PRE-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL TEST

1. Use the verbs in brackets in the correct form: present simple/continuous.

1. The light from the Sun _____ (take) about eight and a half minutes to reach the Earth.

2. This week we _____ (send) all the mail by couriers because the Post Office is on strike.

3. Ben _____ (not come) here tonight. He _____ (work) all night.

4. Now you can be sure that summer is near. It _____ (get) hotter and hotter every day.

5. My sister never _____ (clean) her bedroom, in fact she _____ (hardly, do) any housework..

6. What _____ your brother _____ (do) for the living? – Oh, this and that, you know, he _____
(not have) any permanent job.

2. Put some or any.

1. We need -------------- updated order forms, but we don’t need ------------- new receipts.

2. Are there ----------------- other ideas?

3. I’ve always suspected that he has ----------------- secrets.

4. Would you like ------------------ wine, please?

5. Can we have ------------------ sparkling water, please?

3. Make negative sentences and ask two questions to each sentence.

1. This company was set up ten years ago by a French scientist.

2. He could speak three foreign languages at 10.

3. They launched their new product after a very successful presentation.

4. We have seen some new devices developed by a young Ukrainian company.

4. Complete the sentences with proper words.

1. If you sell a lot of product, your --------------- are very good.

2. Some companies make ---------------, others ---------------- services.

3. Companies which sell their products to you are your -------------------.

4. All the people who work for your company are the ---------------------.

5. Organizations which find new employees for you are called ----------------.

6. The department which deals with all your company’s is called the ------------------.

7. The department which arranges the transport of products is the --------------------.

8. If a product planned and made well it is -----------------------.

9. When your woman colleague has a baby she can get such a benefit as a --------------------------.

10. If you want to apply for a job you have to fill in an --------------------------.

5. Open the brackets using past simple or present perfect.

1. ------------- you ever -------------- a famous person? (meet)

2. When ---------- your customers ------------------- you to come? (invite)

3. They ------------------------------ the equipment yet. (not repair)

4. Our company’s sales ------------------------ up last year. (go)

5. They ------------------- lunch yesterday as they ------------- to finish their reports. (not have, have)

6. Our designers ------------------------ a new IT product and we’re going to sell it. (develop)

6. Report on your last business trip.

- Where did you go?

- When did you go?

- Who did you go with?

- How did you travel? How long did it take you?

- Where did you stay there?

- How long did you stay there?

- Why did you go there?

- Was your trip successful?