In Company Intermediate second edition

Name __________________________________ Date ___________

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Section 1: Grammar and Lexis
Part A
Cross out the extra incorrect or unnecessary word in these sentences.
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If youd taken my advice, you could have had won that contract.

He might never have to been able to take that decision if he hadnt talked to his
boss first.

Virtually by anyone can be convinced with the right amount of money.

She says me theres no way shell accept what were proposing.

Im afraid were not in to a position to consider this idea at present.

It was assumed that you had been agreed our terms.

Part B
Who said these sentences in a restaurant, the host (H), guest (G) or waiter (W)?
Write H, G or W.
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Nice place. Do you come here often?

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Good evening. Would you like to see the wine menu?

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Now, how about a desert? Im having one.

___

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This place specialises in fish.

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Ill just see if your tables ready.

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They do a great lasagne here.

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Part C
Complete the sentences below using one word from the left and one from the right.
rough

itemised

quick

revised

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confidential

reminder

version

estimates

costs

information

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To stop the competition reading our documents we need to encrypt our

__________ __________ .

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This is just a __________ __________ to let you know that the report was due
yesterday.

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Can you send me some __________ __________ rather than estimates? The
client needs to know precisely how much they are going to spend.

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I dont need anything precise. Some __________ __________ at this stage will
do.

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Thanks for sending me the report back with your comments. Ill try to get the
__________ __________ back to you by next week at the latest.

Section 2: Reading
Read the text about Hennessy Cognac and write questions for the answers shown.

Hennessy Cognac has a long and colourful history going back to 1765 when Irishman and
war hero Richard Hennessy left the army and started the company in France. Today it is
one of the premium brands owned by food and drinks giant Diageo, whose other famous
names include Guinness, Gordons gin, Dom Perignon champagne and Johnnie Walkers
whisky. But in America in the mid 90s Hennessy had a serious image problem. Perhaps
because of its great tradition, Hennessy was regarded as an after-dinner drink for old
men, bores, snobs everything the young ambitious American professional definitely did
not want to become. Compared with the ever-popular gin and tonic and other more exotic
cocktails, sales of Hennessy looked positively horizontal. Conventional advertising and
point-of-sale promotions had little effect. The marketing team at Diageo needed to devise
a truly original campaign if they were going to reverse a slow decline in sales.
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_________________________________________________________? 1765.

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________________________________________________________? Diageo.
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_________________________________? The young American professional.

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_________________________________________________________? Little.

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______________________________________________? A truly original one.

Section 3: Listening
(Class Audio CD3 track 8)
Listen twice to how Harley Davidson solved its problems. Write down what the
numbers below refer to.

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half a million __________________________________________________

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3 ___________________________________________________________

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80 __________________________________________________________

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4.4% to 49.4% ________________________________________________

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1988 ________________________________________________________

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40,000 _______________________________________________________

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59% _________________________________________________________

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$2 billion _____________________________________________________

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Section 4: Speaking (31 35)

You are taking your partner out to lunch. First, complete the menu with food which
is typical of your country.

MENU
STARTERS
1________________________________________
2________________________________________
3________________________________________
MAIN DISHES
1________________________________________
2________________________________________
3________________________________________
WINE LIST
1________________________________________
2________________________________________

When your menu is ready, help your partner choose a meal, describing and
recommending some dishes (or not).
You will be given one mark for each of the following:
Did the speaker
tell his/her partner about the restaurant?
explain and recommend something from the starters?
explain and recommend something from the main dishes?
explain and recommend something from the wine list?
check that his/her partner is ready to order?
TOTAL MARKS =

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Tick

Marks
1
1
1
1
1