1. Insert the appropriate form of the verb VARY or words derived from it:
1. So far, I have had a ___________ career.
2. We didn't accept their offer for a ________ of reasons.
3. Personal preference naturally __________ .
4. There are _____________ ways of solving this problem.
5. The businesses showed a dramatic ___________ in how they treated their staff.
VARIED
VARIETY
VARIES
VARIOUS
VARIATION

2. Insert the appropriate words derived from VALUE:
Regular servicing will add to the resale ________ of your PC.
The company recently ________________ at $6 billion.
The ___________ they put on property was rather unrealistic.
The company uses different criteria ____________ employees’ performance.
You will find their help absolutely _____________.
VALUE
HAS BEEN VALUED
VALUATION
TO EVALUATE
INVALUABLE

3. Complete the following table.
VERB NOUN ADJECTIVE
compare _________ _________
predict _________ _________
________ foresight _________
________ _________ consumable
________ _________ additional
COMPARISON
COMPARABLE
COMPARATIVE
PREDICTION
PREDICTABLE
FORESEE
FORESEEABLE
CONSUME
CONSUMPTION
ADD
ADDITION

4. Passive voice Nils (offer) ______recently a new job in Brazil.
English (speak) ______all over the world.
When _____my parcel ____(post)?
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 posted?
Where is the presentation currently being given?

5. Car sales continued to surge.
Decide whether the underlined words indicate an upward movement (), a downward movement (), or no movement at all ():
Car sales continued to surge.
There has been a plunge in the number of orders.
Imports have soared recently.
Home sales have levelled off.
Imports have plummeted.
Prices rocketed in the previous quarter.      

6. Draw three graphs using the following information:
After a sharp drop in 2000, orders levelled for twelve months and then plummeted again in 2002.
Orders remained steady for two years and then surged in 2007.
Imports tumbled this week following a moderate rise.

7. Write down these figures the way they are said:
0.45
40-14 = 26
$759bn
¥ 125m
2/5
1:3
Your account number is
5,287,001
9th March 2008
nought/zero point four five
forty minus fourteen equals twenty-six
seven hundred and fifty-nine billion dollars
one hundred and twenty-five million yen
two fifths
one in three / a ratio of one to three
three four two five four double six one
five million two hundred and eighty-seven thousand and one
the ninth of March two thousand and eight

8. 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    

9. Supply "is/are" or "has/have
We cannot make a decision until sufficient data _________ available.
Information _________ essential to businessmen.
Economics _________ the science of choice.
The Government _________ welcomed the proposal.
The Government _________ discussing the proposal.
A means of payment _________ a letter of credit.
Your board _________ expected to reach a decision at the next meeting.
are is is
has
are is
are