GRILE EXAMEN

1.He ……………………..to the new premises in July.

A) will move; B) is moving; C) will be moving.

2. What time ……………………………?

A) is your plane taking off? B) does your plane take off? C) will your plane take off?

3. You………………………………a big risk if you go ahead with this project.

A) take; B) are taking; C) will take.

4. What time………..............................?

A) does your train leave? B) is your train leaving? C) will your train leave?

5. They…………………to the new premises by April.

A) will be moving; B) will have moved; C) are moving.

6. The employees…………………..at weekends.

A) are not working; B) do not work; C) will not work.

7. I’ve booked a flight and I…………………….

A) leave; B) am leaving; C) will leave

8. The production line…………………at the weekends

A) is not working; B) does not work; C) will not work

9. This corporation……………………………by June.

A) will take over; B) will have been taken over; C) will be taking over.
10. I…………………..at Astoria while I’m in Paris this month.

A) stay; B) am staying; C) will be staying

11. I ………………..to the Trade Fair with my boss.

A) am usually going; B) usually go; C) will usually go

12. They……………………their overdraft by next month.

A) will settle; B) will be settling; C) will have settled.

13. She………………for London three days ago.

A) left; B) has left; C) didn’t left

14. How long……………………as a personal assistant?

A) has she worked; B) did she work; C) has she been working

15. He told me he…………………………by plane.

A) has never travelled; B) never travelled; C) had never travelled.

16. The Board of Directors…………………………….the meeting yet.

A) has already finished; B) already finished; C) hasn’t finished

17. She…………….for Paris yet.

A) hasn’t left; didn’t leave; left

18. They …………………………with the clients when I called.

A) were not dealing; B) dealt; C) hadn’t deal

19. She ………………………….the report for an hour.

A) has written; B) has been writing; C) had been writing

20. They……………………….the contract yet when the CEO arrived.

A) had been signing; B) had already sign; C) hadn’t signed

21. He………………………..by plane before.

A) never flew; B) has never flown: C) has never been flying.

22. What………………………….when you called them?

A) were they doing? B) did they do? C) have they been doing?

23. . …………………….this is not the best solution.

A) From our point of view; B) otherwise; C)Actually

24. I………………………………..in this company for ten years.

A) am working; B) have worked; C) have been working.

25. ………………………….the seat belt when the accident happened?

A) Was she wearing B) Did she wear C) Has she been wearing

26. She………………………..the office.

A) has just left; B) has just been leaving; C) just left.

27. They tried negotiating with their Chinese partners but……………they gave up.

A) at the end; B) finally; C) in the end.

28. ………………………., this is the best decision we can take.

A) As far as I am concerned; B) Concerning; C) Regarding.

29. Jane…………………with the customers’ complaints in our factory.

A) is dealing; B) will deal; C) deals

30. He……………..the report when I phoned him.

A) had already finished; B) has already finished: C) had already been finishing.

31. When I entered the lecture room, she………………..for ten minutes.

A. has talked; B) had been talking; C) has been talking.

32. They ………………the new manager two days ago.

A) have met; B) met; C) didn’t met

33. Have you heard the news? We……………………a new factory in Poland.

A) are opening; B) will open; C) are going to open.

34. We …………………give in the papers by tomorrow.

A) shall; B) are due to; C) would

35………………., I hope this has been an interesting meeting.

A) In fact; B) In conclusion; C) Actually

36. It will be too late……………….we decide in three days.

A) if; B) until; C) unless

37. John…………………with this conference so I don’t know anything about it.

A) is dealing; B) will deal; C) deals

38. After she………………a few notes she started speaking on the phone.

A) made; B) has made; C) had made

39. She……………………….for half an hour when I arrived.

A) had waited; B) had been waiting; C) has been waiting.

40. How long………………………..as an accountant?

A) have you worked? B) have you been working? C) had you been working?

41. What do you think about the new advertising campaign?

A) It will probably succeed; B) It is probably going to succeed; C) It is due to succeed.

42. They…………….move all their branches to China. What do you think?

A) are going to; B) are about to; C) shall

43 ……………………sales have increased by 3% this year.

A) As a matter of fact; B) Moving on to; C) In particular

44. I am going to talk about capital markets and………………about overseas markets.

A) nevertheless; B) in particular; C) obviously

45. ……………………this year’s increase in sales, we have to be very careful.

A) Even though; B) Despite; C) Although

46. He…………………..for half an hour when the guests came.

A) has been speaking; B) had spoken; C) had been speaking

47. The plane…………………..take off in 20 minutes.

A) is gong to; B) will; C) is due to.

48. They won’t sign the contract unless we…………….upon this problem.

A) agree; B) don’t agree; C) will agree

49. She promised that she………………..take a decision in due time.

A) shall; B) would; C) will

50. ………………, I have never trusted him.

A) Actually; B) However; C) On the whole

51. How long……………………..this contract?

A) have you negotiated; B) have you been negotiating; C) did you negotiate

52. . ………………..you have signed the contract, we can’t deliver the goods in time.

A) Obviously; B) Although; C) Otherwise

53. I will talk about this years’ figures………………sales.

A) As far as I am concerned; B) concerning; C) regarded

54. The two parties………………….for three hours when they finally reached an agreement.

A) were negotiating; B) had been negotiating; C) had negotiated.

55. They……………….to approach an important issue.

A) are about ; B) shall; C) would

56. They will not resume negotiations until the chief executive………………..

A) will come; B) comes; C) is coming

57. I would like to talk about economic issues and……………about interest rates.

A) especially; B) clearly; C) on the other hand

58. He didn’t know what time the plane……………..take off.

A) will; B) would; C) is going to

59. He ………………….. for half an hour.

A) has talked; B) has been talking; C) had been talking.