- •0501 "Економіка I підприємництво",
- •0502 "Менеджмент"
- •0501 "Економіка I підприємництво",
- •0502 "Менеджмент"
- •Vocabulary
- •Answer the following questions:
- •2.Form verbs and adjectives from the following nouns:
- •7.Match each term with its definition in the right-hand column:
- •8. Talk to your group-mates:
- •9. Comment on the following proverbs and sayings. Think over situations where you could use them.
- •Vocabulary
- •Form verbs and adjectives from the following nouns:
- •3.Find the corresponding synonyms in the right-hand column.
- •4.Match the verbs in column a with the nouns in b:
- •6.Match the words and phrases with the correct definition below:
- •7. Answer the following questions:
- •1. Form adjectives from the following nouns:
- •2. Give the English for:
- •4. Find suitable opposites to the following words and phrases:
- •5. Find the odd word.
- •7. These words frequently occur after ‘debt’.
- •8. Match the words and phrases with the correct definition below
- •9. Write the appropriate word or phrase in the following spaces. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
- •10. These words are often confused:
- •1. Form nouns and adjectives from the following verbs:
- •2. Give the English for:
- •3.Match words from list a with the words from list b that have a similar meaning:
- •4. Find suitable opposites to the following words and phrases:
- •7.. Match the words and phrases with their correct definition from the list below:
- •8. These words are often confused
- •9. Answer the following questions:
- •11. Comment on the following:
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Form adjectives from the following nouns:
- •2. Give the English for:
- •3.Match the words from list a with the words from list b that have the similar meaning:
- •5.Match the verbs in column a with the nouns in column b:
- •6.These words frequently occur before the word “market”.
- •8. Fill in the missing words which relate to business integration:
- •9. Write the appropriate word or phrase (below) in the following spaces. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
- •These words are often confused:
- •12. Answer the following questions:
- •13. Discuss:
- •14.Read the sentences with the following idioms. Translate them into Ukrainian.
- •Vocabulary
- •6.Match the words and phrases with their definition
- •6.Write the appropriate word or phrase in the following spaces. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
- •7. Fill in the gaps by choosing from the words below:
- •9. Study the following organizational chart which shows the different positions in a company:
- •10. Match each activity (1-8) with a department (a-h).
- •11. Answer the following questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Give the English for:
- •3. Match the words from list a with the words from list b that have a similar meaning:
- •4. Match the nouns in the left-hand column with the verbs in the right-hand column.
- •5. The following sentences could be used to describe jobs. Find sentences:
- •6These words frequently occur after the word “job”.
- •7. Match the words and phrases with their correct definition:
- •8. Write the appropriate word or phrase in the following spaces. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
- •9. These words are often confused:
- •10. Answer the following questions:
- •1. Form verbs from the following nouns:
- •3 Match the words from list a with the words from list b that have a similar meaning.
- •4. Find suitable opposites to the following words and phrases:
- •5. Match the adjectivess in the left hand column with the nouns in the right hand column.
- •7. Write the appropriate word or phrase in the following spaces. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
- •8. Fill in the missing prepositions.
- •Answer the following questions.
- •Read the sentences with the following idioms. Translate them into Ukrainian.
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Form nouns from the following verbs:
- •7. Write the appropriate word or phrase in the following spaces. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
- •8. Fill in the missing prepositions:
- •11. Read the following job advertisements. What kind of jobs do they offer? What skills are essential to the jobs? What are the duties?
- •Internal auditor
- •12. Imagine that you are interested in applying for one of these 2 above-mentioned jobs. Write a letter to the employer in which you:
- •13. Read an example and write down your own cv/resume:
- •Interests
- •15. Discuss with your group-mates which is the best way to recruit staff. Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of each of the following as a way of selecting people:
- •16. "Work is by no means the most important thing in life." Do you agree with this statement?
- •18. Familiarize yourself with the following idioms. Consult your dictionary and translate the sentences into Ukrainian. Think of situations where you could use them:
- •19. Comment on the following:
- •Interviewing
- •4.Find suitable opposites to the following words and phrases:
- •5. Match the nouns in the left hand column with the verbs in the right hand column
- •6. Look at the words and phrases with the correct definition:
- •7. Write the appropriate word or phrase in the following spaces. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
- •8. Fill in the missing prepositions.
- •12. Describe a job that you would or would not like to have and explain what skills and type of personality are required for it.
- •13. Discuss with your group-mates which of the following factors would be important to consider while choosing a company to work for:
- •15. Read the joke:
- •Vocabulary
- •1. Form nouns from the following verbs:
- •3. Match the words from list a with the words from list b that have a similar meaning.
- •4. These words frequently occur after "pay":
- •6.Match the words with the correct definition :
- •7. Write the appropriate word or phrase in the following spaces. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
- •8. Fill in the missing prepositions
- •9. These words are often confused:
- •10. Consult a dictionary and say whether these expressions refer to earning a high or a low salary. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
- •11. Answer the following questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •2. Give the English for:
- •3. Match words from list a with words from list в that have a similar meaning:
- •5. Match the words with the correct definition.
- •6. Divide the words and word combinations in the box into two columns.
- •7. Write the appropriate word or phrase in the following spaces. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
- •8. Fill in the missing prepositions.
- •10. Discuss with your group-mates the possibility of taking early retirement. Which in your opinion is the best retirement age?
- •11. Do you think that a redundancy payment can compensate job loss? If you were a manager of a big company would you try to do your best not to make your employees redundant?
- •12. Study the following notice. Discuss with your group-mates the reasons which will force you to fire your employee.
- •13. Familiarize yourself with the following idioms. Consult your dictionary and translate the sentences into Ukrainian. Think of situations where you could use them.
- •14. Speak on the problem of unemployment and its effect on people.
- •Vocabulary
- •3. Give the English for:
- •5. Look at these words which are used to describe computer equipment. Match them with the correct definition .
- •6. Write the appropriate word or phrase in the following spaces. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
- •8. Answer the following questions:
- •6. Not many people who communicate simultaneously on the Internet can type very quickly. A number of abbreviations have been adopted to make life easier for
- •8. Answer the following questions:
- •9. Talk to your groupmate about the Internet. Discuss the following points:
- •Vocabulary
- •2. The following words can be used in more than one way. Underline the correct part of speech for each word as it is used in the text.
- •4. Match the words with the correct definition .
- •Identifier, supplier, message, e-mail, domain name, rapid ,e-mail address
- •5. Study the verbs which are used when talking about communicating by e-mail. Consult your dictionary and translate them into Ukrainian.
- •6. Write the appropriate word or phrase in the following spaces. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
- •7. Which of these means of communication do you use?
- •8. Answer the following questions:
- •Vocabulary
- •6. Fill in the missing prepositions:
- •7. Answer the following questions:
- •Introducing new information
- •1 Choose the alternative that means the same as the word(s) in italics.
- •2 A company employee does these things, a)-e). Match each thing to one of the five unspoken rules in paragraph 2.
- •2 Are these sentences true or false?
- •1 Match the words on the left with a word or phrase on the right that has a similar meaning.
- •2. Work with a partner. Talk about the predictions in the text. Use the phrases below.
- •3 What about your own life, country and work? Work with a partner. Make one prediction about each of the following and add some ideas of your own:
- •1 Answer these questions.
- •3 Complete the gaps in the text using the verbs in the past form. They are all regular past verbs.
- •2 Choose the correct alternatives in italics.
- •3 Choose the correct verb forms in italics to complete the text.
- •4. Match each sentence with the meaning expressed by its verb.
- •5 Correct the three sentences that use the wrong form of the verb.
- •6 Complete the text with verbs from the box. Use either the present simple or present continuous tense.
- •7 Make questions for these answers. All the information is in the text in exercise c.
- •8. Choose the correct variant.
- •9. Complete these sentences using the correct form (Present Simple or Present Continuous) of the verbs in brackets.
- •10 Correct the e sentences that use the wrong form of the verb.
- •11. Translate into English.
- •2. Complete the interviewer's questions with the words from the box.
- •3 Match the interviewee's responses to the interviewer's questions in exercise 2.
- •4 Complete the dialogues with could or was able to.
- •5 Match the personal qualities with the abilities on the right
- •6 Complete the sentences using either could or managed to.
- •7 Read these rules of an online book club. Then answer the questions.
- •8 Complete sentences 1 to 8 with suitable endings a) to h).
- •1 Talking about plans or arrangements
- •2 Talking about present intentions
- •3 Making predictions
- •4 Making promises or offers
- •5 Official calendars and schedules
- •1 Complete the sentences with the appropriate form of the verbs' brackets.
- •2 Complete the dialogue with the appropriate form of the verbs in brackets. More than one answer is possible in some cases.
- •3 Work with a partner. You both work in Singapore. Next Monday, some colleagues from Head Office are arriving. Discuss the plan below and decide who will do what.
- •4 Write an email to your colleagues at Head Office. Explain the plan and tell them who is going to pick them up.
- •5 Choose the correct variant.
- •1 Stating a general rule
- •2 Speculating about the future
- •3 If and unless
- •4 Promising and threatening
- •1 Match the sentence halves.
- •2 If I unless
- •3 Complete the sentences with the correct tenses.
- •4 Rread the Cooperative bank's policy statements.
- •5 Look at the payment terms below. Write sentences linking the possible actions and events with the future results. Use conditional1.
- •6 Complete the extracts from company brochures with the present simple or future form of the verbs in brackets.
- •7 Work in pairs. Look at the alternatives below. Describe the result of taking each action.
- •8 Think of some real situations where you have to decide between two or more possible actions. Talk about them with your partner using If... , I'll
- •Irregular adverbs
- •Irregular adjectives
- •1. Divide the adjectives in the box into groups according to how the comparative and the superlative are formed.
- •2. Complete these sentences, using the correct form (comparative or superlative) of the adjectives in brackets.
- •3 . Make up sentences using the present perfect and a superlative adjective.
- •1 Important firsts
- •Invent discover make patent give land
- •2 The Bell story
- •3 An annual report
- •1 Cross out the incorrect sentence in each pair.
- •3 Write the time expressions from the box under the correct heading.
- •4 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the subjects below.
- •5 Read about Jeff Bezos and underline the correct verb forms.
- •7 Write questions for these answers about Amazon and Jeff Bezos.
- •8 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the Present Perfect.
- •9. Choose the correct variant:
- •10. Complete these sentences using the correct form (Past Simple or Present Perfect Simple) of the verbs in brackets.
- •11. True or false? Correct where necessary.
- •1 Passive verb forms
- •2 Focusing on the action
- •3 Focusing on information
- •4 Active or passive?
- •5 Describing a process
- •6 Change the following from active to passive.
- •7. Complete the sentences using the correct passive (simple) form of the verbs in brackets.
- •8. Translate into English:
- •9. Rewrite the sentences below using the correct form of the passive. Omit the agent if it isn't important.
- •Insurance companies see manual workers as high risk
3 . Make up sentences using the present perfect and a superlative adjective.
E.g. difficult decision/make
It's the most difficult decision I have ever made.
1 cheap hotel/stay in
2. fast car/drive
3. reasonable boss/work for
4. boring presentation/hear
5. difficult customers/deal with
6. good product/produce
7. bad job/have
8. simple computer program/use
9. reliable bank/deal with
10. profitable contract/make
11. bad mistake/make
12. expensive thing/buy
13. big company/work for
14. long meeting/be to
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PAST SIMPLE
Form I / you / he / she / it / we / they worked.
I / you / he / she / it / we / they did not work.
Did I / you / he / she / it / we / they work?
I / he / she / it was late. You / we / they were late.
Was I / he / she / it late? Were you / we / they late?
Uses
l Talking about completed actions that happened in the past
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
'Did you read the contract?' 'Yes, and I sent it back to the legal department.'
2 Referring to a definite moment or period in the past
I met the president yesterday.
I spoke to them an hour ago.
Ted Turner launched CNN in 1980.
The standard of living in Europe went up during the 1960s. Did you discuss the problem at last week's meeting?
3 Describing something, e.g. the history of a company
When George Eastman introduced the first Kodak camera in 1888, he wanted to supply the tools of photography at the lowest possible price to the greatest number of people. The rapid growth of his business made large-scale production a necessity. The creation of ingenious tools and processes for manufacturing film enabled the Eastman company to turn out high-quality merchandise at prices that put them within the reach of the general public.
4 In reports, e.g. a company's annual report
We use the past simple in annual reports when they refer back to the previous year's trading:
Last year was a tough year for our group. On the one hand, we earned more than a billion dollars, we generated record cash flow and many of our businesses posted big gains in sales, profit and market share. On the other hand, our total earnings declined, our overseas subsidiaries experienced major problems and our US production facilities underperformed.
EXERCISES
1 Important firsts
What made these people famous? Write true sentences, and change the form of the verb.
Invent discover make patent give land
Example: John Logie Baird gave- the first public demonstration of television in 1926.
1 John Logie Baird
2 The Wright brothers
3 Neil Armstrong
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4 Pierre and Marie Curie
5 Gutenberg
6 Isaac Singer
the first flight in 1903.
Radium in 1902
sewing machine in 1851.
the first public demonstration of television in 1926.
the printing press in 1434.
on the surface of the moon in 1969.
2 The Bell story
Complete each paragraph, using the verbs below.
have say begin introduce open
In 1985 Simon Bell …………………….. his computer business at the University his company ……………………. the Z5000 machine which the magazine PC Journal ……………………'may become the next industry benchmark'. The following year he ……………………… an office in the United States and soon
…………………. offices in 28 countries.
amount decide employ run go
In 1989, Bell …………………………… public. By now the firm ………………750 people and sales ………………………. to over $159 million. Then two years later employees ……….…… to celebrate 1 April by hanging a giant inflatable banana outside company headquarters, the first of many publicity stunts. On another occasion the CEO ………………….. the London marathon.
set up launch total offer
In 1992 Bell …………….. free installation of applications software as a standard option and in 1993………………….. the low-priced Explorer PCs, one of the most highly praised systems in the industry. In 1996 Bell ……………….. an Internet computer store, through its website www.bell.com.
Last year sales …………………… more than $10 million a day.