APP3.2 (with 3.1 Extras)

Question 1

Describe Trying to Achieve Goals in Terms of The Context of the Following:

SHORT-TERM
MEDIUM-TERM
LONG-TERM

Question 2

Make a List of Different Departments in a Company. List What each Departments Does

Answer 2

Possible Answers:

SALES
MARKETING
BUYING/PURCHASING
ACCOUNTS/ACCOUNTING
FINANCE
PRODUCTION
DESIGN
AFTER SALES SERVICE /
CUSTOMER SERVICE
HUMAN RESOURCES
TRAINING
IT
R&D
LEGAL

Question 3

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the statement below? Say why.

“Exchanging opinions is at the very heart of business communication, in the sense that it’s of
central importance, and in the sense that it’s a passionate process.”

Question 4

Which of the Following Take the Infinitive or Gerund?

LIKE
ENJOY
ADORE
LOVE
DISLIKE
HATE
DETEST
LOATHE
DESPISE
PREFER
CAN’T STAND

Question 5

List All the Adverbs of Frequency You Know

Question 6

What Is Your Favourite Decade?

Question 7

Describe a Workplace Procedure
Try to Use the Passive Voice

Question 8

Think of a Vehicle and Describe how It Moves

Question 9

What is the Difference between these Modal Verbs:

Can
Could
May
Might
Should
Must
Mustn’t
Have to
Don’t have to

Question 10

Explain the Meaning of these Words:

CHARACTERISTICS
PERFORMANCE
DIMENSIONS
SPECIFICATION
MATERIALS
COMPONENTS
QUALITY
RELIABILITY
RELIABLE
APPLICATION(S)
SUITABILITY
SUITABLE FOR (…ING)
UNSUITABLE FOR (…ING)
(IN)EFFECTIVE
(IN)EFFICIENT
EFFECTIVENESS
EFFICIENCY

Question 11

Make a List of all the Words which Stem from Competition

Question 12

How Can You Make a Company Competitive?

Question 13

Define Risk

Question 14

What’s the Difference between the Present Perfect and the Past Simple

Question 15

Describe a Past Habit using Used to

Question 16

Make a Sentence using one of these Structures:

A RISK THAT
A DANGER THAT
A RISK OF …ING
A DANGER OF …ING
IN DANGER OF …ING
TO RISK …ING
RUN THE RISK OF …ING

Question 17

Using one of the Pieces of Vocabulary from below to Make a Prediction:

CERTAIN
(WILL) CERTAINLY
(WILL) DEFINITELY
(WILL) INEVITABLY
(WILL) UNDOUBTEDLY
(WILL) DOUBTLESS

PROBABLE
(WILL) PROBABLY
(IT’S) LIKELY/UNLIKELY
(IT’S) DOUBTFUL
(IT’S) (IM)PROBABLE

POSSIBLE
(WILL) POSSIBLY
(WILL) MAYBE
(WILL) PERHAPS
MAY
MIGHT
COULD

Question 18

Discuss the Differences between Generations

Question 19

Think of a Product or Investment and Discuss It. Give Advice using one of these Phrases from below:

WOULD RECOMMEND …ING
WOULD(N’T) RECOMMEND
ADVISE (S.O.) TO
ADVISE (S.O.) NOT TO
ADVISE …ING
ADVISE (S.O.) AGAINST
…ING
WARN (S.O.) AGAINST …ING
STRONGLY (RECOMMEND)
URGE (S.O.) TO
ADVOCATE …ING
ADVISABLE (TO)
INADVISABLE (TO)
PREFERABLE (TO)

Question 20

Answer these Questions:

1. When writing to a female correspondent, how do you decide which title to use? What’s the difference
   between “Ms.”, “Mrs.” and “Miss”? Why are there three possibilities?
2. In formal correspondence, if you don’t know the name of the person who’ll read your message, how
   do you begin? Is it acceptable to write, say, “Dear Mr.”, with no name?
3. If you send a message to the corporate identity of a company - in correspondence of a contractual
   nature, for example - how do you begin? Can you write, “Dear ABC Incorporated”, for instance?
4. When I was at school, I remember learning a convention relating to “Yours sincerely” and “Yours
   faithfully” at the end of letters. It had something to do with how the letter began. What’s the rule?
5. “Regards”, “Best regards”, “Kind regards”, “Best wishes”, “All the best”, “Cheers”, “See you”, “Bye for
   now” - there seem to be all kinds of different ways of ending emails. What are the differences between
   these expressions? Are some more informal than others?

Question 21

What is Small Talk and “Email” Small Talk

Question 22

What is Email Overload

Question 23

What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of using Email

Question 24

Discuss a Difficult Phone Call Experience in English

Question 25

Make Indirect Questions:

1. When does the meeting start?
   Do you know …
2. What time does it finish?
   Can you tell me …
3. Where’s the meeting room?
   I’m trying to find out …
4. Who’s the chairperson?
   I was wondering …
5. What’s on the agenda?
   It would be useful to know …
6. Why have they decided to have a meeting?
   I’d like to know …
7. When did they decide to call the meeting?
   Do you have any idea …
8. How long will it last?
   I just wondered …

Question 26

Make Indirect Questions

1. Does the training course last all week?
   Do you know …
2. Is the course at head office?
   I’d just like to check …
3. Is Roger going to the course?
   Do you have any idea …
4. Do all the people on the course know each other?
   I wondered …
5. Are all the participants from the same company?
   It would be useful to know …
6. Was last year’s course successful?
   I just wondered …
7. Did many people go on the course last year?
   I was wondering …
8. Have they confirmed the dates for the course?
   I wanted to check …

Question 27

Discuss Your Workplace Requirements

Question 28

Think of a Logo. Explain Why It Is a Good or Bad Logo using one of the Phrase from below:

A WAY OF … ING
METHOD OF …ING
MECHANISM FOR …ING
KEY TO …ING
MEANS OF …ING
REASON WHY
REASON FOR …ING
THE REASONING BEHIND

Question 29

What’s the Difference between a Rule and Regulation? Give Examples

Question 30

Describe the Safety Rules and Regulations in Your Company

Question 31

What Is Intellectual Property and How Is It Protected? Give Examples.

Question 32

Think of a Mistake. What Should or Could You Have Done to Avoid this Mistake?

Question 33

Make a Sentence using a Past Modal Verb