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Practise workplace combinations such as meet a deadline, place an order and raise a concern, with context checks and explanations for every choice.
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Compare the explanations and original examples.
Keep the sentence unchanged and justify one option.
Use the distinction in a new workplace sentence.
Knowing a noun is only part of using it. A company places an order, meets a deadline and raises a concern. Translating one general verb from another language into all three phrases can produce sentences that are understandable but unnatural.
Read the object and the surrounding situation before choosing the verb. Several verbs can sometimes pair with the same noun: make a decision and reach a decision are both normal. These questions avoid presenting equally valid partners as if one were universally incorrect, and the explanations show where a rejected verb would fit instead.
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Store combinations such as place an order or meet a deadline as phrases. The noun often helps identify which sense of a common verb is intended.
A verb may be grammatical with an object but express a different action. Pay an invoice and issue an invoice refer to different participants and stages.
A familiar phrase still needs the right verb form. A modal takes the base verb; a perfect auxiliary takes a past participle.
Some nouns have several natural verb partners. Judge the offered choices in their complete context rather than turning one example into a ban on all other verbs.
Please ___ an order for twenty replacement filters before stock runs out.
place
Place an order means formally request goods for purchase. The object an order selects this business meaning of place, rather than its physical-location meaning.
Choose the option that completes the printed sentence in standard written English. Keep every other word unchanged. Write your choice and a reason before opening the explanation.
The purchasing officer will ___ an order with our regular supplier for replacement keyboards this afternoon.
(A) do
(B) place
(C) take
(D) reach
Answer: (B) place
Completed sentence: The purchasing officer will place an order with our regular supplier for replacement keyboards this afternoon.
To ___ the deadline, the team will finish the final checks by Thursday.
(A) attend
(B) earn
(C) perform
(D) meet
Answer: (D) meet
Completed sentence: To meet the deadline, the team will finish the final checks by Thursday.
During the review, a technician ___ a concern about the emergency lighting.
(A) raised
(B) rose
(C) arose
(D) risen
Answer: (A) raised
Completed sentence: During the review, a technician raised a concern about the emergency lighting.
After several rounds of negotiation, the two companies ___ an agreement.
(A) arrived
(B) came
(C) reached
(D) went
Answer: (C) reached
Completed sentence: After several rounds of negotiation, the two companies reached an agreement.
New staff must ___ the safety briefing before entering the workshop.
(A) participate
(B) attend
(C) arrive
(D) listen
Answer: (B) attend
Completed sentence: New staff must attend the safety briefing before entering the workshop.
The supplier issued the invoice yesterday, and the customer will ___ it next week.
(A) earn
(B) spend
(C) cost
(D) pay
Answer: (D) pay
Completed sentence: The supplier issued the invoice yesterday, and the customer will pay it next week.
We must ___ a decision before the booking expires.
(A) make
(B) making
(C) made
(D) makes
Answer: (A) make
Completed sentence: We must make a decision before the booking expires.
Please ___ a record of all mileage claimed for business travel.
(A) catch
(B) reach
(C) keep
(D) attend
Answer: (C) keep
Completed sentence: Please keep a record of all mileage claimed for business travel.
The manager will ___ responsibility for coordinating the move.
(A) do
(B) take
(C) make
(D) attend
Answer: (B) take
Completed sentence: The manager will take responsibility for coordinating the move.
The research team has ___ a survey of local transport users.
(A) conduct
(B) conducting
(C) conducts
(D) conducted
Answer: (D) conducted
Completed sentence: The research team has conducted a survey of local transport users.
The landlord and tenant will ___ the lease once the final clause is approved.
(A) sign
(B) subscribe
(C) enrol
(D) attend
Answer: (A) sign
Completed sentence: The landlord and tenant will sign the lease once the final clause is approved.
To advertise the new product, the company will ___ a marketing campaign next month.
(A) earn
(B) meet
(C) launch
(D) pay
Answer: (C) launch
Completed sentence: To advertise the new product, the company will launch a marketing campaign next month.
Employees should ___ attention to the updated evacuation instructions.
(A) spend
(B) pay
(C) cost
(D) make
Answer: (B) pay
Completed sentence: Employees should pay attention to the updated evacuation instructions.
The delegates have ___ a compromise on the delivery schedule.
(A) reach
(B) reaching
(C) reaches
(D) reached
Answer: (D) reached
Completed sentence: The delegates have reached a compromise on the delivery schedule.
The tenant plans to ___ a complaint about the repeated loss of heating.
(A) file
(B) do
(C) reach
(D) attend
Answer: (A) file
Completed sentence: The tenant plans to file a complaint about the repeated loss of heating.
The chair will ___ a meeting to discuss the proposed office move.
(A) do
(B) earn
(C) hold
(D) reach
Answer: (C) hold
Completed sentence: The chair will hold a meeting to discuss the proposed office move.
After inspecting the site, the engineer will ___ a recommendation on the safest repair method.
(A) do
(B) make
(C) reach to
(D) attend
Answer: (B) make
Completed sentence: After inspecting the site, the engineer will make a recommendation on the safest repair method.
The software team will ___ the issue before releasing the next update.
(A) reply
(B) respond
(C) cope
(D) resolve
Answer: (D) resolve
Completed sentence: The software team will resolve the issue before releasing the next update.
By Friday, the team had ___ all the client’s stated requirements.
(A) met
(B) meet
(C) meeting
(D) meets
Answer: (A) met
Completed sentence: By Friday, the team had met all the client’s stated requirements.
The manager asked everyone to ___ feedback on the new booking system.
(A) reply
(B) respond
(C) provide
(D) arrive
Answer: (C) provide
Completed sentence: The manager asked everyone to provide feedback on the new booking system.
Explain the distinction in your own words, then try these tasks without copying a practice sentence. The answers illustrate possible responses; alternatives may work where the task allows them.
Write one sentence showing the difference between issuing and paying an invoice.
The supplier issued the invoice on Monday, and the customer paid it on Friday.
The verbs identify different actions and participants in the transaction.
Repair “The team arrived an agreement”.
The team arrived at an agreement. / The team reached an agreement.
Arrive needs at; reach takes the object directly. Both complete versions are valid.
Rewrite “They decided” using the noun decision.
They made a decision. / They reached a decision.
Both combinations are normal. Choose the one that best fits the surrounding message.
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No. For example, both make a decision and reach a decision are conventional. A good question controls the context and the options instead of banning valid alternatives.
The whole expression matters. Reach an agreement takes a direct object, whereas arrive at an agreement includes at. Keep every printed word when choosing an answer.
No. They are original workplace practice in a four-option incomplete-sentence format. They are not taken from a live TOEIC test.
No. These original, untimed teaching questions have not been equated to an ETS form. Use them to explain and practise a language pattern, not to calculate an official score.