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Vocabulary
I. Match the next jobs` functions to the right job.

1. Financial External auditor This person checks the financial statements

controller: prepared by a company´s accountants. They are not an employee of
the company.
2. Bookkeeper: Budget analyst This person develops and manages the company´s
financial plans. They set a budget and keep control of the company´s
expenses.
3. External Financial controller This person manages the day-to-day financial
auditor: activities of a company. They monitor the performance of each
department, check and analyze the accounts, manage the cash flow
and report to management on the state of the company´s finances.
4. Tax adviser: Bookkeeper This person keeps a record of the financial transactions
of a company. They enter the transactions into ledgers (one for the
sale of goods and services and one for the purchase of goods and
services)

5. Budget analyst: Tax adviser This person specializes in tax regulations. They prepare
corporate and personal income tax returns. They also advise clients
on how to reduce the amount of money they pay in taxes.

II. Fill in the next sentences with the words from the chart.

Accounts – Record - Cash flow – Performance – Set

1. The company is monitoring the Cash flow of all its factories. Those that make a loss
will be shut down.
2. Jack keeps a Record of all the company´s income and expenses.
3. They are going to Set a budget for this year. All new equipment must come within the
budget.
4. Ann prepares his clients´ Accounts and tells them how much money to pay the
government.
5. We manage my company´s Performance the movement of money into and out of the
company.
III. Match the next descriptions to the right adjectives.

1. Someone who works hard is 3 WELL-INFORMED

2. Someone who pays great attention to detail is 5 AMBITIOUS

3. Someone who knows the latest information is 1 HARDWORKING

 4. Someone who gets things done quickly and 2 METICULOUS
correctly is
5. Someone who wants to get to the top of their 4 EFFICIENT
profession is

IV. Choose the group of adjectives according to each prefix.

1. UN
a) Interested, reliable, ambitious.
b) Reliable, efficient, capable
c) Mature, patient, ambitious
2. DIS
a) Organized, reliable, ambitious.
b) Honest, organized
c) Competent, honest, capable
3. IM
a) Patient, efficient, capable
b) Reliable, mature, capable
c) Mature, patient,
4. IN
a) Interested, competent, ambitious.
b) Competent, efficient, capable
c) Efficient, honest, capable
5. IR
a) Regular, responsible
b) Competent, regular, capable
c) Responsible, efficient, capable
B. Language: Adjectives and Simple Past Tense.
V. Replace the adjective in bold by a strong adjective, filling in.

Awful (horrible) - Fascinating (fascinante)- Excellent(excelente) - Tiny (miniscula) –

Delicious (delicioso)

1. The weather during my trip was fine. Excellent

2. The food of the restaurant was good. Delicious
3. The hotel service was bad. Awful
4. The bathrooms were small. Tiny
5. The topics of the presentations were interesting. Fascinating
 VI. Fill in the sentences using WAS – WERE – WAS NOT – WERE NOT
1. The hotel WAS excellent. (+)
2. George WAS NOT in the office last week. (-)
3. They WERE very busy yesterday (+)
4. The food WAS delicious (+)
5. The students WERE NOT at the university yesterday (-)
VII. Answer the following questions using the corresponding prompts. There are
more prompts than you need. Use only one for each question.

Work hard – visit a client – study for an exam – help a friend – finish some homework – email a colleague – check
some calculations – arrange a meeting

1. What did you finish? Finished some homework

2. Who did you visit? Visited a client
3. Who did you email? Emailed a colleague
4. Who did you help? Helped a friend
5. What did you check? Checked some calculations
VIII. Write the next sentences in simple past tense.
1. The secretary arranges a meeting for Monday.

The secretary was organizing a meeting for Monday.

2. The presentations are really interesting.

The presentations were really interesting

3. I study for my exams in advance.

I studied for my exams in advance.

4. The weather is wonderful this weekend.

The weather is wonderful this weekend

5. Ann and Paul go to Barcelona each year.

Ann and Paul went to Barcelona every year.

IX. Choose the right verb to fill in the next passage.

Learned - was - stayed - drove - were - met - like - did - was - had - went -visited - promised - saw –
 watched

Anna's holiday 1)WERE great last summer. She 2) WAS in a college in England for two weeks. She 3) STAYED classes in the
mornings and in the afternoons she 4) SAW some sports like swimming or tennis. In the evenings she often 5) DID dancing or
6) WATCHED films with her new friends. At weekends they 7) WAS to some interesting places. Once they 8) VISITED Marwell
Zoo where they 9)HAD some beautiful animals. Anna did not 10) LIKE the food at the college but that 11) DROVE not a
problem. She 12) MET a lot of people and 13) _LEARNED some English. All the students in her class 14)WENT sorry to go
home. They all 15)PROMISED to come back next summer.

X. Ask open 4 questions about Ana`s holiday in the simple past tense. Use the wh-
question words from the chart. Haga 4 preguntas abiertas sobre las
vacaciones de Ana en tiempo pasado simple. Utilice las palabras de la
pregunta wh del cuadro.
XI.

How como – where donde – how long cuanto

tiempo– what que

1. _________
2. ______
3. ______

C. Calculations
XII. Read the chart. Then, mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F).
1. T. Six less two means the same thing as six minus two.
2. F. Nine times four equals nine plus four.
3. T. Five over three equals five divided by three.
XIII. Fill in the blanks with the correct words and phrases from the word bank.

1. Nine times two is eighteen.

2. Nine and five add fourteen.
3. Thirty less six equals twenty-four
4. One thousand plus two hundred is twelve hundred
5. To get eight, comes to three and five.
6. Nine plus two is eleven.
XIV. Read the sentence and choose the correct word.
1. Seven plus I divided by three is ten.
2. Nine over /less eight equals one.
3. Start with seven, subtract I add three: this equals four.
4. Six multiplied by I divided by two is twelve.
5. Six over I plus three equals two.
 6. Twenty less I divided by four equals five.
7. Five plus six equals I over eleven.
D. Listening comprehension
XV. Listen to a conversation between two tellers. Choose the correct answers.
1. What is the dialogue mostly about?
a) Deposit procedures
b) Subtracting numbers
c) A mathematical error
d) An incomplete deposit slip

2. What did the man do wrong?

a) He copied a number incorrectly.
b) He subtracted instead of dividing.
c) He multiplied by the wrong number.
d) He wrote down the wrong number of checks.
XVI. Listen again and complete the conversation.

Deposit - multiplied - help - multiplied - three dollars - total - added - four - problem

Teller 1 (M): Karen, can you HELP me for a second?

Teller 2 (F): Sure, Mike. What's up?

Teller 1: Well, something's wrong with this DEPOSIT slip. I added it all twice, but the TOTAL is still
wrong.

Teller 2: Let me see. There are FOUR checks. Three checks for one hundred DOLLARS_. And
one for one thousand, THREE hundred.

Teller 1: Yeah. I MULTIPLIED the hundred dollar checks by four and ADDED thirteen hundred.

Teller 2: There's your _PROBLEM.

Teller 1: What do you mean?

Teller 2: You MULTIPLIED by the wrong number.

Teller 1: Oh, what a simple mistake! Thanks.

E. Reading Comprehension
XVII. Read the next passage and then choose the best alternative to answer the
questions.
1. What kind of taxes are people exposed to?
a) They are exposed to property taxes, consumption taxes, capital gains taxes and
corporation taxes.
b) They are exposed to property taxes, savings taxes, capital gains taxes and income
taxes.
c) They are exposed to sales taxes, consumption taxes, capital gains taxes and
production taxes.
2. What do accountants usually try?
a) Accountants are often used to try to maximize the tax profits of a company.
b) Accountants are often used to try to minimize the tax income of a company.
c) Accountants are often used to try to minimize the tax liability of a company.
3. What kind of tax is a registered business entity compelled to pay?
a) It is compelled to pay an income tax.
b) It is compelled to pay a consumption tax.
c) It is compelled to pay a liabilities tax.
4. What tax is calculated on the sale price of a product?
a) The sales tax.
b) The good production tax.
c) The profit tax.
5. Is there any tax to pay due to the production of the goods?
a) Yes.
b) No.
c) It is not mentioned.
6. What does not affect the profit of an organization?
a) Good production tax does not affect the profit of an organization.
b) Savings tax does not affect the profit of an organization.
c) Sales tax does not affect the profit of an organization.