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5 Verb pairs
(1.7 Use of English)
Part 1
Aim: To practise formal and informal language.
Interaction: Individual.
Type of activity: Matching.
Time: 2–3 minutes.
Materials: One worksheet per student.
In class: (1) Tell students that they are going to work
individually and hand out the worksheets. (2) Tell them
to match verbs with similar meaning into pairs. (3) Then
ask students to compare their answers in pairs. (4) Check
the answers with the whole class.

Answers:
1 a  2 f  3 b  4 h  5 e  6 d  7 i  8 c  9 g

Part 2
Aim: To practise formal and informal language.
Interaction: Pairs.
Type of activity: Gap filling.
Time: 4–5 minutes.
Materials: One worksheet per student.
In class: (1) Ask students to work in pairs and complete
the sentences with the verbs from Part 1. Point out they
should decide whether they need a more/less formal word
in each case. Remind them to look at the words before and
after each gap (e.g. prepositions), and use the verbs in the
correct form. (2) Once they have finished, check the
answers with the whole class. In each case, ask students
to give reasons for their choices. Explain that sometimes
both options are possible, depending on the context.

Suggested answers:
1 telling (e.g. somebody telling their friend about their
grandmother)  2 start (e.g. two friends talking)
3 need (e.g. a teacher talking to students)/are required
(e.g. in school regulations)  4 take back (e.g. two friends
talking)  5 tolerated (e.g. in an official speech)
6 request (e.g. on a university website)  7 have been
omitted (e.g. in a scientific journal)  8 memorise
(e.g. in a newspaper article)/learn by heart (e.g. in a class
discussion)  9 thought about (e.g. two friends talking)/
considered (e.g. a school councillor talking to a student)

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Resource 5 Verb pairs
1.7 Use of English (register)

Part 1

1 request
a ask for

2 commence b learn by heart

3 memorise c leave out

4 recount d need

5 tolerate e put up with

6 require f start

7 consider g take back

8 omit h tell

9 return i think about

Part 2
1 My granny was good at ______________ stories about her life. They were true, but also very amusing.
2 The lecture is just about to ______________ . Hurry up!
3 You ______________ to hand in your assignments on time if you don’t want to lose points.
4 I’m going to the library this afternoon. I can ______________ your books ______________ if you want.
5 No forms of discrimination against students of professors will be ______________ .
6 To ______________ more information about post-graduate programmes, please complete this form.
7 It is not entirely clear why people with university degrees ______________ from the study.
8 A recent study has shown that many students try to ______________ a lot of information just before their
exams.
9 By the way, have you ever ______________ taking a gap year before going to uni?

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