Changes 2

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Your task

The box below contains 27 words used to describe change in different situations. These are all verbs, and they can be found by reading from left to right and from right to left, starting in the top-left corner and following the direction of the arrows. Separate these words, then use some of them to complete sentences 1 – 10 below. In some cases you will need to change the form of the verb (for example, by putting it into its past simple or past participle form). (0-7475-6989-4). a d a p t r e p l a c e e x p a n d i n t e c u d e r e t o m o r p e s a e r c r a n s f o r m s w i t c h r e n o v a e t l a e t o m e d e g n a h c x e e t r d i s a p p e a r v a r y r a i s e l i e h e g r a l n e d n e t x e r e w o g h t e n l e n g t h e n w i d e n d e e r h c t e r t s n e t r o h s n e p e v i s e f a l l o u t s o u r c e

Target vocabulary

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Practice

Word bank

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1 The company cannot refund customers' money, and goods can only be __________ on production of a receipt or other proof of purchase.

2 We have made radical changes to the working regulations, and employees are expected to __________ to these over the next few weeks.

3 Our customer call center used to be in Wichita, but last year we __________ it to India, where costs are much lower.

4 The new director has completely __________ the company, from a small local enterprise to a major international concern.

5 The hotel is currently being __________, but will remain open while building work is carried out.

6 Production has been _________ from our Boston site to a new industrial center outside of Portland.

7 Our new memory cards __________ in price, from $35 for a 64Mb card up to $125 for a 2Gb card.

8 The Internet clothing company Pants-2-U.com has __________ its range to include jewelry and watches.

9 After the sales manager lost the company almost $20,000 in a bad deal, the director had no choice but to ________ him to sales assistant.

10 Air fares will be __________ on July 21: domestic flights will go down by 10%, but international flights will go up by 22%. Also see Changes 1 on pages 1 and 2.