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Mid-course test
Section 1: Vocabulary and Grammar (1–25)
Part A
Read the sentences and circle the correct word in italics.
1 It’s very nice / fine to meet you, too, Ari.
2 Does he has / have a lot of meetings every day?
3 The time? Yes, it’s quarter to / of ten.
4 I’m sorry but she’s out from / of the office today.
5 My office is next of / to my manager’s office.

Part B
Find the extra word in each sentence and cross it out. See the example.
Example:
Can you spell me your name, please?
6 How many of phone calls do you receive a day?
7 I think it’s half past seven o’clock.
8 Can we meet us next week?
9 Is this your first visit to here?
10 Reception is opposite of the administration offices.

Part C
Match the numbers (11–16) to the words (a–f). Write the letters on the lines.
11 06:00 a sixty
12 060600 b zero six zero six double zero
13 60 c sixty thousand
14 600 d six am
15 600600 e six double zero six double zero
16 60,000 f six hundred

Part D
Write the words in the box in the correct column in the table. There is one extra word which
doesn’t belong in any of the columns.
administration   ​administrator   ​colleague   ​energy   ​engineer   ​
human resources   ​retail   ​sales   ​tourism   ​trainer

Sector Department Job title

(17) (20) (23)
(18) (21) (24)
(19) (22) (25)

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Section 2: Reading (26–30)

Complete the text about a businesswoman with the missing sentences A–F. Write the letters on
the lines. There is one extra sentence that you do not need.
A She loves it in Spain.
B He thinks that she wants his job!
C She wants a new job.
D Dee is the only employee from Germany.
E So she works for twelve hours a day.
F It is a big department, with 25 employees.

Dee Mahler loves her job in retail and she works very hard. She usually starts work
at 7 am and leaves the office at 7 pm, and she never stops for lunch. (26)
She likes her boss but he doesn’t like her. (27)
Dee’s company has its head office in Madrid, but she works in Barcelona. (28)
Her office building is in the city centre and it is a new building with three floors.
She works in the marketing department on the ground floor. (29) She likes
her colleagues. Most of them are Spanish, but there are also people from the UK
and France. (30)

Section 3: Listening (31–40)

Part A
1.19

Listen to a conversation between a man and a woman. Complete each sentence with a number,
a noun or a verb.
31 The woman receives about 15 emails every .
32 The man receives around emails.
33 The woman about six phone calls a day.
34 The man makes about phone calls.
35 The man around four phone calls a day.

Part B
1.34

Listen to a telephone conversation and circle the correct words in italics.

36 The person answering the phone works for the Passarell / Parasol company.
37 The person calling is Kristoph / Kristina Müller.
38 Mr González will be back in the office later today / tomorrow.
39 The caller’s phone number is 01643 202 6449 / 6499.
40 The message is: call K Müller tomorrow / K Müller will call again tomorrow.

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Section 4: Speaking (41–50)

Welcome a visitor who is waiting for you at Reception in your office building. The visitor is a
colleague or a customer you are meeting for the first time. Ask questions to make small talk,
offer the visitor a drink and offer to show them round.
Prepare what you will say. When you are ready, welcome your visitor (your partner or teacher).
Your partner or teacher will mark you using the following.
0 = not very well
1 = well
2 = very well
The speaker … Circle 0, 1 or 2
… introduced himself/herself. 0 1 2
… welcomed the visitor. 0 1 2
… made small talk, e.g. asked about the visitor’s journey. 0 1 2
… offered him/her a tea/coffee. 0 1 2
… offered to show him/her round the building. 0 1 2
TOTAL MARKS (maximum 10) =

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