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enCapital Letters: Multiple Choice Grammar Test
A New Zealand boss saw red after one of his employees (1) ________ block capitals in e-mails to colleagues.
Vicki Walker, an accountant in Auckland, (2) ________ after her co-workers complained (3) ________ her use of caps.
Members of staff at ProCare Health were angry (4)________ Ms Walker for (5) ________ her mails with sentences in capital letters, bold and red text. They said they (6) ________ the e-mails «confrontational».
Bosses at ProCare dismissed Ms Walker for (7) ________ «disharmony» in the workplace. Walker took the company to court and sued for unfair dismissal. She won the case and ProCare (8) ________ pay her US $11,500 .
According to the New Zealand Herald newspaper, Ms Walker is still not happy. She plans to appeal for (9) ________ compensation. She also wants to speak out for greater protection for office workers when they are in disputes with big companies. Walker said too many white-collar workers feel (10) ________ when large employers fire them. She says many people (11) ________ to fight for justice with their bosses because of the financial and mental stresses (12) ________. She used her own experience as an example: «I am a single woman with a mortgage, and I had to re-mortgage my home and borrow money... to make it through. They nearly ruined my life». This case highlights a widespread uncertainty regarding «netiquette» and e-mails.
| A | B | C | D | |
| 1 | uses | being used | had used | was used |
| 2 | fired | was fired | firing | had fired |
| 3 | for | in | on | about |
| 4 | by | at | with | on |
| 5 | constant being filled | constantl fill | constantly filled | constantly filling |
| 6 | found | had found | find | founded |
| 7 | cause | to be caused | being caused | causing |
| 8 | did not have to | has to | had to | have had to |
| 9 | further | farther | more far | more further |
| 10 | helpless | helplessly | . helply | helping |
| 11 | not being prepared | are not prepared | not prepared | having not prepared |
| 12 | are involved | to involve | involving | involved |
1.C; 2.B; 3.D; 4.C; 5.D; 6.A; 7.D; 8.C; 9.A; 10.A; 11.B; 12.D
