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Estilo TOEIC: vocabulario y gramática de negocios

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Práctica independiente al estilo del Reading de TOEIC, no es un examen oficial: completa frases del ámbito laboral eligiendo la palabra de negocios, la forma gramatical o la palabra de enlace correcta.

Vocabulario de negocios

Elige la palabra que mejor complete cada frase.

All expense claims must be ___ by a department manager before they can be paid.
- a) permitted
- b) approved
- c) admitted
- d) consented
Because of high demand, the new printer model is currently out of ___.
- a) order
- b) store
- c) supply
- d) stock
Applications received after the ___ will not be considered.
- a) deadline
- b) timetable
- c) agenda
- d) expiry
The company has decided to ___ its customer service hours to include Saturday mornings.
- a) enlarge
- b) postpone
- c) extend
- d) rise
Ms Okafor has more than ten years of ___ in project management.
- a) experiment
- b) experience
- c) expert
- d) expense
Our new supplier offers a 10% ___ on orders of more than 500 units.
- a) refund
- b) receipt
- c) deposit
- d) discount
The board meeting has been ___ until next Wednesday because the director is travelling.
- a) postponed
- b) prevented
- c) provided
- d) preferred
Please find attached the ___ for last month's cleaning services; payment is due within 14 days.
- a) receipt
- b) invoice
- c) estimate
- d) budget
The hotel's conference hall can ___ up to 200 guests.
- a) attend
- b) accompany
- c) accommodate
- d) assemble
To ___ the deadline, the design team worked late every evening last week.
- a) meet
- b) reach
- c) make up
- d) keep

Gramática y formas de las palabras

Elige la palabra o expresión que mejor completa cada frase.

The quarterly report must be completed ___ the end of the week.
- a) until
- b) by
- c) since
- d) during
Mr Haddad, ___ joined the company last year, now manages the regional office.
- a) which
- b) whose
- c) whom
- d) who
The new software has made the ordering process much more ___.
- a) efficient
- b) efficiency
- c) efficiently
- d) efficiencies
If the shipment ___ by Friday, we will contact the supplier.
- a) will not arrive
- b) does not arrive
- c) would not arrive
- d) not arriving
All staff are required ___ the safety training before using the new equipment.
- a) completing
- b) complete
- c) to complete
- d) completed
The proposal was ___ well received that the client signed the contract the same day.
- a) such
- b) too
- c) very
- d) so
___ the delay in delivery, the project was finished on time.
- a) Despite
- b) Although
- c) However
- d) Even
Neither the manager ___ her assistant was available to answer the call.
- a) or
- b) nor
- c) and
- d) but
The training session was ___ by more than forty employees.
- a) attending
- b) attendance
- c) attended
- d) attendant

Respuestas

Vocabulario de negocios

b) approvedLas solicitudes, los presupuestos y los planes los aprueba alguien con autoridad. Consent va seguido de to, y permitted y admitted no encajan con claims.
d) stockOut of stock significa que a una tienda ya no le queda ninguno para vender. Out of order significa que está averiado.
a) deadlineUn deadline es el último momento en que algo debe estar hecho.
c) extendUsamos extend para alargar el horario de apertura o de servicio.
b) experienceYears of experience in a field es una frase habitual en las solicitudes de empleo y en las presentaciones.
d) discountUn discount es una reducción del precio, que suele darse en los pedidos grandes.
a) postponedPostpone significa aplazar un evento a una hora posterior; suele ir seguido de until.
b) invoiceUn invoice es una solicitud de pago. Un receipt demuestra que el pago ya se ha hecho.
c) accommodateAccommodate significa tener espacio suficiente para un determinado número de personas.
a) meetLa colocación habitual es meet a deadline, que significa terminar el trabajo a tiempo.

Gramática y formas de las palabras

b) byBy significa no más tarde de un momento determinado. Until describe una acción que continúa hasta un momento.
d) whoWho se refiere a una persona y es el sujeto de la oración de relativo (who joined).
a) efficientDespués de make + objeto + more, necesitamos un adjetivo: more efficient.
b) does not arriveEn un primer condicional, la oración con if usa el presente simple, no will.
c) to completeBe required va seguido del infinitivo con to: are required to complete.
d) soSo + adverbio + that expresa un resultado: so well received that ...
a) DespiteDespite va seguido de un sintagma nominal (the delay). Although necesita una oración completa.
b) norNeither siempre va con nor.
c) attendedEs una oración pasiva (was + participio pasado): was attended by.