Business English

Module 1/Lesson 3

Vocabulary list
Regular verbs for business communication

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Base form past tense Example
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Add Added ED I added a web site last year
Agree1 Agreed D They agreed on annual budget
Allow Allowed D My boss allowed the purchase of a coffee maker
Answer Answered D The receptionist answered the phone
Arrive Arrived D They all arrived on time for the meeting
Ask2 Asked T She asked for a salary raise
Believe Believed D We believed in the corporation, but we were wrong
Belong Belonged D They belonged to our department
Borrow Borrowed D She borrowed money from the company
Call Called D Anna called Erika
Carry Carried D Carlos carried his tools
Change Changed T Our director changed the policy
Clean Cleaned D He cleaned his office
Close Closed T He closed the window
Coin3 Coined D She coined the term of …
Consider Considered D They considered to give us a salary raise
Cover Covered D The company covered costs
Create Created ED They created the new platform
Cross Crossed D This person really crossed the line
Decide Decided ED We decided to move on
Demonstrate Demonstrated ED She demonstrated that it was possible
Depend Depended ED The decision depended on the results
Destroy Destroyed D They destroyed the competition
Develop Developed T He developed a new product
Direct Directed ED He directed the corporation very well
Discover Discovered D She discovered a new vaccine
Divide Divided ED We divided the department into three parts
Earn Earned D We earned our salary

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El verbo agree se utiliza sin el verbo estar es incorrecto decir I was agree sino que se tiene que
expresar I agreed with that person
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El verbo ask tiene dos significados: preguntar / pedir: you ask a question / you ask for a favor
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Coin = acuñar (moneda o términos/conceptos)
 End Ended ED It ended too soon
Enter4 Entered D She entered the room
Establish Established T We established the new rules
Explain Explained D They explained the
Fail Failed D Thy failed to present the project
Fill Filled D The diver filled the gas tank
Finish Finished T We finished the presentation

- ED
Base form past tense Example
sound
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Fix Fixed T He fixed the table
Follow Followed D They followed his lead
Form Formed D The y formed the clay prototype
Hammer Hammered D They hammered the idea
Happen Happened D It happened to be
Help Helped T We helped communicate the idea
Increase Increased T They increased sales
Learn Learned D We learned the quality system
Measure Measured D We measured the advancements
Move Moved D The company moved back to Atlanta
Open Opened D We opened a new branch in Mexico City
Perform Performed D They performed well
Play Played D The band played their music
Please Pleased T She pleased her family and friends last Friday
Publish Published T Cambridge press published the book in 2006
Question Questioned D He questioned the model and the system
Realize Realized T We realized we were wrong
Receive Received D He received an award for his work
Remember Remembered D She remembered the steps of the quality system
Repair Repaired D We repaired the computer software
Report Reported ED He reported to me directly
Retire Retired D He retired at the age of 60
Save Saved D She saved the files
Share Shared D Ernest shared the file
Sign Signed D We signed up and then we signed in
Smoke Smoked T The old factory exhaust smoked a lot
Stay Stayed D We stayed until late
Study Studied D We studied the quality system
Try Tried D We tried different times, but we could not solve it
Turned6 Turned D He turned into a monster
Update Updated ED I updated the website yesterday

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El verbo enter (entrar) no utiliza preposición (she entered the office); solamente se utiliza una
preposición cuando existe un segundo verbo (she entered to prepare some coffee)
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El verbo fix tiene dos significados: fijar y reparar.
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Turned into = convertirse / transformarse; Turn = dar vuelta
 Urge Urged D They urged the manager to state his standpoint
Use Used T We used the old system
Wait Waited ED We waited for the manager to arrive
Walk Walked T She walked to the door
Want Wanted ED We wanted a better salary
Whisper Whispered D She whispered during the meeting
Work Worked T They worked things out7

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Work out = resolver; work = trabajar