Quiz 1 English for Business
Name :
NPM :
a. Complete the following sentences with these words
achieved Board of
directors communica
te innovations manageable performanc
e resource setting supervise
1. Managers have to decide how best to allocate the human, physical and capital ………. Available to them.
2. Managers – logically – have to make sure that the jobs and tasks given to their subordinates are ………. .
3. There is no point in ………. Objectives if you don’t
……….. them to your staff.
4. Managers have to ………. Their subordinates, and to measure, and try to improve, their ……… .
5. Managers have to check whether objective and targets are being
………. .
6. A top manager whose performance is unsatisfactory can be dismissed by the company’s ………. .
7. Top managers are responsible for the ……….. that will allow a company to adapt to a changing world.
b. Insert the following words in the gaps in the text below.
applicant application Application
form apply candidate
Curriculum Vitae or CV (GB) or Resume (US)
employment
agencies interview job
description job
vacancies
references short-listed
Many people looking for work read the (1) ……… advertised by companies and (2) ………. In newspapers or on the internet. To reply to an advertisement is to (3) ……….. for a job. (You become a (4) ……….. or an (5) ……….. .) You write an (6)
……….. , or fill in the company’s (7)
……… , and send it, along with your (8)
……….. and a covering letter. You have to give the names of two people who are prepare to write ………. For you. If your qualifications and abilities match the (10) ……… , you might be
(11) ……….. , i.e. selected to attend an (12)
……… .
c. The following sentences define some basic words about work. Select one answer.
1. To inspire, to induce, to give a reason or incentive to someone to do something.
A. motivate B. promote C. provoke
2. A person employed by someone else, working for money.
A. earner B. employee C. employer
3. Relations between employers and employees, managers and workers, management and unions.
A. human relations B. labour relations C. labour unions 4. Having control of something as part of your job.
A. command B. power C. responsibility
5. Money paid (per hour or day or week) to manual workers.
A. earnings B. salary C. wages
6. A fixed regular payment made by employers, usually monthly, for professional or office work.
A. earnings B. salary C. wages
7. Advantages that come with a job, apart from wages or salary.
A. benefits or perks B. profits C. supplements 8. To be raised to a higher rank or better job.
A. motivation B. promotion C. sales promotion 9. Knowing that there is little risk of losing one’s job.
A. bureaucracy B. job safety C. job security 10. Having particular abilities, acquired by training.
A. educated B. skilled C. talented
d. Match up these verbs and nouns to make common words (collocations)
For example,
achieve is common to be partnered up with objectives = achieve objectives,
note, one has already been done for you
allocate decisions
communicat
e information
develop jobs
make objective
measure people
motivate performance
perform resources
set strategies
supervise subordinate
e. Writing
Imagine that you are a manager in a big company. You need to inform all of your employees some information (for examples, there is a change in some departments, there will be sudden meeting regarding business, there will be outbound or travel for all of employee, or anything that you can think of).
Write it in this memo!
