Unit Test 15 Answer all thirty questions. There is one mark per question. Language 1 Rewrite the direct speech as reported speech with the words given. 1 ‘He was here yesterday.’ She said that _________________________________________________________________. 2 ‘I’m here all day.’ He said that he________________________________________________________________. 3 ‘They’re working on it.’ They said____________________________________________________________________. 4 ‘I’ve been to the factory twice before.’ Bill said_____________________________________________________________________. 5 ‘We’ll see how it goes.’ They said____________________________________________________________________. 6 ‘ Can I have a pay rise?’ He asked_____________________________________________________________________. 7 ‘We’ll give you sole exclusivity.’ The company agreed___________________________________________________________. 8 ‘I made a big mistake.’ She admitted__________________________________________________________________. 9 ‘You should take the job.’ They advised us_______________________________________________________________. 10 ‘Would you accept 10% more?’ They________________________________________________________________________. Vocabulary 2 Complete the sentences with the word in bold. Change the form of the word where appropriate. manage 11 I work as a _____________________ in a supermarket. 12 _____________________ consultancy is a lucrative area to get into. 13 They said I didn’t have enough _____________________ experience. regulate 14 A new _____________________ body set up by the government will monitor TV commercials shown before 9pm. 15 There are so many rules and _____________________ nowadays that it’s become really hard for small businesses to employ people. consult 16 Certain accounting firms are banned from carrying out certain _____________________ and legal services. 17 The document has been prepared in _____________________ with a number of leading experts from industry and the business world. finance 18 I really don’t know how we’re going to be able to _____________________ this new venture. 19 This is my colleague who deals with all the _____________________ matters. strategy 20 This is something which really needs to be discussed at a _____________________ level. knowledge 21 I really wish I’d _____________________ about all this. 22 The problem is that none of us are experts in this field. We need to bring in someone really _____________________ in the area of restructuring. Career skills 3 Two people are discussing a member of staff. Write in the missing words below. +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |In short / bottom line / suggested telling / What / trying to / recommend / finally agreeing| |/ refusing to | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ A: So how did it go with Nigel? B: (23)_________________________ he wants us to do is give him more responsibility. He says he’s been doing the job for six months and he’s ready for more of a challenge. (24)_________________________, he’s asking us to promote him. A: To what? Anyway, the (25)_________________________ is that we don’t have any vacancies higher up. I (26)_________________________ we keep him there another six months then review it again. B: Well I think what he was (27)_________________________ say was either promote me now or I’ll go. A: Did he actually say that? B: No, he actually (28)_________________________ you that he was ready to be made a manager. A: So in short he’s (29)_________________________ stay where he is. B: Well our conversation ended with us (30)_________________________ to meet again next week. So we have a few days to think about it...