I. Give the correct form of the verb in bracket.

1. Since June, about 60 employees from the R & D Department

……………………. (lose) their job.
2. At the moment, many members of staff …………………. (look) for new
jobs.
3. Our employees are afraid that the new management …………………….
(restructure) the company.
4. Quality control …………………. (involve) checking for mistakes or faults
before selling goods.
5. He stopped ……………………. (work) on the project after three months of
ill-health.
6. Did you remember ………………… (call) the customer yesterday?
7. I cannot remember ……………………… (offer) you a replacement.
8. The sales assistant forgot ……………….. (give) the customer a discount.
9. The cost of living……………………. (increase). Every year things are more
expensive.
10. We (spend) ……………………. a lot on modernizing the factory and it is
now very well-equipped.
11. At the moment we (carry) …………………….out a survey to find out what
sort of after-sales service our customers want.
12. (you / have )………………………to make a speech in front of an audience?
13. Jane’s upstairs with Anne and Roy. They ……………………… (have) a
meeting about the catalogue.
14. Our present boss (work) ……………………... in this company all of his life.
15. The Internet is a modern medium of ............................ (collect) information.
16. The government …………………. (spend) less on the welfare system next
year.
17. Public services are less reliable now than they ………………. (be) five years
ago.
18. Nowadays, more and more people …………………………. (travel) abroad
for business and pleasure.
 19. Compared with five years ago, more people ………………………… (shop)
in out-of-town malls than in local stores.
20. Over the next two months, we plan …………………….. (make) our office
computers faster and more efficient.
21. Standards of service ……………………… (go) down recently, and as a
result, we have lost a lot of customers.
22. Recently, we ………………… (make) small changes to the rules for
applying for instant credit.
23. We need to see some progress in your work, or we ……………………
(recommend) a departmental transfer.
24. There …………………….. (be) a decrease in unemployment figures over the
last four years.
25. Between 2002 and 2005, there ………………… (be) a constant rise in the
rate of inflation.
II. Use the suggested words to make complete sentences

1. I / would like / place an order / ten copies / this book.

2. Mr. Edward / charge / of / train / new staff.
3. There / two / good restaurant / city centre / where / you / entertain / business
guest.
4. They / work / hard / sales campaign / from / February / April
5. Can / you / help / translate / this advertising material / Chinese?
6. I / think / can / get / good job / Asia / because / speak / Chinese / well
7. She / often / pack / suitcases / her husband / when / go on / business.
8. Paul / go / town / buy / food and clothes / this afternoon.
9. She / not accept / job / because / salary / low.
10. I / be / have / meeting / Export Manager / Thursday / 14:15.
11. The / manual / be / so / complicated / I / not / understand / it.
12. I / be / look / for / letter / Graylings, / but / I / not / find.
13. She / meet / old business partners / while / travel / New York / a / conference.
14. Our market share / increase / 11% / since / start / advertise / TV.
15. When / he / go / business / he / enjoy / travel / plane.
16. This contract / complicated / me / understand.
17. It / be / convenient / do / shopping / internet.
18. I / able / buy / new car / because / Jane / lend / money.
19. When / I / my shopping / weekends / usually / go / supermarkets.
20. She / so / busy / that / often / do / shopping / weekends.
21. I / decide / change / job / because / not / have / any / chance / promotion.
22. I / not / have / much experience / deal with / difficult customers.
23. What / new product / service / company / currently/ work on?
24. It / not easy / get / high-paid / job.
25. We / looking for / some / sales representatives / who / under / age /