Unit A:
REVISION
1. Introduction.
Vocabulary
Choose the best word to complete each sentence.
1. Mr. Dubois lives in Germany, but he comes from French/France.
2. Both Alan and Zeynep are Turkish/Turkey.
3. Is JVC a Japanese/Japan company?
4. The new accountant is from Kuwaiti/Kuwait.
5. What’s the capital of Omani/Oman?
6. Lloyds isn’t a USA/an American bank.
7. The company’s CEO is the UK/British.
8. We manufacture our products at a factory in China/Chinese.
9. The company closed its office in Greece/Greek.
10. Nokia isn’t a Sweden/Swedish company!
To be
Complete the conversations below using the words from the box.
‘m ‘m not are are aren’t is isn’t
A: Where 1. ………. you from?
B: I 2. ………. from Poland – Warsaw. How about you? Are you
Chinese?
A: No, I 3. ………. I come from Japan.
A: 4. ………. your co-workers American?
B: My boss 5. ……… American. He’s from New York City. But my
other co-workers 6. ……… American. They’re French and German.
A: Excuse me. May I use this office for a few minutes?
B: I don’t know. It 7. ……… my office. I don’t work here. I’m visiting
today!
A: Oh, sorry.
Wh – questions
Complete these questions with What, Where or Who.
1. ……… is Mr. Santos from? He’s from Cuenca, Ecuador.
2. ……… is Lenore’s job? She’s a manager.
3. ……… are you doing? I’m writing an e – mails.
4. ……… is waiting outside? Mr. Jones and three colleagues.
5. ……… is the receptionist? She’s in the conference room.
6. ……… are you working Ursula and Piet.
with?
2. Work and leisure
Vocabulary
Complete these sentences with in, at or on.
1. The new office opens ……… 30th March.
2. All of our shops are open ……… night.
3. Can we have a meeting ………. Friday?
4. We always have our sales conference ……… July.
5. We don’t schedule meetings ……… Monday mornings.
6. I sometimes work ……… the weekend.
7. I usually visit my clients ……… the afternoon.
8. I often start new projects ……… the spring.
9. We always have a big office celebration ……… New Year.
Adverbs and expressions of frequency
Match the pairs of sentences.
1. He never wakes up before six. a. On Mondays and Tuesdays, he
wakes up at 5.45. Other days, he
wakes up at 6.15.
2. He sometimes wakes up before b. Every day, he wakes up at 5.45.
six.
3. He often wakes up before six. c. On Mondays, he wakes up at
6.15. Other days, he wakes up at
5.45.
4. He usually wakes up before six. d. On Mondays, Tuesdays and
Wednesdays, he wakes up at
5.45. Other days, he wakes up at
6.15.
5. He always wakes up before six. e. Every day, he wakes up at 6.15.
Skills
Put the words in the correct order to make questions.
1. time/What/free/you/in/do/your/do/?
2. do/finish/you/work/When/?
3. about/What/like/do/best/you/job/your/?
4. your/you/in/do/do/job/What/?
5. Do/colleagues/your/you/after/meet/work/?
6. work/How/you/hours/many/a/do/week/?
Writing
Write an e-mail (40 – 60 words) to a new colleague telling them about
yourself. Use these topics to help you.
Company/college Married/single
Live Work
Nationality Hobbies/ job
Enjoy/don’t enjoy name
3. Problems.
Vocabulary
Write sentences with the opposite meaning. Use the words from the box
and too or enough.
big confusing last late noisy short soft wide
1. My chair is too hard.
2. His hotel room is too small.
3. The office isn’t quite enough.
4. The report isn’t clear enough.
5. Her laptop is too slow.
6. We weren’t early enough to get seats on the train.
7. The spaces in the car park are too narrow.
8. The electrical cable isn’t long enough.
Present simple: Negatives and questions.
Complete this conversation with does, doesn’t, do and don’t.
A: 1. ……… you know where Mr. Sato is?
B. He 2. ……… work in this office on Wednesdays.
A: Where 3. ……… he work?
B: At the factory. You can call him there on his mobile.
A: I 4. ……… have his mobile number. 5. ……… you have it?
B: Yes. It’s 8477 – 3991.
A: Thanks. So what 6. …….. he do at the factory on Wednesdays?
B: He talks with the engineers.
A: 7. ……… he have an office at the factory?
B: No, he 8. ……….
Have; some and any
Complete the sentences below using the words from the box.
any do doesn’t doesn’t have don’t have has have some
1. I ……… a car, so I take the bus to work.
2. Do you have ……… money?
3. Luke ……… a pen. Can he borrow yours?
4. Lorraine ……… a new computer.
5. The new office ……… have a car park.
6. We ……… a staff meeting every Monday morning, and everyone
hates it.
7. I have ………. Questions for you. Can we have a meeting?
Writing
Write a description (40 – 50 words) of your office or a room at home.
Write about the things that it has and doesn’t have.
Cultures 1: Eating out
A. Match the expressions with the same meaning.
1. Be punctual a. Be rude.
2. Be late. b. Behavior while eating.
3. Have good manners. c. Don’t have.
4. Show bad behavior. d. Arrive at home.
5. Guest. e. Say hello to.
6. Stay. f. Visitor
7. Greet. g. Be polite.
8. Dining habits. h. Arrive after the meeting time.
B. For each of the statements below (1-12), choose the cultural topic
area (a-f) that each person is speaking about.
a. Leaving d. how much you eat
b. Drinking e. Seating
c. What you use to eat f. Arrival
1. In my country, the position furthest from the door is for the most
important person.
2. It’s best to try any food that your host offers, and to finish it if
possible
3. Here, we rarely use chopsticks.
4. No one notices if you come 15 minutes after the appointment time.
5. We usually kiss the cheek of everyone in the group at the end of
the evening.
6. We always wait for the organizer to show us which chair to take.
7. We never have alcohol at business meals.
8. Here, people go home when they are ready to go.
9. It’s very strange to arrive early. We never do that.
10. Wait for someone to fill your glass.
11. We never touch food with our left hand.
12. If you leave some food on your plate, it shows you are full.
