TAF on Unit 4

Working with words

Complete these sentences with pairs from the list.

immediate, user-friendly, efficient, time-saving, accurate, personal, convenient, up-to-date.

1. Your home page is really easy to use. It’s ________________.

2. How ________________is this data? It seems to be for last month.
3. Can you give me an ___________reply on this, as I need to know straight away?
4. The new supermarket is very easy to get to from my house. It’s really _____________ for me.
5. These figures don’t seem to be _______________ I’ve found at least two mistakes.
6. The engine on my new car is so _________________. It does more miles than my last one
with the same amount of petrol.
7. We will not pass on any of your ______________ details to other companies without your
permission.
8. These new ______________ procedures have really reduced the hours everyone spends on
paperwork.

Match 9-13 to a-e

9. Consultants help …….

10. Call centers make it easier…….
11. Search engines let…….
12. Using a laptop allows…….
13. Financial advisors help…….
a. for us to handle large number of enquires.
b. staff to keep working while on the move.
c. us find information at the click of a button.
d. us to deal with our tax payments.
e. organizations to improve the way they operate.
Business communication skills

Complete these sentences with the correct prepositions.

14. It looks difficult __________ first,….

15. …. but __________fact it’s easier once you know how.
16. It’s user-friendly, so _________other words, our customers will like it.
17. The purpose _______today’s meeting is to …
18. That is a downside, but _________the plus side …
19. _____the one hand it’s more expensive, but on the other it’s more efficient.

Language at Work

Complete these sentences with adjectives from the list. Change the form of the adjectives if
necessary.

friendly, long, complicated, convenient, stressful, fast.

20. My previous job was much_________than my present one. I feel much more relaxed now.
21. This new printer isn’t nearly as _________as the old one. You have to wait ages for it to print.
22. I’m sure you miss Sonia. How is your new assistant getting on? Is she as __________as Sonia?
23. They say the tax system is going to be simple, but it seems _____________than ever to me.
24. My commute to work is even __________now that they’ve closed the road.
25. Online banking is so much__________

Choose the correct answer from the words in italics

26. I thought this week’s meeting was prepared slightly/significantly better than last week. It was
still quite bad, but at least we had an agenda this time!
27. The new software is nearly/isn’t nearly as complicated as the previous version. They’ve really
improved it.
28. The more you use it, the better/as good you’ll become.
29. We certainly work a great/lot deal more like a team.
30. I think a little/few more time spent planning might help.