Business English vocabulary exercise, intermediate level.
This exercise gives you practice using five ‘practical’ verbs: check, be out of order, fix, remove, work.
Instructions:
1. Study the vocabulary, including ‘how to use’ and the example sentences.
2. 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 error |
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| examples | 1. They check the machine every month. 2. I checked the letter for mistakes. |
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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 order |
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| examples | 1. We couldn’t buy a ticket because the ticket machine was out of order. 2. After the repairs, the machine was in pefect working order. |
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fix |
fix |
fix |
| verb | 1. to take something broken and make it work again; to repair 2. to fasten something in position |
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| how to use | 1. fix something; 2. fix something somewhere, to something, on something; fix something (on) with something |
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| examples | 1. I fixed a shelf on the wall. 2. We fixed it with screws. |
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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, badly |
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| examples | 1.The coffee machine doesn’t work. 2. Did your plan work? |
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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.
