Grammar Warm-up – Part 71

Which everyday English word or phrase means the same as the more formal verb in CAPITALS at the end of the sentence

put / spend / give / say sorry / do / get / admit / get used

N1. The government plans to ………………….. new taxes on air travel. IMPOSE N2. It was hard for me to ………………….. to living alone. ADJUST N3. we ………………….. a few days in the mountains then went to the coast. PASS N4. Have you ………………….. to your mother? APOLOGIZE N5. His comments yesterday ………………….. an angry reaction from the public. DRAW N6. She ………………….. that she regretted what she had done. CONFESS N7. You will not be ………………….. a license if you do not satisfy all the conditions. GRANT N8. They have been ………………….. experiments to test this theory. CONDUCT

: ANSWERS

Put / get used to / spent / said sorry / got / admitted / given / doing