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Level 5: First Certificate/Advanced >> Vocabulary Worksheets >> Vocabulary worksheet which celebrates the English language's incredible ability to create verbs from nouns.

That's Not A Verb!

Look at the list of nouns in the box below. They are also all, incredibly, verbs. Try to select the correct ones to fill the spaces

1. Try and __________ what the house will be like once the builders have finished.

2. Mr. Winston will __________ this meeting as our usual president is ill today.

3. Shakespeare is considered to be the writer who __________ more phrases that anyone else.

4. Can you help me with these leaflets Carl? I have to __________ one to every woman who is with a child.

5. This wall is too rough. We will have to __________ it down before we can paint it.

6. The smugglers __________ their boat and unloaded the stolen whiskey into the waiting car.

7. That student of mine has been __________ me with stupid questions all week. Why doesn't he go and use the library?

8. A male wolf can __________ up to 200 cubs in its lifetime.

9. The snow is getting really heavy now. I think we should __________ for help down in the valley.

10. Why don't you __________ a letter to your father seeing as you have a spare twenty minutes.

11. Captain, how many men were __________ the lifeboats when the ship finally sank?

12. Sir, could you get out of your car please. We have just __________ you doing over 115mph! Do you have an explanation?

Can you think of more usual verbs that could be used for each question?