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WCS Grammar

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I was ________ to hear about the damage to the products that you received this morning.

a)

scared

b)

sorry

c)

unhappy

d)

afraid

2.

I will be _________ forward to hearing back from you.

a)

looking

b)

to look

c)

look

d)

looked

3.

This is probably the best ________ we have had at a meeting for a long time.

a)

attendees

b)

attendance

c)

assistance

d)

assisting

4.

Which of your coworkers _______ at the reunion last night?

a)

have you seen

b)

did you see

c)

were you seeing

d)

had you seen

5.

As far as I know, Mr. Dupont ________ his office yet, so if you hurry you will probably be able to catch him before he goes.

a)

was not leaving

b)

did not leave

c)

has not left

d)

is not leaving

6.

Gary was taking notes in the lecture when he ______ to feel sick and had to leave.

a)

was starting

b)

started

c)

start

d)

was started

7.

The results of the inquiry showed that management _________ the decision to close the facility two months before informing the workers.

a)

has made

b)

had made

c)

was making

d)

had been making

8.

One month from now Mr. Oakley _______ chairman for 25 years, so we're having a party in his honor to celebrate.

a)

will have been

b)

will be

c)

is going to be

d)

is being

9.

We are ________ much better than last year.

a)

making

b)

made

c)

done

d)

doing

10.

We are definitely ________ progress.

a)

doing

b)

making

c)

make

d)

done

11.

We seem to have different conceptions of business _______.

a)

ethiks

b)

ethic

c)

ethics

d)

ethical

12.

She is in Hong Kong looking for new business _______.

a)

partner

b)

partners

c)

coleague

d)

coleagues

13.

She has such good ideas she really _____ to go into business.

a)

ought

b)

should

c)

must

d)

will

14.

We _______ the product two years ago.

a)

collapsed

b)

launched

c)

pruned

d)

dried up

15.

We were ________ young people, the 18s to 25s, but a lot of older people bought it too.

a)

launching

b)

targetting

c)

pruning

d)

targeting

16.

Maybe the market is really _________.

a)

saturate

b)

saturating

c)

saturated

d)

saturates

17.

Can you please _______ an appointment with my dentist?

a)

bock

b)

make

c)

made

d)

to make

18.

We're going to divest the subsidiaries we bought in the 1990s and concentrate on our ______ business.

a)

heart

b)

core

c)

choir

d)

chore

19.

Do you know that Tyso Chemicals ________exhibiting at next year's trade fair in Seattle?

a)

will have

b)

is going to

c)

will be

d)

will

20.

Although Encar ______ Japanese for long, she is already able to hold a conversation and can even read and write.

a)

has not been learning

b)

is not learning

c)

has not been learning

d)

will not learn

21.

The guys in the marketing department _________ later this afternoon to discuss how many flyers we need to get printed for the next bulk mailing.

a)

have met

b)

met

c)

are meeting

d)

have been meeting

22.

Inflation makes prices ________.

a)

rise

b)

raised

c)

raise

d)

rose

23.

This article ________ interesting issues which we need to discuss at length.

a)

rises

b)

is rising

c)

raises

d)

raise

24.

As always, the finance people wanted to charge a high price and _______ the market.

a)

launch

b)

collapse

c)

flood

d)

prune

25.

There's such a lot of bureaucracy, so many regulations, so much red tape, it's almost impossible to _____________ business here.

a)

make

b)

run

c)

do

d)

made

26.

If you give us a firm instruction to ship you the same order ________ the next few days, you should receive it soon.

a)

until

b)

by

c)

within

d)

on

27.

I have just been informed that your order should reach you ________ the end of the month.

a)

until

b)

by

c)

within

d)

in

28.

I am afraid we need to _______ the meeting until next week.

a)

cancel

b)

schedule

c)

set up

d)

postpone

29.

We have taken special ________ to make sure that the items are exactly as you requested.

a)

care

b)

attention

c)

caution

d)

precaution

30.

All our products are ________ carefully before leaving the factory.

a)

checked

b)

controled

c)

looked

d)

observed

31.

We are required to _______ tasks that are not in our job descriptions.

a)

allocate

b)

perform

c)

make

d)

measure

32.

In view of this, we suggest that you _______ Mr. Smith as auditor.

a)

appoint

b)

assess

c)

evaluate

d)

transfer

33.

As a result, the market fails to _______ resources efficiently.

a)

make

b)

set

c)

train

d)

allocate

34.

How do you ________ your work contract?

a)

develop

b)

deal

c)

negotiate

d)

forecast

35.

They never even agree to _______ us ______.

a)

turn down

b)

draw up

c)

get across

d)

meet halfway

36.

He _______ business just three days after leaving business school.

a)

went out of

b)

gave

c)

set up in

d)

did

37.

Hopefully there will be an ________ in the business cycle soon.

a)

curve

b)

turning

c)

downturn

d)

upturn

38.

I'm sorry, but I will have to ____________ your proposal.

a)

turn on

b)

turn up

c)

turn off

d)

turn down

39.

Let me ________ up a new proposal!

a)

put

b)

turn

c)

draw

d)

brush

40.

You know you can always _______ on my support.

a)

turn

b)

rely

c)

trust

d)

frown