Name __________________________________________

Class ______________________________

Business Skills Test 1

MAKE THE FIRST CONTACT
1 Complete the conversation with the words.
What / meet / This / he / introduce / Where / with / Who
Hello. Can I (1) ____________________ myself? Im Jose.
Hi. Im Gregor. Nice to (2) ____________________ you.
And you. (3) ____________________ are you from?
Im from Russia. And you?
Im from Spain. (4) ____________________ is Paolo Conte.
Is (5) ____________________ also Spanish?
No, hes Italian.
(6) ____________________ company are you (7) ____________________?
Were with XC Electronics.
(8) ____________________ do you work for?
Hewlett Packard.
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TALK ABOUT JOBS

2 Match the first part of the sentences (16) with the second part (af).
1

Im in charge

_____

Mrs Jones is responsible

_____

She deals

_____

A finance manager controls

_____

A personnel officer hires

_____

Our IT engineer maintains

_____

a) all the new employees.

b) for export sales.
c) of all the marketing.
d) the computers in the office.
e) with problems from customers.
f) the budget.

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TALK ABOUT COMPANIES

3 Write questions using these words.
1

your / is / called / what / company?

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2

of / what / is / company / kind / it?

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3

make / what / it / does?

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4

the / are / based / where / headquarters?

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5

does / factories / many / it / have / how?

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6

employees / many / there / how / are?

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WRITING EMAILS
4 Choose the correct word.
(1) Hi/Dear Mr Klein
(2) My name/I called is Frieda and I (3) like/would like to work (4) at/for your company. I (5)
am/have twenty-four years old and I (6) am from/am Austrian. Im (7) a/an accountant with two
years work experience.
I am (8) interest/interested in travelling and playing football.
I (9) want/hope to hear from you soon.
Yours (10) regards/sincerely
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TOTAL

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