2. I really put my _______ in it when I
asked if she was pregnant and she
wasn’t.
3. If you are given a difficult job to do
without preparation, which idiom can
you use?
thrown____________
4. You _________ use a cell phone
on the airplane
a)mustn’t
b)don’t have to
c)have to
d)none of the above
5. Which 2 expressions are
used to give strong advice?
a)should and shouldn’t
b)must and mustn’t
c)have to and don’t have to
d)none of the above
6. Talk about the conversation style,
gift-giving and entertainment of
ONE of the following countries:
1.Italy
2.UAE
3.Brazil
7. Make word partnerships:
a. to train
b. to shortlist
c. to check
1.the candidates
2.references
3.new staff
8. Sometimes candidates will take a
______________ before the interview to
assess their mental ability and reasoning
skills.
9. Which of the following should NOT be
placed on an American resume?
a)objective
b)education
c)photo
d)references
10. Which of the following verbs are usually
followed by the infinitive and which are
usually followed by the gerund?
pretend
look forward to
admit
mean
hope
11. Answer these common
job interview questions:
1.Tell me about yourself.
2.Tell me about your
weaknesses.
3.Do you have any
questions?
12. Which belong to open markets?
-quotas
-regulations
-free port
-liberalize
-laisser-faire
-open borders
13. 1) If you _________ (give) us a discount,
we _________ (increase) our order.
2) Will you _________ (deliver) by the
end of the month,
if we ________(pay) the transport costs?
3) If we _________ (join) an association,
we ________ (get) a better price.
14. We use the __________ when we think the
expected outcome of a situation is very
likely.
We use the ___________ when the outcome
is less certain or is imaginary.
16. Role Play:
Use the useful language on negotiating to
arrive at a solution.
Don’t forget to use the expressions from
these headings:
Starting positions/Exploring
Positions/Making offers and
concessions/Checking
understanding/Refusing an
offer/Accepting an offer/Playing for
time/Closing the deal/Following up the
17. A ___________ is a person who
informs the press/authorities of
wrongdoing.
18. Which of the following words are all
dishonest?
a)insider trading, secrecy, trustworthy
b)fraudster, industrial espionage,
whitewash
c)disclosure, law-abiding, whistleblower
d)sweetener, corrupt, integrity
19. What four tenses do you use to narrate a
story?
i.e. to
1)talk about events that happen before
the story
2)set the scene and provide background
information
3)talk about events in the story
4)talk about the present results of the
story
20. What is the difference
between defining and
non-defining clauses?
21. Talk about a memorable event in your
life (good or bad).
Use the 4 different tenses to narrate the
story.
23. Which of the following idiom
means that you are wasting your
time on a hopeless situation?
a)in the driving seat
b)to be neck and neck
c)a one horse race
d)flogging a dead horse
24. Complete the sentences in the passive verb
form:
a)Market research _________ (carried out)
b)The trials __________ (approve)
c)Approval ___________(grant)
d)The results __________(publish)
25. We use the passive verb form when:
a)we are not interested in who
performs an action
b)we want to be impersonal or
informal
c)we want to mention who performs
the action
d)none of the above
26. Competition Idioms
Tell me a time when:
1.you felt like you were flogging a
dead horse.
2.you were in the driving seat.
3.someone moved the goal posts.