2 Choose the correct answer for each question.
1. Everybody ___ me on how well I had organised the event. I was very pleased to hear such
praise.
A. nagged
B. lectured
C. complimented
2. In class, Jill got the teacher's name wrong, and everybody laughed. Her classmates have
been _____ Jill about it ever since, but she doesn't think it's funny.
A. teasing
3. My mum has been
long.
B. praising
C. flattering
me to get my hair cut for days. But I don't want to get it cut! I like it
A. flattering
B. nagging
C. insulting
4. I felt really
when the sports coach said I was too lazy to be in the team. I have
worked hard at my fitness and I thought he was just being rude.
A. offended
B. teased
C. flattered
5. On the school trip to the coast, the teacher ___ us about getting too close to the sea wall
because it was dangerous.
A. praised
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B. insulted
C. warned