Dictation 29: Can you write down what you hear?

There are a couple of things you need to change here. Let’s start with the subject of the sentence. It can’t be “the first”. Here is a hint. It’s another word for “company”.

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Yes, I 've made an mistake.

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The firm has expanded and they want to take an extra staff

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Hi Eliane, welcome to our forum and many thanks for sharing your solution which is almost correct except for just one single letter you need to change. Here is a hint: The noun "staff is uncountable and you need to use a phrasal verb.

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Hi!
What is the phrasal verb? I confess that I didn’t see it.

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Please take a look at this: Phrasal verb take - Grammar | english.best

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I’ve got it now. I was thinking it was “take an”, but it is “take on”. Tks!

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The firm has extended and they want to take on extra staff

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Hi Spiss, welcome to our forum. Your sentence is almost correct except for the verb “extended” which is transitive and therefore doesn’t work here. A transitive verb always requires a direct object for it to make sense. So, which verb do you think sounds similar to “extended” but is intransitive?

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The firm has expanded and they want to take on extra staff!

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