Power Verbs
You should ___ a presentation, not do one.
give or deliver
Instead of “very tired,” you can say ___.
exhausted
Change decide to a noun.
decision
Students usually ___ notes during lectures.
take
You can ___ into a hotel or ___ out when you leave.
check in-check out
Before you decide, please ___ all the options carefully.
consider
Instead of “very surprised,” you can say ___.
amazed, astonished
Add a prefix to legal to mean “against the law.”
illegal
The opposite of get fired is ___.
get hired
Find the correct collocation: ___ a post online — (a) write (b) publish (c) upload.
publish
Let’s ___ the topic from another angle.
approach
“Make” or “do”? You ___ progress, but you ___ research.
make-do
Form an adjective from create.
creative
You must ___ a balance between work and free time
maintain-achieve
Complete: “The video went ___ overnight.”
viral
The manager ___ the importance of teamwork.
emphasized-highlighted
Find the natural collocation: ___ apology (a) big (b) strong (c) sincere.
c-sincere
Complete the sentence: “Her speech was full of ___ (inspire).
inspiration
Complete: “He was promoted because he always ___ deadlines.”
meets-respects
A flight that stops in another country is called a ___ flight.
indirect-connected
The company wants to ___ its products in new markets.
launch-promote
Complete: “He was deeply ___ by her story.”
moved, touched
She spoke so quietly that her voice was almost ___ (hear).
unheard-inaudible
If you ___ a company, you start it from zero.
establish-found
People often say this when a website or app stops working properly:
“The system has ___.”
crashed