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EXERCISE
1 Match the weak verbs with the strong verbs.
a. talk imagine
b. clean complain
c. cook roast
d. think scrub
2 Circle the stronger verb in the sentences below.
a. The dog ( looked / stared ) at the passersby.
b. I ( discovered / found ) my book under the sofa.
c. The boy ( argued / talked ) with his sister.
d. The young girl ( slammed / put ) her books on the table.
3 R ewrite each sentence using strong verbs from the box.
smashed tumbled scurried tore
Unit 2. WORD CHOICE ✷ 21
a. I fell down the stairs.
➔I tumbled down the stairs.
b. The workers took down the wall.
➔ The workers down the wall.
c. The boy broke his mother’s vase.
➔ The boy his mother’s vase.
d. The mice ran away from the cat.
➔ The mice away from the cat.
1 Match the weak verbs with the strong verbs.
a. talk imagine
b. clean complain
c. cook roast
d. think scrub
2 Circle the stronger verb in the sentences below.
a. The dog ( looked / stared ) at the passersby.
b. I ( discovered / found ) my book under the sofa.
c. The boy ( argued / talked ) with his sister.
d. The young girl ( slammed / put ) her books on the table.
3 R ewrite each sentence using strong verbs from the box.
smashed tumbled scurried tore
Unit 2. WORD CHOICE ✷ 21
a. I fell down the stairs.
➔I tumbled down the stairs.
b. The workers took down the wall.
➔ The workers down the wall.
c. The boy broke his mother’s vase.
➔ The boy his mother’s vase.
d. The mice ran away from the cat.
➔ The mice away from the cat.
