Unit 6 Vocabulary Practice

Who does the company _____ its products? Do they use social use to sell things?

• find out

• advertise

• set up

• look at

Answer explanation

advertise = to tell people about a product or service - on social media, on YouTube, on posters etc.

advertise = verb

The company advertises on social media

advert = noun

This is a great advert

How much did your brother ______ from his job last year?

• earns

• earned

• earning

• earn

Answer explanation

Did he earn = verb 1 in Q

He didn't earn much = verb 1 in negative

He earned a little money = verb 2 in answer

What are your _____ for this year? What do you want to achieve?

• advice

• hobbies

• skills

• goals

Answer explanation

goals = something you want to do successfully in the future

My goal for this year is to pass the IELTS

My goal for the next five years is to become an engineer (my dream for the future)

I am working hard to achieve my goals.

(achieve success)

My brother ______ for five jobs, but he didn't get any of them. He is in a difficult situation at the moment.

• applied

• apply

• applies

• is apply

Answer explanation

My brother applied for five jobs, but he didn't get any of them.

He applied (in the past)

He didn't get the jobs (in the past)

As a result, he is in a difficult situation now.

The company made a big _____ last year, but this year, it is making less money at the moment.

• occupation

• profit

• result

• earn

Answer explanation

make a profit = money you make from selling products for more than they cost to make

He bought his car for 7,000 OMR. After he improved it, he sold it for 8,500 OMR. He made a profit of 1,500 OMR.

I am applying for a job online. I must fill in six different ______ about my education and occupation.

• projects

• results

• departments

• sections

Answer explanation

section = one of the parts that something is divided into

This job application has six different sections (parts)

The biggest ______ of our team is the left winger. He isn't fast enough and he doesn't score enough goals.

• compete

• challenging

• strength

• weakness

Answer explanation

weakness = a quality of someone or something that is not good

I need to improve my spelling. It is my biggest weakness in English.

The team is excellent, but their weakness is the left winger. He isn't fast enough.

(Their problem - weakness - they need to improve)

The employees were having a _____ in the staff room when the manager entered and started shouting at them.

• colleague

• waste time

• stress

• break

Answer explanation

have a break

take a break

Stop an activity for a short time

Her office isn't _____. She doesn't organize her things in a good way and she can't find anything.

• neat

• messy

• tidier

• messier

Answer explanation

neat = arranged in order / organized / tidy

messy = NO order / untidy

My business ______ decided to sell his half of the company last year. I now share the business with someone from Dubai.

• contact

• customer

• colleague

• partner

Answer explanation

business partner = someone who runs or owns a business with someone else

partner = share

My new business partner is helping me to expand the company in Asia.