4 Success Vocabulary 2 out(performed) 3 ultraGeticient) ‘4 exGpresidend) 5 detregulate) 6 under(rating) 7 cotworkers) 8 re(locating) 9 misjudged) ° 2a ad ae sf 6b 2 outnumber 5 oversel 3 upgraded 6 underseling ‘4 downsize af 3b 4d 5c 6a Idioms:2 goes smoothly 2) getting there _b) bear fruit )cameup trumps d) get results ¢) making a goof e 2 a) thriving 3 0 prospered 4 O)took off 5 a) overtook 6 b) going places Language review 9 2a 3b 4b 5a 6a ° 2 ‘ve/have left; 've/have checked 3 hasbeen 2 had. been e (@)had consured (@)has appointed @ardered (@)was announced @asreed Gowns G@have been probing (seen (6) had announced (was appointed Writing 2d omingto 5 B50 3 duets 6 ©) Owingto 4 bas ansust ey | ° 22 pay not paying 6 formally not formerly 3 assignment not assignments 7 assess not assessment 44 tonoton 8 than not then 5 successfulnot succeed 9 fewernot few sample answer Mr Ben Jacobson Grand Computers 73 Gloucester Road teed 182.66 30 March Dear Mr Jacobson, ‘Thank you for your letter of 20 March, as well as for the atached details of your new range of Ps / wish to confirm our order for 12 News 2K PCS and 8 Orion Plus laserjet printers. However, it seems ‘that a slight error has occurred regarding discounts. As a matter of fact, you had agreed to give us a 3% discount on bot the Nexus 2K FC and the Orion Plas YP, and not just on the former as tated in your letter. ‘We would be grateful if you could contact us as soon as possible to confirm this formally. Locking forward to hearing from you soon, Yours sincerely, Norman Furey Deputy Manager 5 Job satisfaction Vocabulary ° 2 a)caried 7 b)accountable 3 d)acknonledgement 8 b) autonomy ‘4 b) evaluation 9 derowth 5 a) perks 30 d bum 6 a)satistying a4 leave Language review o 12 were made 3 has. been revised / was. revised 4 is... being negotiated 55 had... been given 6 beused Pinecone5 5 @ Ey FY b [answer key © sane answers 22 How many people were made redundant last year? 13 Whose leave policy has recently been revised? / was recenty revised? 4 What sort of agreements curently being negotiated? '5 How many times had Tom been given a pay ise before September 2005? 6 When should a tough style of leadership be used? @ sample ansmes 3 A: Has the conference room been booked? B: Yes, it has. twas booked earlier this mornin. 4 Ac Have the folders and note-pads been ordered? B: Yes, they have. We ordered them last week. / They were ordered last week. '5 A: Has the PowerPoint equipment been checked? B: Sor, that stil needs tobe dane. Il get someone to-do that next Monday. {6 A: Has.a room forthe trainer been booked? B: No, Im afraid that still needs to be done, rl make sure i's booked by the end of the week 7 As Have the local media been informed? 8: Yes, they have. They were informed eater this month, 8 A: Has the social evening been planned? 8: Yes, ithas.Itwas planned at our last meeting, actally. © sonpte answers 2 8: Yeah. Im sure he had it writen. 3B: Wedefnitely need to have it fixed. 44 B: Yes. think we should have it checked, '5 Bs Wel, why don't you have them checked? Writing ° FalterTrade Ltd seeks an Assistant Project Manager for 12 ‘months on this project funded by the Teust Fund for Kazakhstan and administered by the World Bank, The project, which commenced in January this year, aims to Improve the ‘capacity of Kazakhstani communities to manage local government structures forthe planning and implementation of local development initiatives. Through the project village level development councils have been established across the country, through which small scale grant funds are being channelled. ° 4 be appointed (or should be appointed) 2 willbe paid 3 ate set out ‘4 willbe issued @ sampte answer 7 Durhaen Road Bolton [Lancashire BLS 25K Ms Karen Poulson, Recruitment Officer FairerTrade Led Denzell House Connaught Avenue Congleton (Cheshire CWI 7TL 17 March Dear Ms Poulson, Re: Assistant Project Manager, Kazakstan ‘Thank you very much for your leter of M March, and for the particulars ofthe post attached. lam delighted to have ben select and would like to confirm that | do wish to take up the post and will be availabe to start work on 8 pall J enclose a full medical report trom Bolton General Hospital. look forward to receiving the contrat ‘Yours sincerely, Andrew Harts 6 Risk Vocabulary arose own 2 Jeopardy + negligible 5 gamble 3 precarious 7 care 4 dey 8 gain 6 minimise 9 sky 430 huge 2 dicey (orrisky) 4 gamble 6 negligible 3 huge 5 jeopardy 2f 3a 4b 5d 6e Language review 2 exceptionally 7 faely 3 dramatically 8 gradually 4 seaaly 9 badly 5 shariy 10 fully 6 slightly