Verbs and Vocabulary

Verbs and Vocabulary

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1. The book was delivered by an international courier, but it did not ------ until three weeks after the expected delivery date.

A) arrival
B) arrive
C) arriving
D) arrived

2. The managers involved with the negotiations are pleased with the progress of the talks and believe that they will reach a mutually beneficial ------.

A) to conclude
B) concluded
C) conclusion
D) concluding

3. Faced with a huge decrease in sales, the company -- half of its employees and closed down two factories.

A) dismissal
B) dismissed
C) dismiss
D) was dismissed

4. A 60-item test was given to the applicants to eliminate those who did not --- the basic knowledge requirements for the job.

A) meeting
B) meet
C) be met
D) to meet

5. The fee must -- within two days if you do not wish to forfeit your reservation.

A) be paying
B) to pay
C) be paid
D) have paid

6. More supplies may -- if the participants run out during the week-long conference.

A) requisite
B) be requisitioned
C) to be requisitioned
D) be requisitioning

7. Prior to the start of the leadership seminar, participants ------ to prepare a list of goals, which they later shared with the group.

A) to be asked
B) would ask
C) were asked
D) have been asking

8. A number of clients have been ------ with the firm since it was reorganized in an attempt to decrease expenditures.

A) dissatisfying
B) dissatisfied
C) dissatisfies
D) dissatisfy

9. You must fill out the tax form, a copy of which is ----- to the contractual agreement you received on the first day.

A) attach
B) attaching
C) attached
D) attachment

10. After consulting with a systems analyst, they were able to pinpoint what office procedures should be ------.

A) streamlining
B) streamlined
C) streamline
D) to streamline

11. The canned chicken soup manufacturer insists that all the cans --, regardless of losses to the company.

A) recall
B) recalling
C) be recalled
D) are recalled

12. Now that the new branch has opened, the company can use this opportunity to -------- business in Latin America.

A) expanded
B) expand
C) expanding
D) have expanded

13. For the ------ of today's seminar, we will focus on the growing need for interpreters in the global market.

A) remain
B) remaining
C) remainder
D) remained

14. Department heads distributed a memo reminding employees to refrain from -------- their cell phones during company meetings.

A) to use
B) using
C) uses
D) use

15. Many citizens across the state are having difficulty finding ----- these days due to the economic crisis.

A) employable
B) employing
C) employment
D) employed