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BUSINESS STARTUP (E.Y. VOYAKINA, N.A. GUNINA,
L.Y. KOROLEVA, T.V. MORDOVINA)
LIFE AT WORK
Complete the chart of countries and nationalities.
| Country | Nationality |
| Argentina | |
| German | |
| Italy | |
| Russian | |
| Ukraine | |
| Portugal | |
| Thai | |
| France | |
| Switzerland | |
| Dutch | |
| Canada | |
| Poland |
Match expressions 1-6 to responses a-f.
| 1. Hello. My name is Alex James. | a. Pleased to meet you, Eva. |
| 2. Im Eva, Marias assistant. | b. No. How do you do. |
| 3. This is my assistant, Elizabeth Colane. | c. How do you do. Mr. James |
| 4. Its good to see you again. | d. Im fine |
| 5. How are you? | e. Nice to meet you. |
| 6. Do you know Sarah? | f. And you. |
Make true sentences using the correct form of the verb to be and possessive pronouns.
1. I __________ Spanish.
2. He _________ American. _____ company _______ in France.
3. They ________ from Italy. ________ customers _____ from all over the world.
4. My work colleagues _________ my friends.
5. English __________ important in ______ present job.
6. We like _______ job. It _______ very interesting and challenging.
7. My husband works in IT area. ________ company ________ a website for people with small businesses.
8. Money _____ very important in the world of business.
Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the table.
| work for / in run a department / a shop get a salary be in charge of paid holiday be employed by deal with involve meet deadlines | self-employed do shiftwork resign be responsible for attend meetings pay rise full-time / part time job do flexitime promote workaholic | meet customers working conditions go on business trips fire / sack retire get sick pay work overtime earn working hours be good at |
1. Sam ____________ 2000$ a week.
2. I dont like the working hours in my company, so I have to ____________.
3. My husband _____________ a big international company.
4. Stella is ______________ of a big department.
5._____________in our office are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
6. My job ____________ organizing meetings.
7. John is _______________ for computers in our office.
8. Jill is often late for work and I have to ____________ her.
9. Every year our team gets ___________ for the good job.
10. My sister ________________ a small shop in the suburbs of the city.
11. People ___________ at the age of 55 or 60 in Russia.
12. Im ______________ the government.
13. Doctors often do _____________.
14. I have to ____________ a lot of paper work during the day.
15. She is the best person in the department and our boss wants to __________ her.
16. At the end of the month we have a lot of reports to make, so we have to work _________________.
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17. If you feel sick you may get ___________.
18. Students in Europe often take ________________ to get some pocket money.
Look at the chart and match the two columns.
| connect to | a credit card |
| switch on | your code |
| click on | a laptop |
| enter | the Internet |
| register at | an icon |
| install | a keyword |
| type | the website |
| insert | software |
Read the paragraph about e-commerce. Match the words in italics with their explanations or synonyms below.
A typical e-commerce transaction begins when you browse through a website and select an item you want to buy. You place an order for that item by clicking a button that puts it in your shopping cart.
The software then takes you to a new screen. This screen displays the total amount you have to pay and asks you to key your credit card details. Your computer then sends this information to the seller's server, which verifies all the details.
The transaction can be 'approved' or 'denied'. If it is approved, the shopping-cart program sends an e-mail to the seller telling them to fulfill the order, and an e-mail confirmation of the sale to you.
Finally, the bank credits the seller's account and debits yours.
| a) takes money out of | |
| b) carry out | |
| c) accepted | |
| d) trolley | |
| e) a place on the Internet containing information | |
| f) look for information | |
| g) shows | |
| h) rejected | |
| i) pays money to | |
| j) enter | |
| k) business deal | |
| l) checks |
Complete these sentences using the present continuous form of the verb in brackets.
a. What _____________ they ______________ next week? (do)
b. They _____________ not ___________. They're on holiday. (work)
c. I ____________ Mr Yamashiro next week. (meet) He ____________ on Tuesday night. (arrive) On Wednesday, I _________________ him to the factory. (take) I _____________ him on Thursday. (not see) But I ___________ him to the airport on Friday. (drive)
d. BMW __________ Minis in China now. (sell)
e. People _________in the factory 51 weeks a year. (work)
f. I _________ about a problem. (call)
g. Many Chinese people_________ English. (learn)
h. She____________a course on presentations. (attend)
i. He ____________ in the office today. (not work)
j. They_________ some foreign guests. (entertain)
COMPANIES
