Classwork Classe 4°
Name Date
Word Formation For questions 31 – 40 read the text below. Use the word given in
capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the same line. There is an
example at the beginning (0). (1 point for each question).
A MEMO FROM THE MANAGING DIRECTOR
I have to bring a matter to your (0) attention . ATTEND
Unfortunately we have received a lot of ( 31) …………………… COMPLAIN
from customers about late (32) ………………….. of parcels. DELIVER
I have come to the (33) ………………. that the new system CONCLUDE
we introduced last month is a complete (34) ………………….. . FAIL
This seems to be due to a (35) …………………… of factors, COMBINE
but one of the most important ones is that some (36) ………….. EMPLOY
are not very responsible.
The union (37) ……………… say it‟s REPRESENT
not the workers but the (38) …………………… who are at fault. MANAGE
What is clear is that we have to improve ( 39) …………………. COMMUNICATE
within the company. Nowadays there‟s a lot of ( 40) ……………. COMPETE
in the messenger service industry and we can‟t afford to be less than the best.
POINTS 10
You are going to read a magazine article. Six sentences have been removed from the
article. Choose from the sentences A-H the one which fits each gap (8-14). There is
one extra sentence which you do not need to use. There is an example at the
beginning (0). (2 points for each question)
MAKING MIRRORS
Jane Thomas, together with her husband Clive, returned to Britain after nearly 30
years of living abroad with wonderful memories ( 0 ....I.....) Determined to use them
rather than just keep them in a box or throw them out. Jane made a shell mirror for
her bathroom. This was very much admired by friends and neighbours who came to
visit her. ( 8 ........ ) That was two years ago. Jane now runs her own small mirror-
making business. She buys shells from all over the world through a wholesale
company and has converted a spare bedroom in her house into an office-cum-studio. (
9 ....... ) . A local carpenter makes frames for her and a glazier then fits the glass
inside. Jane does everything else herself: the design, the initial painting of the frame
and then the final making up. (10 ........ ) Clive is a banker and was able to advise Jane
on deciding how much money should be invested when she decided to set up the
