GRAMMAR REVISIONi Units 1 - 3
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Complete these sentences with the present simple or continuous. Use the verbs in brackets.
I _________________ (like) to arrive at work before anyone else.
Currently, we _________________ (bring) all our activities into one large company.
We usually _________________ (employ) freelance staff to deal with it.
While demand is low at the moment, we _________________ (outsource) on a regular basis.
The shareholders _________________ (meet) twice a year.
I _________________ (need) a few more days to finish this.
They _________________ (not/plan) any changes to the current structure at present.
My job _________________ (entail) liaising with other companies.
Entrepreneurs are people who _________________ (will) to take risks.
_________________ (the meeting/take place) next month or not?
I _________________ (not/think) the hierarchy will change while he’s in charge.
_________________ (it/mean) you won’t be available to help?
If it’s a long day, I _________________ (not/start) work until ten the next morning.
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Complete this conversation about a project. Write in the present perfect or past simple tense.
A: (1) ____________________(you/have) time to start work on the Tramper Dam project?
B: Yes, I (2) ____________________(read) the brief last week but I (3) ____________________
(not/contact) anyone yet.
A: I need you to sort this thing out. They (4) ____________________(have) all sorts of problems and the
last manager (5) ____________________(walk out) after an argument.
B: Yes, he (6) ____________________(be) the second manager in six months, (7)
____________________(not/be) he?
A: I’m afraid so. But the problems (8) ____________________(begin) before that. It (9)
____________________(be) over budget ever since the initial plans. They (10)
____________________(set) unrealistic deadlines. I (11) ____________________(tell) the client that
right from the start. Anyway, we (12) ____________________(have) a meeting last week and now we
(13) ____________________(extend) the deadlines.
B: What about finance?
A: They (14) ____________________(release) another half a million yesterday so that’s what they (15)
____________________(give) you to work with.
B: That should be enough.
A: I hope so!
C Complete a discussion about some photographs for a marketing campaign with the words in
brackets. Write the words in their adjective, adverb, comparative or superlative form.
A: I like this picture of the couple on the boat. It’s a (1)__________________(good) image because it
shows the lifestyle of our customers.
B: Yes, but I think the people in it need to be (2)__________________(young). If we’re going target a
(3)__________________(wide) market we need something (4)__________________(exciting). How
about this picture? It’s much (5)__________________(hard).
A: Yes, but the car is a bit male for me!
B: What do you mean?
A: Even the (6)__________________(cynical) female customer in the world would see that this is about
men.
B: Women drive cars too!
A: But not ones as (7)__________________(large) as that. No, I think the brand image should be
(8)__________________(soft). Something that women will respond more
(9)__________________(positive) to.
B: The third picture gives the (10)__________________(easy) understood image because it actually shows
the product.
B: I know but how many adverts feature the product anymore?
D Sentences 1-7 each contain one mistake with relative pronouns or commas. Add, change or delete
relative pronouns and commas where necessary.
1 The process what we set up for testing quality simply isn’t working properly.
2 Mike is the Human Resources Manager whose hired you.
3 Enron, which is an American company was one of the biggest financial scandals in history.
4 It’s reading all the CVs, that takes up all the time.
5 The people that who qualified haven’t accepted our offer.
6 All the interviews which incidentally took all day and all evening, were a complete waste of time.
7 We didn’t even bother to read those who CVs didn’t include the minimum requirements.
E Write Yes/No questions using USED TO and the prompts.
1 watch/ a lot of .....................................................................................................................................
2 go abroad / for your holidays ..............................................................................................................
3 cook / for your friends ........................................................................................................................
4 help your parents / around the house ..................................................................................................
5 do / a lot of exercise ............................................................................................................................
F Correct the sentences by adding or deleting one word.
1 I didn’t use listen to the radio.
2 I used always to eat junk food.
3 Didn’t she to be a singer?
4 She didn’t used to smoke so much.
5 Did use to get on well with your classmates?
6 We were used to have to work all the time.
7 Where you use to live before you came here?
8 We use to have a house on the beach.
G Form questions with WHO or WHAT.
1 ‘Something happened.’
‘What ...............................................................................................................
2 ‘Sally meets someone every day.’ ‘Who ....................................................................................................
3 ‘Somebody gave me this key.’
‘Who ....................................................................................................
4 ‘Henry told me something.’
‘What ...................................................................................................
5 ‘Someone lives in that house.’
‘Who ....................................................................................................
6 ‘I fell over something.’
‘What ...............................................................................................................
7 ‘This symbol means something.’ ‘What ...................................................................................................
8 ‘Someone is shouting.’
‘Who ................................................................................................................
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Exercises A – D from INTELLIGENT BUSINESS, Intermediate Business English Coursebook by Tonya Trappe & Graham
Tullis, (Pearson Longman, 2005)
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