Unit 8 Progress test

Complete 1–4 in the job advertisement with the correct Complete with questions 12–18 in the conversation,
prepositions. using the phrases in italics and the prompts in brackets.
Career opportunities in conservation Potential investor should I invest / your company (wh- question)
Want to make a difference 1 the world you live in? 12
?
Want to strive 2
a healthy balance between Entrepreneur Because we have a unique product and we’ll
economic development and environmental sustainability? offer you a great return on your money. show you / product
Look no further! Caspar International is looking for a (modal auxiliary)
dynamic and motivated graduate to fill the post of trainee 13
?
Marketing Assistant for its busy operations in South East Potential investor That might be a good idea, yes.
Europe. The prospective candidate will be able to think
Entrepreneur Here it is. It’s an electric potato peeler.
on their feet in unpredictable situations and easily build
3
rapport with a variety of clients. The successful Potential investor you think / unique product (question tag to
applicant will gain recognition 4 any positive challenge speaker)
client feedback and will be rewarded with an incremental 14
?
salary and discretionary bonuses. Entrepreneur Well, yes, our research showed that there isn’t
anything else like it on the market.
Correct the two mistakes in each sentence 5–11. Potential investor sure about that (question tag to challenge
(2 points per sentence) speaker) 15 ?
5 Working for you would enable me to take my dream Entrepreneur Yes – this is 100% unique.
into reality and I would give pride in the fact that I Potential investor assume / already / speak / retailers / about
would be working for a company with such a great stocking your product (statement question)
reputation. 16
?

Entrepreneur Yes, actually we have. We’ve had a lot of
6 I would like to have part of an organization that can interest.
really achieve something and I can really see a forecast
Potential investor I / look / your business plan (modal
for myself in this sector.
auxiliary) 17 ?

much money / look for (Wh- / how question)
7 The budget? Yes, I was going to that – where we are in 18
?
the moment is that we’re staying just within budget.
Complete 19–23 in the five conversations with
8 Let me just touch over the question of resources – phrases a–e. Write the letters in the spaces.
perhaps it will be a good idea if I go over the resource
plans now. a I’d love to tell you d I’m afraid I
b Sorry, I’m not up e It’s hard
9 I’d just like to sketch up my plans for the research c I’m sorry, I’m really
project – I’d also like to be able to tell you who’ll be
helping me with the project, but fortunately I can’t. A And what are the criteria for evaluation?
B 19
can’t reveal the details on that.
10 I don’t have the exactly figures, but I know that the sales
potential exists – let me check the data and I get back A Do you know how many other people applied?
to you. B 20
, but I don’t know any more than you do.

11 Out the top of my head, I think last month’s sales figures A When do you expect the project to finish?
were £11,000, but I can check double if you like
B 21
to say at the moment.

A So when did Mike take over as project manager?
B 22
to speed on all the developments.

A Do you know how Sally got on at the interview?

B 23
not in a position to talk about that.

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Unit 8 Speaking test

Role cards
Copy this page and cut out the role cards for the students. Students should do both role-plays. Then use the Speaking test
results forms to evaluate each student’s performance. You can then cut out the results and give them to the students.

Role-play 1
cut along this line
Student A Student B
You are in a monthly department update meeting. You are Student A will tell you about the new company parking
asked to talk about the new parking facilities. Give a short facilities. As appropriate, interrupt and ask your questions.
impromptu presentation to your colleagues. • When will the car park be finished?
• Introduce the topic (new underground car parking – still • When are permits available from HR?
being built).
• Signal intention (you want to talk about what will happen
when car park is finished).
• Highlight the key points (150 permits available, although
the staff totals 280 – only for those unable to get here
on public transport; emergency parking for deliveries/
conferences; apply to HR 48 hours in advance).
• Answer questions (parking available soon – you don’t know
exactly when; permits available from HR from next month).

Role-play 2
cut along this line
Student A Student B
Student B will tell you about the new employee exchange You are in a monthly department update meeting. You are
system. As appropriate, interrupt and ask your questions. asked to talk about the new employee exchange system.
• Is it for everyone? Give a short impromptu presentation to your colleagues.
• Can staff choose where they go? • Introduce the topic (new employee exchange system –
still in planning stage – will allow staff to work for short
periods in company locations around the world).
• Signal intention (you want to talk about what staff need
to do to be involved).
• Highlight the key points (will start from 1st January; only
one person per department can go every year).
• Answer questions (only for staff who have been at the
company for more than two years; staff must state three
preferences of where they would like to go.)

Unit 8 Speaking test results

Use these forms to evaluate the students.
cut along this line

Yes, but Yes, did Yes, but Yes, did

Didn’t do Didn’t do
Student A with some this very Student B with some this very
this this
Can the student …? mistakes well Can the student …? mistakes well
(0 points) (0 points)
(1 point) (2 points) (1 point) (2 points)
introduce the introduce the
topic topic
signal intention signal intention
highlight key highlight key
points points
answer answer
challenging challenging
questions questions

ask challenging ask challenging

questions questions
Result  / ​10 marks Result  / ​10 marks

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