15018 verbs confused

hire – rent – let
1. If you go to Malta, you can _______ a car and drive around the island.
2. We ________ our house while we were on holiday.

teach – learn – study

3. She needs money so she is going to _________ out a room to a student.
1. I’ll
do__________
it again. I’ve ___________
lesson.
4.
I’ll never
have to
someone to put my
up the
fence.
2. Don’t worry! I’ll __________ him a lesson!

lie – lay

3. I’ve been _____________ all afternoon, but it takes so long to ________Philosophy.
1. My father has just __________ down. I can’t wake him up.
4. He has__________ his dog some clever tricks.
2. She __________ the baby gently on her bed.
5. You can ________ more about the wild animals from one visit to the zoo than from
3. Salmon swim hundreds of miles up rivers and stream in order to _________ their eggs.
_________ zoology for hours.
4. I was________ awake all night worrying about my financial situation.

raise – rise

discover – invent

1. I am trying to ________ money to build a new house.

1. Do you know who ___________ radio - Marconi or Tesla?
2. She got angry, ________ to her feet and left the room.
2. Who __________ the lost city of Machu Picchu?
3. Prices are ___________.
3. Scientists are trying to __________ the cause of the epidemic.
4. I can’t _________ this arm, it hurts badly.
4. The teacher realized that the girl had ____________ the whole story about being kidnapped.

remind – remember
fit – suit

1. I must __________ her to take her umbrella.

1. Black doesn’t ___________ me. I look much better in red.
2. Don’t you ____________ where you put your glasses? You ________ me of my mother.
2. This dress __________ me, but it doesn’t really ________ me. It’s too short.
3. Can I __________everyone that we have a strict non-smoking policy here?
4. I can still ____________ every word he said.

lend
rob –– borrow
steal
1. Will you _________ me your bicycle?
1. They found out that the maid had been __________ from them for years.
2. You can’t keep on __________ money without paying back on time.
2. Two men ___________ a bank yesterday morning.

3. She is a kind of woman who is always ready to __________ a hand.
3. Help! I’ve been __________.
4. He ___________ a kiss from her in the moonlight.