9. Mid-Course Revision

If the company ______ (invest) in better technology, it would achieve its objectives faster.

• invests

• would invest

• invested

• has invested

I wish I ______ (know) the deadline earlier.

• know

• will know

• had known

• would know

If she ______ (study) harder, she would pass the exam.

• studies

• would study

• studied

• has studied

I wish they ______ (be) more punctual in their meetings.

• are

• would be

• were

• had been

The CEO wants the team ______ (focus) more on deliverables.

• to focus

• focus

• focusing

• to focusing

They ______ (should/call) the client before the deadline passed.

• should have called

• should called

• should call

• should have been calling

The manager helped me ______ the project into smaller, more manageable parts.

• break it down

• pull away

• zone out

• slack off

During the meeting, he started going on ______ that had nothing to do with the topic we were discussing.

• gut checks

• sensitive metrics

• deadlines

• unrelated tangents

Let’s not discuss this now; we’ll ______ the idea for next week’s meeting.

• hijack

• shelve

• allocate

• spring

We managed to ______ and finish the project ahead of schedule.

• exceed objectives

• go the extra mile

• execute a strategy

• overcome obstacles