Choose the best answer.

1. When you answer the telephone in English, it’s polite to say - ? - Who's that? Who's calling, please? Who are you? Would you mind telling me who are you? ?
2. If you want to ask for advice in English, you could say - ? - What should I do What can you do How do you do Please can you say me what to do ?
3. Which of these phrasal verb means 'to mention'? - ? - To look into To throw up To bring up To tell off .
4. Which question is correct? - ? - Do you know where he works Do you know where does he work Do you know where he does work Where he works ?
5. What should you include in the 'skills' section of your CV? - ? - Your education How well you play football and other sports Your employmente history Any abilities which are important for the job .
6. Which of the following is giving an invitation? - ? - I was wondering if you could do the job Would you mind giving me a hand? I was wondering if I could go to the firm's Christmas party Would you like to attend the conference? .
7. Which phrase is correct? - ? - When are you born When you born When born you When were you born? ?
8. Which is further in the past? - ? - last week in a fortnight's time the day before yesterday a month ago .

1. annual - ? - the meeting figures turnover attention to trading
2. cease - ? - the meeting figures turnover attention to trading
3. chair - ? - the meeting figures turnover attention to trading
4. draw your - ? - the meeting figures turnover attention to trading
5. sales - ? - the meeting figures turnover attention to trading

Now complete the following sentences with a collocation in the correct form from the previous exercise.

1. Allow me to the trend on this slide which shows our growing market share.
2. Last year our was more than a million euros and sales show no signs of slowing down.
3. Who is today? Is it Pepe again?
4. It is estimated that more than 40% of small businesses within 3 years of start up.
5. Can you email the for last year? I’d like to compare them to what we’ve done so far this year.

1. make - ? - forces a new product staff a profit a meeting
2. take on - ? - forces a new product staff a profit a meeting
3. close - ? - forces a new product staff a profit a meeting
4. market - ? - forces a new product staff a profit a meeting
5. launch - ? - forces a new product staff a profit a meeting

1. If there are no further comments or questions, I think we should now and continue this discussion on Monday.
2. We think our competitors are going to this month, and we can’t afford to be seen falling behind in innovation.
3. We are in business to and sometimes tough decisions need to be made.
4. There were a lot of at work that we had to keep track of in order to make sure we stayed on top of sales.
5. Our company is expanding and we’re in our London office.