Business English Usage

1. Mr. Smith is not in the office right now. Can I …

• a) leave a message?
• b) give a message?
• c) live a message?
• d) take a message?

2. Once you have completed this form you may mail it or fax it to us …

• a) beforehand
• b) at your earliest convenience
• c) in advance
• d) right now

3. If you have any questions, please …

• a) contact us as late as possible
• b) do hesitate to contact us
• c) do not contact us
• d) feel free to contact us

4. My name’s John O’Connor. I’d like…

• a) you to meat my partner
• b) to introduce you to my partner
• c) you meet my partner
• d) your meeting my partner

5. If there are no further questions, this meeting …

• a) has came to an end
• b) has come to an end
• c) has adjourned
• d) has been closed

6. Thank you for coming. Let’s …

• a) make a start, shall we?
• b) make a start, won’t we?
• c) have the meeting started
• d) get a start, shall we?

7. A: We can only reach an agreement if we pay 35 hours rather than 40.
    B: I’m afraid ….

• a) we can shake on that
• b) we can’t shake on that
• c) we can’t agree in that
• d) we are in agreement

8. We need a loan to start the company and we need a company to get the loan. It’s a …. situation.

• a) won’t win
• b) lost
• c) can’t win
• d) not winning

9. We’ve been working on this for fourteen hours now. Isn’t it time we …

• a) called it a day?
• b) called names?
• c) call it back?
• d) called the roll?

10. Their products are really selling well. They must be …

• a) copped out
• b) closing a deal
• c) coining it in
• d) chewing it over

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