Insert the appropriate form of the verb

VARY or words derived from it:

1. So far, I have had a ___________

VARIED career.
2. We didn't accept their offer for a ________
VARIETY
of reasons.
3. Personal preference naturally __________
VARIES .
4. There are _____________
VARIOUS ways of solving
this problem.
5. The businesses showed a dramatic
___________
VARIATION in how they treated their staff.
 Insert the appropriate words derived from
VALUE:

1. Regular servicing will add to the resale ________

VALUE
of your PC.
2. The company recently ________________
HAS BEEN VALUED at $6
billion.
3. The ___________
VALUATION they put on property was rather
unrealistic.
4. The company uses different criteria ____________
TO EVALUATE
employees’ performance.
5. You will find their help absolutely _____________.
INVALUABLE
Complete the following table.
 VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE

COMPARISON COMPARABLE
 compare _________ _________
COMPARATIVE

 predict _________
PREDICTION _________
PREDICTABLE

 ________
FORESEE foresight _________
FORESEEABLE

CONSUME CONSUMPTION
 ________ _________ consumable

 ________
ADD _________
ADDITION additional
Passive voice
 Nils (offer) ______recently a new job in Brazil.
 English (speak) _______all over the world.
 When ____my parcel _____(send)?
 Where ____the presentation _______(give)
currently?

 Nils has recently been offered a new job in

Brazil.
 English is spoken all over the world.
 When was my parcel sent?
 Where is the presentation currently being
given?
Decide whether the underlined words indicate an
upward movement (), a downward movement
(), or no movement at all ():

1. Car sales continued to surge. 

2. There has been a plunge in the number of
orders. 
3. Imports have soared recently. 
4. Home sales have levelled off. 
5. Imports have plummeted. 
6. Prices rocketed in the previous quarter. 
Draw three graphs using the following
information:

 After a sharp drop in 2012, orders levelled

for twelve months and then plummeted
again in 2014.
 Orders remained steady for two years and
then surged in 2016.
 Imports tumbled this week following a
moderate rise.
 Write down these figures the way they are
said:
 0.45 nought/zero point four five
 40-14 = 26 forty minus fourteen equals twenty-six
 $759bn seven hundred and fifty-nine billion dollars
 ¥ 125m one hundred and twenty-five million yen
 2/5 two fifths
 1:3 one in three / a ratio of one to three
 Your account number is 342 54661
three four two five four double six one
five million two hundred and eighty-
 5,287,001seven thousand and one
 9th March 2008
the ninth of March two thousand and eight
 Choose the right answer.
1 lb ≈ ½ kg
a) one pound is equal to half a kilogram
b) one pound equals to half a kilogram
c) one pound is approximately equal to half a kilogram 
d) one pound equals half a kilogram

√6
a) the cube root of six
b) the second root of six
c) the square root of six 
d) the square root six

x6
a) x to six
b) x on six
c) x to the six
d) x to the sixth  3m x 4m
a) three metres multiplied by four metres
b) three metre by four metre
c) three metre times four metre
d) three metres by four metres 
Supply "is/are" or "has/have
 We cannot make a decision until sufficient data
_________
are available.
 Information _________
is essential to businessmen.
 Economics _________
is the science of choice.
 The Government _________has welcomed the
proposal.
 The Government _________ are discussing the
proposal.
 A means of payment _________ is a letter of credit.
 Your board _________
are expected to reach a
decision at the next meeting.