Vocab 1
Choose the right answer:
Did you call back / dial / save the message after you listened to it?
Did you save the message after you listened to it?
You need a scanner / projector / photocopier to show the chart in the presentation.
You need a projector to show the chart in the presentation.
The height / length / weight of something can be measured in kilograms.
The weight of something can be measured in kilograms.
Complete the blank with the appropriate form of the verb in brackets:
The Sun ... (rise) in the east.
The Sun rises in the east.
Complete the blank with the appropriate form of the verb in brackets:
John and Peter ... (drink) too much last night.
John and Peter drank too much last night.
The cheque / receipt / bank statement will give you details about your accounts.
The bank statement will give you details about your accounts.
It's important to insure / inspect / measure the shipment because it can get lost or damaged during transportation.
It's important to insure the shipment because it can get lost or damaged during transportation.
As a secretary, you need to take ... at the meeting.
notes / attention / minutes / agendas
As a secretary, you need to take minutes at the meeting.
Complete the blank with the appropriate form of the verb in brackets:
Look! Your cat ... (climb) up that tree.
Look! Your cat is climbing up that tree.
Complete the blank with the appropriate form of the verb in brackets:
I ... (listen) to music all afternoon yesterday.
I was listening to music all afternoon yesterday.
When do you prepare an agenda?
You prepare it before the meeting.
What do you call the area at the entrance of a public building?
ground floor / lobby / corridor
Lobby
Which option talks about a special instruction?
bubble wrap / good condition / this side up
This side up
What's wrong in this sentence?
Last Monday I went to the store and see your boyfriend getting some food for making a cake.
Last Monday I went to the store and saw your boyfriend getting some food for making a cake.
Complete the blank with the appropriate form of the verb in brackets:
I ... (switch) off the computer because it ... (make) a strange noise.
I switched off the computer because it was making a strange noise.
Make a full sentence using "a box of" + an item of office supplies.
We need to buy a box of staples / packets of paper / pens / markers / pencils, etc ...
What does the Head of IT do in a company?
They are in charge of looking after the company's computers.
Is this sentence true or false? If it's false, you need to correct it:
You use registered mail to get confirmation that a letter has arrived safely.
True
Can you identify and explain the verb tenses in this sentence?
These days I'm helping my father at our shop as his assistant broke one of his arms in an accident.
I'm helping: Present Continuous - temporary situation.
broke: Past Simple - action that happened sometime in the past.
Complete the blank with the appropriate form of the verb in brackets:
I ... (normally / catch) the 7.15 bus, but today we ... (not have) maths class, so we ... (start) two hours later.
I normally catch the 7.15 bus, but today we aren't having maths class, so we are starting two hours later.
What do you need to do if you have run out of rolls of sticky tape?
You need to order more as there are none left in the stockroom.
Fill in the blank: You can press this button to change the ... and make it loud.
You can press this button to change the volume and make it loud.
You would like to make business with the company? Who do you need to talk to?
To the Senior Management.
Complete the blank with the appropriate form of the verb in brackets. Also, choose between "when" & "while".
Why ... (you / do) your homework on the bus when / while ... (you / go) to school?
While were you doing your homework on the bus while you were going to school?
Complete the blank with the appropriate form of the verb in brackets:
"Are you okay? I ... (hear) you ... (have) an asthma attack yesterday."
"Yes, thank you. I ... (come) to school when I ... (start) feeling breathless. High pollution levels usually ... (cause) me this."
"Are you okay? I heard you had an asthma attack yesterday."
"Yes, thank you. I was coming to school when I started feeling breathless. High pollution levels usually cause me this."