Unit Test 6

Answer all thirty questions. There is one mark per question.

LANGUAGE
1 Complete a discussion about some photographs for a marketing campaign with the words in brackets. Write the words in their
adjective, adverb, comparative or superlative form.
A: I like this picture of the couple on the boat. It's a (1) !TT!" T#A$ (good) mage
.
because it shows the lifestyle of our customers.
: !es" but I think the people in it need to be (#) %&'$(!" T#A$ (young). If we're going
target a ($) W)*!" T#A$ (wide) market we need something
(%) +&"! !,C)T)$( T#A$ (e&citing). 'ow about this picture( If s much #A"*!"
T#A$ (hard).
A: !es. but the car is a bit male for me)
: *hat do you mean(
A: +,en the (-) +&-T C%$)CA..% (cynical) female customer in the world would see that this is
about men.
: *omen dri,e cars too)
A: ut not ones as (.) .A"(! (large) as that. /o" 1 think the brand image should be
( 8 ) -&/TT!" T#A$ (soft). 0omething that women wilt respond more
(1)+&"! 0&-)T)1!.% (positi,e) to.
: 2he third picture gi,es the (13) +&-T !A-).% (easy) understood image because it
actua)ly shows the product.
: i know but how many ad,erts feature the product anymore( VOCABULARY
2 "ead the definitions and write in the missing consonants to make the word.
11 +A"3!T)$( +),4 4roduct" price" promotion and place are this.
1# "A$*: 2he name of a product or group of products.
1$ A-0)"AT)&$-4 2he hopes and wishes of consumers.
1% C&$-'+!"-: 2he people who buy or use the products.
15 0)TC#4 *hat sales reps or ad,erts do when they sell a product.
1- .&(& 2he symbol of company found on its products.
1. +A"3!T!"- 2he people who market the products.
16 A*1!"T)-!: 2o promote the product.
11 C&+0!T)T&"-: 7ther companies selling the same products.
5 Tick the correct spelling of these words.
#3 powerful (8) powerfull (
,
. )
#1 ino,ati,e (99999 ) inno,ati,e ( 8 )
## originality ( 8 ) originallity ( 99999 )
#$ corupt ( 9999999999) corrupt ( 8 )
#% efecti,e (99999999999) effecti,e ( 8 )
USEFUL PHRASES
% 'nderline the correct word in italics.
#5 It's a BIT/few more e&pensi,e than the others.
#- It's simply lot/WAY too e&pensi,e for my clients.
#. 2his is % /a far the better alternati,e.
#6 1 don:t think there's MUCH /slightly difference to be honest.
#1 2here are a FEW/ little changes on the newer mode).
$3 It'll cost bit/SLIGHTLY more but it's worth it.
Unit Test 7
Answer al thirty ;uestions. 2here is one mark per ;uestion.
LANGUAGE
1 <se 2he ,erb in brackets and write missing ,erb forms.
1 If my company asked me to work abroad for si& months" I 6* -A%(say) ' yes' .
# If I (!T (get) promoted at the end of ibis year" I:ll stay another year.
$ I:d lea,e if I /&'$* &'T (find out) l was being paid less that my colleagues.
% If I:m still doing the same =ob this time ne&t year" I 6.. .!A1! (lea,e).
5 I W&'.*$7T ! (not>be) happy if a colleague criticised the ;uality of my work.
- If the company mo,es head;uarters" I W&$7T +&1!(not>mo,e).
. If she 3$!W (know) about the chances" wh y wouldn' t she say anything(
6 W).. #! (& (he>go? if they ask him to(
1 If' we finished work early today" W&'.* %&' (& (you>go) to the park with me(
13 If they realised he couldn:t do the @ob" why W&'.*$7T T#!% (they>not >sack) him(
VOCABULARY
# !ou often read two of the words below with the AAI/ *7BC. Celete the incorrect word.
Dor e&ample
BA/C name" management" symbol
11 =7 creation" losses" blacklash
1# layoff" stock" foreign" AABE+2
1$ FA7<B force" costs" jobs
1% G7A4<2+B software" internet" applications
15 Gity" call" office G+/2B+
1- +G7/7AIG credit" growth" de,elopment
1. insurance" outsource" interest 4A!A+/20
$ Gomplete sentence 16H#% with ,erbs aHg:
a check > b layoff > c de,elop > d impro,e > e reduce > f e&ploit > g demand
16 Ay @ob is to C#!C3 indi,idual' s credit records. .
1199999999At the end of the last century many companies were accused of mo,ing production o,erseas to
!,0.&)T cheap labour.
#3 *hen we introduce the new computer system" it:ll really )+0"&1! efficiency.
#1 If we mo,ed" we : d ha,e to .A%&// o,er two hundred employees.
## 2hey need to *!1!.&0 a better system to deal with all these en;uiries.
#$ I' d *!+A$* an e&planation. if I were you.
#% If we mo,e our operation offshore" it will "!*'C! our o,erheads.
USEFUL PHRASES
% BeHwrite these sentences for marking and responding to suggestions.
#5 'ow about meeting at three(
*hy don' t we meet at three
#- Gouldn' t you talk to your boss about it(
If I were you )7d talk to your8my boss about it.
#. I suggest you take the @ob.
I think you should take the job
#6 It might be better to wait a few days
*hat about waiting 9for: a few days.
#1 It:s a good idea but I can:t .
!ou' re right but ) can7t
$3 7k" let:s do that.
2hat sounds good 9to me:.
Unit Test 8
Answer all thirty ;uestions. 2here is one mark per ;uestion.
LANGUAGE
1 Gomplete the trend words in these newspaper headlines. 2here is one space per letter.
1 0'AB+4BIG+0 0.'++!T I/ AABE+2 GBA0'
# +G7/7AIG IB7*2' G7/2I/<+0 27 -.)*! COWNWARDS.
$ 74+G 4B+CIG20 /A.. I/ 0<44+I+0.
% +A4F7!A+2 *"&0- 27 2+/ !+AB F7*
5 G7/0<A+B 04+/CI/I -&A"- *I2II 0<4+BAABE+20 B+47B2I/I B+G7BC
0A++0
- A ;'+0 I/ I/DFA2I7/ *7BBI+0 A/A+!020
. 0I8 A7/2' *)0 /7 GA<0+ D7B G7/G+B/ 0A!0 G+7.
6 FA/0C7*/ 0'AB+ 4BIG+ 0!A3- A2 2*7 '</CB+C A/C +/C0 2'+ CA! A2
7/+ +II'2!.
2 Bead part of a presentation. *rite the words in brackets as an ad@ecti,e or ad,erb
2his pie chart shows the differences between the three sectors are (1) -T")3).% (strike).
7ur +urope markets fell (13) *"A+AT)CA..% (dramatic) compared with last year. 2hough this
Aarket is still (11) C.!A".% (clear) much bigger for us than Fatin America and /orth
America" the fall has remainded (1#) -T!A*% (steady) now for the last three years. 2his
ne&t graph shows you that Fatin American markets fluctuated (1$) -.)(#T.% (slight) but
the general trend is (1%) -.&W.% (slow) upwards. /orth America on the other hand"
after suffering some (15) 0&&" (poor) months. came back
(1-) -T"&$(.% (strong) in the second half of the year.
J7GA<FADK!
$ 2erms in 1.-#% refer to money in or money out on a 4rofit and Foss statement. Aatch the terms to the two categories and
write their number below.
A7/+! I/: -ales revenue, )nterest receivable, Turnover, (ains on fi<ed assets
A7/+! 7<2: &verheads, )nterest payable, -alaries, *ividend
I . 0ales re,enue
16 7,erheads
11 Interest recei,able
#3 Interest payable
#1 2urno,er
## Iains on fi&ed assets
#$ 0alaries
#% Ci,idend
USEFUL PHRASES
% BeHorder these words to make phrases for referring to ,isuals in a presentation.
#5 you from this graphs as can see...
A- %&' CA$ -!! /"&+ T#)- ("A0#==
#- on it' s this ob,ious slide...
)T7- &1)&'- &$ T#)- -.)*!=8&$ T#)- -.)*! )T7- &1)&'-=
#. this here to the see figures led you.
T#)- .!* T& T#! /)('"!- %&' -!! #!"!
#6 notice table from you' ll this ...
%&'7.. $&T)C! /"&+ T#)- TA.!=..
#1 shows what chart clearly this I mean
T#)- C#A"T C.!A".% -#&W- W#AT ) +!A$.
$3 at this flow look at take chart.
TA3! A .&&3 AT T#)- /.&W C#A"T

Unit Test 9
Answer all thirty ;uestions. 2here is one mark per ;uestion. FA/I<AI+
1 0entences 1H. each contain one mistake with relati,e pronouns or commas. Add" change or delete relati,e pronouns and
commas where neccessary.
1 2he process which 9or that: what we set up for testing ;ualily simply isn' t working properly.
# Aike is the 'uman Besources Aanager who whose hired you.
$ +nron" which is an American company, was one of the biggest financial scandals in history.
% It:s reading all the GJs" that takes up all the lime. (borrar la coma)
5 2he people that who ;ualified ha,en' t accepted our offer. (borrar el that o who)
- All the inter,iews, which incidentally took all day and all e,ening" were a complete waste of time.
. *e didn' t e,en bother to read those whose who GJs didn' t include the minimum re;uirements.
VOCABULAB!
# Gomplete these sentences with the word in brackets. Ghange the form if necessaryL e.g.
apply M application H applicant
6 <sually we begin by putting an A*1!"T)-!+!$T in the newspaper. (ad,ertise)
1 2hen we spend a week or so studying each of the A00.)CAT)&$-. (apply)
13 *ithout the right >'A.)/)CAT)&$- the GJ is thrown away immediately. (;ualify)
11 *e make A00&)$T+!$T- with each of the successful candidates for an initial
telephone inter,iew" (appoint)
1# *e can !1A.'AT! someone:s basic communication skill this way. (e,aluate)
1$ 2he best )$T!"1)!W!!- are then in,ited for a faceHtoHface meeting. (inter,iew).
1% *e speed up the whole process by creating 0!"-&$$!. files on the computer (person)
15 2he whole -!.!CT)&$ procedure takes @ust o,er three weeks. (select)
$ Aatch the ,erbs in 1.H#1 to the nouns aHf
1- A *!A*.)$! 1. A C&$/!"!$C! 16 A T!-T 11 A /&"+A. "!>'!-T #3
0!"/&"+A$C! #1 A /&"+
1- f i &
1. attend
16 take
11 make
#3 e,aluate
#1 complete
a a formal re;uest
b a form
c a test
d performance
e a deadline
f a conference
USEFUL PHRASES
% Bead this con,ersation between two colleagues in a bar after work. <nderline the correct response
for B in itatics.
A: !ou wouldn' t belie,e what happened at work today.
: ( 2 2 ) Really? /No!
A: !ou know we had all those inter,iews for the ellagio pro@ect.
: (#$) Right. /So what did you do?
A: *ell. we' re only supposed to inter,iew a ma&imum of ten per day.
: (#%) *O W / S!e.
A: *ell someone made a mistake with the dates and twenty people turned up
: (#5) 'ow could you do a thing like that(> %ou7re kidding?
A 2hey a l l had the letter with today' s date on. And some e,en had the same time)
: (#-) S" #hat $i$ y" $"? / What do you mean by that?
A: *e had to ask half of them to come back tomorrow.
: (#.) A%$ #hat $i$ they say? / That wasnt e!y hel"ful# was i t ?
A: *ell" those that really wanted the @ob were 7E about it but some of them demanded an
inter,iew)
: (#6) W"#& /Su!e.
A: Ay manager apologised but said it wasn' t possible.
: (#1) S" #hat ha''e%e$( / What did you say?
A: 2hey all went e&cept one person so we inter,iewed him. Anyway" I:d better be off.
: !es. ($3) > I dont ' want to $ee" you any longe!. / See y" t")"!!"#.