TheBusiness 2.0 Answer key   12.0 Upper Intermediate eWorkbook © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013 Unit 1  Building a career Grammar 1 1 is flying 2 isn’t 3 has been selling 4 studied 5 begin 6 was living 7 will find 8 is working 9 is going to write 10 has worked Grammar 2 1 am looking 2 believe 3 ran 4 maximized 5 implemented 6 have been acquiring 7 have learned 8 will be 9 offer 10 will call Grammar 3 1 will earn 2 would attract 3 had informed 4 spent 5 set 6 would increase 7 complete 8 will move 9 would have attracted 10 would start Grammar 4 1 am attending 2 will decline 3 am going to apply 4 ’ll collect 5 will become 6 is having 7 am going to take 8 are leaving Vocabulary 1 1 made redundant 2 joining another company 3 took a sabbatical 4 laid off 5 dismissed 6 quit 7 promoted 8 suspended 9 gave in my notice 10 transferred Vocabulary 2 1 Designed 2 implemented 3 Recruited 4 trained 5 Chaired 6 presented 7 Managed 8 motivated 9 Exceeded 10 Drew 11 met 12 Contacted Vocabulary 3 1 have 2 gain 3 obtain 4 gain 5 making 6 acquired 7 boosted 8 going to 9 receive 10 enhance Vocabulary 4 1 g)   ​2 f)   ​3 h)   ​4 a) 5 c)   ​6 d)   ​7 e)   ​8 i)   ​9 b) Listening 1 1 True 2 False 3 False 4 False 5 False 6 True 7 True 8 False 9 True 10 True Print and work: Answer key The Business UppInt_eWB_Print and Work_AK_1p.indd 1 04/10/2012 14:02 TheBusiness 2.0 2.0 Upper Intermediate eWorkbook © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013 Answer key   2 Grammar 4 1 Can you tell me how to turn it on? 2 Do you know which hotel is nearby? 3 Would you mind sending me the attachment? 4 I was wondering if you would prepare the report. 5 Would you mind giving me a hand? 6 I’m trying to find out how much we spent. 7 I was wondering if you could call me back. 8 Do you mind if I close the window? 9 Would you mind showing me to Reception? 10 Can I just check what our password is? Vocabulary 1 1 S E T 2 U P P G 3 E R 4 W 5 I N S T A L L E T D 6 D N E E E T R 7 D O W N L O A D E O T W E N 8 C R A S H E D Vocabulary 2 1 intranet 2 workgroup 3 laptops 4 servers 5 workstation 6 viruses 7 PC 8 a suite 9 plug-ins 10 patch Vocabulary 3 1 update 2 back 3 fill 4 in touch 5 informed 6 a ring 7 let 8 loop Listening 2 1 Firstly 2 As regards 3 It’s important to realize 4 However 5 On the whole 6 For one thing 7 for another 8 Besides 9 What was amazing 10 not only 11 but also Pronunciation Three syllables Four syllables Five syllables counselling recruitment redundant controversial demonstration entrepreneur exacerbate qualification sophisticated communication undergraduate administration Unit 2  Information Grammar 1 1 lot 2 twice 3 much 4 times 5 as 6 slightly 7 far 8 half Grammar 2 1 less honest 2 further 3 better 4 as expensive 5 less likely 6 the worst 7 as tasty 8 biggest 9 healthier 10 the most ridiculous Grammar 3 1 worse than 2 better than 3 the furthest 4 the worst 5 the most imaginative 6 a lot further 7 less likely than 8 The best The Business UppInt_eWB_Print and Work_AK_1p.indd 2 04/10/2012 14:02 TheBusiness 2.0 Answer key   32.0 Upper Intermediate eWorkbook © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013 Grammar 2 1 Is the photocopier being serviced at the moment? 2 Was it repaired last Tuesday? 3 Do you think it will be mended by next week? 4 When was the old one replaced? 5 Was it used correctly? 6 Have you been trained to operate it? 7 Is some training being organized at the moment? 8 When was the last time it was serviced? Grammar 3 1 A new accountant could have been hired last year. 2 A smaller version might have been made. 3 It should be fixed by the maintenance people. 4 The procedure could be rewritten. 5 A mistake must have been made. 6 I might have been informed! 7 It can’t have been deleted! 8 The meeting should have been postponed. Grammar 4 1 c)   ​2 d)   ​3 a)   ​4 g)   ​5 h)   ​6 b)   ​7 e)   ​8 f) Vocabulary 1 1 d)   ​2 i)   ​3 c)   ​4 j)   ​5 h)   ​6 g)   ​7 f)   ​8 b)    ​9 a)   ​10 e) Vocabulary 2 1 practice 2 continuous 3 assurance 4 measurable 5 standards 6 technical 7 expectations 8 management 9 design Vocabulary 3 1 heavy-duty 2 shoddy 3 poorly-designed 4 cracked 5 fragile 6 defective 7 flimsy 8 reliable Vocabulary 4 1 unreliable 2 satisfaction 3 tolerate 4 specifications 5 standardized 6 auditors 7 compliance 8 improvement Vocabulary 4 1 a)   ​2 c)   ​3 e)   ​4 f)   ​5 d)   ​6 b)   ​7 g)   ​8 h) Listening 1 1 I 2 NI 3 NI 4 I 5 I 6 NI 7 NI 8 I 9 I 10 I Listening 2 1 False 2 True 3 False 4 False 5 True 6 False 7 True 8 False 9 True 10 False Pronunciation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Unit 3  Quality Grammar 1 1 have labelled 2 can be learned 3 are handled 4 will be generated 5 prepare 6 can be achieved 7 are given 8 can be compared 9 will have resulted 10 are interviewed 11 will not be revealed 12 improve The Business UppInt_eWB_Print and Work_AK_1p.indd 3 04/10/2012 14:02 TheBusiness 2.0 Answer key   42.0 Upper Intermediate eWorkbook © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013 Grammar 4 1 are used to seeing 2 used to think 3 gets used to 4 used to feel 5 used to work 6 wasn’t used to being 7 had got used to being 8 used to Vocabulary 1 1 M 2 O T I V 3 A T I N G B G S G E R 4 C S E O S 5 S I N G L 6 E I S F A V I I S 7 O V E R V D Y E E N 8 C H A R I S M A T I C Vocabulary 2 1 a)   ​2 c)   ​3 f)   ​4 h)   ​5 b)   ​6 d)   ​7 g)   ​8 e) Vocabulary 3 1 pull 2 pass 3 burned 4 pull 5 let 6 take 7 settles 8 get Vocabulary 4 1 achieved 2 reaching 3 fix 4 missed 5 set 6 establish 7 stick to 8 meet Listening 1 1 Sales 2 costs have increased more than sales 3 120% 4 remained steady 5 isn’t mentioned 6 will have to restructure 7 in other departments as well 8 solutions Listening 2 1 at the graph on the left 2 As you can see 3 Just to digress a moment 4 In other words 5 I mean is 6 I must emphasize 7 Is that clear 8 So, now let’s turn 9 Now, I’d like 10 Does that make sense? Pronunciation 1 b)   ​2 c)   ​3 b)   ​4 b)   ​5 a)   ​6 b)   ​7 a)   ​8 b) Unit 4  Feedback Grammar 1 1 shouldn’t have chosen 2 could have predicted 3 should have put 4 would have done 5 might have been 6 would she have listened 7 ought to have been taken 8 must have wasted 9 could have made Grammar 2 1 might have found 2 shouldn’t have lost 3 ought to have prepared 4 would have made 5 might have been 6 should have fixed 7 might have made 8 could have got Grammar 3 1 d)   ​2 e)   ​3 g)   ​4 h)   ​5 b)   ​6 f)   ​7 a)   ​8 c) The Business UppInt_eWB_Print and Work_AK_1p.indd 4 04/10/2012 14:02 TheBusiness 2.0 Answer key   52.0 Upper Intermediate eWorkbook © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013 Grammar 4 1 Don’t your customers 2 Can’t we arrange 3 Isn’t the market becoming 4 Can’t I buy 5 Don’t you value 6 Haven’t your competitors adopted 7 Don’t they expect 8 Shouldn’t we agree Vocabulary 1 1 leader 2 share 3 enter 4 study 5 bring 6 research 7 flood 8 declining 9 niche 10 segmentation Vocabulary 2 1 advertising 2 undercover marketing 3 e-marketing 4 viral marketing 5 product placement 6 direct marketing Vocabulary 3 1 price 2 cost to the consumer 3 promotion 4 communication 5 product 6 customer solution 7 placement 8 convenience 9 coherency 10 dynamics Vocabulary 4 1 d)   ​2 a)   ​3 b)   ​4 c)   ​5 e) Listening 1 1 True 2 False 3 False 4 True 5 False 6 True 7 True 8 True Listening 1 1 a)   ​2 c)   ​3 a)   ​4 b)   ​5 b)   ​6 a)   ​7 a) Listening 2 Recognizing merit Constructive criticism I’m very thankful for the support Thanks to you I want to say how much I appreciate These are the qualities we are looking for Do you have any idea why You should have asked someone for help It has come to my attention Pronunciation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Unit 5  Selling more Grammar 1 1 don’t 2 can 3 have 4 isn’t 5 doesn’t 6 did 7 hadn’t 8 didn’t Grammar 2 1 don’t they 2 shall we 3 aren’t I 4 would they 5 can’t it 6 will they 7 won’t you 8 shall I Grammar 3 1 Wouldn’t it be better to buy it in a local shop? 2 Won’t it be cheaper if we send it by post? 3 Didn’t Jun talk to you about it yesterday? 4 Haven’t you done this before? 5 Isn’t there always a solution? 6 Don’t we purchase imported products? 7 Haven’t I worked with you before? 8 Don’t you like meetings? The Business UppInt_eWB_Print and Work_AK_1p.indd 5 04/10/2012 14:02 TheBusiness 2.0 Answer key   62.0 Upper Intermediate eWorkbook © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013 Grammar 4 1 will have completed 2 will have been travelling 3 ’ll have spoken 4 ’ll have been working 5 will have made 6 will have been working 7 will have been coming 8 will have written Vocabulary 1 1 lack of trust 2 no growth potential. 3 just based on assumptions 4 too complex 5 sufficient financial returns 6 a lack of market awareness 7 a track record 8 a lack of skills Vocabulary 2 1 B 2 F A M I L Y 3 S 4 E L F N Q K U L 5 L 6 G I 7 O V E R D R A F T S A A A Y N S N I T N G Vocabulary 3 1 interest-free 2 cash flow 3 payments 4 security 5 guarantor 6 maintenance 7 grant Vocabulary 4 1 b)   ​2 g)   ​3 e)   ​4 d)   ​5 h)   ​6 i)   ​7 c)   ​8 j)   ​ 9 a)   ​10 f) Listening 2 1 I know exactly 2 You don’t want 3 I’m glad you 4 Does that answer 5 So tell me 6 I understand you 7 A lot of our customers 8 they soon realized 9 Does that make 10 Are you OK Pronunciation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Unit 6  New business Grammar 1 1 ’ll ask 2 will be sitting 3 ’ll be leaving 4 ’ll get 5 ’ll be going 6 ’ll tell 7 ’ll go 8 will be doing Grammar 2 1 will have retired 2 will have celebrated 3 will have married 4 will have been replaced 5 will have finished 6 will have won 7 will have celebrated 8 will have reminded Grammar 3 1 Will you be seeing Axel this week? 2 Will Jon be eating with us this evening? 3 Will Mr Sarayan be coming to the meeting with you? 4 Will you be staying here in the office at lunchtime? 5 What will you be doing on your next holiday? 6 Will Mr Windsor and his wife be flying to Ontario with us? 7 What will Pancho be doing while you’re away? 8 Will you be phoning the office before we leave? The Business UppInt_eWB_Print and Work_AK_1p.indd 6 04/10/2012 14:02 TheBusiness 2.0 Answer key   72.0 Upper Intermediate eWorkbook © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013 Grammar 3 1 Incorrect 2 Incorrect 3 Incorrect 4 Correct 5 Incorrect 6 Incorrect 7 Incorrect 8 Incorrect 9 Correct 10 Incorrect Grammar 4 1 X 2 the 3 X 4 X 5 the 6 the 7 X 8 X 9 a 10 X 11 a 12 X 13 a 14 X 15 an 16 X Vocabulary 1 1 let 2 encourage 3 made 4 compel 5 enables 6 prevent 7 discouraged 8 force 9 prohibited 10 helped Listening 1 1 False 2 True 3 False 4 True 5 False 6 False 7 True 8 False Listening 2 1 NI 2 NI 3 I 4 I 5 NI 6 NI 7 I 8 I 9 NI 10 I Pronunciation 1 a) 2 b) 3 a) 4 a) 5 b) 6 a) 7 b) 8 b) Unit 7  Financial control Grammar 1 1 led to 2 brought about 3 was due to 4 stemmed from 5 resulted in 6 gave rise to 7 originated in Grammar 2 1 were not able to complete 2 managed to break 3 hadn’t succeeded in obtaining 4 failed to inform 5 unable to focus 6 don’t manage to recruit 7 was able to convince 8 succeed in expanding The Business UppInt_eWB_Print and Work_AK_1p.indd 7 04/10/2012 14:02 TheBusiness 2.0 Answer key   82.0 Upper Intermediate eWorkbook © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013 Pronunciation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Unit 8  Fair trade Grammar 1 1 must 2 are allowed 3 mustn’t 4 have to 5 don’t have to 6 can’t 7 are not allowed 8 can Grammar 2 1 aren’t allowed to 2 don’t have to 3 have to 4 must 5 shall 6 may 7 can’t 8 can Grammar 3 1 possibility 2 permission 3 possibility 4 possibility 5 obligation 6 permission 7 permission 8 obligation Grammar 4 1 On no account should users share their PIN numbers. 2 Not only do they want ethical products, they expect them. 3 Only once our lawyers agree will we sign the contract. 4 Never had we thought that it would fail. 5 Not until July 2016 can you terminate this agreement. 6 Under no circumstances shall employees download music. Vocabulary 2 1 I N F 2 L O W 3 C I A 4 E A R N I N G S B H I 5 I L N 6 T 7 L I C A O 8 A S S E T S O X A I M E N 9 E X P E N S E S S Vocabulary 3 1 e)   ​2 g)   ​3 f)   ​4 a)   ​5 d)   ​6 b)   ​7 h)   ​8 c)   ​ 9 j)   ​10 i) Vocabulary 4 1 depreciation 2 accounts payable 3 accounts receivable 4 raw materials 5 payroll 6 rent 7 extraordinary income 8 plant and machinery Listening 1 1 b) 2 a) 3 a) 4 b) 5 a) 6 b) 7 b) 8 b) Listening 2 1 Could you be 2 What I mean is 3 To recap 4 what exactly do you mean by 5 Does that make sense 6 I follow you 7 If I understand correctly 8 In other words 9 what you’re saying is 10 let me just summarize The Business UppInt_eWB_Print and Work_AK_1p.indd 8 04/10/2012 14:02 TheBusiness 2.0 Answer key   92.0 Upper Intermediate eWorkbook © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013 Listening 2 1 Rebecca 2 Rebecca 3 Kenneth 4 Kenneth 5 Rebecca 6 Rebecca 7 Kenneth 8 Kenneth Pronunciation 1 We are ready to come to an agreement, … … on the understanding that our terms are accepted. 2 Shall we split the difference? 3 That sounds fair. 4 I’d be glad to help you, … unless someone else has already offered. 5 I’m sorry, … but I’m not sure that would work. 6 What would be the best way to solve this problem? Vocabulary 1 1 negotiate 2 awarded 3 signing 4 draft 5 amend 6 renege 7 cancel 8 broke Vocabulary 2 1 A G R 2 E E D N F 3 D 4 A M A G E 5 S O P U R P 6 B R E A C H L I D E Y N D D I 7 P E N A L T Y G Vocabulary 3 1 f)   ​2 d)   ​3 b)   ​4 c)   ​5 g)   ​6 h)   ​7 a)   ​8 e) Vocabulary 4 1 accountability 2 ethics 3 empowerment 4 regulatory bodies 5 corporate governance 6 best practice Listening 1 1 b) 2 a) 3 b) 4 a) 5 b) 6 a) 7 b) 8 a) The Business UppInt_eWB_Print and Work_AK_1p.indd 9 04/10/2012 14:02