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Pages 34–35 option  /ˈɒpʃ(ə)n/ Noun
an option is something that you can choose
choice  /tʃɔɪs/ Noun
they don’t have any vegetarian options | there are
if there is a choice, you can choose between different
several different options | we have two options – we can
things
walk or go by bus | this looks like the best option | let’s
Collocates:  a choice of something | have no choice just go for the cheapest option | his only option was to
the food is OK, but there isn’t much choice | there’s a have an operation
choice of three desserts | it wouldn’t be my first choice Adjective:  optional
of hotels (not the one I prefer) | all the other tables were
voting is optional (you don’t have to vote if you don’t
reserved so we had no choice
want to) | a digital radio is an optional extra (you don’t
Verb:  choose have to have it)
I think you chose an excellent film | have you chosen
what dish you’re going to order? portion  /ˈpɔː(r)ʃ(ə)n/ Noun
a portion of food is an amount that is served to one
complain  /kəmˈpleɪn/ Verb person at a meal
if you complain about something, you say that there is Collocates:  a portion of something
something wrong and that you are not satisfied with it
it was quite expensive and the portions were very small |
Collocates:  complain about something | complain to the portions there are very generous | you need two
someone | complain that slices of chicken per portion | I ordered a sandwich and
when I complained, the waiter was quite rude | you a portion of chips
should complain to the manager | I complained because
my food was cold | customers complained that the prices programme  /ˈprəʊɡræm/ Noun
were too high a programme is an individual broadcast on radio or
television
Noun:  complaint
I don’t really like cookery programmes | there was a
Collocates:  make a complaint
really interesting programme on BBC1 last night | she
there have been a lot of complaints about noise coming makes documentary programmes for the radio | there
from the club | I’d like to make a complaint (to complain are lots of TV programmes about cooking
about something)
properly  /ˈprɒpə(r)li/ Adverb
cookery  /ˈkʊk(ə)ri/ Noun uncount if you do something properly, you do it well or in the
cookery is the activity of preparing and cooking food correct way
Collocates:  a cookery programme | a cookery class the fish wasn’t cooked properly | my phone isn’t working
I don’t really like cookery programmes | a cookery book | properly | in judo, you need to know how to fall properly
he opened a cookery school in Cirencester | the machine isn’t working properly | he’s not properly
trained
delicious  /dɪˈlɪʃəs/ Adjective
food that is delicious tastes or smells very nice Adjective:  proper
the dessert was delicious | that was a delicious meal he’s a proper cook – he works in a very good restaurant
| thank you – that was delicious | a delicious smell of recipe  /ˈresəpi/ Noun
chocolate cake was coming from the kitchen a recipe is a set of instructions for making a particular
disgusting  /dɪsˈɡʌstɪŋ/ Adjective dish
something that is disgusting is horrible and makes you Collocates:  a recipe for something | follow a recipe
feel sick have you ever tried any of Jamie Oliver’s recipes? | this
the food was disgusting | what’s that disgusting smell? | pie is delicious – you must give me the recipe | I didn’t
that fish smells disgusting | smoking is a disgusting habit | follow the recipe properly, and it came out all soft on
that’s the most disgusting thing I’ve ever heard the outside | I get all my recipes online now | a recipe for
tomato soup
grilled  /ɡrɪld/ Adjective
grilled food has been cooked under very strong heat rude  /ruːd/ Adjective
we had some amazing grilled meat last night | do you if someone is rude, they speak or behave in a way that is
want your steak fried or grilled? | grilled food is healthier not polite and which might upset people
for you than fried food when I complained, the waiter was quite rude | I’m sorry –
Verb:  grill | Noun:  grill I didn’t mean to be rude | they are such rude children
| he was extremely rude to his aunt | the man who
I prefer to grill my burgers | put them under the grill for a answered the phone was incredibly rude | it’s rude to
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Adverb:  rudely could we have a cloth, please? | wipe the table with a
he pushed past her rudely and took the last seat damp cloth (one that is slightly wet)

seat  /siːt/ Noun contain  /kənˈteɪn/ Verb

a seat is a chair, or a place to sit to contain something means to have it inside
the restaurant often gets busy, so you have to wait for does the dish contain meat? | all our desserts may
a seat | there’s a spare seat over there | all the seats on contain nuts | the box contained my old wedding dress |
the train were reserved | the back seat of a car (behind the book contains a large number of photographs
where the driver sits) | I’ve got a seat on the last plane Noun:  container
out of Glasgow tonight | I asked for a seat facing the fill the container with sand | keep your pasta in a plastic
direction of travel container
terrace  /ˈterəs/ Noun dessert  /dɪˈzɜː(r)t/ Noun
a terrace is an area just outside a building or room a dessert is a dish of sweet food that you eat at the end
where you can sit of a meal
you can have dinner on the terrace | the restaurant has I never eat desserts | would you like to see the dessert
a terrace with a great view over the sea | we sat out on menu? | what’s for dessert? | all the desserts were
the terrace | a roof terrace delicious

get past  /ˌɡet ˈpɑːst/ Phrasal verb

Pages 36–37 if you want to get past, you want to go from one side of
bean  /biːn/ Noun something to the other, and there is not very much space
beans are the seeds of some plants that are eaten as for you to go through
food. Some beans are dried so that they will keep for a could you move your chair a little so I can get past? | do
long time you want me to move, or can you get past? | there was a
it’s a lovely dish of fried rice and black beans | a tin car in the way and I couldn’t get past
of baked beans | I grow beans in my garden | boil the
beans for three minutes herb  /hɜː(r)b/ Noun
a herb is a plant with leaves that are used to add flavour
bill  /bɪl/ Noun to food
a bill is a list which shows you how much you have to mint is an easy herb to grow in your garden | add some
pay for something that you have received chopped herbs before you serve it | use fresh herbs if
Collocates:  pay a bill you can get them | a jar of mixed, dried herbs
could we have the bill please? | I forgot to pay the
jug  /dʒʌɡ/ Noun
electricity bill | they sent me a bill for £300 | our gas bills
a jug is a container for holding and pouring liquids
are now paperless (they come by email and are not sent
to us through the post) | the restaurant made a mistake Collocates:  a jug of something
with the bill could we have a jug of tap water please? | she put a jug
of milk on the table | I dropped the jug and it broke on
bitter  /ˈbɪtə(r)/ Adjective the floor | a beautifully decorated jug
something that is bitter has a strong taste that is the
opposite of sweet leg  /leɡ/ Noun
if it’s too bitter, add some sugar | they taste quite bitter a leg is an animal’s leg that is eaten as food
| it had a horrible, bitter taste | each dish will be either a roast leg of lamb | to serve four, you need two chicken
sweet, sour, salty or bitter legs

book  /bʊk/ Verb mild  /maɪld/ Adjective

if you book something, you arrange to have it or use it at food that is mild does not have a strong taste
a particular time in the future this fish has a rather mild taste | I prefer mild cheese | I
Collocates:  book a table/seat/ticket asked for a hot curry, but it’s actually rather mild
I’d like to book a table for four | you can book your
offer  /ˈɒfə(r)/ Noun
tickets by phone or online | the restaurant gets busy, so
if you offer someone something, you ask them if they
you need to book in advance | Monday is a quiet night,
would like it and tell them they can have it if they want
so there’s no need to book | it’s a busy train so I suggest
it. When you say something like this, you are making an
you book a seat
offer
Noun:  booking
Collocates:  accept an offer | make an offer | an offer of
Collocates:  make a booking something
can I make a booking for next Saturday, please? | do you when you are making a polite offer, you should say
have a booking, sir? “Would you like” rather than “Do you want” | I accepted
her offer of a lift to the station | he refused their offer of
cloth  /klɒθ/ Noun
lunch | a job offer | thank you for your offer of help
a cloth is a small piece of material that you use for
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Collocates:  offer to do something | offer something to salty  /ˈsɔːlti/ Adjective

someone | offer someone something food that is salty has a strong taste of salt
can I offer you a cup of tea? | he offered to show us the meat was too salty | it’s nice, but it’s quite salty |
round the city | will you take the job if they offer it to you? eating salty food is not good for you

order  /ˈɔː(r)də(r)/ Verb seafood  /ˈsiːˌfuːd/ Noun uncount

when you order in a restaurant, you tell the waiter what seafood is fish and other animals from the sea that you
you want to eat and drink can eat
are you ready to order? | I can’t decide what to order | there’s a seafood restaurant on the beach | I don’t really
Pete ordered another bottle of water | I ordered fish for like seafood—I prefer meat | I had an amazing seafood
my main course dish there | they serve seafood in the evenings | enjoy
Noun:  order fresh, delicious seafood in our three-star restaurant
we’d been waiting an hour and our order still hadn’t seed  /siːd/ Noun
arrived a seed is a small part of a plant that grows into a new
plant when it is in the ground. Some seeds can be eaten
raw  /rɔː/ Adjective
as food
raw food has not been cooked
I bought some seeds to grow herbs in my kitchen | leave
a dish made with raw fish | you can eat them cooked or
the seeds in warm water overnight before planting them |
raw | a glass of milk with a raw egg in it | you can eat
you could add sunflower seeds to your breakfast cereal
raw beef, but raw chicken will make you seriously ill
shell  /ʃel/ Noun
ready  /ˈredi/ Adjective
a shell is the hard part on the outside of some sea
if you are ready to do something, you are prepared and
animals
able to do it immediately
they’re a kind of seafood with a big shell | you cook
Collocates:  be ready to do something
them in their shells | we spent the morning looking for
are you ready to order? | at the age of 16, I was ready shells on the beach
to leave home | he was still getting ready when the taxi
arrived | aren’t you ready yet? skin  /skɪn/ Noun
the skin on a fruit or vegetable is the part on the outside
reasonable  /ˈriːz(ə)nəb(ə)l/ Adjective
it’s a kind of green fruit with a very thick skin | I eat
if you think the price of something is reasonable, you
apples with the skin on | take the skin off the onion
think it is not too expensive and is good value for money
before you chop it (cut it into small pieces) | let the
the bill was very reasonable | the prices here are potatoes cool down before you peel the skin off (take
quite reasonable | I think £20 for a day at the cricket the skin off with a knife)
is reasonable | it’s difficult to get a good meal for a
reasonable price near the station soft  /sɒft/ Adjective
Adverb:  reasonably something that is soft is not hard and changes shape
easily when you press it
Collocates:  reasonably priced
they’re quite soft on the inside | the fruit should be soft
the evening meal was tasty and reasonably priced | at
and sweet | cook the potatoes until they are soft | a
£60 a night, it’s a reasonably priced hotel
lovely soft pillow
request  /rɪˈkwest/ Noun
spicy  /ˈspaɪsi/ Adjective
if you make a request, you ask someone in a polite way
spicy food has a strong flavour because it is cooked with
if they will do something
special seeds or powders called spices
Collocates:  a request for something
it was served with a spicy sauce | it wasn’t spicy enough
it wasn’t an order, just a polite request | I made a request for me | I find Indian food too spicy
for some information about the election | he knew her
Noun:  spice
request was reasonable
I love to cook with herbs and spices | the shop on the
Verb:  request
corner sells excellent spices
the pilot requested permission to land
stone  /stəʊn/ Noun
roast  /rəʊst/ Adjective the stone in a fruit is the very hard part in the middle that
if you roast food, you cook it in an oven, usually adding you don’t eat
some fat to it. Food that is cooked in this way is roast
it’s a green fruit with a very big stone in the middle | cut
or roasted, for example roast chicken or roasted
the fruit in half and remove the stone
vegetables
you can have roast, boiled, or fried potatoes | a roast leg suggestion  /səˈdʒestʃ(ə)n/ Noun
of lamb | the roasted peppers were still too hot to eat if you make a suggestion, you describe a plan or
Verb:  roast possibility for someone to consider
put the chicken in the oven and roast it for two hours Collocates:  make a suggestion
can I make a suggestion? | I agree with Malcolm’s
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anyone have any suggestions for a good hotel in Noun:  concern

Brighton? | as always, your suggestions are welcome | Collocates:  express concern | cause concern | a main
encourage your students to offer suggestions for solving concern
the problems
lots of people have expressed concern about the matter |
Verb:  suggest the bad weather is causing concern among farmers| my
I suggest we give up and go home | can anyone suggest main concern is finding the money for Paul’s university
an answer to our problem? fees

sweet  /swiːt/ Adjective consist  /kənˈsɪst/ Verb

food that is sweet tastes as if there is a lot of sugar in it if something consists of different things, it is made of
kids eat too many sweet things these days | what you those things
need is a cup of hot, sweet tea | these oranges are Collocates:  consist of something
really sweet the dish consists of eggs and lemon juice with a lot of
sugar | each team consists of five players | the national
tap  /tæp/ Noun
flag consists of just two stripes | the collection consisted
a tap is an object that controls the flow of water, for
of over 300 original paintings | the committee consisted
example into a sink or bath. If you drink tap water, you
of seven elected members
drink water that has come from a tap and not from a
bottle
PREPOSITIONS
Collocates:  turn a tap on/off | a hot/cold tap
Many words commonly go with prepositions.
could we have a jug of tap water please? | the bathroom
had gold-coloured taps | the cold tap was stuck (the consist of water, sugar and fruit
tap that sends out cold water) | turn the hot tap off if the experiment with different ingredients
water gets too hot we’re still open to suggestions
thick  /θɪk/ Adjective she was very concerned about her son’s exam results
something that is thick is not thin
some oranges have a very thick skin | a thick slice of Notice any prepositions when you learn words and
bread | I bought this nice thick coat for the winter | a pair expressions. There are exercises at the end of each unit in
of thick socks | a thick book | the walls are very thick | the Vocabulary Builder that test you on prepositions.
she’s got lovely thick hair
experiment  /ɪkˈsperɪˌment/ Verb
tip  /tɪp/ Noun if you experiment, you try new and different things
a tip is an extra amount of money that you give when Collocates:  experiment with something
you pay for a meal in a restaurant or for a service that they wouldn’t experiment with anything new at breakfast
you have had | I began to experiment with different paint colours | let’s
Collocates:  leave a tip experiment with rice instead of potatoes
shall we leave a tip, or is the service included? | we Noun:  experiment
left a generous tip (a large amount of money) | most it’s an experiment. I call it “eggs Juliet” | we bought some
hairdressers rely on tips because their pay is very low | ostrich meat as an experiment
taxi drivers in Japan don’t expect a tip
Verb:  tip grab  /ɡræb/ Verb
if you grab something such as food or a drink, you take
it’s usual to tip the waiter | should you tip the porter at
it from somewhere very quickly, especially because you
the hotel?
are in a hurry
I’ll just grab a quick coffee on my way to work | there’s
Pages 38–39 no time for lunch; I’ll grab a sandwich at the station | can
blood  /blʌd/ Noun uncount you grab me a coffee while I make a phone call? | she
blood is the red liquid that carries oxygen around your grabbed a tin of Coke on her way into the lecture
body, and which is pumped by your heart
habit  /ˈhæbɪt/ Noun
black pudding is a sausage made with blood | he lost a someone’s habits are the things that they do regularly as
lot of blood after the accident | I can’t stand the sight of part of their daily life
blood | there were blood stains on the carpet
my sleeping habits have changed since I came back to
concerned  /kənˈsɜː(r)nd/ Adjective Europe | he’s got some very annoying habits | children
if you are concerned about something, it is important to need to learn healthy eating habits | he has a habit of
you and you think about it seriously or worry about it singing to himself in the bath
Collocates:  be concerned about something health  /helθ/ Noun uncount
people are becoming more concerned about their your health is the condition of your body. If you are in
health | she was very concerned about her son’s exam good health, you are well, and you can also say that you
results | concerned members of the public asked for a are healthy. If you are in bad health, you are ill
meeting with the police | there’s no need for you to be Collocates:  be in good/bad/poor health
concerned; I’ll be fine
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you’re lucky you still have your health (that you are still proper  /ˈprɒpə(r)/ Adjective
well and fit) | she was in very good health | I’ve been something that is proper is correct, and is exactly how it
in poor health recently | he had to retire because of ill is meant to be
health | her health soon improved once the weather was you should eat a proper meal, not this fast food | my
warmer father always said that being a musician isn’t a proper
Adjective:  healthy job | you need to do a proper search of the house | the
I won’t mind getting old so long as I stay healthy | he’s proper way to carry them is like this | make sure he gets
always been healthy and active | a healthy diet (food proper medical treatment
that will help you stay healthy) | Adverb:  properly
the fish wasn’t cooked properly | my phone isn’t working
include  /ɪnˈkluːd/ Verb
properly
if one thing includes another, the second thing is a part
of the first thing secret  /ˈsiːkrət/ Noun
breakfast includes tea or strong coffee among other a secret is something that not very many people know
things | the price includes flight, hotel, and all meals | about because people do not talk about it
the injured people included a number of children | Collocates:  keep a secret
club members typically include doctors, teachers,
many Bulgarians believe that the secret behind their
and accountants | the concert included two pieces by
long life is their yoghurt | I can’t tell you any more – it’s a
Beethoven
secret | shall I tell you a secret? | can you keep a secret?
lifestyle  /ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl/ Noun (not tell anyone) | I finally discovered his secret
someone’s lifestyle is the way they live, the things they Adjective:  secret
do for work and pleasure, the way they spend their there’s a secret door into the garden | this information is
money, etc. top secret (a very important secret)
Collocates:  a healthy lifestyle | a simple lifestyle | an
active lifestyle serve  /sɜː(r)v/ Verb
when you serve food, you give it to someone on a
people’s lifestyles are too busy these days | we lived
plate ready for them to eat. When food is served in a
a simple lifestyle out in the country | his lifestyle
restaurant, someone brings it to you
hasn’t changed since he got his new job | our job is to
encourage a healthy lifestyle for our customers it’s usually served with chips and peas | salad is served
as a side dish | I’m going to serve the soup with home-
link  /lɪŋk/ Verb made bread | we were served by a very polite waiter
if one thing is linked to another, or if two things are
linked, there is a strong connection between them snack  /snæk/ Noun
a snack is a small amount of food that people eat that is
Collocates:  link something to something
not part of their regular meals
cigarettes are strongly linked to cancer | coffee has
Collocates:  have a snack
been linked to other health problems | the two facts are
directly linked do you eat any snacks between meals? | don’t eat too
many salty snacks | frequent sugary snacks do a lot of
Noun:  link
damage to teeth | fruit is a good snack food | I had a
Collocates:  a link between things snack on the way home | a snack bar (place where they
the police have discovered a link between the two cases sell snack food)
| the link between smoking and cancer Verb:  snack
mixture  /ˈmɪkstʃə(r)/ Noun Collocates:  snack on something
a mixture of different things is a lot of them all together take water and something to snack on
Collocates:  a mixture of something
space  /speɪs/ Noun uncount
a mixture of fried rice and black beans | a strange space is the area up in the sky and beyond, where the
mixture of old and modern paintings | a mixture of moon and stars are. A space station is a small building in
different musical styles | bread is basically a mixture of space
flour and water that is then baked | stir the mixture of oil
the first Korean astronaut took special kimchi with him
and vinegar for a minute
to the international space station! | Yuri Gagarin was the
Verb:  mix | Noun:  mix first person in space | a journey into outer space (the
if you mix yellow and blue you get green | a mix of pop area very far away from the Earth) | reaching Mars will
and classical music be the next big thing in space exploration

open  /ˈəʊpən/ Adjective stall  /stɔːl/ Noun

if you are open to something new, you are very willing to a stall is a table outside, for example in a market or on
consider it or try it the street, where people sell things
Collocates:  be open to something there are stalls on the street selling hot food | there are
I’m always open to trying new things | there’s been no stalls selling antiques in the market | a market stall | I got
final decision yet, and we’re still open to suggestions | if this from a book stall
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stomach  /ˈstʌmək/ Noun Collocates:  ban someone from doing something

your stomach is the part of your body where food goes durians are banned from some hotels | my parents
when you eat it banned me from playing video games | all passenger
Egyptians call the dish “a rock in the stomach” | don’t flights have been banned in the war zone | cigarette
take this medicine on an empty stomach (if you haven’t advertising was banned years ago | he was banned
eaten anything recently) | my stomach was rumbling from driving for two years
(making a noise because I was hungry) | that seafood Noun:  ban | Adjective:  banned
gave me an upset stomach (I was ill because of what I
the public smoking ban was introduced in 2007 | two
ate)
cyclists tested positive for banned substances (had
traditional  /trəˈdɪʃ(ə)nəl/ Adjective taken drugs)
traditional beliefs, activities, etc. have existed for a long
remove  /rɪˈmuːv/ Verb
time and have not changed or become more modern
if you remove something, you take it away from where
I like a traditional English breakfast when I’m on holiday | it is
our furniture is made by hand in the traditional way |
it’s difficult to remove the smell | the police removed
this was the traditional method of catching fish | a group
some cars from the main shopping street | he had an
performing traditional Polish dances | the restaurant
operation to remove a lump from his leg | you should
serves traditional Chinese dishes
remove the curtains before painting the window | cut the
Noun:  tradition | Adverb:  traditionally fruit in half and remove the stone
it’s a tradition to have candles on a birthday cake | Noun:  removal
singing is an important tradition in Wales | they are
removal of the seat cover is quite easy
traditionally served with eggs | the dancers were
traditionally dressed in red and blue spread  /spred/ Verb
if something spreads, it moves or grows and affects a
typical  /ˈtɪpɪk(ə)l/ Adjective
larger area
something that is typical is usual and has the same
features as other things of the same kind Collocates:  spread through an area | spread to
somewhere
what’s a typical breakfast in your country? | it was a
typical English summer, with rain every week | my typical the smell can spread all across the hotel | unfortunately,
day starts at 7 when the alarm clock goes off | they lived the cancer continued to spread | the fire spread quickly
in a typical town house | the menu had plenty of typical through the farm buildings | the fighting spread to
Greek dishes nearby villages
Adverb:  typically Noun:  spread
class sizes are typically around 18 to 20 students | large Collocates:  the spread of something
sea battles typically involved hundreds of ships closing the border won’t stop the spread of the disease |
the spread of communism that followed the Second
World War
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ban  /bæn/ Verb
if someone in authority bans something, they do not
allow it. If they ban someone from doing something, they
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EXERCISES Collocations
E Complete the sentences with the correct form of
Prepositions the verbs in the box.
A Complete the sentences with the correct keep  pay  complain  make  leave  book
preposition.
1 I ordered a medium portion chips. 1 You have to a table at that
restaurant.
2 Do you have a recipe chocolate cake?
2 Can you a secret?
3 Curry is too spicy me.
3 I a 20% tip.
4 My breakfast consists cereal and coffee.
4 One table about the service.
5 The fish is served chips or rice.
5 I forgot to the electricity bill.
6 The service charge is included the bill.
6 Excuse me. Can I a suggestion?
B Choose the correct preposition.
F Complete the missing adjectives. Look up the
1 The menu has a good choice in / of vegetarian food.
nouns if you need help.
2 You should complain for / about the prices.
1 All the desserts were d_ _ _ _ _ _ _s.
3 He refused their offer of / about lunch.
2 A tin of b_ _ _d beans.
4 I made a request of / for information about the
restaurant. 3 We left a g_ _ _ _ _ _s tip.

5 She put a jug of / with milk on the table. 4 Wipe the table with a d_ _ p cloth.

6 I began to experiment at / with different types 5 Let’s add some m_ _ _d herbs to the stew.
of cheese. 6 It’s important to have a h_ _ _ _ _y lifestyle.
G Which nouns do NOT collocate with the
Word families adjectives?
1 raw meat / fish / stone / egg
C Complete the expressions with the correct form
2 spicy sauce / link / food / curry
of the word in bold.
3 soft shell / pillow / fruit / potatoes
1 an excellent choice I think you
an excellent restaurant. 4 delicious smell / dessert / meal / terrace
2 fresh-roasted coffee Let’s some 5 rude waiter / meat / child / person
lamb for dinner.
3 a grilled fish You can fry it or Patterns
it.
4 complain to the manager I’d like to make a H Put the verb in brackets in the correct form (to +
. infinitive or -ing). Look up the word in bold if you
5 book a table Do you have a need help.
, Sir? 1 My parents banned me from video
D Tick the words which are both a noun and a verb. games. (play)

1 ban 2 The waiter asked if I was ready .

(order)
2 spread
3 He offered us round the city. (show)
3 serve
4 The pilot requested permission .
4 include (land)
5 link
6 snack
7 suggest
8 offer

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