REFERENCE WORDS

   1 Use the following reference words to complete the note below.

   those     the latter     these     ones     those     the former     such     this     ones

   

   Geoff

   I looked through all 1) ____________ applications you gave me. It took forever! I soon started
   putting them into groups – 2) ________________ worth reading carefully and the rest, which
   were completely unsuitable. Unfortunately, 3) ______________ far outnumbered 4)
   ________________. I know 5) _______________  is usually the case with recruitment, but is it
   me or is the standard of applications getting worse nowadays? I couldn't even read half of the
   handwritten 6) ___________. How can 7) ________________  applicants ever hope to get an
   interview? Thankfully, once I started looking through the better 8) _____________________, it
   was more encouraging. I've noted about six applicants I’d like to invite for interview. From
   9) ______________________ I’d hope to make a shortlist of about three for a second interview
   with Elizabeth.

   

   

   2 Complete sentences 1-9 with these words. Use some words more than once.

   that     these     former     such     ones     latter

   1    I’m a microfinance manager. ______________ involves calculating the interest rates the
   bank should charge on loans.

   2    Some traders rely on illegal insider information. ______________ people should be
   arrested.

   3    The bonuses only go to the hardest-working people. They are the ______________ who
   deserve it.

   4    He made us a million and she made nothing. The ______________ can be promoted and the
   ______________ needs a meeting.

   5    If I didn’t work in ______________ an environment, I’d probably do something else
   altogether.

   6    Money, power and risk – ______________ are the things which drive many CEO’s.

   7    The success of his company: ______________ is all that matters to him.

   8    They are only interested in money – not the poor in the developing world. ______________
   is the mentality of these people.

   9    You see that couple over there with the champagne? Well, they’re the ______________ I was
   telling you about.