4. Fill in the gaps using the word-combinations from the text.

(highlight, format, senior level, statistics, Table of Contents, focus group, order of priority, subsection, stand out, time-consuming)

1. We had a very strict corporate rule five years ago: all business reports we wrote were of the same (….).

2. That old information sheet didn`t have any (….), so we couldn`t easily find the necessary data.

3. My boss told me to collect some data, it was very (….) work.

4. Our department divided into several (….) to brainstorm ideas.

5. The (….) manager knew he couldn`t blame the junior one for his failure.

6. My solution didn`t (….) among all the others: there was nothing special about it.

7. Why did you include this (….) into your report?

8. Jane tried to (….) this problem in her conclusion, but nobody cared.

9. Do you think it was necessary to introdce the (….) in the middle of her presentation?

10. When one prepares to carry out any task, they can`t forget about an (….).

5. Put the verbs in the following sentences into the correct form to make sentences with Past Simple.

   1. Yesterday I (to write) a business report for the next company meeting.

   2. Managers (to read) your report two hours ago. Next time you should adhere to a particular format.

   3. A year ago I (to make) a lot of mistakes in my business reports because I (not use) italics and underlines to make the header and sub-heads stand out.

   4. What font you (to use) in your last report?

   5. Last year I (work out) some standard rules for writing business reports of our company that dictate what information should come in which section of the report.

   6. The data (to be) in this file, I am sure I (to put) it there.

   7. Our staff (to arrange) a meeting with our senior level managers.

   8. Why you (to submit) this topic for our discussion?

   9. To make the report less time-consuming I (to organise) it an a proper format.

   10. The focus group (to find) the solution together.