Unit 10 - Get the message - Confusing words

Don't go there in the _______________ season - it'll be hot and crowded.

• top

• high

• peak

• sopt

She waited for me at the ____________ of the stairs.

• peak

• height

• above

• top

Don't go up the tower if you're afraid of __________________.

• peaks

• heights

• tallness

• elevation

The role of scientists is to __________________ and describe the world, not to try to control it.

• observe

• remark

• notice

• realize

Doctor Johnson once _________________ that "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life."

• noticed

• realized

• observed

• remarked

Mary waved at the man but he didn't seem to ________________.

• remark

• attract

• notice

• recognise

A whistle is the ______________ for the children to line up ready to go into the classroom.

• sign

• symbol

• signal

• gesture

The wheel in the Indian flag is a ______________________ of peace.

• symbol

• signal

• sign

• signature

The _____________ by the roadworks said "Slow - heavy plant crossing"

• signal

• gesture

• sign

• symbol

The taxi driver made a rude ___________________ as he overtook us.

• symbol

• gesture

• sign

• signal