IN EACH OF 8 SENTENCES THERE IS ONE MISTAKE. IDENTIFY THE MISTAKE AND WRITE THE CORRECT WORD(S) IN THE SPACE PROVIDED:

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• IN EACH OF 8 SENTENCES THERE IS ONE MISTAKE.
  IDENTIFY THE MISTAKE AND WRITE THE CORRECT
  WORD(S) IN THE SPACE PROVIDED
• What is corporate culture? At its most basic, its
  described as the personality
• of an organization, or simply as how things are
  done around here._______
• 2. It guides how employees think, acting, and
  feel. _________
• 3. Corporate culture is a broad term using to
  define the unique personality or character of a
  particular company or organisation.
  _____________
• 4. It includes such elements as core values and
  beliefs, corporate ethic, and rules of behaviour.
  ____________

its
act
used
ethics
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5. The organisations culture will affect on you
in many ways, such as e.g. hours worked per day
and per week. __________ 6. The culture of a
company is connected to the characteristics find
in the surrounding society. _____________ 7.
But, it also has some traits, such as a hierarchy
system, that is unique. __________ 8. It can be
negative, neutral, or positive, and although some
business like to portray corporate culture as
static, in most cases, it changes over time.
______________
on
found
are
businesses
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• MAKE THESE SENTENCES PASSIVE
• A new stadium ____________ currently (BUILD) near
  the station.
• 2. Why the new ad agency ____________ (CHOOSE)
  yet?

A new stadium is currently being built near the
station.
Why hasnt the new ad agency been chosen yet?
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Insert the suitable forms of the words to form a
collocation
If a pesticide producer decided to buy one of its
suppliers and one of its distributors it is
called ____________ integration. The aircraft
engine business ____________ high barriers to
entry, and it requires a lot of technological
capital.
VERTICAL
HAS RAISED
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What are these called? making repayments on a
debt merger involving only the exchange of
company shares a tariff that varies, depending
on the value of the goods
debt service
stock swap
ad valorem tariff
Fill in the blanks hit the ________ _______
your punches _______ for courses
roof
pull
horses
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INSERT THE FOUR MISSING PREPOSITIONS WHERE THEY
BELONG I hope they dont go strike. Were
dependent them our supplies. Is the
factory insured fire?
(UP)ON
ON
FOR
AGAINST
this exercise is included in the written exam
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IN EACH SENTENCE 1-8 THERE IS ONE MISTAKE.
UNDERLINE THE MISTAKE AND WRITE THE CORRECT
WORD(S) IN THE SPACE PROVIDED 1. The EU's
Second Banking Co-ordination Directive, also
known as the Money Laundering Directive, was
issuing in 1991. _________ 2. It required member
states to establish similar regulations for
preventing, identify and reporting money
laundering activities. ______________ 3. Money
laundering is the process in which criminals
attempt to hiding the true origins of their
money, so that the money appears to come from a
legitimate source. ___________
issued
identifying
hide
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4. In other words, dirty money was turned into
clean money. ____ 5. Banks and other
institutions are required to set up and operate
procedures to combat in money laundering.
_________ 6. They have to identify that dealings
which could possibly be part of a money
laundering operation. ____________ 7. They also
have to report its suspicions to the governments
Criminal Investigations Division.
__________ 8. The amount of money laundered each
year is in the billions (US dollars) and pose a
significant policy concern for the
governments. ___________
is
in
the/those
their
poses
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• MAKE THESE SENTENCES PASSIVE
• As I drove south, I could see that the old road
  ____________ (REBUILD).
• 2. By this time tomorrow the deal ____________
  (SIGN).

As I drove south, I could see that the old road
was rebuilt/was being rebuilt/had been rebuilt.
By this time tomorrow the deal will have been
signed.
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Insert the suitable forms of the words to form a
collocation
The gap between Hasbro and Mattel clearly
____________________________ now. WTOs TRIPS
Agreement tends ____________ a balance between
the long term benefits and possible short term
costs to society.
IS CLEARLY NARROWING
TO STRIKE
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• Write down the idiomatic expressions to match the
  following definitions
• to remove, take out from a group those that are
  not good enough
• confused and not certain what to do
• to deliberately start or create

to weed out
all at sea
sow the seeds

• What are these called
• the day when a bond has to be repaid ________
• the amount of capital making up a loan ________
• two companies that have no common business areas
  ________________

maturity day
principal
conglomeration
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INSERT THE FOUR MISSING PREPOSITIONS WHERE THEY
BELONG The error was due circumstances
our control. Thank you your interest
our proposal.
TO
BEYOND
FOR
IN
this exercise is included in the written exam
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• IN EACH SENTENCE 1-8 THERE IS ONE MISTAKE.
  UNDERLINE THE MISTAKE AND WRITE THE CORRECT
  WORD(S) IN THE SPACE PROVIDED
• Personnel managers and directors have to change
  their ideas on how to handle redundancy as their
  firms are forcing into losing more and more
  staff. __________
• In a past UK survey, personnel practitioners were
  asked whether they had made changes to the
  criteria used when selecting people to be lay
  off. _________
• Although no business or industry can have been
  untouched by
• the recession, only eight per cent of the
  practitioners said that they had done any
  changes. ___________

forced
laid
made
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4. In the past, offering redundancy with a
retirement package is always the preferred
option. _________ 5. Now young workers are being
targeting. __________ 6. More flexible staff is
being retained. ________ 7. However, many large
companies are employed fewer and fewer staff.
______________ 8. Most of the jobs currently
being creating are in small and medium sized
companies. ____________
was
targeted
are
employing
created
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MAKE THESE SENTENCES PASSIVE 1. Newspapers in
some countries _____________ (SELL) in kiosks as
well as shops. 2. The news already
______________ (ANNOUNCE) by the time we got
there.
Newspapers in some countries are sold in kiosks
as well as shops.
The news had already been announced by the time
we got there.
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Insert the suitable forms of the words to form a
collocation
The new computer _____________ access to all the
files. WTO is a place for ______________ trade
disputes.
GIVES
SETTLING
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• What are these called?
• a tariff with two parts, one that depends on the
  value of the goods and one that is a fixed amount
• bonds issued by the British government
• bonds of companies that were previously in a good
  financial situation
• the total value of all shares on a stock market
  at a particular time

compound tariff
gilt-edged stock/gilts
fallen angels
market capitalisation
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INSERT THE FOUR MISSING PREPOSITIONS WHERE THEY
BELONG Behalf my colleagues, I would
like to thank you. Our house has
been the market months.
ON
OF
ON
FOR
this exercise is included in the written exam