Mastering English: Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises

Posted on Mar 26, 2025 in Administration and Management

Level 1

Vocabulary

1) (Can I repay?)

  1. borrow
  2. repay
  3. charge
  4. afford
  5. owe
  6. relieve
  7. lend
  8. point

2) (I looked)

  1. price tag
  2. change
  3. broke
  4. grateful
  5. property
  6. nod
  7. lack of
  8. refund

3) (If something)

  1. don’t have to pay more for it
  2. cheap
  3. enough money to buy it
  4. something you like to do
  5. they don’t like
  6. pay for something

Grammar

4) (Do you know)

  1. who
  2. whose
  3. which
  4. when
  5. whom
  6. where
  7. which

5) (IKEA)

  1. IKEA, where I buy a lot of my furniture, is a successful furniture shop.
  2. I’m starting a new job at a software company which employs over 200 people.
  3. The customer, whose bag was stolen from the restaurant, was really upset.
  4. I assure you I’m a suitable candidate on whom you can depend.
  5. I don’t like to think about the day when I was fired.
  6. The athlete who won the race had been training for two years.

6) (The man)

  1. The man to whom Louise is talking used to be homeless.
  2. The desk on which you are writing is an antique.

7) (I became)

  1. is a friend of my cousins
  2. I lived burned down
  3. we get a good mark
  4. life is very difficult

Level 2

Vocabulary

1) (The shirt)

  1. exchange
  2. owe
  3. charge
  4. made a comeback
  5. cost of living
  6. grateful
  7. confidence in
  8. point

2) (Our organisation)

  1. We give food to needy people.
  2. She must have received distressing news.
  3. Can I borrow yours?
  4. Everything in here is beyond my reach.
  5. Everything in the shop is two for the price of one!
  6. You can only pay with cash.

3) (Most of us)

  1. have a chance to
  2. on sale
  3. property
  4. affluent
  5. amount
  6. bargain
  7. price tag
  8. afford
  9. to date

Grammar

4) (People)

  1. Our organisation helps needy people who live in poverty.
  2. I admire young people whose ambitions include helping others.
  3. The café, where we usually meet, was destroyed last night in a fire.
  4. I will always remember the time when I ordered my first suspended coffee.
  5. We are discussing a tradition which is very old.
  6. Kate left her laptop on the bench where we had been sitting.

5) (The donation)

  1. The donation which we received yesterday came from an anonymous donor.
  2. Mrs Smith, who is a regular customer at our café, always leaves a generous tip.
  3. The driver, whose car crashed into a tree, escaped without any injuries.
  4. Several shop assistants had to fold all the clothes which the woman had tried on.
  5. I volunteered in some villages last summer when I was in South America.
  6. Caffè sospeso, which is a century-old tradition, began in Naples.

6) (The volunteers)

  1. The volunteers with whom I work are very helpful.
  2. The competition, for which we are practising hard, will be challenging.

7) (I was)

  1. when my cousins from France arrived
  2. which began in Canada
  3. where you can buy fast food
  4. who are rude, fights with the barmans

Reading

Ask the customer 2)

  1. F (12-13)“ In shops … the shop.”
  2. T (14-15) “Customer Radar … real time.”
  3. F (17-18) “Even if … to respond”

3)

  1. being ethical
  2. enough customers take the time to respond
  3. don’t give as detailed or informative feedback

4)

  1. cost-effective
  2. outdated
  3. rating
  4. promptly
  5. foreseeable