FBC AN I

FACULTATEA DE FINANTE, BANCI SI CONTABILITATE

 Pentru saptamana 4.05 - 10.05 2020

 Pentru studentii de la cursurile cu frecventa redusa

I. Vocabulary Practice

Make sentences using the phrases below. All include the word career.

 career opportunities/ chances to start or improve your career

 career ladder/series of levels that lead to better and better jobs
 career plan/ideas you have for your future career
 career move/something you do in order to progress in your job
 career break/ period of time away from your job, to, for
example, look after your children

Fill in with in or for, then choose any six of the completed phrases and
make sentences.

1……brief; 2……the sake of; 3…..good; 4……public; 5……return;

6…… common; 7…….hire; 8……life; 9…….once; 10……detail; 11……
nothing; 12…….particular; 13…case of; 14……moderation; 15………debt;
16…….change; 17……the habit of; 18…….a change; 19……fact; 20……
principle.

II. Grammar Practice

Make the positive or negative past perfect simple:

1. When I arrived at the cinema, the film……………..(start).

2. She…………..(live) in Japan before she moved to Thailand.

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 3. If you ………..(listen) to me, you would have got the job.
4. Mary didn’t arrive untl after I …………(leave).
5. He………..(not use) email before, so Ishowed him how to use it.
6. She said that she…………(not visit) the UK before.
7. The lights went off because we ……………(not pay) the electricity bill.
8. The grass was yellow……………..(not rain) all summer.
9. She told me she……………..(study) a lot before the exam.
10. We were late for the plane because we…………(forget) our passports.
11. He…………..(meet) her somewhere before.
12. When we…….(finish) dinner. We wnt out.
13. The employees……………(not sign) the contract, so they were in trouble.
14. We couldn’t go to the concert because we………….(not bring) our tickets.

Underline the correct words. The exercise includes examples of the past
perfect, used to, the past simple or the past continuous
1. While I looked/was looking for my keys, I suddenly remembered I left
/had left them at home.
2. In those days the unions used to/had used to go on strike whenever
there was/was being a problem.
3. After they were buying / had bought the company, they started /were
starting to make a lot of people redundant.
4. Jack used to have /was having a Mac, but then he used to
change/changed to a PC.
5. I asked about my package in reception, but they said /were saying that
it still hadn’t arrived/wasn’t arriving.
6. I was sure that I used to lock/had locked the door to my office last
night, but it was /had been open that morning.
7. I’m sure that the winters used to be /had been colder when I was a
child. I remember that we used to walk/were walking to school in the
snow every winter.

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 8. I had gone/went back to the restaurant to look for my umbrella, but
found/was finding that someone took/had taken it.
9. When George saw/was seeing Diana at the seminar, he knew /was
knowing that he met/had met her somewhere before.
10. While I had/was having breakfast I looked/was looking at the financial
pages to see the share prices. I saw /was seeing that my original
investment grew/had grown by over 40 %.

III. Ask questions to the underlined words.

During tight economic times, both individuals and businesses struggle to keep
their heads above water financially. However, many people and companies alike
do not know they can successfully negotiate with bill collectors and creditors to
reduce payments and make arrangements that work for both parties.

As soon as you know you will have problems making any payments, talk to
the credit company to make a payment arrangement before they send the bill to
collections. You will probably harm your credit by making late payments, but
most companies hope to avoid sending the bill to collections as most charge a
percentage of the amount collected. Collection accounts cause your credit score
to drop even lower than if the original agency keeps working with you.

Look at your budget realistically and come up with a plan to pay your bills.
Remember that a budget is a tool to serve you and help you stay on track
financially. Only promise to pay what you can. Credit companies take a dim
view of breaking payment agreements. It’s almost always better to negotiate a
lower amount and pay the company more if you are able to do so.

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