Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1After six months of renovation, the museum will ............... its main gallery on Friday.
Wrong!
Use "reopen" because the shop is opening again after being closed for a period.
2I arrived an hour early because I had ............... the meeting time in the email.
Wrong!
Use "misread" because the speaker understood the time wrongly, not simply again or too little.
3We clearly ............... the cost of the repairs; the final bill was nearly twice as high as our budget.
Wrong!
Use "underestimate" because the cost was expected to be lower than it really was.
4If you ............... the sauce, it will burn and taste bitter.
Wrong!
Use "overheat" because leaving the sauce on the stove for too long made it burn.
5The new model is expected to ............... its competitors because it sold three times as many units in the trial.
Wrong!
Use "outperform" because one product sold much better than the others.
6For security reasons, the IT team must ............... a user account as soon as an employee leaves the company.
Wrong!
Use "deactivate" because the account must be made inactive when the employee leaves.
7Before you repair the printer, ............... it from the power supply.
Wrong!
Use "disconnect" because the device must be separated from the power supply before repair.
8I need to ............... my suitcase because my passport is probably at the bottom.
Wrong!
Use "unpack" because the suitcase is full and the passport is probably inside it.
9The bank can ............... buyers for a mortgage before they start making offers on houses.
Wrong!
Use "preapprove" because the bank gives approval before the buyer starts making offers.
10The two departments agreed to ............... with each other instead of competing for the same data.
Wrong!
Use "cooperate" because the departments need to work together with each other.
11The grant should ............... the extra costs of moving the laboratory to a safer site.
Wrong!
Use "counterbalance" because the grant is intended to offset the extra costs.
12Please ............... the exchange-rate figure, even though it has already been checked by the finance team.
Wrong!
Use "recheck" because the figure has already been checked and must be checked again.
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- After six months of renovation, the museum will reopen its main gallery on Friday.
- I arrived an hour early because I had misread the meeting time in the email.
- We clearly underestimate the cost of the repairs; the final bill was nearly twice as high as our budget.
- If you overheat the sauce, it will burn and taste bitter.
- The new model is expected to outperform its competitors because it sold three times as many units in the trial.
- For security reasons, the IT team must deactivate a user account as soon as an employee leaves the company.
- Before you repair the printer, disconnect it from the power supply.
- I need to unpack my suitcase because my passport is probably at the bottom.
- The bank can preapprove buyers for a mortgage before they start making offers on houses.
- The two departments agreed to cooperate with each other instead of competing for the same data.
- The grant should counterbalance the extra costs of moving the laboratory to a safer site.
- Please recheck the exchange-rate figure, even though it has already been checked by the finance team.