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TASK 14.2 Vocabulary
Circle the correct word.

1. 
   I made a few mistakes in the exam and I don't think I passed / took it.
   
2. 
   It's not always easy to count / measure how intelligent someone is.
   
3. 
   Did you know that our French teacher can speak / talk four languages?
   
4. 
   My qualifications / qualities include a degree and an MA in chemistry.
   
5. 
   Our headteacher had had her hair cut and I didn't know / recognise her at first.
   
6. 
   In design and technology, we were given the effort / task of designing a stadium.
   
7. 
   You'll find plenty of books on the subject / lesson of business studies in the library.
   
8. 
   You have to read / study hard in order to do well at university.
   
9. 
   Look at what we did in today's lesson and we'll have a quick exam / test tomorrow morning.
   
10. 
    Our teacher asked us to choose one of our colleagues / classmates to be our partner for the next exercise.
    

TASK 14.3 Grammar

Complete the anecdote by choosing the best tense in each case: past continuous (was / were doing), past simple (did) or past perfect (had done).

A large corporation had just hired a new CEO. As the old CEO was leaving, he discreetly presented his successor with three envelopes numbered one, two and three. 'If you have a problem you can't solve, open the first of these,' he (1)_______________ (tell) the new CEO.

Well, at first things went smoothly, but after six months sales (2)______________(fall) by 10% and the shareholders were getting very impatient. The CEO (3)__________ (begin) to despair, when he remembered the envelopes the old CEO (4)________________ (give) him.
He went to his office, closed the door and opened the first envelope. The message read, 'Try blaming your predecessor.' The new CEO (5)__________ (call) a press conference and tactfully blamed the previous CEO for the company's problems. The shareholders and the press were satisfied with his explanations, and a few weeks later the CEO was relieved to see that sales (6)_____________ (improve) by 12%.
About a year later, the company was having serious production problems. The CEO (7)________ (learn) from his previous experience: as soon as he (8)_________(close) his office door, he opened the second envelope. The message read, 'You ought to reorganize.' He immediately reorganized production, and the company quickly recovered.