SECTION 4 : VOCABULARY

1/ Complete each gap below with a word from the list. There are more words than you will need: assets,
liabilities, turnover, brand, shareholder, tycoon, update, save, safe, run.
a) A tycoon is a rich and powerful businessman.
b) The duty of a firm manager is to run it professionally.
c) The total amount of money or business transacted over a trading year is called turnover.
d) A commercial name for an article is called brand.
e) The property, the capital including money and land is called assets.
2) Follow the instructions after each sentence. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

a) Ours strong desire for goods and services is called demand (write the synonym of the
underlined word)
Answer: Our strong desire for goods and services is called "WANT."
b) Job seekers always apply … jobs until they find decent ones. (complete the blank with a
word.)
Answer: Job seekers always apply "FOR" jobs until they find decent ones.
3/ Analyse the example and provide words indicating the domain of use of the tools in each sense.

Example: saw - hammer- chisels; carpentry

a) cloth - needle - thread ; sewing
b) Wire - fuses - plug ; electrical/electronics
c) Plumb rule - trowel - shovel; construction/masonry
SECTION B : GRAMMAR

1/ Fill each gap with the correct form of the word in brackets
a) Every day, her (she) children cry for help.
b) Tala, Abega, and I (me) left earlier.
c) My uncle beat his (he) nephew bitterly and sent him (he) away.
d) Nobody helped Anita and Lydia. They did the work themselves their (they).
2/ Put the words in brackets into the comparative or the superlative to complete the sentences below.
a) The fatter (fat) she gets, the uglier (ugly) she becomes.
b) Andrew is the most intelligent (intelligent) of the twins.
c) That is the best (good) mark I've ever had in my life.
d) Your work is better (good) than mine.
3/ Complete each gap below using a word from the list: unless, despite, if, since, ago, so, until, that.
a) You cannot travel abroad unless you have a visa.
b) The boys played football until it got dark.
c) They have been selling food for ten months.
d) You were so happy that you cried of joy.
e) The businessman went out despite the bad weather.