phrasal verbs
If you give up something, you...
a) continue doing it
b) improve it
c) stop doing it
d) invent it
c) stop doing it
If you're up to your ears in homework, you are...
a) bored
b) confused
c) extremely busy
d) successful
c) extremely busy
A company's assets are...
a) its debts
b) valuable things it owns
c) its employees
d) its competitors
b) valuable things it owns
If work is organised haphazardly, it is organised...
a) in a careless and disorganised way
b) efficiently
c) collaboratively
d) secretly
a) in a careless and disorganised way
She decided ______ abroad.
a) to study
b) studying
c) study
d) studied
a) to study
If someone turns up to class, they...
a) arrive
b) study hard
c) leave early
d) teach the lesson
a) arrive
If your exercise routine pays dividends, it...
a) produces positive results
b) loses you money
c) causes you problems
d) takes a long time
a) produces positive results
If something is doomed, it is...
a) successful
b) difficult
c) uncertain
d) likely to fail
d) likely to fail
A poignant film scene is...
a) funny
b) confusing
c) action-packed
d) emotionally moving
d) emotionally moving
My friend suggested ______ the article again.
a) to read
b) reading
c) read
d) to reading
b) reading
Which sentence uses make up correctly?
a) She made up to work yesterday.
b) He made up an excuse for being late.
c) They made up with a new idea.
d) We made up the meeting.
b) He made up an excuse for being late.
A high flyer is someone who...
a) travels frequently
b) is very successful and ambitious
c) works from home
d) changes jobs often
b) is very successful and ambitious
If someone has an aversion to public speaking, they...
a) strongly dislike it
b) enjoy it
c) teach it
d) study it
a) strongly dislike it
In business, exposure often means...
a) protection from risk
b) public attention or visibility
c) financial investment
d) customer complaints
b) public attention or visibility
We can't afford ______ another mistake.
a) making
b) make
c) made
d) to make
d) to make
If you bring up a topic during a meeting, you...
a) avoid it
b) forget it
c) write it down
d) introduce it for discussion
d) introduce it for discussion
If a young entrepreneur makes a mark, they...
a) become noticed and achieve success
b) make a mistake
c) leave their company
d) receive a promotion
a) become noticed and achieve success
If people act indiscriminately, they act...
a) carefully
b) without considering differences or consequences
c) professionally
d) politely
b) without considering differences or consequences
To envisage something means to...
a) complete it
b) criticise it
c) ignore it
d) imagine or foresee it
d) imagine or foresee it
I regret ______ you that your application has been unsuccessful.
a) to inform
b) informing
c) inform
d) informed
a) to inform
We needed a solution urgently, so the team had to ______ a new strategy.
a) give up
b) turn up
c) come up with
d) bring up
c) come up with
"Face it, our competitors are outperforming us and we need to change strategy."
What does face it mean?
a) Watch carefully
b) Improve performance
c) Contact competitors
d) Accept an unpleasant truth
d) Accept an unpleasant truth
A fleeting opportunity is one that...
a) is expensive
b) is unusual
c) lasts only a short time
d) guarantees success
c) lasts only a short time
To start a new business venture is to...
a) begin a risky business project
b) apply for a job
c) buy shares
d) manage a team
a) begin a risky business project
The family's savings kept the business ______ under.
a) going
b) to go
c) from going
d) went
c) from going