WAYS OF LOOKING

1 - MATCH THESE VERBS WITH THEIR CORRECT DEFINITION

A. to face H. to ogle (at)

B. to watch I. to glare (at)
C. to notice J. to look down on
D. to stare (at) K. to look up to
E. to glance (at) (through) L. to peer
F. to gape (at) M. to leer (at)
G. to peep (at) N. gaze (at)

1. Deal with (something or somebody unpleasant) head on

2. Detect and remember; perceive with the mind
3. Feel admiration for
4. Look at and follow all (or part of) something being shown or performed/ Look attentively
5. Look at with fixed eyes
6. Look furtively
7. Look suggestively with a sly, immodest, or malign expression
8. Look with amazement; look stupidly open-mouthed
9. Regard with contempt
10. Take a brief look at
11. To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
12. To stare angrily.
13. To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously
14. Look at something with fixed eyes admiring it

2 - FILL THE GAPS WITH THE APPROPRIATE VERB FROM THE BOX ABOVE IN THE CORRECT TENSE:

1. As he had forgotten to bring his glasses, the old man __________ at the letter.
2. He __________ the terrible consequences of his mistakes
3. He likes sitting in the garden and __________ the birds
4. He __________ people who are lower classes
5. He __________ his grandparents, who are really great people
6. He __________ at the woman through the window
7. He was __________ a basketball game on TV
8. I decided to turn round and __________ the man who was following me.
9. I didn’t __________ there was someone in the room.
10. I was in a hurry this morning. I only had time to __________ at the newspaper headlines before breakfast.
11. I was on a diet. I couldn’t stop __________ at those cakes.
12. She __________ high levels of lead in her drinking water
13. The boss __________ at him when he saw in come late for work again
14. The dirty old man kept __________ at the young girl.
15. The girl __________ at the man who tried to make a pass at her
16. The men __________ at the young women on the beach
17. The new neighbour __________ us because our house is very modest
18. The students __________ at the teacher with amazement
19. There he was __________ through the keyhole at the man who was ringing the bell.
20. We __________ into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around
21. When I came into the room unexpectedly, he __________ at me speechless
22. You shouldn’t __________ at people. It’s rude.
23. Young children tend to __________ their older brothers or sisters.
3- CHOOSE AND CIRCLE THE CORRECT OPTION:

1.- The judge said that … women work-mates could sometimes be considered sexual
LEERING
harassment.
Staring at leering at watching peeping at

2.- You should … the facts and stop feeling sorry for yourself.
Face look up to glance through stare at

3.- He spends most of his time at night … the stars.

Staring at peeping at watching looking

4.- … our way in the darkness, we managed to reach the front door. GAPING
Peering watching peeping noticing

5.- He thinks that young people today don’t … their elders.

Look up to face notice watch

6.- Did you … all the improvements they’ve made?

Look notice stare face

7.- No wonder everybody … him. He always wears such eccentric outfit. PEEPING
Looks down watches at leers at stares at

8.- Since he was made Head of Department, he … his old work-mates.

Glances at looks down on glares gapes

9.- In the distance the sunset was breathtaking. We all … it until it got dark.
Stared at gazed at looked up to peered at

10.- I … the documents in the filing cabinet but I could find nothing referred to the case. PEERING

Glanced through watched peered at noticed

11.- The child … all the presents under the Christmas tree in surprise.
Watched glanced gaped at gazed

12.- He … me when I asked him to explain the structure to me for the third time.
stared at glanced at glared at looked down

13.- My neighbour has the annoying habit of … us from behind her curtains whenever we go either
in or out.
Staring at gazing at ogling at peeping at OGLING

14.- The little boy ... the packet of sweets wondering whether they were for him.
Watched ogled at stared at leered at

STARING

GLARING
WATCHING FACING