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TOEIC-style: Business vocabulary and grammar
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Independent practice in the TOEIC reading style, not an official test: complete workplace sentences by choosing the right business word, grammar form or linking word.
Business vocabulary
Choose the word that best completes each sentence.
- All expense claims must be ___ by a department manager before they can be paid.
- Because of high demand, the new printer model is currently out of ___.
- Applications received after the ___ will not be considered.
- The company has decided to ___ its customer service hours to include Saturday mornings.
- Ms Okafor has more than ten years of ___ in project management.
- Our new supplier offers a 10% ___ on orders of more than 500 units.
- The board meeting has been ___ until next Wednesday because the director is travelling.
- Please find attached the ___ for last month's cleaning services; payment is due within 14 days.
- The hotel's conference hall can ___ up to 200 guests.
- To ___ the deadline, the design team worked late every evening last week.
Grammar and word forms
Choose the word or phrase that best completes each sentence.
- The quarterly report must be completed ___ the end of the week.
- Mr Haddad, ___ joined the company last year, now manages the regional office.
- The new software has made the ordering process much more ___.
- If the shipment ___ by Friday, we will contact the supplier.
- All staff are required ___ the safety training before using the new equipment.
- The proposal was ___ well received that the client signed the contract the same day.
- ___ the delay in delivery, the project was finished on time.
- Neither the manager ___ her assistant was available to answer the call.
- The training session was ___ by more than forty employees.
Answer key
Business vocabulary
- b) approvedClaims, budgets and plans are approved by someone with authority. Consent is followed by to, and permitted and admitted do not fit claims.
- d) stockOut of stock means a shop has none left to sell. Out of order means broken.
- a) deadlineA deadline is the latest time by which something must be done.
- c) extendWe extend opening or service hours when we make them longer.
- b) experienceYears of experience in a field is a common phrase in job applications and introductions.
- d) discountA discount is a reduction in price, often given for large orders.
- a) postponedPostpone means move an event to a later time; it is often followed by until.
- b) invoiceAn invoice is a request for payment. A receipt shows that payment has already been made.
- c) accommodateAccommodate means have enough space for a certain number of people.
- a) meetThe usual collocation is meet a deadline, meaning finish the work in time.
Grammar and word forms
- b) byBy means not later than a certain time. Until describes an action that continues up to a time.
- d) whoWho refers to a person and is the subject of the relative clause (who joined).
- a) efficientAfter make + object + more, we need an adjective: more efficient.
- b) does not arriveIn a first conditional, the if-clause uses the present simple, not will.
- c) to completeBe required is followed by the to-infinitive: are required to complete.
- d) soSo + adverb + that shows a result: so well received that ...
- a) DespiteDespite is followed by a noun phrase (the delay). Although needs a full clause.
- b) norNeither always pairs with nor.
- c) attendedThis is a passive sentence (was + past participle): was attended by.