1. Complete the verb+noun collocations (many verbs are possible) and use them in the sentences:

____ goal;______ time; ______ a consultant; _____ a result;______ new clients; _____ a problem; ______ reputation; _______ recommendations; ______ costs; _____ money;

achieve; solve; avoid; get; attract; appoint; give; waste; cut; deal with; lose; earn; prevent;

1) Sometimes companies realise that they are not ______ their goals effectively.

2) In this situation they have to ______ their problems.

3) There are different problems in today’s competitive business, when they don’t ______ with them, they ______ time and ______ money.

4) Also it often happens that a company _______ its reputation and doesn’t ______ new clients.

5) Sometimes companies _______ a consultant so that he or she ________recommendations what to do.

6) A consultant can suggest a new strategy and held to _____ costs and ______ more money.

7) A SWOT analyses can be done in order to _____ better results.

_achieve_ goal; ___waste___ time; _appoint__ a consultant; ___achieve__ a result; ___attract___ new clients; ___prevent, avoid, solve, deal with__ a problem; ___get___ reputation; __give__ recommendations; __cut__ costs; _lose, earn_ money;

1) Sometimes companies realise that they are not __achieve__ their goals effectively.

2) In this situation they have to _solve__ their problems.

3) There are different problems in today’s competitive business, when they don’t _deal with___ with them, they _waste__ time and __lose__ money.

4) Also it often happens that a company __get__ its reputation and doesn’t __attract__ new clients.

5) Sometimes companies _appoint__ a consultant so that he or she __gives__recommendations what to do.

6) A consultant can suggest a new strategy and held to __cut__ costs and _earn__ more money.

7) A SWOT analyses can be done in order to _achieve__ better results.