medicine to take.

• warn

• advise

When I ask my son what the problem is, he just denies / refuses to talk about it.

• denies

• refuses

Don’t you think we need to argue / discuss this before we make a decision?

• argue

• discuss

Emily’s boss warned / advised her that if she was late for work again, she’d lose her job.

• warned

• advised

Hurry up! I can’t expect / wait forever.

• expect

• wait

When the police accused Jim of the crime, he denied / refused being there that night.

• denied

• refused

I love laying / lying on the beach with a good book in summer.

• laying

• lying

I remembered / reminded him that the meeting was at 2 p.m.

• remembered

• reminded