Business vocabulary exercise: practical words (check, out of order, fix, remove, work) ex. 2
Business English vocabulary exercise, intermediate level
This exercise gives you practice using five ‘practical’ verbs:
check | be out of order | fix | remove | work
Exercise instructions
- Study the vocabulary, including ‘how to use’ and the example sentences.
- Do the exercise below and check your answers.
check
check
check verb to test or look at something to see if it is correct or in good condition how to use check something;
check something for something, a mistake, an errorexamples 1. They check the machine every month.
2. I checked the letter for mistakes.out of order
out of or.der
out_of_order verb (be out of order) to not be in a good state of operation; to be broken (a machine) how to use something is out of order;
opposite: be in working orderexamples 1. We couldn’t buy a ticket because the ticket machine was out of order.
2. After the repairs, the machine was in perfect working order.
fix
fix
fix verb 1. to take something broken and make it work again; to repair
2. to fasten something in positionhow to use 1. fix something;
2. fix something somewhere, to something, on something;
fix something (on) with somethingexamples 1. I fixed a shelf on the wall.
2. We fixed it with screws.
remove
re.move
remove verb to take something out of something how to use remove something; remove something from something examples Before fitting the new carpet, they had to remove all the chairs from the room. work
work
work verb of a machine, a component, a vehicle: to operate in the correct way and as expected how to use something works, doesn’t work;
work well, correctly, badlyexamples 1.The coffee machine doesn’t work.
2. Did your plan work?
Now complete each of the following sentences using one of these five verbs in its correct form: check, be out of order, fix, remove, work.