1) To construct or put together. || We _____ furniture at this factory. a) build b) buy c) put d) pull 2) To place or move. || They _____ their keys in the dish by the door. a) build b) buy c) put d) pull 3) To purchase; to pay money for. || We _____ our shoes at a shoe store. a) build b) buy c) put d) pull 4) To exert force to move something toward oneself. || You _____ this door to open it (not push). a) build b) buy c) put d) pull 5) To cry out or make a verbal sound. || Birds _____ each other with their songs. a) call b) hold c) suggest d) raise 6) To name someone or something. || We _____ our cat Fluffy. a) call b) hold c) suggest d) raise 7) To contact someone. || We _____ our parents every Sunday. a) call b) hold c) suggest d) raise 8) To offer for consideration. || We _____ you do your homework when the lesson is still fresh in your mind. a) call b) hold c) suggest d) raise 9) To say or state indirectly. || They don't tell me what to do, but my parents _____ that I do the things they want. a) call b) hold c) suggest d) raise 10) To grasp and keep. || Please _____ the rope for me. a) call b) hold c) suggest d) raise 11) To carry. || We _____ our money in our pockets. a) call b) hold c) suggest d) raise 12) To support with your hands. || You _____ your baby so carefully. a) call b) hold c) suggest d) raise 13) To lift or move to a higher position. || _____ your hands if you have a question. a) call b) hold c) suggest d) raise 14) To increase. || They _____ the workers' salaries every year. a) call b) hold c) suggest d) raise 15) To bring up. || We _____ issues with our boss. a) call b) hold c) suggest d) raise 16) To be part of a whole. || Does the price of the hotel room _____ all fees and taxes?  a) include b) keep c) take d) talk 17) To make part of a whole. || The girls _____ their younger sister in their games. a) include b) keep c) take d) talk 18) To reach for and hold. || The teachers _____ our homework to grade it. a) include b) keep c) take d) talk 19) To reach occupy (be in) a place or position. || Did the kids _____ all the seats? a) include b) keep c) take d) talk 20) To use as an example. || There are many female scientists; _____ Madame Curie, for example. a) include b) keep c) take d) talk 21) To measure or determine. || In the hospital, the nurses _____ the patients' temperature several times a day. a) include b) keep c) take d) talk 22) To consume (eat/drink), especially medicine. || I take _____ vitamins every day. a) include b) keep c) take d) talk 23) To make a photograph. || We _____ so many pictures when we're on vacation. a) include b) keep c) take d) talk 24) To remove someone/something from one place. || We _____ our notebooks out of our backpacks at the start of class. a) include b) keep c) take d) talk 25) To have or continue to have something. || We _____ pictures of our grandparents in the living room. a) include b) keep c) take d) talk 26) To cause to continue in a certain position. || You need to _____ still if you want me to put eyeliner on your eye. a) include b) keep c) take d) talk 27) To cause to continue in a certain course. || We _____ practicing our English, so that we'll get better every day. a) include b) keep c) take d) talk 28) To fulfill (as in a promise). || They _____ their word. a) include b) keep c) take d) talk 29) To make entries (as in a diary or chart). || The bookkeepers _____ careful records of all income and expenses. a) include b) keep c) take d) talk 30) To speak. || We _____ with each other at least twice a week. a) include b) keep c) take d) talk 31) To negotiate. || The senators _____ with the members of congress about the new budget bill. a) include b) keep c) take d) talk

100 Common Verbs 4 Definitions & Sample Sentences

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