Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1After two days off sick, Marta stayed late to ............... the project emails she had missed.
Wrong!
"Catch up on" means do work or study that you missed or fell behind with.
2Before sending the final report to the director, could you ............... the draft for any factual mistakes?
Wrong!
"Look over" means check or review something quickly.
3All trainees must ............... their final assignments by Friday at noon.
Wrong!
"Hand in" means submit a piece of work to a teacher or manager.
4It took us an hour to ............... the total difference between the sales figures and the invoices.
Wrong!
"Work out" means calculate or solve something.
5Because the team is short-staffed, Liam agreed to ............... two extra client accounts this month.
Wrong!
"Take on" means accept responsibility for a task, job, or role.
6If you miss three seminars in a row, you may ............... the reading for the course.
Wrong!
"Fall behind with" means fail to make enough progress with work or study.
7During the workshop, each group had to ............... a practical solution to reduce delivery delays.
Wrong!
"Come up with" means think of or produce an idea, plan, or solution.
8Let’s ............... the main points one more time before tomorrow’s exam.
Wrong!
"Go over" means review or examine something again.
9We decided to ............... the training session until next week because the new software was not ready.
Wrong!
"Put off" means postpone or delay something.
10The research team will ............... a survey to find out why students leave the course early.
Wrong!
"Carry out" means perform or complete a task, test, or study.
11Our manager asked me to ............... a shared folder for the new project documents.
Wrong!
"Set up" means arrange or establish something so it can start operating.
12He nearly had to ............... the engineering programme when his scholarship was delayed.
Wrong!
"Drop out of" means leave a course before finishing it.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- After two days off sick, Marta stayed late to catch up on the project emails she had missed.
- Before sending the final report to the director, could you look over the draft for any factual mistakes?
- All trainees must hand in their final assignments by Friday at noon.
- It took us an hour to work out the total difference between the sales figures and the invoices.
- Because the team is short-staffed, Liam agreed to take on two extra client accounts this month.
- If you miss three seminars in a row, you may fall behind with the reading for the course.
- During the workshop, each group had to come up with a practical solution to reduce delivery delays.
- Let’s go over the main points one more time before tomorrow’s exam.
- We decided to put off the training session until next week because the new software was not ready.
- The research team will carry out a survey to find out why students leave the course early.
- Our manager asked me to set up a shared folder for the new project documents.
- He nearly had to drop out of the engineering programme when his scholarship was delayed.
