- •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 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.
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Michael ………………. (watch) a great film last night.
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Tom ………………. (come) home late, ………………. (eat) a sandwich and ………………. (go) to bed.
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I always ………………. (enjoy) reading fairy tales when I was young.
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Mrs Smith ………………. (arrive) at the office, ………………. (turn on) the computer and ………………. (start) typing.
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………………. (you/study) hard when you were at university?
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My grandfather ………………. (not/fight) in the Second World War.
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Forty years ago, my grandmother ………………. (walk) two kilometers to school every day.
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Last year, Tom ………………. (give) his wife a new car for her birthday.
2. Underline the correct form of the verb.
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He slept/was sleeping at 10 o’clock this morning.
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We all went/were going out last night.
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I ate/was eating breakfast when the phone rang/was ringing.
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I took/was taking some really great photos when I was/ was being in California.
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She had/was having lunch with her fiancé when he gave/was giving her an expensive ring as a birthday present.
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He met/was meeting Mary yesterday.
3. A policeman asking a witness about an accident he saw. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past continuous.
P: Where ………………. (be) you when you ………………. (see) the accident, Sir?
W: I ………………. (stand) on the corner of Jameson Street.
P: What exactly ………………. (happen)?
W: Well, a boy ………………. (ride) his bicycle along the road towards the traffic lights when suddenly a car ………………. (drive) quickly around the corner. The driver ………………. (lose) control and ………………. (hit) the boy.
P: ………………. (boy/cycle) fast?
W: No, not at all.
P: ………………. (anyone else/see) the accident?
W: No, I don’t think so.
P: Thank you very much for your help, Sir.
4. Put the verbs in brackets into present perfect simple.
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Why don’t you stay at home and finish your homework? – I …………… (already/finish) it.
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How long …………… (they/know) each other? – For more than ten years.
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…………… (you/see) Carl lately? – No, I …………… (not/see) him since Christmas.
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…………… (Mike/ride) a motorcycle before? – No, she hasn’t.
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Mum …………… (already/cook) dinner, hasn’t she? – No, she …………… (not/start) cooking it yet.
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Can I have a piece of cake? – Sorry, Sue …………… (just/have) the last piece.
5. Fill in the gaps with have/has gone or have/has been.
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…………… you ever …………… to the opera?
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My sister …………… to the cinema. She left an hour ago.
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We …………… to Paris twice so far this year but we want to go again soon.
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My brother …………… never …………… to an art gallery.
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He …………… to school. He should be home by 4.00.
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Peter …………… just …………… to the corner shop. He’ll be back in a minute.
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James …………… to Manchester for a few days on a business trip. He’s returning tomorrow.