Starter: Choose a word that matches the definition from the box below.

exaggerate

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incentive

postpone

sly

word

definition clever or cunning, especially in the practice of deceit something that encourages you to work harder, start a new activity etc to become larger in size, number, or amount, or to make something become larger to change the date or time of a planned event or action to a later one to make something seem better, larger, worse etc than it really is

Complete the sentences with a word from the previous exercise. Make sure the word is in the correct from.

1. Fishermen sometimes ____________ about the size of the fish they have caught. 2. Because of bad weather, the match had to be _______________ until next week. 3. Awards provide an _______________ for young people to improve their skills. 4. Water _________________ as it freezes.