- •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
How you scored:
11-14 Congratulations! You’ve completed your round-the-world tour with the minimum of embarrassment.
7-10 Not bad. Only a few embarrassing situations!
4-6 Not so good. You should learn more about cultural differences.
0-3 You must do some cross-cultural homework before your next trip abroad, or stay at home!
Grammar Practice The Passive – Changing from Active to Passive – Questions in Passive – As – Like
1. Choose the correct answers (Active or Passive).
The National Security Bank in downtown San Antonio ___1___ (robbed/was robbed) last night. A safe ___2___ (blew open/was blown open) and around $800, 000 ___3___ (stole/was stolen). The robbery ___4___ (took/was taken) place between midnight and 1.00 am. The police ___5___ (are looking/are being looked) for two men who ___6___ (saw/were seen) getting into a black car near the bank at about 1 o'clock last night. They ___7___ (also want/are also wanted) to hear from Mr Joe Newman, 52, who ___8___ (worked/was worked) as a security guard at the bank. Mr Newman ___9___ (disappeared/was disappeared) just before the robbery and he ___10___ (has not seen/has not been seen) since then.
2. Put the verbs in brackets into a suitable passive tense.
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Two men ………………. (see) running out of the bank yesterday morning.
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The flowers ……………… (already/water).
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The Smiths’ house …………….. (paint) at the moment.
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The rubbish ……………… (already/collect) when I left for work.
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The note ……………….. (could/not/read) because the handwriting was very messy.
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Our exams ………………….. (not/mark) yet.
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His car ………………… (wash) every Saturday.
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The window ……………….. (break) before the children arrived.
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Mary ……………………… (invite) to the party but unfortunately she couldn’t make it.
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The telephone ……………….. (invent) in the 19th century.
3. Choose the best way of continuing after each sentence.
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He lives in a small house.
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Somebody built it about forty years ago.
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It was built about forty years ago.
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English is worth learning.
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People speak it in a lot of countries.
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It is spoken in a lot of countries.
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He got a sports car, but he didn’t like it.
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So he sold it again.
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So it was sold again.
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My nephew is an artist.
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He has just painted another picture.
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Another picture has just been painted.
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The new Virginia Meyer film is marvelous.
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They are showing it at our local cinema.
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It is being shown at our local cinema.
4. Fill in the gaps with by or with.
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The film was directed …………. my favorite director.
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The sauce was made …………. mushrooms and onions.
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The child was stung ……….. a bee.
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The window was broken …………. a piece of wood.
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The glass bowl is filled ………….. fruit.
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The dog was saved ……….. the neighbor.
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He was shot …………. a rifle.
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Dan was laughed at ……….. his friends.
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The parcel will be delivered ……….. my uncle.
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The house has been decorated ………… balloons.
5. Rewrite the following in the passive.
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Who invented the telephone?
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The thief stole all the money in the till.
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Who has written this poem?
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Many tourists visit the Eiffel Tower every year.
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The fire damaged many buildings in the city centre.
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The repairman is fixing the machine.
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They will open a new library to the public in September.
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We took many of these photographs when we were in India.
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They will dedicate the new university building to Dr Peters.
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Has Victoria set out the invitations?
6. Re-write these sentences beginning with the words given.
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Someone will give you the Information later. You ______
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Someone sent me a letter. A letter ______.
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Someone knocked me over in the street. I ______.
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The president is expected to visit Poland. It ______
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It is said that golf was invented in China. Golf ______
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The Queen of England is thought to be one of the richest women in the world. It ______
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It is claimed that beings from outer space have visited the earth. Beings from outer space ______
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People say that sunbathing causes skin cancer. Sunbathing is supposed ______
7. Re-write the sentences in the active, beginning with the words given.
e.g. The phone is being repaired now. - They are repairing the phone now.
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A new motorway has been built. They ______
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The information is kept on our computer. We ______
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A man was arrested late last night. The police ______.
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The medicine should be taken after meals. You ______
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The hotel will have to be sold. We ______
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Mike doesn't like being criticized. Mike doesn't like people ______.
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When I returned to the town, my old school had been pulled down. When I returned to the town, they ______
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As I was walking home, I thought I was being followed. As I was walking home, I thought someone ______.