Vocabulary
Fill in the blank: "The project is ___ schedule, so we will finish on time."
Answer: "on."
"The team have completed the project and is waiting for feedback."
Corrected sentence: "The team has completed the project and is waiting for feedback."
birthday
retirement
farewell
(noun)
birthday
retirement
farewell
(party)
Clues: Invent, Fabricate, Reconcile
_____ up
Make up
Choose the correct option: "She ___ (works/work) at the company since 2019."
Answer: "has worked."
Which word best fits? "The company decided to ___ the outdated software."
a) upgrade
b) fix
c) remove
Answer: a) upgrade.
"The data suggest that customer satisfaction have improved over the last quarter."
Answer: Corrected sentence: "The data suggests that customer satisfaction has improved over the last quarter."
a cold
a criminal
a fish
(verb)
to catch
Delay, Postpone, Procrastinate
______ off
Answer: Put off
Rewrite using correct grammar: "I will contact to the client tomorrow."
Answer: "I will contact the client tomorrow." (No "to" after "contact.")
What does "to lay off employees" mean?
Answer: To terminate employees due to economic reasons or downsizing.
"The company plans to expand it’s operations to three more countries next year."
Answer: Corrected sentence: "The company plans to expand its operations to three more countries next year." ("It’s" should be "its.")
shuttle
age
race
(noun)
shuttle
age
race
(space)
Investigate, Explore, Research
_____ into
Look into
Which sentence uses passive voice?
a) She is reading the book.
b) The book was read by her.
c) She will read the book.
Answer: b) The book was read by her.
Which word does NOT belong in the group?
a) Distribute
b) Allocate
c) Evaluate
d) Deliver
Answer: c) Evaluate (the others involve giving or assigning items).
"Each of the employees were given a survey to fill out."
Answer: Corrected sentence: "Each of the employees was given a survey to fill out." ("Each" is singular.)
an errand
a business
a credit check
(verb)
an errand
a business
a credit check
(run)
Clues: Recover, Surmount, Rebound
Get over
What is the correct form of the verb? "If I ___ (know) about the meeting, I would have attended."
Answer: "had known."
What is the difference between "to resign" and "to be dismissed"?
Answer: "To resign" means to leave a job voluntarily, while "to be dismissed" means to be fired or let go.
"No sooner the presentation started than the fire alarm went off."
Answer: Corrected sentence: "No sooner had the presentation started than the fire alarm went off." ("No sooner" is followed by inversion in formal English.)
an alarm
a bomb
fireworks
(phrasal verb)
an alarm
a bomb
fireworks
(set off)
Clues: Invent, Imagine, Devise
Dream up
Identify the tense and explain its use: "By the time the manager arrived, the team had already completed the task."
Past perfect; it shows that the task was completed before another action in the past.