Question

1055 1 I'm doing the course to expand my job opportunities. I'm doing the course to [[expand]] my job opportunities. increase expand = become (or make something become) larger in size, area or activity: 'Metals expand when they are heated.' 'Within three years this small business had expanded into a chain of department stores.' increase = become (or make something become) larger in number, amount, cost, etc: 'Sales of new cars increased from 1.2 million in 1993 to 1.8 million in 1994.' 'By the year 2020 the government aims to increase the number of secondary schools by 50%.'

Accepted Answer

expand ✗ I'm doing the course to increase my job opportunities. I'm doing the course to [[increase]] my job opportunities. expand | increase

Idx	1055
Keyword	expand
Sub Entry Number	1
Type of Sentence	✗
Error Sentence	I'm doing the course to expand my job opportunities.
Correct Sentence	I'm doing the course to increase my job opportunities.
Cloze Error Sentence	I'm doing the course to [[expand]] my job opportunities.
Cloze Sentence	I'm doing the course to [[increase]] my job opportunities.
Cloze Answer	increase
Choices	expand \| increase
Explanation	expand = become (or make something become) larger in size, area or activity: 'Metals expand when they are heated.' 'Within three years this small business had expanded into a chain of department stores.' increase = become (or make something become) larger in number, amount, cost, etc: 'Sales of new cars increased from 1.2 million in 1993 to 1.8 million in 1994.' 'By the year 2020 the government aims to increase the number of secondary schools by 50%.'

Expand Increase Job Opportunities Make Larger Million Size