Self-study grammar for the Final Test /end-of-year test/ 2016
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1.Inversion
http://esl.about.com/od/advancedgrammar/a/inversion.htm
Should in if clauses:
used after ‘if’ or instead of ‘if’ for describing a situation that may possibly happen
Should you need help, do not hesitate to call me.
If anything should happen to me, please give this letter to my wife.
2. Make vs. do
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/doormake.htm
http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/collocations-lists.htm
3. Phrasal verbs
Phrasal verbs
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
bring about
build up
deal with a problem
go under
plough back profits
put up funds
wind up
wipe out
write off
a. abandon debts as irrecoverable
b. accumulate
c. cause
d. destroy
e. do something about a problem
f. fail
g. force a company to stop trading
h. provide funds
i. re-invest profits
We had a serious problem with accounts receivable, and were forced to (1).......................
thousands of pounds of bad debts, when one of our customers went bankrupt and was
(2).................. by the receiver. If the managing director hadn´t (3)............... some of his own
money, the company could have been (4) .............. .. For a time, it looked as if we were going
to (5) ........................ We were teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. It became clear that we
hadn´t (6) ...................... enough of our earning into the company, or (7) ...................... enough
of reserves to (8) ........................ such a situation. You often read about one bankruptcy (9)
............... a chain of others – well, it nearly happened to us.
source: Financial English- Ian MacKenzie
Online exercises- business English:
http://www.businessenglishsite.com/phrasal-verbs-business-english4.html
http://www.businessenglishsite.com/phrasal-verbs-business-english5.html
A list of common phrasal verbs in business
http://www.businessenglishresources.com/31-2/student-section/businessvocabulary/common-phrasal-verbs-for-business-english/
4. Hedging
Hedging in academic English- explanation + examples
http://www.uefap.com/writing/feature/hedge.htm
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/students/wdc/learning/language/hedging.htm
http://aeo.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/Files/Hedging/Hedging.html