- •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
7. Possibility: may, might, could. Re-write each sentence making it unsure. Use the words in brackets.
e.g. Sarah lent Simon some money, (might) Sarah might have lent Simon some money.
It will rain tonight. (may)
Peter is in the Sports centre. (could)
Sally wrote to the bank. (might)
Ken didn't see me. (may)
I won't be here tomorrow. (might)
The robbers had a key to the office. (may)
The children aren't asleep. (might)
People will be living on the moon in the year 2050. (could)
9 Mike didn't receive my letter. (may) 10 Those people are waving at us. (might)
8. Possibility: can. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use can or may.
e.g. It is sometimes very hot here in the summer. It can be very hot here in the summer.
Perhaps it will be very hot here tomorrow. It ______
Perhaps I am wrong. I ______
3 It is possible for anyone to be wrong. Anyone ______
Cats sometimes live for 20 years. Cats ______
Perhaps your cat will live for 20 years. Your cat ______
9. Probability: should, ought to. Re-write each sentence making it probable. Use the word in brackets.
e.g. Kate is very happy, (should) Kate should be very happy.
Simon is in his room. (should)
I'll finish the book soon. (ought to)
Maria received the letter yesterday. (should) 4 We won't be late home tonight. (shouldn't) 5 My parents arrived at their hotel a few hours ago. (ought to)
10. Deduction: must, can't. Complete the sentences. Use must or can't and the correct form of the verb in brackets.
1 You haven't eaten all day. You ______ hungry. (be)
2 You ______ cold. It's 30 degrees in the shade! (be)
There are no lights on in the office. Everyone ______ home, (go)
Peter ______ ill. I've just seen him playing tennis, (be)
5 I ______ my bag on the train. I can remember having it with me when I got off the train. (leave)
You drove home at night without any lights on? You ______ crazy! (be)
'I've just finished reading War and Peace in Russian.' 'That ______ a long time!' (take)
11. Requests, offers and suggestions. Write what you could say in these situations using the words in brackets.
e.g. You offer to make someone a cup of coffee. (Shall?) Shall I make you a cup of coffee?
You ask to use the phone in a friend's house. (Can?)
You ask the waiter for the menu in a restaurant. (Could?)
You ask your teacher to explain something to you. (Could?)
You ask a friend to lend you some money. (Would?)
You are carrying a lot of bags. You ask a stranger to open a door for you. (Would/mind?)
You offer to give a friend a lift home in your car. (I'll)
You offer to show a friend how to use a photocopier. (Shall?)
You suggest to a friend that you have a walk in the park. (How about?)
You invite someone to the cinema this evening, (you like?)
You ask a friend to suggest where you can meet tomorrow, (shall we?)
You suggest to a friend that you go swimming this weekend. (Let's)
You suggest to a friend that you watch a video this evening. (Why don't?)