- •Передмова
- •Company structure
- •Vocabulary exercises and activities
- •Talking points Describing your department
- •Grammar Practice Present Simple – Present Continuous – State verbs – Linking Words/Phrases Relative Pronouns – Relative Adverbs – Position of Prepositions in Relative Clauses – Adverbs of Frequency
- •1. A) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of present simple or present continuous.
- •2. Underline the correct form of the verb.
- •3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of present simple or present continuous.
- •4. Underline the correct linking words/phrases.
- •5. Join the sentences using who, which or whose, as in the example.
- •6. Put the adverbs of frequency in the correct position.
- •Test yourself
- •1. Choose the correct item.
- •2. Cross out the unnecessary word.
- •Forms of business in the united kingdom
- •Grammar Practice Past Simple – Past Continuous – Present Perfect Simple – Have gone (to) – Have been (to) – Present Perfect Continuous – The Definite Article – Clauses of Result
- •1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the past simple.
- •2. Underline the correct form of the verb.
- •3. A policeman asking a witness about an accident he saw. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past continuous.
- •4. Put the verbs in brackets into present perfect simple.
- •8. Fill in the gaps with so, such or such a(n).
- •Test yourself
- •9. Cross out the unnecessary word.
- •Management styles
- •Diagram: Different forms of management styles
- •What type of manager are you?
- •Grammar Practice Used to – Linking Words – Past Perfect Simple – Past Perfect Continuous – Must/Mustn’t/Needn’t – Comparative/Superlative forms
- •4. Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect or past simple, then say which action happened first.
- •5. Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect or the past perfect continuous.
- •7. Tick the correct sentence.
- •8. Put the adjectives into the comparative or superlative form.
- •Test yourself
- •1. Choose the correct item.
- •2. Complete each sentence with two to five words, including the word in bold.
- •Meeting a business partner
- •Greetings
- •Leavetaking
- •Closing phrases
- •Illustrative Dialogues
- •Grammar Practice Time Clauses – Future Simple – Be going to – Present Continuous – Time Conjunctions – Type 1 Conditionals – Future Continuous – Future Perfect – Linking Words/Phrases
- •2. Underline the correct word(s).
- •3. Put a tick next to the sentences which are correct (ν)and cross out (χ)the unnecessary word in the sentences that are incorrect.
- •4. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
- •5. Put the verbs in brackets into the future simple or the future continuous.
- •7. Put the verbs in brackets into the future simple, the future continuous or the future perfect.
- •8. Choose the correct linking words/phrases in bold to join the sentences below.
- •9. Put the verbs in brackets into the future simple or the be going to form.
- •Test yourself
- •1. Choose the correct item.
- •2. Write questions to which the words in bold are the answers.
- •Small talk
- •Small Talk: Conversation Starters
- •Small Talk Practice : At the Office
- •Small talk quiz
- •Talking point
- •Grammar Practice Reported Speech – Say/tell – Reported Statements – Reported questions – Reported Commands/Requests/Instructions – Introductory Verbs – Indirect Questions
- •3. Turn the following questions from direct into reported speech.
- •4. Turn the questions from direct speech into reported speech. (At the shop)
- •5. Complete each sentence with two to five words, including the word in bold.
- •6. Complete the following indirect questions.
- •7. Fill in the gaps with introductory verbs in the list in the correct form. Order invite admit threaten deny beg offer command complain
- •8. Turn the following sentences into reported speech.
- •Test yourself
- •Business trip
- •How you scored:
- •Grammar Practice The Passive – Changing from Active to Passive – Questions in Passive – As – Like
- •1. Choose the correct answers (Active or Passive).
- •2. Put the verbs in brackets into a suitable passive tense.
- •3. Choose the best way of continuing after each sentence.
- •5. Rewrite the following in the passive.
- •8. Fill in the gaps with as or like.
- •Telephoning
- •Incoming Calls:
- •Telephone - connecting quiz
- •Telephone - wrong number quiz
- •Telephone - appointments quiz
- •Comprehension сheck and vocabulary exercises
- •Grammar Practice The Modals
- •2. Permission: can, could, may, might, be allowed to. There are mistakes in some of these sentences. Find the mistakes and correct them.
- •7. Possibility: may, might, could. Re-write each sentence making it unsure. Use the words in brackets.
- •8. Possibility: can. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use can or may.
- •9. Probability: should, ought to. Re-write each sentence making it probable. Use the word in brackets.
- •10. Deduction: must, can't. Complete the sentences. Use must or can't and the correct form of the verb in brackets.
- •11. Requests, offers and suggestions. Write what you could say in these situations using the words in brackets.
- •Test yourself
- •1. Review of possibility, probability and deduction. Choose the correct answer(а, в or c).
- •2. Review of permission and obligation. Choose the most suitable answer (а, в or с)
- •Texts for reading
- •1. The Spirit of an Organization
- •In his service
- •2. Ten Effective Job Search Strategies
- •3. Multitasking.
- •4. International Business
- •5. We Europeans
- •6. Internet
- •Appendix 1
- •Irregular Verbs List
- •Verb to be
Grammar Practice Used to – Linking Words – Past Perfect Simple – Past Perfect Continuous – Must/Mustn’t/Needn’t – Comparative/Superlative forms
1. Rewrite each person’s comments using used to or didn’t use to, as in the example.
e.g. Deborah – I don’t work in a clothes shop any more…. She used to work in a clothes shop.
Don – I’ve got a motorcycle now.
Janet – I live on a boat now.
Adam – I haven’t got a beard now.
Lou – I grow my own vegetables now.
Kate – I don’t watch TV every day any more.
Peter – I go to the theatre once a week now.
Anne – I know how to use a computer now.
2. Join the sentences below using when, while, so or as/because.
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3. Complete the sentences using so or because.
We overslept ………… the alarm clock didn’t go off.
I’m really tired ……….. I stayed up late last night.
The library was closed, ……….. we went to the bookshop instead.
I was bored ……….. I had nothing to do.
Jean was hungry, ………… she made herself a sandwich.
4. Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect or past simple, then say which action happened first.
I …………..……. (just/wake up) when someone …………….… (knock) on the front door.
I ………...….… (have) my bus pass in my pocket but didn’t realize it ……...……. (expire).
By the time she …………………. (reach) the harbor, the ferry ……………………. (leave).
Maria …………..…….. (never/see) the ocean before she ………………. (leave) her village.
She ....…. (enjoy) her visit to the Rome although she ………. (already/go) there once before.
He ………….….………. (apologize) because he ………………….…… (miss) the meeting.
Lorna ……………………. (look) wonderful after she …………..….…… (lose) a few kilos.
After they ………… (finish) their picnic, they ……….. (take) their rubbish home with them.
When she ……..….…..……… (hang up) the phone she ………………………. (realize) she …………….…………(forget) to take down the caller’s name and number.
He ………….….……. (already/pack) his suitcase before he ………...…….……..(go) to bed.
5. Put the verbs in brackets into the past perfect or the past perfect continuous.
They …………………. (drive) for two hours before they finally reached their destination.
Emily …………………. (write) five letters by lunchtime.
The doctor told John to stay in bed until he …………………. (fully/recover).
He …………………. (iron) all morning when his wife arrived.
Peter …………………. (already/learn) to read and write before he started to school.
The baby …………………. (cry) for half an hour before it finally fell asleep.
The burglar …………………. (get away) by the time the police arrived.
How long …………………. (they/dance) in competitions when they retired?
They were exhausted because they …………………. (play) chess all day.
By the time we joined them they …………………. (already/order) their meal.
6. Fill in the gaps with must, mustn’t or needn’t.
You ……………….. take photos when you are in the National Museum.
You ……………….. smoke when you are at the petrol station.
He ……………….. come to the party if he doesn’t want to.
You ……………….. buy that book. I can lend you mine.
You ……………….. wear formal clothes in order to attend the reception.
You ……………….. go to the bank. I can give you some money.
You ……………….. come tomorrow. There’s not much work to do.
When on plane, you ……………….. turn off your mobile phone.