- •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
5. Put the verbs in brackets into the future simple or the future continuous.
Anna: |
Do you want to go camping this weekend? |
Jan: |
I’d love to. I ………….. (call) you tonight and we an arrange everything. |
Anna: |
Alright. Do you mind if Ellen comes with us? |
Jan: |
Of course not. As a matter of fact, I ………….. (see) her for lunch so I …………. (ask) her then. |
Anna: |
OK. I ………….. (probably/be) home at around 8 o’clock so call me then. |
Jan: |
Great! Just think, in three days’ time, we …………… (put up) our tents! |
Anna: |
Oh yes! And we …………… (sit) around a camp fire, grilling delicious fresh fish. |
Jan: |
I can’t wait! |
6. Fill in the gaps with by the time, until, by or by then.
Jake will have done the shopping ………… the children come home from school.
Have you mended mu bike yet? – No, I won’t have mended it ………… the end of the week.
Will you have booked your train ticket ………… Thursday?
I won’t have finished work …..… 8 o’clock tonight. – You poor thing. I’ll have dinner …..…
We will have completed our project ………….. the end of the month.
Dave will have fixed the washing machine ………….. you get home.
7. Put the verbs in brackets into the future simple, the future continuous or the future perfect.
Sally can’t come to the cinema on Friday because she………..… (babysit) for her little brother then.
I …………… (finish) typing all the letters by the time Mr Howard arrives.
Weather forecasters predict that it ……………. (snow) this winter.
……………… (you/go) to the supermarket later? – Yes, why? – can you pick up some milk and eggs?
Don’t talk so loudly, you …………… (wake up) Grandad.
Ashley …………….. (be) five years old in May.
8. Choose the correct linking words/phrases in bold to join the sentences below.
Keeping a horse as a pet is very expensive. Feeding and maintaining one costs a lot of money. (because/furthermore)
Using public transport is easy and convenient. It is cheap. (and/however)
Living in a big city is stressful. It can often be unhealthy. (also/on the other hand)
Life in the future will be a lot different from how it is today. I don’t think it will be exciting. (because/although)
9. Put the verbs in brackets into the future simple or the be going to form.
My car is old. I ……………..…- (look for) a new one next month.
It’s raining outside. Take an umbrella or you …………… (get) wet.
The buses are not running tomorrow. Peter …………… (walk) to work.
4 “I …………… (pay) for the drinks this time. It’s my turn.”
5 I’m sure John …………… (not/miss) tonight’s match on TV.
6 “The dog is dirty.” “I know. I …………… (wash) him in a few minutes.”
7 It’s Sarah’s birthday tomorrow. Her husband …………… (probably/cook) something special for her.
8 Mary …………… (give) a party next week. She has already invited most of her friends.
Test yourself
1. Choose the correct item.
1. The problem of pollution ………… worse these days. A will get B got C is getting
2 This time next month I ………… in a new house.
A will live B am living C will be living
3 Peter ………… forty years old in January.
A be B will be C has been
4 Look at the sunshine! It ………… a beautiful day.
A is going to be B is being C be
5 Tim …………… work by six o’clock this evening.
A will have left B is leaving C leave
6 We …………… the lock fixed before we went on holiday.
A had had B will be having C have had
7 My brother …………… eighteen years old next year.
A will be B is being C was
8 I’ve got time tomorrow, so I ………… the shopping if you like.
A will do B am doing C have done
9 By the time we get home, we …………… for six hours.
A will travel B will have been raveling C are raveling
10 The children …………… to bed by the time the guests arrived.
A have already gone B will go C had already gone