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Vocabulary exercises

I. Match the words with their definitions

1. decline

a) a decrease in the quality, quantity, or importance of something.

2. distribution

b) a person or business that sells goods to customers in a shop.

3. income

c) a system of lines, tubes, wires, roads etc that cross each other and are connected to each other.

4. industry

d) all the people who work in a particular industry or company, or are available to work in a particular country or area.

5. insurance

e) an area of economic production which involves large amounts of upfront capital investment before any profit can be realized.

6. network

f) an arrangement with a company in which you pay them money, especially regularly, and they pay the costs if something bad happens, for example if you become ill or your car is damaged.

7. retailer

g) someone whose job is to sell large quantities of goods to shops or small businesses.

8. wholesaler

h) the act of sharing things among a large group of people in a planned way.

9. workforce

i) the money that you earn from your work or that you receive from investments, the government etc.

II. Match the verbs on the left with their corresponding definitions on the right

1. to devote

a) to approve of an idea or a person or organization and help them to be successful.

2. to employ

b) to be better or greater than something else.

3. to produce

c) to give someone something that they want or need.

4. to provide

d) to make large quantities of food, equipment or other goods by means of industrial processes.

5. to reduce

e) to make something smaller or less in size, amount, importance etc.

6. to support

f) to pay someone regularly to do a job for you or work as a member of your organization.

7. to surpass

g) to use a particular area, period of time, or amount of space for a specific purpose.

III. Match the words in column a with their synonyms in column b and antonyms in column c

A

B

C

Word

Synonym

Antonym

1. continual

2a. contemporary

3a. artificial

2. efficient

2b. dependable

3b. inefficient

3. extensive

2c. domestic

3c. intermittent

4. heavy

2d. effective

3d. irresponsible

5. important

2e. essential

3e. light

6. interna­tional

2f. fundamental

3f. limited

7. national

2g. large

3g. local

8. natural

2h. pure

3h. national

9. primary

2i. recurrent

3i. old

10. rapid

2j. spacious

3j. secondary

11. recent

2k. speedy

3k. slow

12. responsible

2l. worldwide

3l. unimportant