Choose and insert the correct word or verb-adverb combination in the proper form.

Journey – travel – trip – tour – voyage

Trip – journey, especially a pleasure excursion

Travel – a long journey especially in foreign or distant places; is often used in plural

Journey – a travel from one place to another; a trip of considerable length, wholly or mainly by land

Travel is indefinite, journey is definite, with its appointment destination

Tour – a long journey in which a short stay is made at a number of places in sequence.

Voyage – a journey, especially a long one, by sea, along the river

1. We were on the Queen Elizabeth coming back from our first … to France. 2. In a long … straw weighs. 3. He had a tedious but easy … across the Atlantic Ocean. 4. I’d rather see countries with my own eyes than read lots of books on …. 5. last year I was on a motor …. during the twenty-day holiday we visited six or seven towns. 6. John was off to Milan on a business … on March 15. 7. it was a … of over 2, 000 miles and took nearly three days.

Put out – put off – put up at – put up with – put up

Put off – postpone

Put out – cause to stop burning, annoy

Put up – construct

Put up at – stay, lodge, shelter

Put up with – tolerate, stand

1. I remembered a job I’d been … for some time. 2. I refuse to …. His carelessness any longer. 3. The firemen worked hard but were not able to … the fire. 4. The conference was … until next month. 5. They are tearing down that old building in order to … a new one. 6. Do you think we’ll be able to … this Youth Hostel?

Run out of – run across/into – run against – run down – run over

Run into – collide with, meet unexpectedly

Run across smb or smth – meet or find by chance, come across

Run against smb or smth – come into contact or collision with

Run down – be tired, exhausted, ill; stop working or going

Run out of – come to an end, exhaust the supply of

Run over – strike or pass over with a moving car, bus

1. It was on the second day that I … him sitting in a quiet corner on deck. 2. How did the bus driver happen to … that man? 3. You mustn’t hurry along a corridor with your head turned aside or back, otherwise you may … somebody and knock him down. 4. he’s just returned from an expedition, that’s why he is looking so … 5. It seems to me we … sugar. Will you go and buy half a kilo? 6. I … Mr. Smith in the park this morning. 7. What’s wrong with my watch? It’s not working. – I think it …. wind it up.

Give up – give in

Give up – stop doing smth; sacrifice, part with;

Give in – stop fighting or arguing

1. We found out that he … painting. 2. he is not the kind of man who is likely to …; he is sure to go on fighting. 3. The plan is unworkable, we’ve got to … it …. 4. She will never … the idea of working on her own; but for the time being, she may have to … to the demands of her boss.

The Verbs of Speaking

Whisper – speak using breath but not vocal cords

Murmur – speak softly and indistinctly

Mumble – speak indistinctly

Shout – say in a loud voice

Scream – give a loud sharp cry

Stammer – speak in a halting way

Make six sentences of your own describing how a person would speak in these situations:

1. when somebody is sleeping in the room;

2. rude loud quarrel of two women in the market place;

3. you don’t know your lesson but try to answer;

4. the situation is very awkward, you don’t know what to say, you have no words, but try to say something;

5. you cut your finger, it hurts;

6. you want to say something to your friend without anybody hearing you.