200 BM Daily Vocabulary #9 | procrastinate

<p>Today’s word is: <strong>Procrastinate</strong> – Would you like to know what it means? It means- to delay or postpone</p> <p>In this English vocabulary lesson, you will learn how to use the word ‘<strong>procrastinate</strong>. We are sure that this ESL lesson will help you to enhance your English vocabulary and speak English fluently and confidently.</p> <p>Suresh was a distinction holder in Business Management and was an excellent employee. However he lacked the confidence to present before a group. Although he wanted to take a course that would enhance his presentation skills, he was <strong>procrastinating</strong> (Now what does that mean? It means that he was delaying in enrolling (taking admission) for the course). This cost him his promotion. This means that the opportunity of getting promoted was lost only because of his <strong>procrastination</strong>. He later enrolled himself for the course with BM English Speaking Institute and you know what happened, right?</p> <p>Listen carefully on how we can use the word “<strong>procrastinate</strong>” in 8 different forms in 8 different sentences.</p> <p><strong>Example number 1 of 8:</strong> Children normally <strong>procrastinate</strong> if their mother tells them to do something. It means that if an instruction is given to a child, she or he will try to delay in performing that task.</p> <p><strong>Example number 2 of 8:</strong> One generally tends to delay activities which she or he does not like or does not enjoy. E.g., Cooking, Exercising or socializing. This means we <strong>procrastinate</strong> activities that we do not like to do.</p> <p><strong>Example number 3 of 8:</strong> David often <strong>procrastinates</strong> when it comes to him doing the paperwork. He delays it because he feels that it is time-consuming.</p> <p><strong>Example number 4 of 8:</strong> Simran could not complete her project and she lost her job because she was <strong>procrastinating</strong> a lot when she really had enough time.</p> <p><strong>Example number 5 of