BUSINESS ENGLISH

Question no 1- Complete the following sentences with appropriate tenses using the words given in brackets. (12)

1. When Carol (call) _______ last night, I (watch)_____my favourite show on television.

2. I(work)____for this company for more than thirty years, and I intend to stay here until I retire!

3.Sharon (love)____ to travel. She (go)____abroad almost every summer. Next year, she plans to go to Peru.

4.Thomas is an author. He (write)____mystery novels and travel memoirs. He (write)_______ since he was twenty-eight. Altogether, he(write )______ seven novels, three collections of short stories and a book of poetry.

5.We were late because we had some car problems. By the time we (get)_____ to the train station, Susan (wait )______ for hours for more than two hours.

6.Sam (try)_____to change a light bulb when he (slip)_____ and (fell) ____ .

7.Everyday I (wake)_______ up at 6 o’clock, (eat)______breakfast at 7 o’clock and (leave) for work at 8 o’clock. However, this morning I (get)_____ up at 6:30,(skip)_____breakfast and (leave)_____ for work late because I (forget)_____ to set my alarm.

8. By this time next summer, you (complete)_____your studies and (find)______ a job. I, on the other hand (accomplish not)_____anything I (study, still)_____ and you (work)________ in some new high paying job.

Question no 2- Detect any errors in the use of prepositions in the following sentences, and rewrite the correct form (10)

1- Al Fernandez is especially adept with woodworking. _______
2- We find it impossible to comply to the latest safety regulations._________
3-In a televised address, the president will talk with the nation at 6 pm. ________
4- Lola said that she plans on sleeping late during her vacation._______
5- Mr. John’s management style is much different than Mr. tom. _______
6- Ray is very angry at David for divulging the secret .________
7- It is difficult to reconcile this new business venture with their recent bankruptcy.______
8-Isolated from neighbors , the hermit was independent with local laws._______
9- A car very similar with yours is for sale.______
10- Richard has little interest with data processing._________

Question no 3- Combine each of the following groups of sentences to include a modifying phrase. (10)

1. Then Jennifer shook her head. Jennifer was a short, round girl but seven years old.
2. Lying in his bunk, Lamp Trimmer Samuel Hemming heard a curious hissing from the forepeak. The forepeak was the compartment closest to the bow of the Titanic.
3. Terri is an English major who reads horoscopes aloud from the Boston Globe. She asks Carlos if he knows what “obsequious” means. Carlos is a Russian studies major.
4. Then she shook her hair warningly and touched a finger to her lips and shook her head again. Her eyes were pleading with him.
5. All of the babies are hooked up to cardiovascular machines. Their indicators are measuring heart rates and respiratory rates.
6. His place looked very comfortable and homey. His magazines are resting in neat stacks on the left side and pictures and sayings are covering the white painted walls.
7. Shivering, the soldiers retreated two days ago. Their spirits were outraged and crushed by the defeat.
8. The plunger grips the barrel. It submerges the barrel under the house, where it is then secured by brass straps.
9. Tall, slim, with his blue lab coat on, he takes control instantaneously. He sets the papers down and dives right into the lecture.
10. Minute fungi overspread the whole exterior. It hung in a fine tangled web-work from the leaves.

Question no 4- Supply the answers by selecting one option .(07)

1- Everybody ___ by the terrible news yesterday.
a) shocked b) was shocked
2- Mr. Green ___ at the University since 1989.
a) has been teaching b) has been taught
3- Not much ___ about the accident since that time.
a) has said b) has been said
4- A new book ___ by that company next year.
a) will publish b) will be published
5- He ___ the girl’s name now.
a) remembers b) is remembered
6- The secretary ___ to her new boss yesterday.
a) Introduced b) was introduced
7- A prize ___ to whoever solves this equation.
a)will be given b) will be giving

Question no 5- Replace the words with pronouns where appropriate. (05)

1- The magazines are all your own.
2- She and I bought the magazine together.
3- Miss Lee and Miss Lee’s sister came to see you.
4- Who is going to play with the cards?
5- The principal saw me as I was entering the class.

Question no 6- By coordinating words, phrases, and/or clauses, combine the sentences in each set into a single clear sentence (10)

1-The sound of an automobile horn is muffled.
The sound is indistinct.
The sound seems part of another world.

2-Few of the strikers obeyed the court order.
They returned to work.
Most of the strikers remained on the picket line.

3-The winds dispersed.
The rain slackened to a drizzle and a mist.
The clouds fell apart.
The sun shone through.

4-The girl was little.
She pressed her nose against the window.
The window was icy.
She giggled with delight.
She had never seen snow before.

5-The waitress tugged the pencil out of her hair.
Her hair was lacquered.
She licked the pencil point.
She flicked over her bill pad.
She asked if she could take our order.

Question no 7- Punctuate the following paragraph (06)

I’ll never forget summer camp two weeks of cramps and campfires and slugs in my underwear. One night I got lost in the woods the witch crafted spine-tingling woods. I don’t know how I managed to get lost one moment I was marching along with my fellow scouts and the next I was marching alone. When I realized what had happened I responded like a true Boy Scout of America I sat down on a toadstool and sobbed. Oh I knew I was going to die out there. I waited for the gnats that sew your lips shut the owls that peck out your eyes the spiders that drop eggs on your tongue and the wolves that drag your carcass to their dens. I knew that by the time they found me there would be nothing left of me but my neckerchief slide. I imagined them taping it to a postcard and mailing it home to my dad. When I ran out of tears I started singing Oh, they built the ship Titanic to sail the ocean blue. And just then a flashlight found me. My patrol leader asked what I was doing out here in the woods and I spit on my palms and said Don’t worry about me. I can take care of myself. That night I dreamed of dragons in the pines and I woke up screaming