Final exam - pre intermediate

Section 1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate verb forms. You can use the following
tenses: simple present, simple past, present continuous, present perfect, first and
second conditionals
1. (offer) My previous job ____ some real attractive benefits, such as paid holiday.
2. (be / neg) The code of Mexico City ____ double oh one.
3. (be) ____ the travel expenses to Mykonos, Greece really expensive?
4. (summarize) This table ____ the current trends in sales.
5. (drive) Not many people in big cities ____ a car in the future.
6. (you / choose) ____ a more stylish cell phone or did you buy a basic one?
7. (be) ‘Keeping your promises’ ____ one of the six rules of good customer service.
8. (buy) This computer ____ yesterday by the company.
9. (be) If the weather ____ good tomorrow, they (play) ____ the match.
10. (be) Multitasking ____ is considered a time-waster.
11. (your customer / purchase) ____ from you since you started?
12. (send) Emails ____ every friday.
13. (deliver / neg) Our company usually ____ on weekends.
14. (study / neg) Chloe ____ for a diploma in IT management at this moment.
15. (think) We ____ seriously ____ about expanding overseas recently.
16. (you / enjoy) What ____ the most about your present job so far?
17. (you / live) Where ____ if you (move) ____ to another country?

Section 2. It is Min’s first day at work. Complete the conversation with a colleague with
the correct form of have to, need to, can, or allowed to.

Min I see you’re wearing a tie. Do I (1) ____ wear one?

Dag No, you (2) ____ wear whatever you like. But you (3) ____ look smart if you’re meeting
customers.

Min I guess we (4) ____ (not) smoke in here?

Dag Absolutely not. There’s a part of the garden where you (5) ____ smoke. And you (6)
____ (not) to drink tea or coffee in any of the work areas - that’s not possible at all.

Min So what time (7) ____ to start in the morning?

Dag Most people start at 8:30, but you (8) ____ arrive at work any time until 10 a.m. but you
(9) ____ to stay after 6:30pm, because they close the building then.

Min And what do I call my line manager?

Dag Don’t worry - you (10) ____ call him Mr Jones. We all call him Frank.

Section 3. Rewrite the sentences using the verb in brackets

1. I am sure people are going to work more. (will)

People ____
2. Some people say our desks will look different in ten years’ time. (might)
Our desks ____

Answer the questions using the words.

3. What will happen? I think / may / a lot of problems.
_____________________
4. Is there a meeting on Friday? We don’t know yet. The HR manager is ill, so / might not /
be a meeting.
_____________________
5. What’s your forecast for the share price? I’m very confident about it. It / not / fall.
_____________________

Section 4. Correct the mistakes

1. If you could to visit any country, which would you choose?

2. If you were able to change something about your job, what will it be?
3. The staff didn’t be happy if we took away the water cooler.
4. Would you work better if you have a faster computer?
5. Many workers would benefit if they could took a few months off for a course.

Section 5. Complete the email with the correct form of the verbs in the list.

Could x2 / have to / must / mustn't / should / shouldn't x2

Dear Jim,
You asked me for some advice about your interview next week with Terry Alderson in Marketing.
The main thing is that you (1) ___ be late. He’s really big on punctuality. In fact, you (2) ___ get
there at least fifteen minutes early. Terry’s not a formal kind of guy, so you (3) ___ wear a suit -
jacket and tie is fine. But you (4) ___ be neat and clean-looking - Terry thinks that’s really
important in marketing. He always likes somebody with the personal touch, so you (5) ___ ask
him about his family. But you (6) ___ ask too many questions, because he’ll get bored.
There are some questions he (7) ___ ask you by law - things like your criminal record, etc.
That’s normal - don’t worry about it. It’ll be a long interview - maybe two hours or more. You (8)
___ ask for a break in the middle - that might be a good idea.
Hope this helps,
Gianni

Section 6. Composition. Write about the global issues that you are most worried about.
Why? (50 - 60 words)