Unit Test 4 Answer all thirty questions. There is one mark per question.
VOCABULARY: COMPANY STRUCTURE 1 Each comment below was made in a different place in an organisation. Choose the correct place from the box and write it next to the appropriate comment.
subsidiary / factory / headquarters / distribution centre / call centre / warehouse / service centre / outlets 1
‘Just one one moment, moment, please. please. I’ll put put you you through through to your branch. branch.’’
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‘"s you you can see, see, the smaller smaller components components are put put together together here.’ here.’
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‘$ractically ‘$ractically all %ey decisions decisions are made here.’ here.’
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‘'his is where where we ship repair repaired ed equipme equipment nt bac% bac% to customers.’ customers.’
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‘)toc% ‘)toc% levels levels are are *ust *ust righ right.’ t.’
2 upply the ad!ecti"e in each sentence. The first and the last letters are gi"en.
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ur mar%etin mar%eting g departmen departmentt is constantly constantly changing, changing, growin growing, g, developin developing. g. -veryo -veryone ne says it’s it’s the most dc department in the company.
e firmly firmly believe believe that that a d d d d managem management ent style style improve improvess motivation. 'hat’s why we li%e to involve a large number of employees from all parts of our organisation in the decision0ma%ing process.
e’ve e’ve never never met the the 2-, we we %now %now the names names of two of the si3 managers managers and and we hardly hardly %now the people from the other departments. 'he whole organisation is e3tremely il.
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ur bosses bosses are are not particu particularly larly open open to new ideas ideas and don’t li%e change change.. 'hey are deeply deeply ce.
15 e thin% positively positively about about the future, future, we support support change and and welcome welcome new ideas. In other words, we are a typically pe pe organisation.
L AN%UA%E REVIE&: NOUN COMBINATIONS # $n each line% cross out the noun a&% b&% c& or d&% which does not form a common word partnership with the underlined head noun.
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company
a6 car
b6 mar%et
c6 policy
d6 director
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consumer
a6 survey
b6 advertising
c6 awareness
d6 despatch
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trade
a6 deficit
b6 show
c6 property
d6 barriers
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business
a6 wor%
b6 idea
c6 card
d6 traveller
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product
a6 costs
b6 force
c6 range
d6 placement
' Change the following phrases in the same way as in the example.
-3ample7 a hotel with five stars7 a five0star hotel 1+
a sales conference which lasts three days7
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a ta%eover bid worth five million dollars7
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a company which is ( years old7
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an office bloc% that has &5 storeys7
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a train *ourney that lasts five hours7
( Add a word from the box to each noun below to make fi"e common noun combinations.
S'ILLS: SOCIALISIN%: INTRO(UCTIONS AN( NET&OR'IN% ) Complete the dialogues below with expressions a*e.
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"7 8as your company been in business long9 :7
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"7 8ow’s everything going9 :7
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"7 8i ;enata, good to see you again. :7
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"7 8i, my name’s
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"7 hat sort of pro*ects do you wor% on9 :7 a6 8ello -mir. 8ow are you9 b6 ell, we’re essentially an outsourcing business. c6 $leased to meet you. I’m $etra 'auber. d6 =ot too bad, than%s. e6 >es, we are well established.
