Formative Test

Unit 1 - 8

I. Choose the best answer

1. All the people suffering ………… poverty were promised some help.
a) of b) by c) with d) from
2. I have not written it yet but I am sure will finish it .......... a minute.
a) By b) with c) in d) at
3. I must say I do not like to have a date with you because you never come ……….
a) on time b) at the time c) by the time d) with the time
4. I suggest ………………………. there next Sunday.
a) us to go b) we went c) for us to go d) that we should go
5. I have not seen Tom since he …………….. to Spain.
a} has left b) 'had left c) left d) has leaved

II. Circle the correct answer from the following dialogue

A: Good afternoon Mr. Smith. Please take a seat/chair.

B: Thank you.
A: Let’s get straight to business, shall we? I see that you have experience in manufacturing.
B: Yes, I spend/spent two years with a manufacturer of machine parts.
A: What did you do/doing there?
B: My main role was/were to oversee the assembly line and keep output levels high.
A: Were/Did you involved in quality control?
B: Yes. Actually, I managed those/that operations. I'm pleased to say that when I was manager,
product recall fell by 37 percent.
A: Congratulations, that's impressive/impressed. How did you accomplish that?
B: I brought in some lean manufacturing measures.
A: Well, we're very interested/interesting in that type of change. Tell me, where you responsible
for any other duties?
B: Of course. I also had to purchase raw materials and avoid shortages.
A: And how do/did you decide what materials to go with?
B: I just made sure that we met the specifications our clients wanted.
A: I see. And were/did you conference with clients?
B: No. I didn't work on that side of the business

III. For each of the verb below three of the four words or expressions fit. In each case
circle the one that does not fit.

1. DO a) business b) a profit
c) a job d) a deal

2. MAKE a) money b) business

c) a loss d) a decision

3. TAKE a) a long time b) a decision

c) appropriate measure d) a deadline
 Formative Test
Unit 1 - 8

4. HAVE a) progress b) something to eat

c) shares in a company d) a meeting

5. MEET a) a deadline b) customers’ expectations

c) an appointment d) a target

6. LAUNCH a) a product b) a ship

c) a campaign d) a team

7. CUT a) costs b) jobs

c) a decision d) a price

8. CARRY OUT a) a meeting b) duties

c) research d) a market survey

9. ACHIEVE a) progress b) a breakthrough

c) a job d) little

10. REACH a) a decision b) a strategy

c) an agreement d) a target

IV. Look at this rather long-winded opening address from a company's Annual
General Meeting (AGM) and fill in the gaps with words from the box. The first
letter of each word is already in the text

-articipants -atters -bjectives -chedule -chieve -ddress -ecommendations

-elcoming -elegates -enue -eport -et through -genda -hair -inutes -iscuss
-larification -loor -loses -mplement -nterrupt -oals -oints -omplaints
-onference -ontingency -ontribute -otes -peakers -pen -pen-floor
-pinions -resentations -ringing up -riority -rogress -ssues -ttendance
-uestions -ummarizing -upporting

I'd like to 1. o__________ this meeting by 2. w____________ you all. It's good to see so many
3. p___________ here today - in fact, this is probably the best 4. a____________ we've had at
a meeting for a long time - and I'd like to thank you all in advance for 5. s_____________ me.

Well, we've got a lot on the 6. a_____________ and I want to make as much 7. p____________
as possible in the next two hours or so. If we stick to the main 8. s_______________ , we
should 9. g_______________ everything and 10. a_____________ all of our 11. g_____________
and 12. o_________________ . I will 13. c_____________ the meeting, as usual, but I really
hope that you will all have something to 14. c_____________ , and if anything needs 15.
c____________ , please don't hesitate to 16. i_______________ me (although not too often, I
hope: the more 17. i_______________ we can 18. a__________________ today the better).
 Formative Test
Unit 1 - 8

I'll be 19. b____________ several important 20. m_____________ during the meeting,
beginning with those that I feel should take 21. p_____________ , before 22. s_____________
the main 23. p_____________ and making 24. r_____________ . This will be followed by an 25.
o________________ session where you can give me your 26.o____________ . And I'm sure you
will all be delighted to hear that after the meeting 27. c_____________ , there will be drinks
and snacks for everyone.

Mr Barker will be taking 28. n_____________ and keeping the 29. m____________ of the
meeting, and I will be using these to write my 30. r____________ afterwards, so if anyone
has any 31. c______________ , I suggest you talk to him and not to me!

Now, before I get going, are there any 32. q_____________ from the 33. f____________ ? No?
Good. Right, well I'll begin.

The first point I want to 34. d_______________ is next month's 35. c______________ . As you
know, the 36. v________________ we have chosen is the Royal Eynsham Hotel in
Oxfordshire. We've invited several 37. s___________ to make 38. p_____________ on various
aspects of the trade, and we're expecting over 200 39. d______________ from our offices
around Europe. Now, of course, there's always the possibility that some major players*
won't be able to make it, so we need to make a 40. c_______________ plan that we can 41.
i_____________ if things go pear-shaped**...

(*major players: important people. **Pear shaped: if something goes pear-shaped, it goes
wrong. This is an informal expression)

V. Writing

You are a manager.

Please write new meeting etiquette guidelines for your team (100-120 words). Talk about:
• What staff should do if they cannot attend a meeting
• What staff should do if they have an objection
• What language staff should use in meetings.

Please write a memo to your team to postpone a meeting. Talk about:

• When and where the meeting was originally
• When and where the new meeting will be
• What you want to discuss in the meeting