With answer key for advanced

3. If I 
so little time, I’d look for another 
job. (not have)
4. The company has said that if the profits are good this 
year, it 
all staff a bonus. (give)
5. If this computer worked properly, I 
to do my job much more effectively. 
(be able to)
6. Unless you really change your attitude at work, you 
your job! (lose)
7. Most people 
highly unlikely to continue working if they won $10 million. (be)
8. If you should happen 
a set of keys, please hand them in at reception. (find)
Exam task
2
You are going to read four reviews of training courses from a training company website. For 
questions 1–10, choose from the reviews (A–D). The reviews may be chosen more than once.
Which reviewer makes the following statements? 
I’ve already recommended the course to several colleagues. 
1
Being able to contact the trainer after the course has been extremely useful.
2
I thought that the pacing of the course was about right.
3
There was a bit too much theory and not enough practical work.
4
I would have preferred a face-to-face course.
5
I was grateful for having a choice of ways of attending the course.
6
Some of the materials didn’t seem to be particularly relevant.
7
The pre-course tasks weren’t especially useful.
8
I’m impressed by how knowledgeable the instructor was.
9
Booking a place on the course was remarkably easy.
10

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A This was the first course I’d attended in 
a while, so I was a bit apprehensive as 
to whether I’d be able to keep up. There 
appeared to be others, though, who weren’t 
as familiar with the topic as I was, which 
meant we spent more time than was intended 
on learning about the underlying principles, 
inevitably at the expense of putting what 
we’d learnt into effect. As a result, we ended 
up covering less ground than I’d hoped 
overall. I chose the ‘Attend Online’ option. 
If your company’s budgets are not high, as 
was the case with me, not having to cost 
in travel and accommodation is a real help. 
From the perspective of viewing slides and 
keeping up with demonstrations via the 
virtual environment, it was pretty much as 
straightforward as registering for the training 
had been – everything was right there on the 
screen in front of me, rather than straining to 
see a whiteboard.
B I must admit, I wasn’t exactly filled with 
optimism when the course information arrived 
a couple of weeks beforehand. I’d been on 
so many courses where you spend so much 
time looking at the underpinning knowledge 
that you never actually get to see how it 
works in reality, and what they’d sent pointed 
to that being the case again. If I wanted that, 
I’d do a degree in the subject, not a training 
course! This feeling continued when I had a 
go at the exercises they’d asked us to do 
before the first session. I’m pleased to report, 
though, that all of the preconceptions I’d had 
about the course were wide of the mark, and 
several people at my company have applied 
for it too, after what I’d said about it. The 
instructor had a real knack of being able to 
explain some quite complex concepts in such 
an uncomplicated way and was really happy to 
talk to people individually after each session. 
C Prior to the first session, I was concerned 
that there wouldn’t be sufficient opportunities 
for questions if I wasn’t physically present 
in the training room. My intuition proved to 
be true, so I wouldn’t do it this way again. 
That said, the instructor handled the mix of 
online and face-to-face clients as best he 
could, and the content was ideal for my line 
of work. The course had come recommended 
by my manager, and I appreciate him doing 
so, as I could apply pretty much everything 
we covered to my work, even some of 
the assignments they asked us to do to in 
preparation. I’ve exchanged quite a few emails 
with our instructor since we finished, to clarify 
a few of the techniques he mentioned, which 
is above and beyond the call of duty, but 
he hasn’t complained yet. I only wish fewer 
people had applied as there were too many for 
one single trainer to cope with, in my opinion.
D What I’ve often found on training courses is 
that the promotional material is incredibly 
appealing, and it’s made really simple to 
reserve a place and pay, but then what you 
study has little or nothing to do with what you 
actually signed up for. I’d advise anyone who’s 
interested to give this course a go, though. 
The content was fascinating, and our course 
leader was able to answer all of the questions 
we threw at her, some of which were 
extremely complex. If training such as this is 
rushed, the participants can easily become 
confused. Conversely, if too much time is 
spent on the detail, everyone loses interest. 
This avoided falling into either of these 
traps. The tasks we did prior to the course 
commencing were spot on, but I wish I could 
say the same for some of the handouts we got 
during the session. A minor point on what was 
an otherwise excellent course.
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• 
This part can be a continuous text or a group of short texts.
• 
The text or texts are divided into four to six parts, A–D or A–F.
• 
There are ten questions for all the texts. You have to match each question to the correct text.