Keys to tests

UNIT 1

TEST 1

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

здійснювати; менеджмент; встановлювати; ієрархічний; бачення; вирішення; з’ясовувати, роз’яснювати; про­цедура, спосіб дії; управляти, керувати.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

to achieve; goal and objective; self-managed; to focus; fundamentals; assignment; challenge; scientific; to respond; to correct.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words:

authority – the right and power to command or to do smth.;

rapid – quick, fast;

wage – a reward regularly received by employees according to hours, days or weeks that they work;

empowerment – the delegating legal power to smb., authorising;

market – a place where many sellers display and sell their goods.

Task 4. Fill in the spaces with the appropriate verb forms (a, b, c):

1 – a; 2 – a; 3 – c; 4 – c; 5 – b.

Task 5. Give the plural of the following nouns (if they have plural forms):

money; information; day-work; statuses; bosses; ratios; markets; market-shares; directors-general; people.

Task 6. Put questions to the underlined words:

1. Who is in charge of managing finance? 2. Who is tactical planning usually done by? 3. How often did he control the team activity? 4. Will they restructure the company next month? 5. What does top-management include?

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. The main responsibility of a manager is to run the organisation. 2. Management is considered as a process of planning, organising of cooperation, motivation and controlling. 3. The goals should be agreed upon by managers and workers. 4. Our company decided to serve various customers on the Ukrainian market. 5. Managers at lower levels of the organisation do tactical planning.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – e; 2 – a; 3 – d; 4 – c; 5 – b.

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – true; 2 – false; 3 – false; 4 – true; 5 – false.

TEST 2

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

виклик, складне завдання; наглядати, контролювати; джерело, ресурс; науковий; надавати перевагу; управляти, маніпулювати, керувати; поділяти, спільно користуватися; зосереджуватися; виконувати, впроваджувати; ціль та завдання.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

to clarify; to motivate; request; resolution; innovative; to provide; hierarchical; to implement; resource; customer, buyer.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words:

cooperation – working together to a common end;

recently – pertaining to time not long before the present;

service – a product of human activity meant to satisfy a human need but not constituting an item of goods;

performance – the act of performing;

employee – smb. paid for work on a regular basis.

Task 4. Fill in the spaces with the appropriate verb forms (a, b, c):

1. – b; 2 – a; 3 – c; 4 – b; 5 – a.

Task 5. Give the plural of the following nouns (if they have plural forms):

commercials; factories; reports; graphs; felt-pens; television; electronics; cargoes; firms; indexes.

Task 6. Put questions to the underlined words:

1. What is more informal? 2. What did the manager do? 3. When did the workers demand more freedom of operation? 4. Who will have the meeting with our colleagues? 5. Where did our director go?

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. We need to have an alternative plan of our activity. 2. We organised the structure of our future company very quickly. 3. We will take into account all workers, tasks and resources in our business. 4. As a middle-manager I executed the tasks of controlling and tactical planning. 5. He gave me specific job and evaluated my performance.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – d; 2 – e; 3 – c; 4 – a; 5 – b.

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – false; 2 – true; 3 – true; 4 – true; 5 – false.

UNIT 2

TEST 1

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

внутрішній; вищий по службі; здатність; вимагати; винятковий; братися за щось; ефективність; діяльність; використання; структура.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

to attain; to cooperate; to relate to; conscious; underlying; to demand; purpose; division; primacy; to vary.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words:

cost – the amount of money that you have to pay in order to buy or produce smth.;

to hire – to employ smb. for a short time to do a job;

observation – an act of observing or being observed;

tendency – the quality of tending towards smth.;

informal – not related to any restrictions.

Task 4. Fill in the spaces with the appropriate verb forms (a, b, c):

1 – b; 2 – a; 3 – a; 4 – c; 5 – b.

Task 6. Make the following sentences interrogative:

1. Do you have any new ideas? 2. Have you seen any advertisements for a new job? 3. Did his manager have any idea about the project? 4. Did she have a business lunch and discuss any problems with our customer? 5. Is there any budget shortage?

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. People must know what they are expected to accomplish. 2. There are four major aspects which highlight the nature of planning. 3. This job requires perfect managerial skills. 4. Last year they began to restructure their organisation and this caused staff reduction. 5. Would you be so kind as to explain this issue to me?

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – e; 2 – c; 3 – b; 4 – d; 5 – a.

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – false; 2 – true; 3 – false; 4 – true; 5 – true.

TEST 2

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

прийняття; творчий; сприяти, робити внесок; перешкода; перед­бачати, уявляти; неформальний; тенденція; поширений, загаль­ний; змушувати; стосунки.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

allocation; to cause; observation; budget; to determine; bottleneck; to select; to highlight; mission; to incorporate.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words:

to accomplish – to bring to a successful conclusion;

discretion – freedom to make one’s own decisions;

excessive – going beyond the limit of what is needed, tolerable, desirable;

primacy – the state or being first in rank, importance;

room – space regarded as available to contain smth.

Task 4. Fill in the spaces with the appropriate verb forms (a, b, c):

1 – c; 2 – a; 3 – b; 4 – a; 5 – c.

Task 6. Make the following sentences interrogative:

1. Did we buy any flowers? 2. Did you meet any interesting people on holiday? 3. Do any modern managers perform all of these tasks with the full cooperation and participation of workers? 4. Do you have any time to spare? 5. Do they have any money?

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. The allocation of resources is one of the most important tasks of the enterprise. 2. Strategies furnish a framework for guiding thinking and action. 3. A manager should have respective personal characteristics and professional qualifications. 4. He tried to clarify his idea but nobody listened to him. 5. But why do we choose functional departmentalisation?

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – a; 2 – c; 3 – d; 4 – b; 5 – e.

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – true; 2 – true; 3 – false; 4 – true; 5 – false.

UNIT 3

TEST 1

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

досяжний; виконання, дієвість, ефективність; містити, склада­тись; критерій відповідності; радник; впевнитись, переконатись; почуватись у безпеці; вимірювання; незважаючи на, незалежно від; ціль, мета.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

to be esteemed; to deal with; computer terminal; to compare; to institute; household thermostat; to occur; vigorous; to operate; external.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words and word combinations:

associate – a member of a professional organisation, an employee, a worker;

to direct – to carry out organising, energising and supervising of;

numerical terms – terms expressed in or involving numbers;

job design – a determination of exactly what tasks must be performed to complete the work;

to detect – to discover or determine the existence or fact of.

Task 4. Fill in the spaces with the appropriate verb forms (a, b, c):

1 – a; 2 – b; 3 – b; 4 – c; 5 – b.

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. How often do people use controlling in everyday life? 2. Empo­wering employees means allowing them to take part more fully in decision-making. 3. Consumer behavior has become one of the major courses in marketing. 4. It seems to me that in this book you can find the explanations. 5. Managers know exactly where the corrective measures must be applied.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – b; 2 – a; 3 – d; 4 – c; 5 – e.

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – true; 2 – true; 3 – false; 4 – true; 5 – true.

TEST 2

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

функціональний аудит; так чи інакше; інструмент, засіб; статис­тичні дані; економічні втрати; природні здібності; робити внесок в; різноманітність, варіативність; вести, керувати; керівник.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

appalling; approach; associate; to integrate; techniques; to evaluate; job range; up-to-date; to maintain; numerical terms.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words and word combinations:

constancy of purpose – a state when a purpose is the same for a certain period of time;

to modify – to make minor changes in, to make basic or fundamental changes in, often to serve a new end;

flexible – characterised by a ready capability to adapt new or changing requirements;

deviations – noticeable departure from accepted norms, ideology, etc;

common – belonging to or shared by two or more individuals; of the best known kind.

Task 4. Fill in the spaces with the appropriate verb forms (a, b, c):

1 – c; 2 – a; 3 – b; 4 – a; 5 – c.

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. What are the main goals of tests and control papers? 2. Staff position facilitates or provides advice to line positions. 3. A manager is a person who can get things done though others. 4. Quality of a product comes not from inspection but from improvement of the process. 5. Various tools and techniques have been used in controlling.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – b; 2 – a; 3 – e; 4 – c; 5 – d.

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – true; 2 – false; 3 – true; 4 – true; 5 – false.

UNIT 4

TEST 1

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

торгова марка; набувати досвіду; усувати, ліквідувати; трива­лість; відхиляти; провалитись; маркетолог; вносити додат­кові кошти; гуртовий торговець; податкова декларація.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

to accomplish objectives; consumer; board of directors; potential sales; to do business; to satisfy; initial costs; to reduce; stockholder; marketing strategy.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words and word combinations:

to be available – to be present or ready for immediate use;

division of profit – the breakdown of profit into parts between those who share in profit;

mature – having attained a final or desired state;

purpose – smth. set up as an object or end to be attained;

to undertake – to take upon oneself, to start a business.

Task 4. Fill in the spaces with the appropriate verb forms (a, b, c):

1 – a; 2 – b; 3 – a; 4 – b; 5 – a.

Task 5. Identify the tense and voice of the following verbs:

Present Perfect Passive Voice; Future Continuous Active Voice; Past Perfect Active Voice; Past Perfect Passive Voice; Past Continuous Passive Voice; Future Simple Active Voice; Future Simple Passive Voice; Past Simple Passive Voice; Present Continuous Passive Voice; Present Perfect Active Voice.

Task 6. Change the following sentences using the Passive Voice:

1. This supermarket will be opened next month. 2. This cooperative was founded by Mr. Simson in 2005. 3. A partner has been found by you to do business with. 4. Our problem is being discussed by us at this moment. 5. A cooperative is owned by the customers.

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. The activity of our company is aimed at finding partners abroad. 2. The power to run a company is in the hands of the board of directors. 3. Why don’t we hire a few more employees to keep up with the deadline? 4. The process of incorporation stands for the process of forming a corporation. 5. The notion of marketing is a broad one and requires explanation.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – a; 2 – d; 3 – e; 4 – b; 5 – c.

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – true; 2 – true; 3 – false; 4 – false; 5 – false.

TEST 2

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

призначати обов’язки; розширювати; працівник; кінцевий про­дукт; оподатковувати; ринок; пенсійні фонди; передбачати; ре­сурси; торгувати.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

efficient; activity; to redefine; health insurance; strengths and weaknesses; to keep up with; retailer; retention of profit; to be liable to; to work for smb.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words and word combinations:

to affect – to produce a material influence upon;

co-owner – a person who holds a company as a property with the assistance of smb. else;

distribute – to divide among several or many, to assign (duties);

minutes of a meeting – the official record of the proceedings of a meeting;

publicity – the act to attract public interest, paid advertising.

Task 4. Fill in the spaces with the appropriate verb forms (a, b, c):

1 – c; 2 – b; 3 – a; 4 – a; 5 – c.

Task 5. Identify the tense and voice of the following verbs:

Past Continuous Passive Voice; Future Perfect Passive Voice; Present Perfect Active Voice; Present Simple Passive Voice; Past Perfect Passive Voice; Future Simple Active Voice; Present Continuous Active Voice; Future Simple Passive Voice; Past Simple Active Voice; Present Continuous Passive Voice.

Task 6. Change the following sentences using the Passive Voice:

1. The new product has been promoted by them for half a year. 2. Taxes are levied on specific goods like cigarettes. 3. A partnership agreement was signed by us yesterday. 4. Their organisation will be restructured next year. 5. The business plan was being discussed by members of our company at that time yesterday.

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. The duties assigned by our boss are sometimes too complicated to be fulfilled. 2. Running a business an entrepreneur has to cover everyday costs. 3. Is anybody taking down the minutes of the meeting? 4. I would describe the policy of the company as an inflexible one. 5. His firm declined our proposition to cooperate.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – d; 2 – e; 3 – a; 4 – c; 5 – b.

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – true; 2 – false; 3 – true; 4 – true; 5 – false.

UNIT 5

TEST 1

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

додатковий; попит; бухгалтерський облік; підтримува­ти у належному стані; власники страхових полісів; прибуток; означати; власність; застрахувати себе; скарбник.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

to be backed up with; equity financing; appropriate; to present; funds; to preserve control over smth.; facilities; middleman; issue; to afford.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words and word combinations:

accounts receivable – a balance due from a debtor on a current account;

to expand – to increase the extent, the number, the volume or the scope of smth.;

stock – a share of ownership of a company;

to calculate – to determine by mathematical processes;

legal claims – claims made according to the law.

Task 4. Turn the following sentences into Indirect Speech:

1. He asked how to accumulate capital. 2. The manager said that the earnings had increased much in comparison with the previous year. 3. He said that his purpose had been to interest bondholders. 4. She asked if we had considered all the financial problems. 5. The client asked what debt capital comprised.

Task 5. Turn the following sentences into Direct Speech:

1. The boss informed, “We’ll finish the project till the end of the month.” 2. He asked, “Do you know anything about a new corporate strategy?” 3. She was sure, “Stock exchanges enabled investors to buy and sell securities.” 4. I said, “The paragon of business does not really exist.” 5. He asked, “How will you define the process of selling accounts receivable for cash.”

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. She explained that if one was a stockholder, he or she might obtain dividends. 2. She said that a trade credit was considered a kind of short-term funding. 3. He stated that forming a budget had been one of the most sophisticated tasks recently. 4. Being a finance manager, he accepted that his main task was to deal with short-term funding. 5. The top management announced that the meeting would take place the following week.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – e; 2 – b; 3 – d; 4 – c; 5 – a.

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – true; 2 – false; 3 – true; 4 – true; 5 – true.

TEST 2

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

товар; ризикована діяльність; додаткові кошти; зменшити витра­ти; спільний; надавати перевагу; доручення; виходити на пенсію; вкладати у справу все; банкрутство.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

to accumulate capital; conventional; to sustain; performance; to consider; mortgage on home; possible losses; securities; to repay; a key executive.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words and word combinations:

to delay payments – not to pay at a certain preplanned period of time;

overdue payments – payments unpaid when due;

to enable – to give an opportunity to act;

option – an alternative course of action;

probability of loss – the state when the risk of financial loss is rather high.

Task 4. Turn the following sentences into Indirect Speech:

1. She said that she was deprived of the control over their firm. 2. She asked if it was possible to get acquainted with corporate affairs. 3. He said that perfect financial management should start with planning. 4. He asked what the outcome of the day before yesterday’s meeting had been. 5. The teacher explained that the proxy was referred to as a temporary transfer of voting rights from stockholders to managers.

Task 5. Turn the following sentences into Direct Speech:

1. She said, “If you want to in invest, you will have to accumulate capital.” 2. The presenter explained, “It is your marketing strategy for the coming decade.” 3. He said, “The stock certificate sustains the fact that you are a stock owner.” 4. They say, “Discount bonds are sold below face value.” 5. She agreed, “Equity financing has its positive and negative sides.”

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. He said that it had not been easy to arrange the working team. 2. The chief asked if we had drawn up the budget for the next year. 3. She said that financial problems could appear because of poor organisation. 4. The teacher asked the students what financial institutions they knew. 5. It was arranged that we would visit our colleague in hospital.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – c; 2 – d; 3 – e; 4 – b; 5 – a.

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – true; 2 – false; 3 – true; 4 – true; 5 – false.

UNIT 6

TEST 1

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

властивість, характерна риса; припущення; згода; пояснення, інтерпретація; охоплювати, містити в собі; підбадьорювати, зао­хочувати; ціль; визнання, схвалення; звичайний; бачення.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

to coach; feedback; justice; coherent; to carry out; decisive; respect; laissez-faire; flexible; to maintain.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words:

to adapt – become or make suitable for a new situation;

forecast – prediction of future events;

supervisor – person who manages and controls, e.g. workers;

to anticipate – to foresee and act in advance;

outcome – a final or decisive result.

Task 4. Identify the form and voice of the following Infinitives:

Indefinite Infinitive Active Voice; Indefinite Infinitive Passive Voice; Perfect Infinitive Passive Voice; Perfect Infinitive Active Voice; Continuous Infinitive Active Voice.

Task 5. Identify the type of the Infinitive Complex:

1. The Objective Infinitive Complex. 2. The Subjective Infinitive Complex. 3. The Prepositional Infinitive Complex. 4. The Subjective Infinitive Complex. 5. The Objective Infinitive Complex.

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. Is there any difference between a manager and a leader? 2. The company is now carrying out the plan set at the last meeting. 3. Most people expect to get a reward for their work. 4. He seems to be planning the organisational vision. 5. Many successful psychologists are said to possess empathy.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – b; 2 – a; 3 – c; 4 – e; 5 – d.

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – false; 2 – false; 3 – true; 4 – true; 5 – true.

TEST 2

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

вимога, виклик; здійснювати, виконувати; зв’язаний; відрізняти, розрізняти; виконувати, забезпечувати виконання; відповідь, зворотний зв’язок; підтримувати, зберігати; вміння; виконання; для того щоб.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

authority; policy; courage; common; objective; respect; willing; influence; just; reward.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words:

to assess – judge the importance, worth of; calculate the value of;

charisma – power to inspire devotion and enthusiasm;

efficient – performing or functioning in the least wasteful manner;

democratic – characterised by social equality;

to provide – to give what is wanted or needed, to supply, to equip.

Task 4. Identify the form and voice of the following infinitives:

Perfect Continuous Infinitive Active Voice; Continuous Infinitive Active Voice; Indefinite Infinitive Active Voice; Indefinite Infinitive Passive Voice; Perfect Infinitive Passive Voice.

Task 5. Identify the type of the Infinitive Complex:

1. The Subjective Infinitive Complex. 2. The Objective Infinitive Complex. 3. The Subjective Infinitive Complex. 4. The Objective Infinitive Complex. 5. The Prepositional Infinitive Complex.

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. The two friends had common interest in many things. 2. The recognition of our competitor’s products was obvious. 3. Many people feel the need to be encouraged and developed. 4. The exhibition is expected to begin in time. 5. Are there any ways of training managers to develop effective teams?

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – a; 2 – c; 3 – b; 4 – e; 5 – d.

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – false; 2 – true; 3 – true; 4 – false; 5 – true.

UNIT 7

TEST 1

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

ряд; наголошувати; нестача; відповідний; рівень; успіх; створення; виконання; невдача; метод.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

purpose; to acquire; to mould; accounting; to possess; supervisor; technique; failure; to be aware; creative.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words:

creation – smth. that shows skill, imagination or artistic ability;

accounting – keeping detailed records of the amounts of money a business or person receives and spends;

concern – a feeling that smth. is important;

to establish – to create or introduce smth.;

to develop – to become bigger and more advanced.

Task 4. Fill in the spaces with the appropriate verb forms (a, b, c):

1 – a); 2 – c); 3 – b); 4 – a); 5 – c).

Task 5. Fill in the missing forms of Participles of the verb to manage:

Participle 1			Participle 2
	Active Voice	Passive Voice	managed
Present	managing	being managed
Perfect	having managed	having been managed

Task 6. Put questions to the underlined words:

1. What did the top manager do? 2. What do you have to ask me? 3. When will you drop in to me? 4. How many questions do we have on the agenda? 5. Why was he absent yesterday?

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. The level at which manager operates often influences his skills and functions. 2. At the base of the managerial hierarchy there are the first-line managers. 3. Top managers are responsible for the performance of all departments. 4. Top managers are ultimately responsible for the success or failure of an organisation. 5. Different managers emphasise different activities and exhibit different management styles.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – e); 2 – a); 3 – d); 4 – c); 5 – b);

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – false; 2 – true; 3 – false; 4 – false; 5 – false.

TEST 2

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

відділ; встановлювати; ставити за мету; керівник; турбота; головний адміністратор; відповідний; зменшувати; мета; точно регулювати.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

manufacturing; to distinguish; to acquire; goods and services; to emphasise; to be responsible for; to evaluate; to recognise; improvement; ultimately.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words:

to improve – to become better;

success – achievement of smth.;

to be responsible for – to have the duty to deal with the situation and report about it;

to pursue – to make efforts to achieve smth.;

ultimately – in the end; finally.

Task 4. Fill in the spaces with the appropriate verb forms (a, b, c):

1 – a); 2 – c); 3 – b); 4 – c); 5 – a).

Task 5. Fill in the missing forms of Participles of the verb to introduce:

Participle 1			Participle 2
	Active Voice	Passive Voice	introduced
Present	introducing	being introduced
Perfect	having introduced	having been introduced

Task 6. Put questions to the underlined words:

1. Who is in charge of this project? 2. When will they arrive in Lisbon? 3. How did they reach the decision? 4. How can you improve your interpersonal skills? 5. When were you on holidays?

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. The central concern of CEO is the creation of the smoothly functioning of the top management team. 2. In any organisation there are a number of departments. 3. People working together in a department possess a similar skill. 4. Managers perform the tasks effectively and efficiently. 5. To be efficient is to achieve goals with the minimum waste of resources.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – d); 2 – e); 3 –a); 4 – c); 5 – b).

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – false; 2 – false; 3 – true; 4 – true; 5 – false.

UNIT 8

TEST 1

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

пояснювати, звітувати; висновок; дослідження; інформативний; торгу­вати; удосконалення; дослідницьке питання; вибирати; досліджувати; досліджувати.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

adherence; to advocate; anticipation; to clash; consequent; consequently; to debrief; ethical dilemma; inducement; moral correctness.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words:

sequence – the order in which things or events follow one another, succession;

merger – joining together of two or more companies;

outcome – an effect, result;

survey – a general examination or study;

inference – free of conventional forms or restriction.

Task 4. Identify the form and voice of the following Gerunds:

Indefinite Gerund Active Voice, Perfect Gerund Active Voice, Indefinite Gerund Passive Voice, Perfect Gerund Passive Voice, Indefinite Gerund Active Voice.

Task 5. Transform the sentences using the Gerund instead of the Infinitive:

1. She likes analysing information. 2. They began advocating their opinion. 3. They began communicating during last month. 4. He likes explaining the situation. 5. He intends adjusting data.

Task 6. Transform the sentences using the Gerundial phrases:

1. He thinks of researching the foreign market. 2. Before coming to the office, he met his friend. 3. He insisted on being acquainted with all members of the team. 4. She insisted on consulting the special literature sources. 5. He insisted on being informed about latest events.

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. Research demands ethical behaviour from its participants. 2. Ethics are norms or standards of behaviour that guide moral choices. 3. Unethical activities are persuasive and include violating nondisclosure agreements. 4. The researcher should follow some ethical guidelines. 5. All subjects should be debriefed in order to put the experiment into context.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – e); 2 – b); 3 – a); 4 – c); 5 – d).

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – false; 2 – false; 3 – true; 4 – false; 5 – false.

TEST 2

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

бухгалтер; збільшувати, посилювати; аспект проблеми; робити запит; дослідження ринку; правдоподібний, імовірний; зразок; формулювання; бути очевидцем; дослідницький процес.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

adherent; afterthought; bias; coercion; to conceal; deception; deliverance; ethical code; to induce; misrepresentation.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words:

inquiry – asking for information;

to witness – to see or notice smth. being present when it happens;

strength and weakness – strong and weak point of smth.;

selection – smth. taken as best, most suitable from a group, chosen;

research – serious and detailed study of a subject that is aimed at learning new facts, scientific laws, testing ideas.

Task 4. Identify the form and voice of the following Gerunds:

Perfect Gerund Active Voice, Indefinite Gerund Passive Voice, Perfect Gerund Passive Voice, Indefinite Gerund Active Voice, Perfect Gerund Active Voice.

Task 5. Transform the sentences using the Gerund instead of the Infinitive:

1. He likes conducting research himself 2. They started marketing the products in Ukraine. 3. They began exploring foreign markets. 4. He likes violating the rules. 5. He proceeds misrepresenting the information.

Task 6. Transform the sentences using the Gerundial phrases:

1. Before starting on a research, he defined the main goals and objectives. 2. They think of proceeding tomorrow. 3. After inquiring customers, he forecasted sales decrease. 4. She insisted on being explained all the rules of corporate ethics. 5. Before preparing presentation, he consulted many specialists.

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. Unethical activities include breaking respondent confidentiality. 2. The government forbids many types of medical research. 3. Ethical research requires personal integrity from the researcher. 4. The actual purpose and benefits of your study or experiment must be concealed from the respondents to avoid introducing bias. 5. An experiment or interview should be redesigned to reduce reliance on deception.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – d); 2 – a); 3 – c); 4 – b); 5 – e).

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – true; 2 – true; 3 – false; 4 – true; 5 – false.

UNIT 9

TEST 1

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

набувати; походити; переплутувати; прогресивний; повідомляти; хабар; визначений; різний; жест; упереджений.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

to jerk; to regard; efficient; to reduce; attitude; to affect; peculiar; posture; movement; advanced.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words:

to reduce – to make smth. smaller;

domestic – happening within a country;

to hire – to employ smb. to do the job;

to assume – to think that smth. is true;

to adopt – to approve the proposal.

Task 4. Transform the sentences using the Infinitive and its complexes:

1. He is sorry to have confused different cultures. 2. She is proud to keep to the national traditions. 3. He is supposed to know the peculiarities of non-verbal communication. 4. The meeting is expected to begin in time. 5. I saw her raise her eyebrows.

Task 5. Paraphrase the following sentences using the gerund with the expression “looking forward”:

1. I am looking forward to using technological advances in communication. 2. She was looking forward to being successful in communication with customers. 3. We are looking forward to communicating with our foreign partners. 4. I am looking forward to being a productive worker. 5. She is looking forward to working harmoniously with those from other cultures.

Task 6. Transform the following sentences using the Participle phrases and its complexes:

1. Arriving in Bangkok we understood the cultural differences between western and eastern people. 2. We visited the exhibition opened a week ago. 3. He spoke rubbing his hands. 4. I saw them discussing the problem of misunderstanding. 5. I saw them signing the agreement.

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. Two major kinds of cultural differences affect communication. 2. Culture has been defined in many ways. 3. You will have to communicate with people from other countries. 4. Communicating across cultures effectively improves your productivity. 5. A study of a role of culture in communication begins with two statements.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – c); 2 – a); 3 – e); 4 – b); 5 – d).

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – true; 2 – false; 3 – false; 4 – false; 5 – true.

TEST 2

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

руйнувати; незважаючи на; звичка; неважливий; указ; особливий; цінність; вигинати дугою; згортати; рукостискання.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

communication; segment; prejudiced; belligerent; gesture; to nod; etiquette; polite; weak; voice.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words:

belligerent – very unfriendly and unpleasant;

to emphasise – to give special or additional importance for smth.;

gesture – a movement of your body part;

to arch – to form or to make smth. form a curved shape;

to regard – to think about smth. or smb. in a particular way.

Task 4. Transform the sentences using the Infinitive and its complexes:

1. Some gestures and movements are supposed to differ in different countries. 2. She is sorry not to have studied the communication peculiarities of this country. 3. She is proud to keep to norms of professional behaviour. 4. You are expected to know the code of professional conduct. 5. I saw him hunker.

Task 5. Paraphrase the following sentences using the gerund with the expression “looking forward”:

1. I am looking forward to creating a comfortable workplace. 2. They are looking forward to studying the role of culture in international communication. 3. We are looking forward to signing the contract. 4. She is looking forward to discussing questions concerning the culture differences. 5. You were looking forward to taking the floor during the meeting.

Task 6. Transform the following sentences using the Participle phrases and its complexes:

1. Having understood the corporate rules, she improved her communication style. 2. The agreement being signed, we went to have dinner. 3. The man hunkering is our boss. 4. He spoke jerking his head to one side. 5. I saw them shaking hands.

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. To an Australian the two-fingered “victory” sign has the most vulgar meaning. 2. Touching and particularly handshaking differences are important to understand. 3. People also express themselves in their postures. 4. The position and movements of the body differ by culture. 5. An up-and-down movement of a head means ‘yes’ in our culture.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – d); 2 – b); 3 – c); 4 – a); 5 – e).

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – false; 2 – true; 3 – false; 4 – false; 5 – true.

UNIT 10

TEST 1

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

належати, бути частиною чого-небудь; поточний; усувати; спроба, намагання; угода, операція; створювати, породжувати; різниця, відмін­ність; закінчуватись чимось; статичний; вижити, уціліти.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

must; available; to support; delivery; to interact; interchange; infancy; comparative; intelligence; commerce.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words:

opportunity – favourable chance or opening offered by circumstances;

retailer – distributor that sells goods or services to consumers;

business – 1) buying and selling; trade 2) commercial firm;

advantage – smth. that puts you in a better position than other people or the state of being in a better position than others who are competing against you;

effort – use of physical and mental energy.

Task 4. Fill in the spaces with the appropriate verb forms:

1 – had known; 2 – should be read; 3 – wouldn’t sign; 4 – wouldn’t be; 5 – were.

Task 5. Transform the sentences with the following beginnings without changing their meaning:

1 – hadn’t told me; 2 – knew; 3 – should discuss; 4 – use; 5 – determine.

Task 6. Decide whether each sentence is grammatically possible or not:

1 – possible; 2 – impossible; 3 – possible; 4 – impossible; 5 – possible.

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. Businesses use IT to perform functions that occur in business. 2. All this information is a part of competitive intelligence. 3. In today’s information-based environment, knowledge is a key to success. 4. In that definition you can find the three key resources – information, information technology and people. 5. Many people believe that information technology is the key resource in MIS.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – d); 2 – e); 3 – a); 4 – c); 5 – b).

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – true; 2 – true; 3 – false; 4 – true; 5 – false.

TEST 2

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

починати, братися за щось; здогадуватись; дистриб’ютор, гуртовик; збирати в одне ціле; приклад; створювати, формувати; багато; величез­ний, колосальний; спершу, спочатку; роздрібний торговець.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

to alert; to base on; to capture; force; opportunity; to process; to store; to summarise; to gain; to move.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words:

commerce – financial transactions, esp. buying and selling;

telecommuting – working from home using equipment such as telephone, fax machines and modems to contact people;

predetermined – to be predestined or decided by previous events or by people rather than by chance; decreed beforehand;

to capture – to record (data) for use in a computer;

infancy – smth. new and hasn’t developed very much.

Task 4. Fill in the spaces with the appropriate verb forms:

1 – not go; 2 – had known; 3 – had got; 4 – used; 5 – should learn.

Task 5. Transform the sentences with the following beginnings without changing their meaning:

1 – not go; 2 – had started; 3 – inform; 4 – use; 5 – purchase.

Task 6. Decide whether each sentence is grammatically possible or not:

1 – possible; 2 – possible; 3 – impossible; 4 – impossible; 5 – possible.

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. IT systems are fundamental to the success of an organisation. 2. MISs provide reports in many different forms. 3. Among the different types of systems that help people access that information are management information systems. 4. Electronic commerce supports both internal and external business functions. 5. Thousands of businesses are taking advantage of the Internet everyday to perform electronic commerce.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – b); 2 – c); 3 – a); 4 – e); 5 – d).

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – false; 2 – false; 3 – true; 4 – true; 5 – true.

UNIT 11

TEST 1

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

майно, власність; обережний; залучати; переманювати, підбурювати; робити когось мішенню; стислий; критерій, мірило; пошуковий меха­нізм; кандидат, претендент; зменшувати, стискати.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

competitor; hut; obsolete; to shrink; to assist; to contribute to; means; respective; to turn up; dedicated.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words:

competitor – a person, team, company etc. that is competing with another one;

issue – a subject or problem that is often discussed or argued about, especially a social or political matter that affects the interests of many people;

applicant – a person who formally requests smth., especially a job or a place at college or university;

means – a method or a way of doing smth.;

static – staying in one place without moving or not changing for a long time.

Task 4. Fill the spaces with the appropriate verb forms (a, b, c):

1 – a); 2 – a); 3 – c); 4 – c); 5 – b).

Task 5. Match the sentences and join them with conjunction if:

1 – e); 2 – d); 3 – c); 4 – b); 5 – a).

Task 6. Choose the correct grammar forms:

1 – will be surprised, manages; 2 – will need, go; 3 – had looked, would have found; 4 – would be, used; 5 – were not, would show.

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. How does headhunting work and where do head-hunters work? 2. The process of finding possible candidates for a job or function is usually called recruitment. 3. A person who already has the needed knowledge can

mean the difference between a successful and an unsuccessful project. 4. The time factor is also very important. 5. In earlier times jobs were static with certain duties and responsibilities without interconnection to other jobs.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – e); 2 – c); 3 – d); 4 – a); 5 – b).

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – false; 2 – true; 3 – false; 4 – true; 5 – false.

TEST 2

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

випадковий; дарувати; предмет обговорення; запобігати; рекламувати; чіт­кий, стислий; істотний, неодмінний; портфоліо; шукати; наймати на роботу.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

static; prospective; to facilitate; to conquer; applicant; to recruit; legal; dedicated; coincident; to grant.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words:

hut – a small simple building with only one or two rooms;

legal – concerned with or relating to the law;

to shrink – to become or to make smth. smaller in amount, size or value;

novitiate – the period of being a novice;

search engine – a computer programme which finds information on the Internet by looking for words which you have typed in.

Task 4. Fill the spaces with the appropriate verb forms (a, b, c):

1– b); 2 – c); 3 – b); 4 – b); 5 – a).

Task 5. Match the sentences and join them with conjunction if:

1– e); 2 – c); 3 – d); 4 – a); 5 – b).

Task 6. Choose the correct grammar forms:

1 – had heard, would have told; 2 – won, would buy; 3 – were, would leave; 4 – had paid, would not have been cut off; 5 – were working, would be tired.

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. Most often these people already have a job. 2. And the companies usually know about the fact which persons are valuable and attractive to other companies. 3. Inside an organisation which is looking for recruits human resource managers deal with this task. 4. One can also go and hand out résumé or Curriculum Vitae to prospective employers. 5. Job hunting is the act of looking for employment.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue, using phrases from both columns:

1 – d); 2 – e); 3 – a); 4 – c); 5 – b).

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – true; 2 – false; 3 – true; 4 – false; 5 – true.

UNIT 12

TEST 1

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

поняття, концепція; обґрунтовувати; узагальнення; неефективний; менедж­мент залучення; визнання; радник; впливати; шедевр; ученість, ерудиція.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

utility; to resign; merit; heritor; grudge; to define; framework; to implement; managerial; intensification.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words:

initiation – the action of starting;

domination – control or power over or a very strong influence on smb./smth.;

marginal – close to the limit of acceptability;

to attach – to fasten or joint smth. to smth.;

cycle – a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order.

Task 5. Identify the type of the following Adverbial clauses:

1 – time; 2 – place; 3 – cause; 4 – condition; 5 – concession.

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. He has written more than 350 scientific works. 2. Oleh Kuzmin is a versatile scientist and talented pedagogue. 3. I am busy writing an article. 4. The scholar has published over 30 monographs and books. 5. Eight candidate dissertations have been successfully defended under his supervision.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue using phrases from both columns:

1 – e); 2 – d); 3 – b); 4 – c); 5 – a).

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – true; 2 – false; 3 – false; 4 – true; 5 – false.

TEST 2

Task 1. Give Ukrainian equivalents of the following words:

підтверджувати; витрати виробництва; удосконалювати; запроваджен­ня; планування виробництва; знаменитий; прагнення; грань, край; впливова особа; вето.

Task 2. Give English equivalents of the following words:

successor; to recognise; heritance; appointment; business cycle; normative distribution of profit; producer; to initiate; improved; cost-accounting.

Task 3. Give the definitions of the following words:

cost – the price to be paid;

accumulation – increasing in number or quantity;

to define – to state or describe exactly the nature or extent of smth.;

grudgingly – unwillingly;

masterpiece – a task done with great skill.

Task 5. Identify the type of the following Adverbial clauses:

1 – place; 2 – time; 3 – result; 4 – manner and comparison; 5 – concession.

Task 7. Rearrange the following jumbled words into sentences:

1. The question was who was responsible for all this. 2. She advises clients where to invest their money. 3. It is very important that you implement this economic reform. 4. All managers must be influential. 5. He was a man of great scholarship.

Task 9. Make up the dialogue using phrases from both columns:

1 – c); 2 – e); 3 – b); 4 – a); 5 – d).

Task 10. Read the text and mark the statements given below “true” or “false”:

1 – false; 2 – true; 3 – true; 4 – false; 5 – true.