Grammar Review II +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | |III. Grammar: (max. 30 points) points | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |A. Fill in the gaps with a suitable preposition or adverbial, if necessary: (1 point each) | | | |1. Toyota and Honda contest _________ the leading position on the market. | | | |2. The sight _________ my bank statement scared me. | | | |3. We have to sell the production and we’ll do it _________ all costs. | | | |4. Microsoft has to compete _________ Apple on all markets. | | | |5. Nokia now outsells Motorola’s mobile phones _________ volume. | | | |6. The cost _________ production is relatively low in this factory. | | | |B. Rewrite the sentences with the given words so that they mean the same as the original ones: (3 points each) | | | |1. Greg will buy the shares. The price must go down by 5%. | | | |Greg ________________________ as soon as the _______________________________. | | | |2. Lucy is going to leave for Jamaica. She must be given a visa first. | | | |Lucy __________________________ until ____________________________________. | | | |3. I must finish my studies first. Then I plan to leave the country. | | | |I _____________________________ after ____________________________________. | | | |C. Put the VERBS and other words in brackets into their correct forms, add prepositions, particles or auxiliary verbs if necessary. You may| |need to use the passive forms of the verbs: (1 point each) | | | |Whenever Apple ________________________________ (consider, risk, expand) its operations abroad in the previous decade, its biggest opponent,| |Microsoft, _____________ ___________________________ (attempt, persuade, buyers, not focus) Apple’s products. It | |______________________________________ (intend, make, customers, think) that its operation system ____________________________________ | |(would, unable, cooperate) Apple’s programs. Finally users _____________________________ ______________________ (get used, prefer, offer) | |products by Microsoft rather than by Apple. However, things ________________________________________ (begin, change) recently. Nowadays | |Apple ___________________________________ (deny, refer) as the “always second” player and the company ____________________________ | |______________________________ (advise, computer users, switch) its software and hardware. It | |__________________________________________________ (not, easy, let, their systems, win) in the future but the preliminary results are | |promising. | | | |D. Choose suitable words or phrases that can complete each sentence. The number of correct answers is 0 – 4. | | | | | | (2 points each) | | | |1. The bank made its biggest losses _____________________ money to unreliable firms. | | | | A: as soon as it has lent B: after it lent | | | | C: when it lends D: whenever it had lent | | | |2. The machine stops making the noise _____________________. | | | | A: when you will turn it off B: as you turned it off | | | | C: once you turn it off D: as soon as you have turned it off | | | |3. We _________________ you by the time the courses _______________. | | | | A: will call ... begin B: are going to call ... began | | | | C: will have called ... begun D: call ... will have begun | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | |III. Grammar: (max. 30 points) points | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |A. Fill in the gaps with a suitable preposition or adverbial, if necessary: (1 point each) | | | |1. Let me talk __________ behalf __________ the company’s management now. | | | |2. The interest payment __________ your loan has to be conducted every month. | | | |3. Our bank can arrange __________ you to borrow a big sum of money. | | | |4. The institution acts __________ a financial adviser __________ investments. | | | |5. Some people in Africa have to live __________ less than $5 a month! | | | |6. The insurance company will approach you __________ the damage investigation. | | | |B. Rewrite the sentences with the given words so that they mean the same as the original ones: (3 points each) | | | |1. There are many factors that influence the demand. They include price and quality. | | | |There are many factors that influence the demand. ____________ include price and quality. | | | |2. He presented his view. But a view of this kind was unacceptable for us. | | | |It was clear after his presentation that _______________________ was unacceptable for us. | | | |3. We produce cars in all colors. However, we are now out of red cars. | | | |We produce cars in all colors. However, we are now out of the ______________________. | | | |C. Put the VERBS and other words in brackets into their correct forms, add prepositions, particles or auxiliary verbs if necessary. You may| |need to use the passive forms of the verbs: (1 point each) | | | |It is always _______________________________________ (worth, try, attract) new clients for banks because these will bring money to them. | |Banks will ____________________ ____________________ (hard, deny, give priority) rich clients but they can’t _________ __________________ | |(refuse, aim) others either. _____________________________ ____________________ (be used, treat) safe institutions helps them make use of | |this reputation and they _____________________________________ (start, offer) a new range of banking services. However, banks | |________________________________________ (recent, warn, clients, AVOID) internet banking since the security has become a problem. It is | |obvious that clients have to __________________________________________________ (teach, and, train, secure) their computers. Anyway, people | |__________________ ___________________________ (enjoy, spend, money) various goods and nobody can ________________________________________ | |(prevent, they, do) so. | | | |D. Choose suitable words or phrases that can complete each sentence. The number of correct answers is 0 – 4. | | | | | | (2 points each) | | | |1. You can choose between IBM and Dell. _______ is cheaper while _______ looks better. | | | | A: A former ... a latter B: The former ... the later | | | | C: The latter ... a former D: The first ... another | | | |2. Do you like movies? I like especially __________________. | | | | A: the old ones B: old one | | | | C: old ones D: old those | | | |3. It’s absolutely impossible to hire __________________ person. | | | | A: such irresponsible B: such the irresponsible | | | | C: such a irresponsible D: a such irresponsible | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | |III. Grammar: (max. 30 points) points | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |A. Fill in the gaps with a suitable preposition or adverbial, if necessary: (1 point each) | | | |1. You should empower ________ your subordinate to make some decisions for you. | | | |2. I’ll never sign up ________ such a class. | | | |3. Tom always has little good to say ________ his boss. | | | |4. The BBC analyzed responses ________ a standard questionnaire. | | | |5. How would you feel ________ participating ________ a role-play session? | | | |6. What does your report refer ________? | | | |B. Rewrite the sentences with the given words so that they mean the same as the original ones; try to use the most suitable future | |form: (3 points each) | | | |1. John invested all his money although his financial situation wasn’t very good. | | | |In spite of ___________________________, John ______________________________. | | | |2. I went to bed early so that I would be able to get up at 5 a.m. | | | |I went to bed early to ______________________________________________________. | | | |3. You weren’t at home yesterday so I didn’t visit you. | | | |I ________________________________ if you _________________________________. | | | |C. Put the VERBS and other words in brackets into their correct forms, add prepositions, particles or auxiliary verbs if necessary. You may| |need to use the passive forms of the verbs: (1 point each) | | | |Training courses enhance the employees’ effort __________________________ (learn, cope) various situations at work. They | |________________________________ (train, prepare) stressful as well as unpleasant situations. A good employee should __________ | |_______________________ (able, imagine, use) new approaches at work and training should ____________________________________ (help, they, | |achieve) this. Many people _______________________________ (recent, practise, be responsible) many areas but they rarely succeed without | |proper training. Despite ________________________ ____________________ (recommend, take) courses, consulting firms also suggest | |____________________________________________ (invite, staff, observe) real decision-making within a company. The management should not | |_____________________ ___________________ (make, workers, enrol) these classes but ideally the employees would | |_________________________________________ (demand, volunteer, take part) them. | | | |D. Choose suitable words or phrases that can complete each sentence. The number of correct answers is 0 – 4. | | | | | | (2 points each) | | | |1. The manager resigned _____________ she was accused of fraud. | | | | A: since B: because | | | | C: despite D: as | | | |2. The manager resigned __________________________________. | | | | A: despite of being innocent B: even though of being innocent | | | | C: in spite of that she was innocent D: although her innocence | | | |3. The person ________________________ is my boss. | | | | A: , who you met last Monday, B: you met on Wednesday | | | | C: , that you met on Sunday, D: who met you on Tuesday | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+