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EXAM Business English I

Ibis Chandía
June 29th, 2021
Name: ____________________________________________

Score: / 64 Grade:

1. Complete the sentences with the vocabulary studied. Use another colour to
answer. (10 points)

1. We can _________________a fortune recycling old computers.

2. She decided to _________________a career break when she had three children.

3. Supermarkets and department stores are examples of _________________

companies, they sell directly to the consumer.

4. The percentage of sales a company has in a particular market corresponds to its

market __________________.

5. Casa Royal and PC Factory are examples of __________________

____________________, they only sell specific kinds of products.

6. We offer a 10% __________________ to customers who buy in bulk.

7. Sometimes people buy expensive cars because they want to raise their

__________________. They want to feel more important.

8. The course is designed to _________________the needs of the young learners.

9. A good working________________at the office improves the heath of the

workers and improves productivity.

10. I prefer________________ mineral water, the bubbles make me feel

uncomfortable.

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2. Complete with the correct verb form of the verbs in parenthesis. Use present
simple or present continuous. Use another colour to answer. (6 points)

Alejandro Pérez is business graduate and he 1___________________(want) to improve

his English. Now he 2______________________(work) for a small company in

Temuco. His company usually 3______________________(offer) promotions to

workers that speak English. Alejandro 4___________________ (study) English every

Saturday morning at an institute. Currently, he 5____________________(not earn) very

much money, so he 6____________________(hope) to learn English quickly.

3. Each sentence has one mistake. Re-write all the sentence correctly. CHANGE
ONLY ONE WORD, OTHERWISE YOU WON’T GET A POINT. Use another
colour to answer. (11)

1. I am often work at weekends.

__________________________________________________
2. He go on holiday twice a year.
__________________________________________________
3. Now people isn’t staying with the same company for life.
__________________________________________________
4. Which department do you running?
__________________________________________________
5. Currently they are visit the factory in Kyoto.
__________________________________________________
6. Would I help you?
______________________________________________________

7. She can run marathons when she was younger.

________________________________________________________

8. I’m afraid I couldn’t come to your party next week.

_______________________________________________________

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9. In order to get a full return, customers must send back goods in the original
packaging.

_______________________________________________________

10. We only have a couple of hours to look after the city, let us move now.

______________________________________________________________________

11. Only a few friends turned down at my birthday party, I was disappointed, I expected
more people.

______________________________________________________________________

4. Modal verbs. Underline/highlight the correct modal verb in brackets. (6)

1 The government says companies (have to / should) follow certain rules when
advertising.

2 You (mustn’t / don’t have to) say your product does something that it doesn’t.

3 I don’t think you (should / need to) ignore the students’ market because they are
your future customers.

4 You (don’t have to / mustn’t) work late because George said he can if you don’t
want to.

5 They cancelled the meeting so we (shouldn’t / don’t need to) go.

6 They (don’t need to / shouldn’t) invest in that company because it isn’t doing well
at the moment.

5. Complete the sentences with the correct tense: pasta simple or past continuous.
Use another colour to answer. (10 points)

1. Our firm ___________________(lose) clients at an amazingly fast pace, but in

2018 we ___________________(have) a new marketing campaign. Sales
__________________(increase) dramatically and our financial situation
____________________ (improve) rapidly.

2. Sandra ___________________(decide) to take a career break in 2017, when she

_____________________(work) for a cosmetics firm. While she
______________________(visit) Villa Rica in Chile, she

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 ____________________(develop) an interest in Mapuche culture. She
___________________(take) samples of some of the plants used in their
medicine because she ___________________(believe) they could be used in
some of her cosmetic’s ideas.

6. Complete the text using past simple or present perfect, use the verbs in
parenthesis. Use another colour to answer. (9 points)

SECURITY

Alexander Grant is an accountant with Security, a finance company. He

_____________________(1. Work) for the company for ten years. Since he first

started, there _________________(2. Be) many changes. ‘For many years,’ he says,

‘the company __________________(3. Have) a rigid hierarchy with many levels of

management. Then John Smith ___________________ (4. Take over) as CEO two

years ago. Smith’s first decision was to re-structure the company to create a flatter

hierarchy. Since then, a completely new management style

_____________________(5. Develop). In the past, staff ____________________(6.

Come) to work at 8:00 every morning. Now the company ____________________(7.

Change) to flexible working hours and staff can start and finish when they want. In

the old days, staff _____________________ (8. Receive) fixed salaries based on their

seniority. But now, staff are able to earn bonuses based on performance and

productivity. In the last two years, I _____________________(9. Enjoy) my job

much more. I think it’s great!’

7. Read this article. According to the article decide if these statements are true
(T) or false (F) (6)

1 ____Supermarkets in the UK are still using too much packaging.

2 _____Customers in supermarkets should use more plastic bags.

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3 _____Manufacturing orders grew three months ago.

4 _____Manufacturing companies are getting more export orders now.

5 _____Exchange rates are part of the export problem.

6 _____Umbro is a sports manufacturer.

7 _____Umbro has just bought Nike.

8 ______Umbro believes it has made a good deal with Nike.

9 ______Adidas has the biggest share of the sports market.

10 _____Paxon Electronics has sold more than £200 million items this year.

11 _____They sell over one million of the best-selling product each month.

12 _____Paxon has opened a store in China.

Business News
Big supermarkets in the UK need to use less packaging, a report says. Some major
companies have forty per cent of packaging that cannot be recycled. All supermarkets
are looking for new materials that are better for the environment. Another thing they
need to do is reduce the number of plastic bags each customer uses.
Orders in the UK manufacturing industry have grown strongly over the last three
months. However, export orders have decreased because of currency exchange rates.
However, a survey shows that the economy is in a good position and continues to
grow.
Nike has agreed to buy Umbro, which produces the English football kit. Both
companies manufacture sports goods and the CEO of Umbro said that this was a very
good deal for the owners of the company. He believes the company will be stronger
when it becomes part of Nike. Nike is steadily expanding its share of the market and
it hopes to overtake the current market leader, Adidas, soon.
Annual sales of our products have reached £200 million for the first time since Paxon
Electronics began in 2000. The founder and CEO said that the best-selling product
has sold more than one million units in the last three months. The company has also
opened many new retail outlets and opens it first one in China next month.