The vocabulary of changes

THE VOCABULARY OF CHANGES

I. Please choose the correct variant for each of the sentences you can see below

Exchange, dissolve, alter, cure, adjust, shrink, transform, promote, downsize

changes

II. Provide each of the pair above with one of the presented verbs (one verb should collocate with both of the words)

________________ of a disease / ham

___________________ energy / a face

____________________ a firm / paint

____________ a watch / to a climate

__________________ staff / business

__________ goods / to a higher rank

___________________ a coat / terms

_______________ currency / stamps

__________ in the wash / from duties

1. If you don’t do your duties at work the right way, you may be ____________________ from a senior manager to a personnel manager.

a. replaced b. reduced c. demoted d. declined

2. It took him half a year to recover completely because his injury hadn’t ____________________ quickly.

a. improved b. healed c. treated d. cured

3. I’m so sorry that after the washing the colour has ____________________ and now your shirt is a pale blue.

a. waned b. intensified c. darkened d. faded

4. While staying in Africa for a few days, he was stung by an unknown insect and as a consequence his arm ____________________ up to an enormous size.

a. increased b. swelled c. enlarged d. broadened

5. I don’t think that buying trousers made of this material is a good idea because they ___________________ easily.

a. crease b. loosen c. widen d. wear

6. To pursue a new economic policy the government ______________ its attention from food industry to up-to-date machinery production.

a. turned b. changed c. switched d. altered

7. To collaborate more efficiently we should _________ new ideas each time they occur to us.

a. swap b. trade c. vary d. renovate

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