Business English vocabulary exercise, intermediate level.
This exercise gives you practice using five verbs: extend, exclude, expect, expand, exaggerate.
Instructions:
1. Study the vocabulary, including ‘how to use’ and the example sentences.
2. Do the exercise below and check your answers.
extend |
ex.tend |
extend |
| verb | to make something longer, make something last longer | |
| how to use | extend something, a meeting, a deadline, a visa, a contract extend something by a month, a year, etc. |
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| examples | 1. They have extended their one-year guarantee to two years. 2. The immigration authority extended his visa by a month. 3. They have extended my contract. |
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exclude |
ex.clude |
exclude |
| verb | to deliberately not include | |
| how to use | exclude something; exclude someone/something from something exclude from opposite: include |
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| examples | 1. Don’t worry; we haven’t excluded you from our plans. 2. The price excludes tax. 3. New employees were excluded from the meeting. |
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expect |
ex.pect |
expect |
| verb | to think or believe that something will happen |
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| how to use | expect something; expect to do something; expect somebody/something to do something; expect that |
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| examples | 1. I sent them my CV and now I’m expecting the answer. 2. We expected you to come earlier. 3. I expect to be here for a week. |
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expand |
ex.pand |
expand |
| verb | (of a company) to become bigger and more successful | |
| how to use | intransitive verb (the verb has no object) something, a business, a company, a market expands noun: expansion |
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| examples | 1. Our company has expanded rapidly over the last three years. 2. The company plans to expand into China. |
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exaggerate |
ex.agg.er.ate |
exaggerate |
| verb | to say that something is much bigger, better or worse, than it really is | |
| how to use | intransitive verb (the verb has no object) exaggerate transitive verb (the verb has an object) exaggerate something, the truth, a story |
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| examples | 1. Newspapers tend to exaggerate the events they describe. 2. I don’t believe you earn $8000 a month – you’re exaggerating! |
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Now try the exercise. Choose the best answer to fill the gap in each of the following:
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