- •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
4. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
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If it ………….. (snow) , I’ll take the children skiing.
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The football match will be cancelled if it ……………. (rain).
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I won’t go to the party unless Connie…………… (come) with me.
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If you ………….. (run) fast, you will win the race.
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Unless they ………….. (work) overtime, they won’t earn enough money to go on holiday.
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…………… (Greg/post) this letter for me if I ask him?
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Unless you …………… (drive) carefully, you’ll have an accident.
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If someone …………….. (not/water) these plants, they will die.
5. Put the verbs in brackets into the future simple or the future continuous.
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Anna: |
Do you want to go camping this weekend? |
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Jan: |
I’d love to. I ………….. (call) you tonight and we an arrange everything. |
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Anna: |
Alright. Do you mind if Ellen comes with us? |
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Jan: |
Of course not. As a matter of fact, I ………….. (see) her for lunch so I …………. (ask) her then. |
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Anna: |
OK. I ………….. (probably/be) home at around 8 o’clock so call me then. |
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Jan: |
Great! Just think, in three days’ time, we …………… (put up) our tents! |
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Anna: |
Oh yes! And we …………… (sit) around a camp fire, grilling delicious fresh fish. |
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Jan: |
I can’t wait! |
6. Fill in the gaps with by the time, until, by or by then.
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Jake will have done the shopping ………… the children come home from school.
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Have you mended mu bike yet? – No, I won’t have mended it ………… the end of the week.
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Will you have booked your train ticket ………… Thursday?
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I won’t have finished work …..… 8 o’clock tonight. – You poor thing. I’ll have dinner …..…
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We will have completed our project ………….. the end of the month.
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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.
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Sally can’t come to the cinema on Friday because she………..… (babysit) for her little brother then.
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I …………… (finish) typing all the letters by the time Mr Howard arrives.
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Weather forecasters predict that it ……………. (snow) this winter.
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……………… (you/go) to the supermarket later? – Yes, why? – can you pick up some milk and eggs?
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Don’t talk so loudly, you …………… (wake up) Grandad.
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Ashley …………….. (be) five years old in May.
8. Choose the correct linking words/phrases in bold to join the sentences below.
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Keeping a horse as a pet is very expensive. Feeding and maintaining one costs a lot of money. (because/furthermore)
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Using public transport is easy and convenient. It is cheap. (and/however)
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Living in a big city is stressful. It can often be unhealthy. (also/on the other hand)
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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.
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My car is old. I ……………..…- (look for) a new one next month.
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It’s raining outside. Take an umbrella or you …………… (get) wet.
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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.