PwC English Assessment: Practice Questions & Worked Solutions

She was so furious that she went over the boss’s ____ and went straight to the CEO.

Company Y is a small company that has built up a big customer base over the past few years. We are here to see what we can do to help the company ____ its growth. I have some ideas for new investments. Who would like to start?

They do have high hopes for him and fingers crossed for his business ____. It doesn’t matter even a bit that he just turned into their main competitor.

I think you have to just ____ on this one. The paper trail is going to lead right back to you, and it was your responsibility to check the liabilities before signing off, right? If I were you, I’d start prepping my plan B and calling my headhunter.

The chief economist said today our economic climate is fairly moderate. I’d say a ____ economy is just what the doctor ordered for our press release tomorrow.

Why don’t you try to ____ your workforce just a little? It looks to me that you just need some fresh blood and ideas to get things moving, or some new ideas being thrown in the mix. I see too much homogeneity here.

If I were you, I ____ do that. Someday you may get caught.

Let’s just sit down and ____ this data together. We have to get this in order to be able to understand anything from it. For now, it’s just a bunch of random numbers, and we have only three hours until we need to give a logical presentation of it all.

My boss wanted me to stay and get ____ on what went on in the meeting yesterday, and then I apologised for my tardiness.

Company X is a ____ integrated company with its own wine plantations; it is also a shipping company.

Running a business is akin to walking a tightrope. It may only take a second for you to ____!

Before you place any orders for company cars, please remember that the government put a ____ on the number of vehicles of that particular brand arriving in the country.

We know that this is not going to be cheap and you can’t give us the exact number, but could you give us a/an ____ figure?

I’m so ____ of the loop, I don’t know what’s going on right now; don’t ask me!

We need to move ____ the misunderstandings here and think how the decisions we make today will impact us in ten years.

I think he ____ do what you just said, but you are aware of his reputation, so I’m not sure about that. He could just as well board a plane to Bermuda and be off tonight!

I ____ be out of the office tomorrow; it’s my holiday.

I know you want to sell as many products as you can this month, but try not to ____ again. Customers will notice it and we’ll fall out of their favour faster than you can say “sorry.”

My boss wants to relocate our production plants, and our partners are definitely onboard. However, I want to be sure I know how it is going to influence the company’s ____ should this happen. Do you remember the 2016 fiasco? We don’t need another pitfall like that.

What is the closest reference meaning of these words: “foreign,” “sound,” “speculative,” “long-term”?

This all looks new to me. I’ve actually never come ____ these new budget plans.

We do want to branch ____ to other sectors of the industry in Romania.

He ____ with her about how she dealt with clients on her latest project; he was not happy about her manner of acting.

Does he have the appropriate ____ for this position?

We sued the magazine for ____ comments about our environmental policies that were clearly made up.

They have to think outside the ____ to get new ideas.

I don’t like ____ of these solutions. Let’s keep brainstorming.

I won’t be able to meet that ____ next week; I’m just too busy and I’ve already agreed to work this weekend!

If we just cut our inventory costs, our overhead rates would fall ____ and our profitability would increase.

____ as I am to speak to such a distinguished audience, I would like to thank you all for coming here tonight. I hope you won’t be disappointed.