University of Niš

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Social Sciences
Study programme: Engineering Management

English 3 Name: _______________________________

February 2020
Time: 120 minutes Index №: ____________________________
Good luck! 

I. Circle the correct option:

1. I generally __________ my emails twice a day.

a) check b) have checked
c) am checking d) will check

2. Nobody’s called, __________?

a) is it b) has it
c) are they d) have they

3. I __________ Tom in the cafeteria.

a) just seen b) have just seen
c) just see d) have just see

4. So far, I __________ contact her, but I’ll keep trying.

a) couldn’t b) wasn’t able to
c) haven’t been able to d) didn’t manage to

5. Yes, we __________ obtain a slightly better deal yesterday.

a) could b) can
c) managed to d) should

6. Could you tell me __________ to the meeting?

a) who comes b) who coming
c) who does come d) who is coming

7. I __________ the order, I didn’t reorder or complain.

a) just cancelled b) have just cancelled
c) just cancel d) have just cancel

8. How long __________ volunteering for Greenpeace?

a) are you b) do you
c) have you been d) will you been

9. Do you know __________ the train for Munich?

a) this is b) if this is
c) is this d) if it is

10. I can give Joanna your letter. I __________ her tomorrow afternoon.
a) see b) is seeing
c) sees d) am seeing

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II. Complete the sentences with the following words:
achievement / creativity / discourteous / dissatisfied / foster company loyalty
high-quality / innovation / non-cash rewards / rapport / recognition
1. Our management is always trying to ____________________ among the staff.
2. My company values ____________________, so there are a lot of original thinkers here.
3. ____________________ customers will complain to all their friends about bad service.
4. Winning the prize gave me a great sense of ____________________.
5. She’s a natural saleswoman and has a good ____________________ with clients.
6. A ____________________ sales assistant wouldn’t be very polite to customers.
7. ____________________ customer service is of a very high standard.
8. Bonuses that do not involve money are called ____________________.
9. Their latest ____________________ is a singing toilet.
10. I don’t get any ____________________ for the work I do, it’s really irritating.

III. Put the words in the right order to make sentences:

1. are / think / here / yesterday. / there / than / people / I / fewer
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. to / Perhaps / help / will / Jane / be / you. / able
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. runs / will / finish / project / it / on / the / If / time. / smoothly,
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. you / this / spoken / to / week? / the / Have / caterers
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. you / is / meeting? / who / Could / tell / coming / the / me / to
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. being. / Mark / She / with / the / for / staying / is / time
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7. the / can / can’t / use / Anyone / room, / they? / meeting
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. One / the / key. / had / of / spare / a / managers
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. arrive. / will / order / our / when / wonder / I
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
10. months / going / I / gym / to / ago. / the / stopped
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

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IV. Circle the correct option:

1. Our computer system __________ into.

a) must hack b) must hacked
c) must have hacked d) must have been hacked

2. I’m busy, please don’t disturb me __________ it’s an emergency.

a) as long as b) provided
c) unless d) if

3. If anyone is waiting for you in reception, I __________ you know.

a) let b) will let
c) would let d) would have let

4. It __________ for days and days, will it ever stop?

a) is raining b) was raining
c) will be raining d) has been raining

5. We have looked at all the offers and we __________ the one from Johnson Electric.
a) will accept b) are going to accept
c) are accepting d) accept

6. I think there are __________ people here than yesterday.

a) less b) least
c) few d) fewer

7. I __________ Michael for a very long time.

a) know b) have known
c) knowing d) have been knowing

8. You __________ answer questions as you go along – your audience can ask them later.
a) need b) needn’t
c) must d) mustn’t

9. We object to the job __________ this way.

a) doing b) being done
c) being do d) been doing

10. Your __________ very helpful.

a) advice has been b) advices has been
c) advice have been d) advices have been

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V. Complete the sentences with the phrases from the box:

indirect
appointed gap in the market get on key vacancy
employment
network of
offshore location staff development training facility venture capitalist
contacts

1. ____________________ means helping your workers get better at their jobs.

2. This ____________________ must be filled as soon as possible.
3. We have just ____________________ a new Operations Manager.
4. People believe they have to move to ____________________ in their careers.
5. If you count ____________________ from jobs like caterers, the figure is much higher.
6. They need a lot of start-up funding so they’re going to approach a ____________________.
7. My advice is to build up a ____________________ who can offer support to your business.
8. There is a new ____________________ for students, focusing on information technology.
9. It was obvious there was a ____________________ for more affordable lenses.
10. We are outsourcing software development to an ____________________ in Bangladesh.

VI. Fill in the blank cells:

Noun Adjective

1. analysis

2. connection

3. deception

4. discriminatory

5. economy

6. ethics

7. generous

8. innovative

9. responsible

10. voluntary

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VII. Circle the correct option

1. He can’t do Tuesday because he __________ his suppliers then.

a) will be visiting b) will visit
c) will have visited d) will have been visiting

2. He warned me that the company __________ a safe investment.

a) did not b) is not
c) does not d) was not

3. She noticed a couple of small mistakes while she __________ my report.

a) read b) reading
c) was reading d) had read

4. If she had studied harder in school, she __________ to go to classes now.

a) won’t need b) wouldn’t need
c) wouldn’t have need d) wouldn’t have needed

5. I remember __________ John at the party, he looked marvellous.

a) see b) to see
c) seeing d) to seeing

6. I stopped __________ to the gym months ago.

a) to go b) to going
c) go d) going

7. If we __________ the shares in June, we would have made a lot of money.

a) bought b) have bought
c) had bought d) had have bought

8. When they arrived back from their holiday, someone __________ into their apartment.
a) broke b) broken
c) have broken d) had broken

9. When I returned home, Martha told me __________ the baby.

a) not to disturb b) not disturb
c) to not disturb d) disturb not

10. My manager says that she __________ the job by Friday.

a) has finished b) will have finished
c) will finish d) will be finishing

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VIII. Complete the sentences with the following words:

adapt affect appreciate charity collectivist

egalitarian hesitate liberal oppose postpone

1. Thank you for everything. I really ____________________ it.

2. There are no classes in our society, it’s completely ____________________.
3. She may ____________________ some of the ideas but she’ll accept them in the end.
4. Mark had to ____________________ his trip for a couple of months.
5. In ____________________ cultures everything is shared by all the members.
6. You have to ____________________ to the new management quickly or you’ll lose your job!
7. Our director is very ____________________, he lets us do almost anything.
8. Do not ____________________ any longer! Do it now or face consequences!
9. That’s when I started thinking how this change could ____________________ me personally.
10. I’ve applied for a job as a fundraiser for a ____________________.

IX. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate preposition:

1. Three people dropped out ____________________ the computer course after the first week.
2. She is so optimistic ____________________ the change.
3. I think I will end up ____________________ a good score on this test.
4. I’ll be able to try ____________________ my Chinese when I am seconded to Wuhan.
5. I’m not familiar ____________________ your customs, to be honest.
6. My manager plans to carry ____________________ doing appraisals every year.
7. I have taken ____________________ some extra work because I need the money.
8. If you do business in Serbia, you need to be used ____________________ dealing with
bureaucracy.
9. She handed ____________________ a feedback form to everyone.
10. In some cultures, it’s important to be respectful ____________________ tradition.