ELEMENTARY LEVEL TEST
1. Open the brackets using the correct form of the verb: present simple/continuous.
- They ……………….. more than 10 nationalities in their company. (employ)
- At the moment our HR manager ………………………………….. someone. (interview)
- Our company …………………………. any services, it ………………………… tomato paste. (not provide, produce)
- The IT Department …………………………… on a very interesting project this month. (work)
- This Corporation …………………………… with manufacturing road machinery. (deal)
- Where ……………..they ………………… most of their products? (sell)
- What …………… your R&D Department …………………. this year? (develop)
2. Tick the correct sentence, a or b.
1 a There are 3 factories in Germany and one in France.
b There is 3 factories in Germany and one in France.
2 a There isn’t some distribution centers in Brazil.
b There isn’t a distribution center in Brazil.
3 a Are there a computer programmer here?
b Are there any computer programmers here?
4 a There aren’t any sales reps in China.
b There are any sales reps in China.
5 a Is there a receptionist in the technical center? –Yes, there are.
b Is there a receptionist in the technical center? – Yes, there is.
6 a There are some drinks but there isn’t some cakes.
b There are some drinks but there aren’t any cakes.
3. Make questions and answers in the past using the prompts.
- How /they/contact/her? They just ……………………. her.
- Who/she/speak to? She ………………………… to the Finance Director.
- Why/you/not book/the room for me? Because I ………………… busy.
4. Underline the correct word initalics.
A How was/were the business lunch?
B Unfortunately, I wasn’t/weren’t there. I was/were very sick yesterday. Ask Nick. He emailed me some
photos from the meeting. It was/were quite fruitful!
A Was/Were the partners pleased with our offer?
B Oh, yes! They was/were definitely satisfied!
A Was/Were our Technical Engineer there?
B No, he was/were with our new customers. They was/ were interested in our recent experiments, so
they was/were in the laboratory all day.
5. Match the definitions to the words:
- We make our products here. - hard copy
- We deliver the products to the customers from here. - Entertainment and Media
- We use these to log on to the Internet. - screen
- We look at it when we operate the laptop. - recruitment
- We use this to bill the customer. - invoice
- A photocopier prints this. - distribution center
- This agency finds employees for different businesses. -username and password
- This corporation makes films. It has 5 cable TV channels. - factory
6. Match the questions and answers about your last business trip.
- Where did you go? We discussed the delivery of the products with our suppliers.
- When did you go? We stayed in a small comfortable hotel.
- Who did you go with? Oh, yes, it was!
- How did you travel there? I went to Lutsk.
- Where did you stay? We went by train.
- How long did you stay there? I went last month.
- What did you do there? I went with our Purchasing Manager.
- Was your trip successful? We stayed there for 2 days.