Revision

Vocabulary

100

Fill in the missing words.

1. I suppose ___.

2. How is the preparation for assessment _________ along?

3. How ______ meeting over coffee?

4. What are your _____ on this idea?

1. so/not

2. coming

3. about

4. thoughts

200

Explain the phrases below:

1. be reluctant to

2. the effort will pay off

3. bring something to completion

4. can't make heads or tails of

1. not willing to do something 

2. the effort will bring you some benefit

3. finish

4. can't understand

300

Choose the correct option.

1. Let's move to/move on to the next point on our agenda.

2. A clever lawyer might find a way of getting round/bringing about that issue.

3. What I'm getting at/looking into is that working overtime may lead to burnout.

4. I get a lot of fulfilment of/from sharing knowledge with others.

1. move on to

2. getting round

3. getting at

4. from

400

Explain the phrases below:

1. viable

2. raise awareness of

3. job security

4. be on the backburner 

1. that can be done; that will be successful 

2. spread knowledge of a particular problem or cause 

3. if you have job security, your job is likely to be permanent

4. having low priority 

500

Guess the word or phrase:

1. cause/ make something happen (e.g. changes)

2. a discovery or achievement that comes after a lot of hard work

3.  make a decision  too quickly, before you know all the facts 

4.   spend a long time getting to the main point of what you are saying 

1. bring about (changes)

2. a breakthrough

3. jump to conclusions

4. beat about/around the bush

Grammar

100

Change the questions into indirect ones using the phrases in brackets. 

1. Are there any non-financial incentives at EPAM? (Could you tell me)

2. When does the meeting finish? (May I ask)

3. Are you ready with the report? (I was wondering)

1. Could you tell me if/whether there are any non-financial incentives at EPAM?

2. May I ask when the meeting finishes?

3. I was wondering if/whether you are ready with the report.

200

Select the correct option.

 1. With very little feedback/few feedback/few feedbacks from the company and no improvements to the service at all, I canceled my account. 

2. A typical chart includes a large number of /many/ a great deal of information.

3.  A little/a few things probably need clarifying here. 

4. Hi there! I was hoping for some advice/ some advices/ a few advice regarding the use of AI.

1. little feedback

2. a great deal of

3. a few

4. some advice

300

Open the brackets and use the appropriate tense form (Present Perfect, Present Continuous, Present Perfect Continuous).

1. They _____ (own) the house for over two years.

2. She ______ (do overtime) a lot since she started working for the company.

3. The department ________ (work) harder than normal because two people are off sick this week.

4. I ____________ (not/receive) any information yet.

1. They've owned the house for over two years.

2. She's been doing overtime a lot since she started working for the company.

3. The department is working harder than normal because two people are off sick this week.

4. I haven't received any information yet.

400

Make suggestions using the prompts and the words in brackets. 

1. We organize events aimed at junior employees (I suggest)

2. Make our speaking club more accessible (would be my proposal)

3. Take the time to do it (Why don't )

4. You read the entire chapter. (I recommend)

1. I suggest we organize/ I suggest organizing ...

2. Making our speaking club more accessible would be my proposal.

3. Why don't we take the time to do it.

4. I recommend reading.../you read...

500

Use the correct option.

1. If you will change/change your password, will you let me know?

2. She would travel/travelled all over the world if she were rich.

3.   I will not drive to the office if/in case it snows. (It's not snowing at the moment and I don't know whether it will snow later.)

4. I'd help/I'll help you if I knew/know more about the AI.

1. change

2. would travel

3. in case

4. I'd help, knew

Talk about

100

Talk about  the benefits of using Teams. Use at least 3 phrases:

_{There are two main benefits of} 

_{The biggest potential benefit of ____ is that} 

_{The other/Another major advantage of ______ is} 

_{With ___________you can not only ..., but also...}

_{in comparison to}

You can get the points only if you've used at least three phrases from the list.

200

Put forward at least three proposals on how to deal with latecomers to daily meetings. Use at least two phrases from the list.

_{What I suggest is…} 

_{... would be my proposal.}

_{I suggest/propose/recommend…} 

_{We should try…} 

_{It might be a good idea to…}

_{Why don't we}

_{How about/What about}

You get the points only if you've used at least two phrases from the list.

300

Describe a negative and a positive consequence of the idea below. Use the 1st and the 2nd conditionals. 

Moving all English courses online (there won't be any f2f courses after the pandemic)

You get the points only if you've used at least one first conditional and one second conditional.

400

Talk about your motivation at work. Use at least three phrases from the list.

_{be driven to} 

_{be reluctant to} 

_{see the world in black and white} 

_{have unrealistic expectations} 

_{make an impact} 

_{confront issues} 

_{be competitive} 

You get the points only if you've used at least three phrases from the list.

500

Share and explain your opinion on one of the topics below. Use at least three phrases for giving and clarifying opinion that we practiced on the course.

_{Human cloning}

_{Receiving a COVID-vaccine}

_{Working in a distributed team}

You get the points only if you've used at least three phrases from the list.

_{Well, from my point of view} 

_{Well, it seems to me that} 

_{Well, I tend to feel that} 

_{Well, the way I see it} 

_{That means that} 

_{What I’m getting at is that (inf)} 

_Actually,  

_{I just don’t see how…}

Mistakes

100

Pronounce the words correctly:

determined

psychologist

colleague

launch

determined https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/determined 

psychologist https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/psychologist  

colleague https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/colleague

launch https://dictionary.cambridge.org/pronunciation/english/launch

200

Correct the prepositions where necessary.

1. Could you answer my question?

2. I don't know the answer on this question.

3. We spent a lot of time for figuring out the solution to the problem.

4. In my point of view, we need to give it a try.

1. Correct

2. I don't know the answer to this question.

3. We spent a lot of time (on) figuring out the solution to the problem.

4. From my point of view, we need to give it a try.

300

Correct the verb forms.

1. Have you ever felt behind schedule?

2. If the team resisted my idea, I would suggest to review my idea.

3. The error lied in the second package.

4. Have you ever shaked hands with A. Dobkin?

1. Have you ever fallen behind schedule?

2. If the team resisted my idea, I would suggest reviewing my idea.

3. The error lay in the second package.

4. Have you ever shaken hands with A. Dobkin?

400

Add the missing articles where necessary.

1. I work as software engineer at EPAM Systems.

2. Missing deadline is at stake. We have to do overtime at moment.

3. If I am not mistaken, the system has crashed again.

4. As result of my hard work, I received very positive feedback from my PM.

1. I work as a software engineer at EPAM Systems.

2. Missing the deadline is at stake. We have to do overtime at the moment.

3. Correct

4. As a result of my hard work, I received very positive feedback from my PM.

500

One sentence is correct. The others have one mistake.

1. I'm not so good in organizing my time, I must admit.

2. I'd appreciate it if you could tell me where I can get the information about the courses.

3. Teams have less problems with communication when working from home.

4. I like it more.

1. I'm not so good at organizing my time, I must admit.

2. Correct

3. Teams have fewer problems with communication when working from home.

4. I like it better.

Ask or answer the question

100

What would you do if you took sabbatical leave? Name at least three things. Use the second conditional.

You get the points only if you've used the second conditional at least twice.

200

Ask your partner to update you on their progress with one of the following things:

1. revising the material from the previous lessons

2. planning vacation

3. getting ready for assessment

You get the points only if you've used at least one phrase from the list:

How far are you with ...?

How's [something] coming along?

How are things with..?

300

Answer the questions using the past simple correctly.

1. Tell me about a time you had to get something up and running. What was it?
2. When was the last time you faced a communication issue? What was it about?

You can get the points only if you've used the past simple correctly. Your partner will be your judge.

400

Share your predictions answering the questions below. Use the first conditional.

1. What will you do if you receive negative feedback from the customer and your team is in CC?

2. What will you do if you get C1 at the speaking exam?

You get the points only if you've used at least two sentences with the first conditional.

500

What advice would you give to someone who wants to communicate effectively? Use at least three items from the list.

_assertive

_{get straight to the point}

_{off the top of their head}

_{raise awareness of}

_{jump to conclusions}

_indecisive

You get the points only if you've used at least three phrases from the list.