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Exercise: /8

What word class is each bolded word? Choose the best option from the drop-down menu.

I use my credit card as much as possible to buy things.

I work at Auckland Institute of Studies.

I’d invest in your company if I had the money, but I don’t.

I’d like to conclude by thanking everyone for listening.

If you want to obtain high marks, study hard.

It isn’t appropriate to wear shorts and a T-shirt to a job interview.

It’s very hard to acquire a native-like accent.

The new company is going to commission someone to design their logo.

Using new words is a good strategy to remember vocabulary.

We’ve just won the contract to construct the new motorway.

Which region of China do you come from?

You can choose from a wide range of colours.

Drag a word from the bottom to match the meanings below.

1. a number of different things

range

7. finish

conclude

2. a plan

strategy

8. get or acquire something

obtain

3. an area of a country

region

9. get or obtain something

acquire

4. an organisation

institute

10. good / acceptable

appropriate

5. ask someone to do work for you for money

commission

11. paying after you get something

credit

6. build

construct

12. put money in to get more money out

invest

construct

obtain

appropriate

acquire

commission

conclude

range

region

credit

strategy

invest

institute

Click on each phrase to order the sentences.

logo.

a commission

the new company's

to design

I got

I got a commission to design the new company’s logo.

to another.

doesn’t work,

change it

If one strategy

If one strategy doesn’t work, change it to another.

the building.

over three years

to construct

It took

It took over three years to construct the building.

during the strike.

nearly impossible

any bread

to obtain

It was

It was nearly impossible to obtain any bread during the strike.

in a restaurant.

appropriate

on the floor

to spit

It’s not

It’s not appropriate to spit on the floor in a restaurant.

in their children.

a lot of time,

money

energy and

Parents invest

Parents invest a lot of time, energy and money in their children.

of the country.

a very poor

region

That is

That is a very poor region of the country.

of learning.

This is

an institute

This is an institute of learning.

of goods.

sells

a wide range

This store

This store sells a wide range of goods.

10.

overseas?

acquire

Have you lived

your accent?

Where did you

Where did you acquire your accent? Have you lived overseas?

11.

what you’ve said.

conclude

by summarising

your talk

You should

You should conclude your talk by summarising what you’ve said.

12.

the money.

is good;

when you have

just pay me

Your credit

Your credit is good; just pay me when you have the money.

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