Unit 5 Listening and Reading Practice – Quiz
Practise different English vocabulary, expressions and idioms used in this video-lesson.
Good luck!
glance – caress – vanish – stare – hug – grab – beg – blurt out – wander off – insist – embrace – appear
| glance | /ɡlɑːns/ verb – to take a brief hurried look at someone or something |
| caress | /kəˈrɛs/ verb – to touch or stroke gently someone or something |
| vanish | /ˈvanɪʃ/ verb – to disappear completely |
| stare | /stɛː/ verb – to look at someone/something fixedly/intensely and for a longer time |
| hug | /hʌɡ/ verb – to squeeze someone/something tightly with your arms |
| grab | /ɡrab/ verb – to grasp, or seize somthing suddenly with your hand |
| beg | /bɛɡ/ verb – to ask someone humbly for something |
| blurt out | /bləːt aʊt/ phrasal verb – to say something without careful consideration |
| wander off | /ˈwʌndə ɒf/ phrasal verb – to leave a place where one is supposed to stay |
| embrace | /ɪmˈbreɪs/ or /,ɛmˈbreɪs/ verb – to hold someone closely in one’s arms |
| insist | /ɪnˈsɪst/ verb – to persist, to demand |
| appear | /əˈpɪə(r)/ verb – to become visible, to come into existence |
Fill in the blank in each sentence with the right verb/verb phrase from this video lesson. Make sure you use the right tense in each sentence!
Vebrs are:
glance – caress – vanish – stare – hug – grab – beg – blurt out – wander off – insist – embrace – appear