Name_______________________________________ Class______________________________

Unit Test 4
Answer all thirty questions. There is one mark per question.
VOCABULARY: SUCCESS AND PREFIXES
1 What does each of these comments refer to? Write one of these words next to the comment.
charisma drive nepotism ruthlessness dedication looks
1 “I don’t know what it is about him but his employees love him and will follow him anywhere.”
__________________

2 “The new generation of manager will do anything to reach the top – even if it means losing
friends.” _________________

3 “The reason she was promoted was because of her boundless energy and enthusiasm.”
____________________

4 “What you say is important, but at the end of the day an employer makes a decision the moment
you walk in the room.” ______________________

5 “I’d like to thank Ralph who leaves us today after thirty years of service to the company.”
_____________________

6 “I know everyone says he got the job because he’s the owner’s son-in-law but he is actually
good at managing the department.” _____________________

2 Read these sentences and write in the missing prefix. For example:
over
here simply isn’t the demand at the moment and as a result we’re /\producing with too much
stock waiting in the warehouse.

7 He only paid £5.00. I think I must have charged him.

8 With sales falling, our product needs a launch as soon as possible to regain the market share it
had.

9 The problems have been caused by incompetence and total management.

10 The other team were totally classed by the other side and lost the match.

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11 The new government’s first policy will be to nationalise all state-owned industries and turn
them into private businesses.

12 The few members of the board who actually supported the changes to management were voted
eight to three.

13 My secretary is efficient which is great but sometimes my working life feels too organised!

LANGUAGE REVIEW: PRESENT AND PAST TENSES

3 Complete this conversation. Write the words in brackets in the correct tense.
A: Hi. I (14)________________(not see) you since the meeting in Singapore.

B: That’s right. But I (15)________________(change) companies since then.

A: Really? (16)_______________(not/be) it Clipco you were working for?

B: That’s right but I (17)________________(work) for GGR now. It’s still the same kind of job
but it’s nice to have a change.

A: I (18)_______________(know) what you mean. GGR? I (19)___________________(not hear)

of them I don’t think.

B: No, we (20)_______________(be) a small company but our business

(21)_________________(grow) and I think they (22)_________________(have) lots of good
ideas. And you?

A: Actually, I (23)________________(leave) my company too and set up a new business last year.

B: Wow! How (24)_________ it ____________(go)?

A: It’s been good – very hard work but I (25)______________(prefer) working for myself.

B: I’m sure.

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SKILLS: NEGOTIATING
4 Match the two halves of these phrases. Write your answers here:
26___ 27___ 28___ 29___ 30___

26 I think we should leave this point

27 an we just summarise the points

28 want to ask how

29 re you saying

30 o what you’re saying is

a we’re going to pay for this?

b we’ve agreed so far?

c you don’t have that in stock?

d and come back to it later.

e you’ll pay for the delivery.

Unit Test 5
Answer all thirty questions. There is one mark per question.
VOCABULARY: SYNONYMS AND WORD BUILDING
1 Replace the underlined words or phrases in sentences 1-12 with the synonyms in the box.
Change the form of the synonyms if necessary, for example:
satisfy – satisfactory – satisfaction.

bureaucracy / assess / responsible / independence / burnout / motivate

redundant / satisfy / environment / golden / handshake / remunerate / perk

1 The current situation isn’t working I’m afraid. It needs some severe changes.

__________________________________________________

2 The system is slow because of all the red tape it has to deal with.

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3 The pay package they’re offering doesn’t make it worthwhile.

__________________________________________________

4 Employees don’t like our current system of appraisal.

__________________________________________________

5 Money isn’t necessarily the reason for hard work.

__________________________________________________

6 Management is supposed to work autonomously of the board but it simply isn’t the case.

__________________________________________________

7 The threat of losing jobs is the thing that is keeping the employees quiet.

__________________________________________________

8 I’m finding my new duties interesting but it means I’m working longer hours.

__________________________________________________

9 The company car is a fringe benefit I couldn’t do without.

__________________________________________________

10 Most dealers suffer a breakdown on their way to their first million.

__________________________________________________

11 I wanted to work until I was sixty-five but the offer of a healthy severance package made the
decision easy to go.

__________________________________________________

12 The new open-plan offices have made it a better working atmosphere.

LANGUAGE REVIEW: PASSIVES

2 Re-write these sentences in the passive form
13 Managers distribute questionnaires to the members of the department.

Questionnaires______________________________________________________.

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14 Staff feel that managers are not consulting them.

Staff feel that they___________________________________________________.

15 We should carry out staff consultation.

Staff consultation____________________________________________________.

16 The owners could have asked us first.

We_______________________________________________________________.

17 Malcolm set up the company five years ago.

The_______________________________________________________________.

18 The latest predications say the government will raise the pension age.

Latest predictions say_________________________________________________.

19 Logistics intend to introduce the new scheme as from November 1 st.

It is intended that the new______________________________________________.

20 They haven’t seen him for over a year.

He________________________________________________________________.

21 We’re currently trialling a new system of team bonuses.

A_________________________________________________________________.

22 You see this idea as a bad one.

This idea___________________________________________________________.

23 People used to argue that flexitime would never work.

It _________________________________________________________________.

24 It’s true that they had forced him to take early retirement.

It’s true that he______________________________________________________.

SKILLS: HANDLING DIFFICULT SITUATIONS

3 Underline the correct word in italics.
25 I quite / very understand the difficulties.

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26 I’m terribly / just sorry, but we don’t have it in stock.

27 I so / really have to leave now.

28 I must / very apologise for his behaviour.

29 It’s so / quite nice of you to invite me.

30 I know terribly / exactly how you feel.

Unit Test 6
Answer all thirty questions. There is one mark per question.
VOCABULARY: DESCRIBING RISK
1 Complete the sentences with answers a, b or c.
1 Our company is ____________ even greater risks from global competition.

a facing b spreading c taking

2 We can ____________ the risk by looking at ways of cost-cutting.

a foresee b reduce c try

3 The reason for this meeting is to consider how to ___________ the company from any hostile
take over bid.

a implement b protect c develop

4 Have you ________________ the risks to our staff who remain working there?

a considered b insured c thought

5 We’ve completed the risk _______________ and it’s minimal.

a estimate b elimination c assessment

6 _________________ the effects of the possible risks involved an analysis of future scenarios.

a Encountering b Calculating c Adding

7 We’re _____________ operations despite the advice to wait another week.

a delaying b preparing c resuming

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2 Write in the missing vowels in the adjectives.
8 It’ll take a s_____bst_____nt_____ _____l investment to make this work.

9 Our analysis suggests that there’s nothing to worry about. The chances of risk are
n_____gl_____g_____bl_____.

10 It seems to me that no-one is taking the dangers very s_____r_____ _____ _____sly.

11 There’s a f_____ _____nt risk that the share price might fall but it’s highly unlikely.

12 The increase in cost is m_____n_____sc_____l_____ in comparison to the future cost of not

acting now.

LANGUAGE REVIEW: INTENSIFYING ADVERBS

3 Write a suitable adverb in each sentence.
13 Sorry. I’m feeling a b________ tired. Please excuse me.

14 We’re v_________ sorry but there’s been a problem with the delivery.

15 You’re a_____________ right!

16 I was s____________ critical of the report when it first came out but in retrospect the
recommendations were right.

17 Shareholders seem r______________ satisfied with the results this year.

18 They’re q_________ confident that they can turn this situation around.

19 Profits were f_____________ good with a 5% increase on last year.

20 I don’t think the team is f____________ prepared for what will be expected of them.

21 The board would like you to know that they are e____________ behind you – 100%!

22 The President has b__________ misjudged public opinion.

23 I’m d____________ disappointed they didn’t give the job to me. It’s so unfair!

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SKILLS: REACHING AGREEMENT
4 Complete this discussion with phrases a-g.
a we all agree

b Does anyone have

c So we’ve agreed

d Hold on

e What about if

f But I also agree

g I keep going on

A: (24)__________________that we need to take action straight away and we’ve had the proposal
that we send two of our people out there. (25)___________________any strong feelings about
this?

B: Well, (26)___________________about this but we can’t send our people into this kind of
environment.

C: (27)________________a minute. Our sources say the situation is safe now. There hasn’t been a
terrorist attack for over two months.

B: I just think that it’s politically unstable and two months isn’t very long.

A: Right. I think (28)___________________ with you there that safety to staff is our priority and I
would say that there is still a risk. (29)___________________that we must keep a presence in
the country providing we can do it without endangering anyone.

B: (30)___________________we use existing contacts in the country?

A: That’s fine but, unfortunately, maintaining contacts will probably mean we have to have at least
one person out there…

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