Enclosure

1st Result

Directions
Complete the sentences with the correct phrases from the box

behind on the ground floor(x2) on the fourth floor

at the top on the first floor

1. I work in the Accounts Department. That’s __________________.

2. I work in Reception, ________________________.
3. I work _________ of the building, on the twentieth floor.
4. The sales department is ______________, above the reception.
5. The company restaurant is ___________, ______________ the reception.

Complete the dialogue between a visitor and the receptionist using the words from the box
on the corner of opposite along the road
go out of turn go along
V: Is there a taxi rank near here?
R: Yes, there’s one just (1)_____________________.
V: Can you tell me how to get there?
R: Yes, of course. (2)______________ the building, (3)____________ right, and (4)____________
boulevard Saint-Michel. There’s a tax rank (5)__________________ boulevard Saint-Michel and
boulevard du Montparnasse.
V: On the corner of Saint-Michel and Montparnasse.
R: Yes, that’s right. It’s (6)_______________ the entrance to the Port Royal RER station.
V: Fine, thanks for your help.

Telephone calls.
Complete the dialogue in the telephone conversation with the phases from the box
to speak to some information about tax guidelines
What can I do for you This is Just a moment from

R: Park and Moss, good morning.

Alec: Good morning. I’d like (1) ______________ Christine Saville, please.
R: (2)_______________, please.
Christine Saville: Hello, tax Department.
Alec: Hello. (3)___________ Alec Macfarlane (4) ___________Wilcox International.
Christine Saville: Oh, hello Alec. (5)_________________?
Alec: I’d like (6)___________________________ in Germany.

Appointments
Complete the dialogues with words from the box
am visiting from What can I do for you?
remember to meet you

Lana Russell: Is that Charles Cameron?

Charles Cameron: Yes it is.
Lana Russell: Hello, this is Lana Russell (1)________ Interconsult.
Charles Cameron: Oh, hello, Lana. (2)_______________________?
Lana Russell: It’s about the Japanese company I talked to you about last week.
Charles Cameron: Yes. I (3)_________________.
Lana Russell: Well two of the management team are coming here in early September and they’d like (4)
_____________________.
Charles Cameron: Oh, that’s good news. When are they coming?
Lana Russell: They’re planning to be there from Tuesday the seventh to Thursday the ninth.
Charles Cameron: The seventh to the ninth of September.
I’ll get my diary. Oh. Tuesday’s not possible.’
I (5)_____________________ in Birmingham all day.

2nd Result
Present Perfect Simple or Continuous? (Pre-Intermediate pp.102, 103, 136, 142)

We use Present Perfect to look back from the present into the past, and express what has happened
before now. The action happened at an indefinite time in the past.
I’ve met a lot of famous people. (before now)
She has won awards. (in her life)
She’s written twenty books. (up to now)
To express an experience as part of someone’s life
I’ve travelled a lot in Europe.

We use Present Perfect continuous to express an activity which began in the past and continues to the
present.
We’ve been waiting here for hours!
It’s been raining for days.
And to refer to an activity with a result in the present.
I’m hot because I’ve been running.
I haven’t got any money because I’ve been shopping.

In the pairs of sentences one verb form is wrong and one is right. Put a tick or a cross next to each one

1. How long have you been writing that letter?

How long have you written that letter?
2. I’m exhausted! I’ve played tennis for hours.
I’m exhausted! I’ve been playing tennis for hours.
3. Have you ever flown to South Africa?
 Have you ever been flying to South Africa?
4. Oh no! I’ve lost my car keys.
Oh, no. I’ve been losing my car keys.
5. Has the film been starting?
Has the film started?
6. How long has she been having her car?
How long has she had her car?
7. I’ve been breaking my leg.
I’ve broken my leg.
8. How long have they been talking on the corner?
How long have they talked on the corner?

Vocabulary
Actor Musician Teenager
Chef Bridegroom Professor
Nephew Uncle Pilot
Nice Model Cousin
Aunt Athlete Bride
Child Sir Flight attendant
Madam Nurse Doctor
Queen king Accountant
Prince princess Secretary
Waiter waitress

Put the words from the box above in the box bellow in the correct column.
Men Women Both

Complete the sentences with a word from exercise 1

1. He’s my sister’son. He’s my ___________________.
2. I run in races. I’m an ________________________.
3. In my job I wear the latest fashions. I’m a ________________.
4. I serve you drinks on a plane. I’m a ___________________.
5. She serves meals in restaurants. She’s a __________________.
6. I teach at university. I’m a ____________________.
7. I cook food for a restaurant. I’m a _____________________.
8. The wedding was wonderful. The _____________looked beautiful and the ______________ was very
handsome.
9. “Good evening _______.Good evening, _________. Here is the menu”
10. Miriam and Kelvin play in the same band. They are _____________.

Adverbs

Complete the sentences with the appropriate adverb from the box
hardly slowly carefully suddenly
heavily usually hard dangerously
1. It’s raining _________ in Maputo since last week.
2. Betty _________ studied for the exams, that’s why she failed.
3. Speak __________, please. I can’t understand.
4. Albert was stopped by the police because he was driving ________.
5. I was driving home from office when ___________a man crossed the road running.
6. Gregory works very ________, that’s why he’s been appointed team leader.
7. Sarah drives very __________. She’s never had any accident since she started driving.
8. Your check-in time at the airport is ________ 30-80 minutes before the plane leaves.

Passive (NHW Pre-Intermediate pp.86, 87, 88, 140)

Complete the sentences with the correct form Passive or Active
Active Passive
1. They make Rolls Royce cars in England. Rolls Royce cars _______ in England.
2. They ______ rice in China. 2. Rice is grown is China.
3. Bell invented the telephone in 1876. 3. The telephone _______ by Bell in 1876.
4. Thieves _____ two pictures from the museum 4. Two pictures were stole from the museum last
last night. night.
5. They have built three new factories this year. 5. Three new factories ________
6. They _____ the pictures for $5.000. This year.
7. The factory will produce 10000 cars next year. 6. The picture has been sold for $5.000.
8. _______they _______many cars last year? 7. 10,000 cars __________ next year.
9. Bell didn’t invent the television. 8. were many cars made last year?
The television ________ by Bell.

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense, active or passive

The History of the hamburger.
 The hamburger is the most eaten food in the whole world. The first hamburgers (1)
______________ (make) and sold in Connecticut in 1895 by an American chef called Louis Lassen.
Louis (2) ____________(call) them hamburgers because he (3) _____________(give) the recipe by
sailors from Hamburg in Germany. Hamburgers (4) _____________ (become) a favourite in America in
the early part of the twentieth century. Their popularity (5) ____________ (grow) even more after the
Second World War, when they (6) __________ (buy) in large quantities by teenagers who (7)
_____________ (prefer) fast food to family meals. In 1948 two brothers Dick and McDonald (8)
_______________ (open) a drive-in hamburger restaurant in San Bernardino, California. Since then over
25,000 McDonalds hamburgers (10) _____________ (eat) every day in 115 countries from India to the
Arctic Circle.

Reported Speech

Put the following direct speech into the reported speech

1. “I’m exhausted!”, he said.
2. “Are you leaving on Friday”, she asked me.
3. “We haven’t seen Jack for a long time,” they said.
4. “We flew to Madrid,” they said.
5. “Which airport did you fly from?” I asked them.
6. “The flight has been cancelled,” the announcement said.
7. “Our plane was delayed by five hours,” they told us.
8. “I’ll help you unpack,” he said.
9. “I can’t do this exercise,” he told the teacher.

What’s the difference in meaning in the following example of reported speech? Discuss with a partner
a. Beatrice said she lived in New York.
Beatrice said she’d lived in New York.
b. Moira told her mother that she’d loved John.
Moira told her mother that she loved John.
c. Adam asked them how they’d travel to Paris.
Adam asked them how they’d travelled to Paris.

3rd Result
Pronunciation, intonation and stress patterns

Business word building (Verb, person noun, general noun, adjective)

Fill in the missing words in the table. (See example)

Verb Person noun General noun Adjective

 1 manage managerial
2 analysis
3 organizational
4 applicable
5 competitive
6 decisive
7 investor -
8 production
9 regulatory
10 informant
11 persuasion

Business word families

Circle the odd one out in each of these groups of basic business words. (See example)

1. a) firm b) company c) enterprise d) manager

2. a) plant b) factory c) office d) works
3. a) sell b) make c) produce d) manufacture
4. a) client b) customer c) consumer d) employee
5. a) salary b) research c) pay d) income
6. a) manager b) profit c) executive d) business person
7. a) export b) division c) section d) department
8. a) assistant b) desk c) deputy d) subordinate
9. a) timetable b) plan c) schedule d) market
10. a) staff b) personnel c) product d) workplace
11. a) choice b) option c) action d) alternative
12. a) discuss b) call c) phone d) ring

Business qualities
 Personality adjectives (tidy, shy, self-confident, reliable, patient, demanding, nervous,
ambitious, relaxed, cautious, dynamic, efficient, punctual)

Match the personality adjectives on the lefty (1-13) with the description on the right (a-m)

1. tidy a) works well, does not waste time

2. shy b) wants to have a top job
3. self-confident c) doesn’t get angry when he or she has to wait
4. reliable d) gets nervous when talking to people he or she doesn’t know
5. patient e) trustworthy, dependable
6. demanding f) thinks carefully before doing or deciding anything
7. nervous g) arrives on time
8. ambitious h) keeps desk, papers, files, etc in good order
9. relaxed i) clam, unstressed, unworried
10. cautious j) has a positive feeling about him or herself
11. dynamic k) makes other people work hard, often to a high standard
12. efficient l) afraid, does not have a lot of confidence
13. punctual m) energetic and (unusually) successful

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