Have you got a job in a company? If so, answer these questions as quickly as you can.
What does your job involve?
Are you responsible for anything or anyone?
Have you had much training from your company?
Have the company sent you on any training courses?
Have you been promoted since you started in the company?
Do you normally get a good pay rise at the end of each year?
How do you feel about your future prospects in the company?
Are you happy in the job or do you feel it is time for a fresh challenge in another company?
COLLOCATIONS - BUSINESS
Complete the sentences using the following words:
Verbs: do get down to give go into go out of set up in
Adjectives: big core
Nouns: card class cycle ethics hours leaders partners plan school trip
English language teaching is ……………….. business in this town. Thousands of students come here every year.
There’s such a lot of bureaucracy, so many regulations, so much red tape, it’s almost impossible to ………………………… business there.
I travel business ……………… because it’s comfortable, and I arrive relaxed and ready to …………….. business straight away.
Look, I told you, we have to invite him for dinner because I think he’s going to …………….. me a lot f business.
She has such good ideas she really ought to …………….. business.
She’s over in Hong Kong looking for new business …………….. .
That’s the last time I go on a business …………….. to Canada in January: I waited two days in the airport for the snow to stop.
The bank refused to lend me any money because they weren’t convinced by the business ……………….. I showed them.
The opposition spokesman claimed that the government had clearly lost the confidence of business …………….. .
He …………….. business just three days after leaving business …………….. .
The trouble with this job is that I deal with Japanese and Latin American customers who phone me at home at night, because they’re in bed during our business …………….. .
Wait a second, let me give you my e=mail address; I don’t think it’s on my business …………….. .
We’re going to divest the subsidiaries we bought in the 1980s and concentrate on our …………….. business.
Well, if there isn’t an upturn in the business …………….. soon, about a quarter of the firms in this town are going to …………….. business.
We seem to have different conceptions of business …………….. . I’m talking about our responsibilities to our employees; you’re talking about maximizing profits.
Translate the collocations into Russian.
GRAMMAR
Choose the most suitable form in the sentences.
I suddenly remembered that I forgot/had forgotten my keys.
While Diana watched/was watching her favourite TV programme, there was a power-cut.
Tom used to live/would live in the house at the end of the street. Who was driving/drove the car at the time of the accident?
By the time Sheila got back, Chris went/had gone.
David ate/had eaten Japanese food before, so he knew what to order.
I did/was doing some shopping yesterday, when I saw that Dutch friend of yours.
I used to like/was liking sweets much more than I do now.
What exactly were you doing/did you do when I came into your office yesterday?
Laura missed the party because no-one was telling/had told her about it.
Tanya would/used to be a doctor.
Who was driving/drove the car at the time of the accident?
Put the verb in brackets into a suitable past form.
While I (try) ……………… to get my car started, a passing car (stop) ……………….. and the driver (offer) ……………….. to help me.
The police (pay) …………….. no attention to Claire’s complaint because she (phone) ……………….. them so many times before.
Mary (not wear) ……………….. her glasses at the time, so she (not notice) …………….. what kind of car the man (drive) ……………….. .
Nick (lie) ………………..down on the grass for a while , next to some tourists who (feed) ……………….. the ducks.
Tony (admit) ……………….. that he (hit) ……………… the other car, but said that he (not damage) ……………….. it.
Sorry I (not listen) ………………. To you. I (think) ………………. About something else.
Helen (feel) ……………….. very tired, and when she (finish) ………………. Her work, she (fall) ……………….. asleep.
The police (get) ……………… to Claire’s house as fast as they could, but the burglars (disappear) ……………….. .
I (phone) ………………. You last night but you (not answer) ………………. . What you (do) …………….. ?
We (not go) ……………….. out yesterday because it (rain) ………………. .
Put the verbs in brackets into a suitable past verb form.
When Professor Mallory, the famous archaeologist, ……………….. (invite) me to take part in his expedition to find the Lost City of the Himalayas, I ……………….. (not hesitate) to accept his invitation. Mallory ………………… (discover) an ancient map showing the position of the City, although no European ……………….. (ever go) to the area before. In fact, most of Mallory’s colleagues either ……………. (believe) that the City …………….. (never exist) or …………….. (feel) that it ……………….. (vanish) long ago and ……………….. (become) simply a legend. According to the Professor, the builders of the City …………….. (hide) it among the mountains in order to protect its immense riches. He ……………… (believe) that the descendants of these ancient people …………….. (still keep) themselves apart from the rest of mankind for the very same reasons. So when we ……………….. (set off) on a cool May morning towards the distant mountains, each of us ……………. (look forward) to exciting discoveries. For a week or more we ……………… (climb) higher and higher, following the map, which Mallory ……………… (study) from time to time. Then one afternoon, while we …………….. (rest) at the top of a valley, we ………………(notice) that a rider on a horse …………….. (wave) at
us from the other side of the valley. A rider whose clothes …………….. (shine) like gold!
- Wordlist
- Kitchen Utensils & Recipes
- Match the pairs, then make up sentences.
- Match the opposites, then name foods or drinks which can go with each.
- Put each verb in brackets either in the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.
- Unit 2 Word list
- To set up a company
- Supply the missing questions.
- 4. Answer these general knowledge questions about work.
- 5. Think about your own job. Can you explain your responsibilities and daily duties in English?
- Match 1-5 with the specific job descriptions a-e
- 2. When you look up a word, you can also use your dictionary to increase your vocabulary by learning related words and phrases. Find out if your dictionary helps you to answer these questions.
- 3. In the word “island”, the letter “s” is silent. Use your dictionary to find the silent letters in these words.
- Decide if the speaker is using British English or American English, and cross out the incorrect answer.
- Formal English
- Informal English
- Rewrite the sentences in more informal English.
- Rewrite the letter in more formal English.
- Use your dictionary to find out if these underlined words are either formal or informal.
- With the meaning “not”
- Verb prefixes: un- and dis-
- Other verb prefixes
- Agree with these statements.
- Complete the verbs in these sentences.
- Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
- Complete the sentences with a negative adjective.
- Include information about the following:
- Organize these words into pairs of opposites and put them in the columns below.
- What prefix forms the opposite of each of these words?
- How would you describe the person in each of these descriptions?
- What nouns can be formed from these adjectives?
- Match the adjectives in the box to the sentences.
- Make nouns from the adjectives in the previous exercise.
- Complete the sentences with the adjectives from the box.
- Answer these questions.
- Answer the questions using –ed or –ing adjectives.
- Match these –ing adjectives with the nouns.
- Answer the following questions:
- It is a good idea to ask questions about the words you learn. Discuss the answers.
- Identify the nationalities and languages of the residents of the following capitals.
- 1. Put one suitable word in each space.
- 2. Put one suitable word in each space, beginning with the letter given.
- Vocabulary exercises
- 3. At the airport
- 1. Complete the text with the words from the box.
- Can you write down a vegetable and fruit:
- Which is the odd one out in each group and why?
- Complete these sentences about yourself and your country.
- Read the first two paragraphs of the article. Answer the questions.
- Read the rest of the article and make lists of the following things.
- Discuss these questions :
- Which o the four endings are not correct?
- Think of two more ways you can finish each sentence starter in exercise a.
- Put the sports into groups according to what you think they have in common.
- Here are some people talking about their hobbies. Can you guess what the hobby is in each case?
- Complete these sentences with a suitable verb.
- Answer these questions.
- Complete each sentence with a word from the box.
- Put each verb in the brackets into a suitable passive form.
- Radisson sas Portman Hotel, London
- Langley Castle Hotel, Northumberland
- The Metropole Hotel, Cornwall
- Old Oxenhope Hall Cottage, West Yorkshire
- 4) Read the article again, chose one hotel and make notes under the headings below. Then, use your notes to talk about it.
- 5) Make notes under the same headings for a place you have stayed on holiday. Then use your notes to write a short article about it. Use the given article as a model.
- Wimbledon
- The Super Bowl
- To benefit from
- You have an important form to fill in and you know it’ll take at least two hours to do it properly. It’s Tuesday today and you have to hand it in by nine o’clock on Friday morning at the latest.
- 2. You bump into a friend you haven’t seen for ages in the street – she suggests a night out together next week.
- 5. You’ve been given an important message for a friend.
- 6. You’re due to be at a meeting in another town at three o’clock. You know it’ll take you at least thirty minutes to get there.
- 7. You’re about to go on holiday. It’s eight o’clock the evening before. Your friend is picking you up to take you to the airport at eight-thirty tomorrow morning.
- Conclusions to the quiz
- Getting a job
- Moving up
- Leaving the company
- Hard times
- Happier times
- Write a synonym for each of these words/ phrases.
- Complete these sentences with a suitable word or phrase.
- Complete this word-building table.
- Have you got a job in a company? If so, answer these questions as quickly as you can.
- Fill in the correct form of the verb in brackets (to –infinitive or –ing form), as in the examples.
- Write the correct form of the verb in brackets.
- Match the phrases in Column a to those in Column b to make complete sentences.
- Use the phrases to make up sentences about yourself.
- Talk about the article from memory using these prompts:
- III. Find the equivalents (in the box) to the words, given below:
- 1) Modals to express obligations
- 2) Modals to express permission
- In the following dialogue, which person do you agree with?
- Vocabulary list
- I. Find the equivalents (in the box) to the words given below:
- Vocabulary money
- Vocabulary
- 1A Complete the statements with the words in the box
- 1B Work with a partner to discuss the statements.
- 2 Match the people in the box with their job role.
- 3 Work with a partner to discuss the following.
- Freecycle
- 1. Meaning
- 1. Work is pairs. If you are working, discuss whether you think networking meetings would be good for your company. If you are studying, discuss whether you think networking could help you find a job.
- 2. Read the role card and prepare what you are going to say.
- Vocabulary list
- Vocabulary
- 1 Number of emails
- 2 Technology
- 3 Stress
- 2. Work with a partner. Write two possible recommendations for the end of the report. If you need help, look at the list below.
- Vocabulary list
- 5. Underline the correct form of the verb.
- 6. Underline the correct phrase.
- 7. Write the verbs in this conversation in the present perfect continuous.
- 8. Complete each sentence with since or for.
- 9. Look at these mini-dialogues. Write full questions using the present perfect simple of continuous form.
- 2 Read the leaflet again and decide if these statements are true or false.
- 3 Match a word from each column to make noun combinations about work and interviews.
- 4 Complete sentences 1-8 with noun combinations from Exercise 3.
- 5. Do these jobs exist in your country? Can you translate them into your language?
- IV. Reading