Cvičení obchodní angličtiny: slovní zásoba – slovesa s předponou ex- (2)

Cvičení obchodní angličtiny, středně pokročilí

V tomto cvičení si procvičíte používání následujících pěti sloves:

extend | exclude | expect | expand | exaggerate

Jak na to

1. Nastudujte si příslušná slovíčka, včetně sekce ‘how to use’ a příkladových vět.

2. Vypracujte cvičení a zkontrolujte si své odpovědi.

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.
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.

exclude	ex.clude	exclude
verb	to deliberately not include
how to use	exclude something; exclude someone/something from something exclude from opposite: include
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.

expect	ex.pect	expect
verb	to think or believe that something will happen
how to use	expect something; expect to do something; expect somebody/something to do something; expect that
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.

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
examples	1. Our company has expanded rapidly over the last three years. 2. The company plans to expand into China.

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
examples	1. Newspapers tend to exaggerate the events they describe. 2. I don’t believe you earn $8000 a month – you’re exaggerating!

Fill the gap in each sentence with extend, exclude, expect, expand or exaggerate in its correct form.