English BU GS RIU TANTAL MEI

Examination number 00
On the subject of "English as a means of business communication" (code- BU) RIU
Task 1.
Put words in the correct order to get the question.
For example:
Job learning for English your you are?

Are you learning English for your job?

1. Weekend do what you would to this like?
2. dictionary why got you have not a?
3. English you start did learning when
4. phoned doing customer when our what you were?
5. radio listening does enjoy to secretary the your?

Task 2.
Each group of four words (or phrases), three words (or phrases), united by a common concept. Determine the fourth word (or phrase) do not apply to them in meaning. Write it down.

1. language translator dictionary art
2. hairdresser shopkeeper customer banker
3. tomorrow morning yesterday evening the day after tomorrow in two weeks time
4. butcher's greengrocer's chemist's baker's
5. neck foot chest sock
Activity 3
Under the proposals, only one correct sentence. Locate and write it down.

1. I has gone anywhere interesting for my holidays
2. I went anywhere very interesting for my holidays
3. I did not go anywhere very interesting for my holidays
4. I did not do anywhere very interesting for my holidays
5. I had been anywhere very interesting for my holidays
Task 4
Insert commas, if necessary.
1. San Antonio in central Texas has a large Mexican-American population.
2. Farmers still sometimes find bombs in the fields where World War I took place.
3. My aunt's apple orchard where several rare birds come to nest in the spring is often visited by scientists.
4. We use the room between the living room and the dining room as a study.
5. I'd always wanted to come to Europe because my family came from Europe.
Task 5
The following text missing 10 prepositions. Identify them and insert into the gaps.
1. Preparation ... (1) a trip ... (2) a foreign country are quite often nerveracking.
2. First you'll have to fill ... (3) a form, then hand it ... (4) ... (5) photos ... (6) your visa.
3. When lucky you'll get it ... (7) a week or two.
4. But not all countries have their consular representations ... (8) small
... 5. (9) instance, if you want to visit Mexico or Argentina, you'll have to go ... (10) Moscow to get a visa.
Task 6.
Pick synonyms (from column B) the following words (in column A) and write them in pairs, with the translation. For example: extra-additional - optional.

A B
Participate thankful
Obtain to take part in
Grateful possibility
Chance discomfort
Inconvenience get
Task 7
Keep questions and give answers to them:
What do you say when
1. you are surprised at some news?
2. you want to change the subject of a conversation?
3. you are unable to keep an appointment?
4. you are late for a meeting?
5. you regret that you can not accept an invitation?
Task 8
In each of the following statements to find one mistake and correct it.
1. We'll must open a checking account.
2. We arrived at New York at 5 o'clock in the morning?
3. Does he has to leave before the end of the play?
4. There are more men than womens in the Government
Task 9
Append proposal by inserting the expression: have to, do not have to, should, or should not
For example:
If you feel ill, you should go to bed

1. You ...... have too much hand luggage.
2. People who want to smoke ............ sit in certain seats.
3. You ......... wear your seat belt all the time. You can take it off.
4. But you .......... Wear it