8. What is expected of the Sales Manager/ Personnel Manager/ Marketing Manager? List all the requirements to the person holding this position.

The Sales manager has to...

The Sales manager should be able to...

The Sales manager must...

The Sales manager ought to...

9. This draft letter of application is not suitable. Rewrite it using some of the expressions from the box, and making any other necessary changes.

Hello

I saw your ad in our local paper last week, so I want to apply for the job of

Communications Assistant.

I know I am the person you're looking for. I just got various A-levels from

school, and all my friends say they love chatting with me.

So write soon, and tell me when you want me to come for the interview.

Regards

10. Read the passage below about how to prepare for a job interview.

In each line 1-6 there is one wrong word. Write the correct word in the space provided.

Before you go for a job interview, make sure that you do

your homework. Find out as much as you could about the 1 can__________

company, about its history, about what it doing, how 2 _____________

many people it employ, and so on. During the interview, 3______________

try to keep to the point. Give complete answers, but do no 4______________

talk for longer then necessary. Finally, remember that 5_______________

you can ask the interviewer question. This will show that 6_______________

you are really interested in the opportunity.

11. You want to apply for the job in the advertisement below. Make a list of your personal qualities. Invent experience that would be useful for the job. Write a letter applying for the job.

Holiday helpers for disabled children

We are looking for enthusiastic people aged 16-18 to work as helpers on activity holidays for disabled children. The children we work with are aged between 8 and 11, and these holidays give them the chance for new experiences, such as horse-riding, sailing and swimming. You need to have lots of energy and enjoy working in a team. Experience of working with children would be an advantage, but is not essential. We offer a weekly allowance, free accommodation and the chance to do something really important.

Apply in writing, with your CV, to: alison@summerkids.com.

GRAMMAR REVIEW

12. Match two parts of the sentences and translate them.

I was having dinner when they called me for the meeting

he was having breakfast when he came into the room

The secretary was preparing coffee while I was baking a cake

My friend was making some tea when I looked out of the window

It was snowing hard when the visitors arrived

It wasn't raining when I got up this morning

It was drizzling when I left the office

13. Complete and read out the dialogues.

1 - Where was he living this time last year?

- In ….....

2 - Yesterday Mrs Smith interviewed Peter. The interview began at 10 and finished at 11. So she was interviewing him at 10.30. And was were you doing?

- I.........

3 - Do you remember what the weather was like that day?

- I remember that when I got up at 7 o'clock …......

4 - The weather was quite nasty that day. It rained all day long.

- You aren't quite right. When I returned home at 7...........