Question

Complete the sentences with the correct tense or form of the verbs in the box.

master               imitate          simplify    operate         guess

translate   lookup             pickup          getby             memorize

1.  Each night I tried ______ long lists of verbs.

2.  Would anyone like ______ what this word means?

3.  She ______ Spanish when she was living in Mexico.

4.  The key to ______ a foreign language is PRACTICE it as much as possible.

5.  The word ‘fast’ can ______ as a verb, a noun, an adjective and an adverb.

6.  I think it’s very difficult for an Englishman ______ a real American accent.

7.  ‘Merci’ in French ______ as ‘thank you’ in English.

8.  Some US spellings ______ over the years, e.g. color, harbor, program.

9.  “If you ______ every new word you see or hear, you will spend your whole day with the dictionary in your hand.”

10. My French is really hopeless, so I was glad to discover that I could ______ in simple English in Paris.

 

Answer 1

1. Each night I tried to memorize long lists of verbs.
2. Would anyone like to guess what this word means?
3. She has mastered/mastered Spanish when she was living in Mexico.
4. The key to operate a foreign language is PRACTICE it as much as possible.
5. The word 'fast' can be picked up as a verbs, a noun, an adjective and an adverb.
6. I think it's very difficult for an Englishman to imitate a real American accent.
7. 'Merci' in French is translated as 'Thank you' in English.