Grammar & vocabulary time

Profits in our company have gone up.

Are profits up now?

• yes

• no

• maybe

I've been trying to deal with finance issues all day long.

Am I still trying?

• probably

• yes

• no

You've already made a few suggestions which (consider / currently) by our committee.

• have been currently considering

• are currently being considered

• are currently considering

I (think), however, this year will be my best career path and hope.

• 'm thinking

• 've been thinking

• do think

• think

Oh sorry, I can't be for sure. I (fly) to Rome in a week.

• 'm flying

• fly

• will fly

• will flying

Open the brackets.

Our core meeting (start) at 7 tomorrow.

(a)  

Disaster! He (be) on a sick leave for a fortnight already!

• 's

• 's been

• is being

• was

Open the brackets.

(come) if it stops raining?

(a)  

They improved their performance by ... themselves against their main competitors’ standards.

• benchmarking

• consolidating

To be honest, I didn’t understand everything that was said in the meeting. They used a lot of ... I hadn’t heard before.

• competences

• buzzword

• buzzwords

• paradigms