A new diploma will replace A Level examinations. Here is a sample paper.

 

BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES

Mr Brown in Manchester needs to speak to Mr Jones in London. Manchester is a big town in the north of England. London is a vast network of vibrant and diverse 21st Century urban villages in the south of England. Mr Brown is using the telephone. This is what he is saying to Miss Robertson, who answered the telephone.

 

 

Mr Brown: Hello, this is Alan Brown. I’d like to speak to David Jones please.

Miss Robertson: I’m sorry. Mr Jones is not here. He always has 'lunch' at one o’clock.

Mr Brown: When will he be in the office? I need to tell him something.

Miss Robertson: He’ll be back at two o’clock, perhaps a little later if the drinking makes him depressed. I’m his secretary. Would you like me to take a massage?

Mr Brown: Yes, please. I’m visiting your company in London tomorrow morning. I’ve written a report for Mr Jones about a new laptop computer that you are going to buy from my company, Moss Side Used Laptops.

Miss Robertson: What time will you arrive?

Mr Brown: I’m going to travel by train from Manchester. I’m leaving Manchester at nine o’clock. I don’t know when I arrive in London, I'm travelling Virgin. And I’ve lost my timetable.

Miss Robertson: Don't worry about the Virgin timetable. I have one that is intact. I’ll check what time your train arrives in London and I’ll tell Mr. Jones.

Mr Brown: Thank you. Where is your office?

Miss Robertson: The office is near the big railway station in London. You must come out of the station and turn left. Our office is the tall building near the adult cinema.

Mr Brown: Thank you. Please tell Mr Jones that I will see him tomorrow. Cheerio!

 

Read these sentences. Some are true and some are false.

Put a tick in the TRUE or FALSE box.

	true	false
B1 London is within itself, and to the south.
B2 Miss Robertson is a Catholic.
B3 David Jones used to be in The Monkees.
B4 A police computer contains a report about Alan Brown.
B5 Mr Jones and Miss Robertson change at Bletchley.
B6 Mr Brown is going to the wrong place.
B7 Miss Robertson is a figment of Mr Brown's search engine.
B8 Mr Brown has someone else's telephone.
B9 Mr Brown wants to trick Mr Jones into staying at the pub.
B10 Miss Robertson will see Mr Jones and his laptop this evening.
B11 Miss Robertson is tempting on a short-term contract.