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Business English Practice l Topic: General Business terms/expressions 4
Choose the correct response to complete each of the following sentences:
1. John isn't a permanent employee, he's a ___________________.
a) temp b) part-time c) hired
2. ___________________ means that someone gets hired as a temporary employee, and then, in
time has the chance to become a permanent employee.
a) Temp-to-full b) Temp-to-hire c) Temp-to-non-temp
3. I can't make it at 2, I have an important meeting ___________________. ( = I have to attend)
a) I can't get out b) I can't get out from c) I can't get out of
4. Make sure you ___________________ with Nancy about what we all discussed this morning.
a) follow-up b) follow c) converse
5. He's got a really positive ___________________. He'll do well at this company.
a) look b) sense c) attitude
6. A "micromanager" wants to ___________________.
a) let his employees work independently b) have total control over everything
c) bankrupt the company s/he works for
7. You should always wear your name ________________. ( = a little piece of paper with your name
that you wear on your shirt) when you're at work.
a) tag b) paper c) patch
8. Tony, can you ___________________ these documents and see if there's anything about the Dell
contract?
a) observe b) look through c) look
9. Can we meet at 2:00 PM? Let me check my ___________________.
a) requirement b) schedule c) clock
10. Marketing really dropped the ___________________ on this one. ( = really made a big mistake)
a) balls b) bowl c) ball
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Business English Practice l Topic: General Business terms/expressions 4
ANSWERS:
1) a 2) b 3) c 4) a 5) c 6) b 7) a 8) b 9) b 10) c