English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

Answer these questions.
1 
Jamie was twitching all evening
. Do you think he was relaxed?
2 
Kate sniffed at every comment I made at the meeting
. How did Kate feel about my comments?
3 
Jack flinched when I touched his arm
. Why do you think he flinched?
4 
The teenagers’ behaviour on the bus raised a few of the other passengers’ eyebrows
. What must 
the teenagers’ behaviour have been like?
5 
Look at the photo; Meg’s smirking and Tanya’s beaming
. Who does the speaker think looks
nicer – Meg or Tanya?
6 
There was an occasional titter at the comedian’s jokes
. Do you think the comedian was pleased at 
how his jokes were received?
7 
Ritva squirmed in her chair when Karl said her photo was in the paper
.
 
How do you think Ritva felt?
8 
Their children had dreadful table manners
. How do you think the children behaved during meals? 
What sorts of things did they probably do?
Choose the best word to complete each of these sentences.
1 Brendan 
sniffed 
/
 snorted
with laughter all through the play.
2 Whenever I’m tired or nervous, my eyelid starts to 
twitch 
/
 flinch
.
3 Don’t keep 
squirming 
/
 smirking 
in your chair like that – sit still and behave yourself.
4 The students 
twitched 
/
 tittered
when the teacher tripped over the wastepaper basket.
5 The dentist stopped drilling as soon as he felt me 
flinch 
/
 snort
.
6 She 
twitched 
/
 beamed 
with happiness all through the wedding ceremony.
Draw lines connecting the words and expressions on the right with the parts of the body