1. IN EACH OF 8 SENTENCES THERE IS ONE MISTAKE
IN EACH OF 8 SENTENCES THERE IS ONE MISTAKE. IDENTIFY THE MISTAKE AND WRITE THE CORRECT WORD(S) IN THE SPACE PROVIDED:
What is corporate culture? At its most basic, its described as the personality
of an organization, or simply as “how things are done around here.”_______
2. It guides how employees think, acting, and feel. _________
3. Corporate culture is a broad term using to define the unique personality or character of a particular company or organisation. _____________
4. It includes such elements as core values and beliefs, corporate ethic, and rules of behaviour. ____________
it’s
act
used
ethics

2. 5. The organisation’s culture will affect on you in many ways, such as e.g. hours worked per day and per week. __________
6. The culture of a company is connected to the characteristics find in the surrounding society. _____________
7. But, it also has some traits, such as a hierarchy system, that is unique. __________
8. It can be negative, neutral, or positive, and although some business like to portray corporate culture as static, in most cases, it changes over time. ______________ on
found
are
businesses

3. MAKE THESE SENTENCES PASSIVE:
A new stadium ____________ currently (BUILD) near the station.
2. Why the new ad agency ____________ (CHOOSE) yet?
A new stadium is currently being built near the station.
Why hasn’t the new ad agency been chosen yet?

4. Insert the suitable forms of the words to form a collocation
If a pesticide producer decided to buy one of its suppliers and one of its distributors it is called ____________ integration.
The company has been accused of ____________ the contract of sale (= fail to do what is required by a contract; break a contract).
VERTICAL
BREACHING

5. What are these called?
making repayments on a debt
merger involving only the exchange of company shares
a tariff that varies, depending on the value of the goods
debt service
stock swap
ad valorem tariff
Fill in the blanks:
hit the ________ _______ the tiles
a _______ in the door
roof on
foot

6. I hope they don’t go strike. We’re dependent them our supplies.
INSERT THE FOUR MISSING PREPOSITIONS WHERE THEY BELONG:
I hope they don’t go strike. We’re dependent them our supplies.
Is the factory insured fire?
(UP)ON ON
FOR
AGAINST
*this exercise belongs to the written exam

7. IN EACH SENTENCE 1-8 THERE IS ONE MISTAKE
IN EACH SENTENCE 1-8 THERE IS ONE MISTAKE. UNDERLINE THE MISTAKE AND WRITE THE CORRECT WORD(S) IN THE SPACE PROVIDED:
1. The EU’s Second Banking Co-ordination Directive, also known as the Money Laundering Directive, was issuing in _________
2. It required member states to establish similar regulations for preventing, identify and reporting money laundering activities.
______________
3. Money laundering is the process in which criminals attempt to hiding the true origins of their money, so that the money appears to come from a legitimate source. ___________
issued
identifying
hide

8. 4. In other words, “dirty” money was turned into clean money. ____
5. Banks and other institutions are required to set up and operate procedures to combat in money laundering. _________
6. They have to identify that dealings which could possibly be part of a money laundering operation. ____________
7. They also have to report its suspicions to the government’s
Criminal Investigations Division. __________
8. The amount of money laundered each year is in the billions (US dollars) and pose a significant policy concern for the governments.
___________ is in
the/those
their
poses

9. MAKE THESE SENTENCES PASSIVE:
As I drove south, I could see that the old road ____________ (REBUILD).
2. By this time tomorrow the deal ____________ (SIGN).
As I drove south, I could see that the old road was rebuilt/was being rebuilt.
By this time tomorrow the deal will have been signed.

10. Insert the suitable forms of the words to form a collocation
WAS VOIDED
Mr Smith’s real estate purchase contract _____________
(= state officially that sth is no longer valid).
Many conglomerates have ____________ their non-core businesses that make the most money for them.
DIVESTED

11. to remove, take out from a group those that are not good enough
Write down the idiomatic expressions to match the following definitions:
to remove, take out from a group those that are not good enough
confused and not certain what to do
to deliberately start or create
to weed out
all at sea
sow the seeds
What are these called:
the day when a bond has to be repaid ________
the amount of capital making up a loan ________
two companies that have no common business areas ________________
maturity day
principal
conglomeration

12. INSERT THE FOUR MISSING PREPOSITIONS WHERE THEY BELONG:
The error was due circumstances our control.
Thank you your interest our proposal. TO
BEYOND
FOR IN
*this exercise belongs to the written exam

13. Although no business or industry can have been untouched by
IN EACH SENTENCE 1-8 THERE IS ONE MISTAKE. UNDERLINE THE MISTAKE AND WRITE THE CORRECT WORD(S) IN THE SPACE PROVIDED:
Personnel managers and directors have to change their ideas on how to handle redundancy as their firms are forcing into losing more and more staff. __________
In a past UK survey, personnel practitioners were asked whether they had made changes to the criteria used when selecting people to be lay off. _________
Although no business or industry can have been untouched by
the recession, only eight per cent of the practitioners said that they had done any changes. ___________
forced
laid
made

14. 4. In the past, offering redundancy with a retirement package is always the preferred option. _________
5. Now young workers are being targeting. __________
6. More flexible staff is being retained. ________
7. However, many large companies are employed fewer and fewer staff. ______________
8. Most of the jobs currently being creating are in small and medium sized companies. ____________
was
targeted
are
employing
created

15. MAKE THESE SENTENCES PASSIVE:
1. Newspapers in some countries _____________ (SELL) in kiosks as well as shops.
2. The news already ______________ (ANNOUNCE) by the time we got there.
Newspapers in some countries are sold in kiosks as well as shops.
The news had already been announced by the time we got there.

16. Insert the suitable forms of the words to form a collocation
TO DRAFT
I’ll ask our HR Department _____________ a contract
(= write the first rough version of a document).
WTO is a place for ______________ trade disputes.
SETTLING

17. What are these called?
a tariff with two parts, one that depends on the value of the goods and one that is a fixed amount
bonds issued by the British government
stocks in a Chinese company that are listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
the total value of all shares on a stock market at a particular time
compound tariff
gilt-edged stock/gilts
red-chip stocks
market capitalization

18. Behalf my colleagues, I would like to thank you.
INSERT THE FOUR MISSING PREPOSITIONS WHERE THEY BELONG:
Behalf my colleagues, I would like to thank you.
Our house has been the market months. ON OF ON
FOR
*this exercise belongs to the written exam

19. RECAP
Business idioms (the first 6 units)
Business metaphors (the first 6 units)
Collocations, word combinations (the first 6 units)
Definitions of terms (the first 6 units)
Editing sentences
Passive