Task 3 grammar and vocabulary exercises exercise 1

TASK 3 GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY EXERCISES
EXERCISE 1
Put each verb into the correct form: present simple (do / does), present continuous (am/ are/ is doing), present perfect (have / has done) or past simple (did). Each form is used twice.
“I'm really busy this morning - I (1) ____ (interview) three candidates for that sales job - the second one is outside now. Yesterday was even worse. I (2) ____ (interview) five candidates in two hours, and none of them were any good. Let me see, over the last ten days I think I (3) _____ (interview) sixteen candidates. Just imagine! And every time I (4) ____ (interview) someone there's a CV to read, questions to prepare, records to keep. It just never ends. Right now, I (5) _____ (need) a break. (6) _____ (anyone see) that travel brochure about holidays in the Seychelles? I know I (7) ____ (put) it somewhere. Wait a minute. There's no-one here. I (8) _____ (talk) to myself.”

EXERCISE 2
Match each word in the box to its definition below. Then translate the words into your language.

aptitude background know-how knowledge experience skill

1 Knowledge that you need to be able to do something: ___________

2 Information that someone knows: ___________
3 An ability to do something well, especially because you have practised it: ___________
4 Knowledge or skill you get from being in different situations: ___________
5 The type of education, experience and family that you have: ___________
6 A natural ability to do something well or to learn it quickly: ___________

EXERCISE 3
Complete the story with appropriate prepositions. Sometimes no preposition is needed.
1 On vacation in Kenya, a buyer with IBM heard _______ a small new factory and called _______ a salesman.
2 She asked _______ the salesman if his components conformed ______ American norms.
3 She insisted ______ seeing the workshop and commented ______ the poor working conditions.
4 Nevertheless, the salesman succeed _______ convincing her to consent ______ a trial order.
5 He told ______ the buyer that she could rely _____ him to organize everything.
6 She returned to the US, looking forward ______ receiving the components, but after several weeks she had heard nothing _____ Kenya.
7 Eventually she rang _____ the factory and complained _______. the manager.
8 The manager apologized politely ______ the delay, but explained that he was still waiting _______ a report on the new customer's creditworthiness.

EXERCISE 4
Match each word or phrase about finance in the box to its definition below.

acquisition assets economies of scale liquidity merger due diligence fixed costs liabilities turnover variable costs

1 full investigation of a company's activities and finances

2 the amount of money that a company owes 3 the process of combining two companies to form a bigger one
4 something that someone buys (especially a company that has been bought by another company)
5 costs that alter directly when the business alters its level of output (e.g. raw materials, components, labour costs for factory workers)
6 costs that do not alter when the business alters its level of output (e.g. rent, marketing, management salaries)
7 things such as money, buildings or equipment that a person or company owns
8 measure of a company's ability to quickly convert assets into cash
9 reductions in the cost of producing a unit of a product that occur as the output increases
10 total amount of money coming into a company from sales (usually given as an annual figure)