Complete the sentences with the correct word
Descriptive verbs
Making changes
Life events
Time periods
100

Could you help me s_____ this problem? It’s really difficult!

solve

100

What time did the lorry s_____ the other vehicle?

strike

100

When you_____ the habit of doing something, you start doing

get into

100

You can ____________ at any age. My grandfather has just become a cook.

  • start a career
100

Young people listen to music on their phones _____.

nowadays

200

Look at that f__________. The water must be at least ten metres in the air!

  • fountain
200

I wish I didn’t have to b___ for money.

  • beg
200

My dad wants to ____________ up having cake every day. It is very bad for you.

give

200

Is it easy to ____________ in this company? I want to make progress and earn more money.

  • get promoted
200

You could buy a coffee for one euro not so _____ ago.

  • long
300

Andy has i__________ me to apply for my dream job. I’m going to go for it!

  • inspired
300

Please don’t f__________ me to go to the concert. I don’t like that kind of music.

  • force
300

Bill’s diet is very unhealthy. He needs to change his ___________.

ways

300

Jamie wants to _____________ in History at university.

  • get a degree
300

My brother’s ten today. He was born a _____ ago.

  • decade
400

Unfortunately, some countries are already experiencing a l__________ of water.

  • lack
400

Plans to build a factory on the football field have e__________ local people.

  • enraged
400

We ____________ with the difficult questions our Maths teachers gives us. But it is good to be challenged.

struggle 

400

Beth and John want to ______________. They would love to have two children.

  • start a family
400

Abraham Lincoln was president of the USA _____ 1861 _____1865.

  • from, until
500

I’d like to grow some vegetables this year, but I need some good-quality s__________ to grow them in.

  • soil
500

Did the robber s__________ the window to get into the shop?

  • smash
500

Next year I am going to ______________ a resolution to listen to some new music.

make

500

Poor Brad. He just can’t ______________. He’s lived in 12 different places in six years.

  • settle down
500

The Moors occupied most of the Iberian Peninsula in _________ times.

  • medieval