- •Передмова
- •Company structure
- •Vocabulary exercises and activities
- •Talking points Describing your department
- •Describing the activity of a department
- •Describing the staffing of the department
- •Describing the equipment/ premises of a 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.
- •5. Fill in the gaps with have/has gone or have/has been.
- •6. Fill in the gaps with the present perfect continuous form of the verbs in the list below. Talk wait work ride
- •7. Underline the correct word(s).
- •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
- •Semi-formal, informal
- •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
- •Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.
- •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.
- •3. Obligation and necessity . Re-write the sentences using the words in brackets.
- •4. Complete each sentence using the most suitable word in the box. Must have to have to had to having to have to
- •5. Needn't have and didn't need to. There are mistakes in some of these sentences. Find the mistakes and correct them.
- •6. Obligation and advice. Choose the most suitable answer — а, в or с
- •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.
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Don – I’ve got a motorcycle now.
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Janet – I live on a boat now.
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Adam – I haven’t got a beard now.
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Lou – I grow my own vegetables now.
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Kate – I don’t watch TV every day any more.
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Peter – I go to the theatre once a week now.
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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.
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We overslept ………… the alarm clock didn’t go off.
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I’m really tired ……….. I stayed up late last night.
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The library was closed, ……….. we went to the bookshop instead.
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I was bored ……….. I had nothing to do.
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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.
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I …………..……. (just/wake up) when someone …………….… (knock) on the front door.
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I ………...….… (have) my bus pass in my pocket but didn’t realize it ……...……. (expire).
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By the time she …………………. (reach) the harbor, the ferry ……………………. (leave).
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Maria …………..…….. (never/see) the ocean before she ………………. (leave) her village.
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She ....…. (enjoy) her visit to the Rome although she ………. (already/go) there once before.
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He ………….….………. (apologize) because he ………………….…… (miss) the meeting.
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Lorna ……………………. (look) wonderful after she …………..….…… (lose) a few kilos.
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After they ………… (finish) their picnic, they ……….. (take) their rubbish home with them.
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When she ……..….…..……… (hang up) the phone she ………………………. (realize) she …………….…………(forget) to take down the caller’s name and number.
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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.
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They …………………. (drive) for two hours before they finally reached their destination.
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Emily …………………. (write) five letters by lunchtime.
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The doctor told John to stay in bed until he …………………. (fully/recover).
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He …………………. (iron) all morning when his wife arrived.
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Peter …………………. (already/learn) to read and write before he started to school.
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The baby …………………. (cry) for half an hour before it finally fell asleep.
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The burglar …………………. (get away) by the time the police arrived.
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How long …………………. (they/dance) in competitions when they retired?
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They were exhausted because they …………………. (play) chess all day.
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By the time we joined them they …………………. (already/order) their meal.
6. Fill in the gaps with must, mustn’t or needn’t.
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You ……………….. take photos when you are in the National Museum.
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You ……………….. smoke when you are at the petrol station.
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He ……………….. come to the party if he doesn’t want to.
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You ……………….. buy that book. I can lend you mine.
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You ……………….. wear formal clothes in order to attend the reception.
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You ……………….. go to the bank. I can give you some money.
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You ……………….. come tomorrow. There’s not much work to do.
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When on plane, you ……………….. turn off your mobile phone.