1  Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words below.

arrange     calculate     deal     deliver     develop

handle     install     organise

1   We’ve ……arranged…… a meeting for next Monday.

2   I ………………… that it would take me a year to save enough money to buy a new computer.

3   I’ve ………………… with the problem, and it’s all OK now.

4   It takes a few days to ………………… a parcel to another country.

5   The company is spending a lot of money on ………………… new products.

6   You ………………… that difficult situation very well yesterday.

7   I need to wait for this program to ………………… on my phone.

8   Let’s ………………… a meeting for next week.

Answer

2 calculated   3 dealt   4 deliver   5 developing

6 handled   7 install   8 organise

2  Match the sentence halves. There is one extra option.

1   My laptop is faster now, because I’ve installed   …B

2   My mother manages

3   I’m trying to organise

4   My brother’s company produces

5   I’d like to run my own

6   I need to

A   a party for my 21st birthday.

B   the new software.

C   company one day.

D   update my phone soon.

E    about 30 people in her company.

F    electronic parts for computers.

G   the problem successfully.

Answer

2 E   3 A   4 F   5 C   6 D

3  Cross out the word that is not possible in each group.

1   install / update / manage software

2   calculate / deal with / run figures

3   manage / run / arrange a company

4   install / manage / deal with people

5   produce / deliver / run goods

6   deal with / handle / deliver a problem

7   arrange / update / organise a meeting

Answer

2 run   3 arrange   4 install   5 run

6 deliver   7 update

4  Complete the sentences with as or like.

1   It looks ……like…… it’s going to rain.

2   My sister works ………………… a doctor.

3   This company is known ………………… one of the best in the world.

4   I’d like to work in a job where I can be creative, ………………… a film director.

5   I’m just ………………… my brother. We both hate working in offices.

6   You look ………………… you’re sad. What’s wrong?

7   I enjoy doing things ………………… reading and watching TV in my spare time.

8   I’d ………………… to look after animals ………………… a job.

Answer

2 as   3 as   4 like   5 like   6 like

7 like   8 like, as

Choose the correct options.

If you want to work 1………………… a teacher, you should know that it can be a 2………………… job. You have to be able to 3………………… with people, often in large groups, and 4………………… a classroom. You have to 5………………… problems nearly every day, and 6………………… interesting, educational lessons, and 7………………… new information and ideas so that students can easily understand. 8………………… only teaching about 25 hours a week, you still have to plan each lesson and mark homework, often in the evenings. It can be absolutely 9………………… . 10………………… all this, teaching can be a great job. 11………………… remembers a great teacher that they had, and teaching can have a long-lasting effect on someone’s life. And, of course, teaching is known 12………………… a job with long holidays, especially in the summer.

1 A as     B like     C at

2 A professional     B stressful     C curious

3 A organise     B handle     C deal

4 A manage     B produce     C deliver

5 A deliver     B handle     C install

6 A deliver     B update     C calculate

7 A announce     B insist     C explain

8 A Despite     B Unless     C Instead

9 A tiring     B exhausting     C exhausted

10 A Instead     B Despite     C Besides

11 A Everyone     B Anyone     C No one

12 A with     B like     C as

Answer

2 B   3 C   4 A   5 B   6 A   7 C

8 A   9 B   10 B   11 A   12 C

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