1. MERGER / TAKEOVER
a) The ……. will create the biggest television company in the country.
b) Their ……. targets will be bigger and in more sensitive sectors.

sales , promotion , experience, job , goal, competitors , employment
2. The latest research says that many people want to leave their …….and
travel the world.
3. Now, employees regularly change companies perhaps because they want
…… and a higher salary.
4. ……agencies supply companies with different types of workers.
5. We look at what our ……. do, then we do it better.
6. Our ……. is to be number one in every area in which we operate.
7. We have more years of ……. of working in this sector than any other
organization in this country.
8. …….increased by two percent last year; this is a rather disappointing result.


1.I ..........hard, so I felt very tired.
a) had worked b) have worked c) had been working

2. I........ my money into real estate.
a) invested b) have invested c) invest

3. We already........the goods when your telegram arrived.
a) have shipped b) had shipped c) shipped

4. The invoice ........ by the end of the week so we sent them a strong reminder.
a) had arrived b) hasn't arrived c) hadn't arrived

5. Our distributor called while I........to Jim.
a) was talking b) have been talking c) would be talking

6. This strategy seems to be good. Sales of our products......... for
some time.
a) have increased b) have been increasing c) had been increasing

7. The price of petrol ......down by about 1%.
a) had gone b) has gone c) has been gone

8. Mark........at a company for seven years before he started his own business.
a) was working b) has been working c) had been working