Business English vocabulary exercise, intermediate level.
This is the second exercise for practising five ‘financial’ verbs: borrow, lend, owe, invoice, afford.
Instructions:
1. Study the vocabulary, including ‘how to use’ and the example sentences.
2. Do the exercise below and check your answers.
afford |
a.fford |
afford |
| verb | to have enough money to be able to buy something | |
| how to use | often used with the verb ‘can’: can afford something; can’t afford something; can / can’t afford to do something |
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| examples | 1. I can’t afford to buy the car – it costs $10,000 and I only have $8000. 2. We can’t afford new office furniture. |
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borrow |
bo.rrow |
borrow |
| verb | to take something from someone while agreeing to return it at a later time or date | |
| how to use | borrow something; borrow something from somebody | |
| examples | 1. We borrowed money from the bank. 2. Can I borrow $10, John? I’ll pay you back next week. |
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lend |
lend |
lend |
| verb | to give something to someone with the agreement that he/she will return it after a certain time | |
| how to use | lend something to someone; lend someone something irregular verb: lend, lent, lent |
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| examples | 1. We lent £1000 to John and £2000 to Peter. 2. The bank lent me $12,000. |
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invoice |
in.voice |
invoice |
| verb | to send a bill to someone in the form of an invoice | |
| how to use | invoice for something; invoice someone (for something) | |
| examples | 1. We invoiced them $40 for the books. 2. We haven’t invoiced you for the goods yet. |
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owe |
owe |
owe |
| verb | to have to pay for something which has already been given or done | |
| how to use | owe something to someone; owe someone something | |
| examples | 1. They owe us more than €50,000. 2. He owes us an apology. |
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Now complete the following using borrow, lend, owe, invoice or afford in its correct form:
Need more practice with these words? Exercise 1 for borrow, lend, owe, invoice, afford.
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