- •1 Business Organization
- •1 Match words that have a similar meaning:
- •3 Match the words and phrases in the box with the correct definition:
- •5 Complete the sentences using these often confused words: economic - economical, economics – economy
- •Grammar: Present Simple vs Present Continuous We use the Present Simple (V / Vs):
- •2 Business Organization and the Economy
- •1 Match words that have a similar meaning:
- •Grammar: Past Simple vs Past Continuous We use the Past Simple:
- •We use the Past Continuous:
- •3 Ownership
- •1 Match words that have a similar meaning:
- •4 Choose the correct word from the box to complete the gaps. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
- •Grammar: Present Perfect – Теперішній доконаний час (1)
- •4 Business Relationship
- •1 Match words that have a similar meaning:
- •2 The words in the box frequently occur after "company". Find combinations that mean:
- •3 Match the words and phrases in the box with the correct definition:
- •4 Choose the correct word from the box to complete the gaps. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
- •We use the Present Perfect Simple:
- •1 Choose the correct verb form:
- •3 Make sentences about the following people:
- •5 Put for or since into each gap. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
- •6 Ask these people questions about their experiences:
- •7 Open the brackets. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
- •5 Companies’ Restructuring
- •1 Match words that have a similar meaning:
- •4 Choose the correct word from the box to complete the gaps. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
- •Grammar: Present Perfect vs Past Simple
- •1 Choose the correct verb form to complete these dialogues. Practise saying the dialogues in pairs:
- •2 Cross out the sentence which has a mistake:
- •3 Open the brackets using Past Simple or Present Perfect:
- •6 Organizational Structure
- •1 Match words that have a similar meaning:
- •2 The words in the box frequently occur before "manager". Find combinations that mean:
- •3 Match the words and phrases in the box with the correct definition:
- •5 Choose the correct word:
- •Grammar: Present Perfect Continuous – Теперішній перфектно-тривалий час
- •We use the Present Perfect Continuous:
- •7 Employment
- •1 Match words that have a similar meaning:
- •2 The words in the box frequently occur after "job". Find combinations that mean:
- •4 Choose the correct word from the box to complete the gaps. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
- •6 Complete the sentences using these often confused words: to provide - to secure - to ensure
- •Grammar: Past Perfect – Минулий доконаний час (1)
- •8 Human Resources
- •1 Match words that have a similar meaning:
- •3 Choose the correct word from the box to complete the gaps. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
- •5 Complete the sentences using these often confused words: employer - employee
- •1 Make sentences from the chart:
- •2 Put numbers in the brackets to show the order in which each action happened:
- •3 Put the verbs in brackets one in the Past Simple and one in the Past Perfect:
- •4 Open the brackets using Past Perfect or Past Simple:
- •5 Translate into English using the Past Perfect Tense:
- •6 Write down five things you had or hadn’t done by 10 pm yesterday.
- •9 Recruitment Procedure
- •1 Match words that have a similar meaning:
- •3 Choose the correct word from the box to complete the gaps. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
- •Grammar: Past Tenses (Simple / Continuous / Perfect)
- •1 Complete the sentences with the verb in bold in either the Past Simple or the Past Perfect:
- •2 Past Simple or Past Continuous? Underline the correct tense:
- •3 Put the verb in brackets in either the Past Simple or Past Perfect Simple:
- •4 Complete these sentences. Use past tenses only and add any other words that are necessary:
- •5 Open the brackets using either Past Simple, Past Continuous, or Past Perfect:
- •10 Applying For a Job: Interviewing
- •1 Match words that have a similar meaning:
- •3 Choose the correct word from the box to complete the gaps. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
- •5 Complete the sentences using these often confused words: power – strength
- •Grammar: Past Perfect Continuous – Минулий перфектно-тривалий час
- •11 Applying For a Job: Writing a Resume
- •Grammar: Tense Revision (Present Time)
- •12 Applying For a Job: cv
- •1 Read the sections of a cv (a-h) and match them with the headings (1-8):
- •2 Complete (1-5) with the highlighted words from the cv above:
- •3 Work in pairs. Look at these 'rules' for writing a cv. Which ones do you agree with? Why?
- •International marketing manager
- •Curriculum Vitae vs Resume?
- •13 Executive Pay
- •1 Match words that have a similar meaning:
- •2 The words in the box frequently occur after "pay". Find combinations that mean:
- •4 Choose the correct word from the box to complete the gaps. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
- •6 Complete the sentences using these often confused words: salary - income - pay - wage
- •Grammar: Tenses used to describe Future
- •14 Leaving a Job
- •1 Match words that have a similar meaning:
- •3 Choose the correct word from the box to complete the gaps. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
- •Grammar: Майбутній доконаний час – Future Perfect
- •1 Use the future perfect (simple or continuous) to put the beginnings and ends together:
- •2 A romantic novelist writes 300-page books. She writes ten pages a day, and takes no holidays. Use the future perfect to answer the questions:
- •3 Complete the following sentences with a verb in the Future Perfect Simple or Continuous:
- •4 Answer the questions about you. What will you have done…
- •15 The economy
- •I. Give English equivalents of the following:
- •III. Answer the questions:
- •IV. Translate into English:
- •Grammar: Future Continuous vs Future Perfect
- •16 What is economics?
- •I. Translate into English:
- •III. Answer the questions:
- •IV. Translate into English:
- •Grammar: Future Simple / Continuous / Perfect
- •1 Put the beginnings and ends together. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
- •3 Complete the sentences using future continuous or future perfect:
- •4 Read the conversation and choose the correct form of the future. Practise the dialogue in pairs:
- •5 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct future form:
- •17 Macroeconomics and microeconomics
- •Grammar: Часи групи Perfect Continuous
- •1 Put together the beginnings and ends of the conversations. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:
- •2 Complete the sentences using the present perfect continuous tense of the verbs below:
- •3 Read the story and answer the questions using the past perfect continuous:
- •5 How long will you have been learning English / using your computer (mobile phone) / going to college / saving money for something you’d like to have / living in your present house by next summer?
- •18 The economy of ukraine
- •Grammar: Tense Revision Test (1)
- •19 The economy of the united kingdom
- •Grammar: Tense Revision Test (2)
- •20 Markets and market orientation
- •1 Match words that have a similar meaning:
- •2 The words in the box frequently occur after "sector". Find combinations that mean:
- •4 Choose the correct word from the box to complete the gaps. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian
- •Grammar: Active Tenses – Revision
- •3 Open the brackets using future simple or future continuous:
- •4 Translate the sentences into English:
- •21 National-income accounting
- •I. Give English equivalents of the following:
- •Grammar 1: Типи питальних речень
- •1 Make questions and define their type. Write possible answers. Translate the questions into Ukrainian:
- •Grammar 2: Negative questions – Питально-заперечні речення
- •2 Write informal negative questions to ask somebody:
- •3 Use negative questions to confirm the following ideas. Be careful with the tenses.
- •4 Use negative questions to confirm the following ideas:
- •5 Write possible short answers to the negative questions. Translate the questions into Ukrainian.
- •22 Taxes
- •Grammar: Revision of articles – Вживання артиклів
- •3 Відсутність артикля
- •2 Find one mistake in each sentence:
- •3 Put a / an, the, or nothing (-). Explain your choice:
- •4 Put the correct article where necessary:
- •5 A, an, the or - (nothing)?
- •23 Supply, demand and market prices
- •I. Give English equivalents of the following:
- •Grammar: Passive Voice (Simple) – Пасивний стан групи Simple
- •24 Wholesaling
- •Grammar: Passive Voice (Continuous) – Пасивний стан групи Continuous
- •25 Retail trade
- •Grammar: Passive Voice (Perfect) – Пасивний стан групи Perfect
- •26 Labour and capital
- •Grammar: Passive Tenses – Revision (1)
- •27 Inflation
- •I. Give English equivalents of the following:
- •Grammar: Passive Tenses – Revision (2)
- •1 Choose the correct answers. Explain your choice:
- •2 Complete the sentences using the words in the brackets in the Passive Voice and define their tense:
5 Complete the sentences using these often confused words: economic - economical, economics – economy
1 The government's ... policy has created a lot of problems. 2 ... is one of the major subjects which future economists study. 3 We are looking for more ... production methods. 4 The country is in a state of... crisis. 5 The new heating system proved ... to use. 6 The government is attempting to reduce inflation and strengthen the.... 7 Industrial production has slowed down in all the world’s major.... 8 This machine is no longer ... to run. 9 The International Monetary Fund helps the ... of the developing world. 10 Investors watch the rate of... growth closely. 11 My friend studies....
Grammar: Present Simple vs Present Continuous We use the Present Simple (V / Vs):
*for routines and habits: I go to the bank twice a month.
*for permanent situations: My friend works in a bank.
*for facts: Water boils at 100° centigrade.
*for timetables or fixed events in the future, that are beyond the speaker's control: The lessons start at 8.30 am.
We use the Present Continuous (am / is / are + Ving):
*for actions happening now: I’m working on my report at the moment.
*for temporary actions or situations: She’s staying with her friends till she finds a new flat.
*for changing or developing situations: The economic situation is getting worse in this country.
*to talk about something that happens often and is unplanned / irritating (with always): He’s always complaining.
*to talk about future arrangements and plans: I’m leaving at 4 on the first flight to London.
Ex.1. Choose the correct variant:
1 All the guides here speak/are speaking two foreign languages, because a lot of foreign tourists come/are coming every year. 2 The meeting starts/is starting. We'd better go in. 3 I work/am working for a firm that makes/is making medical equipment. 4 I go/am going to the supermarket. Do you want anything? 5 The train is leaving/leaves in 10 minutes. 6 They always make noise/are making noise next door. 7 Our meetings usually are starting/start at 4 pm. 8 When a company isn’t successful, it is going/goes out of business. 9 I work/’m working overtime this week. 10 Tom is very reliable, everybody is trusting/trusts him. 11 He usually is coming/comes to his office on time. 12 The sun is setting/sets in the West. 13 China becomes/is becoming more popular as a location for international business. 14 He earns/is earning over € 20,000 a year.
Ex.2. Complete these sentences using the correct form of the verb in brackets:
1 I never (work) at the weekend. 2 He (smoke) 30 cigarettes a day but at the moment he (try) very hard to cut down. 3 What you (think) about? 4 Business (become) more international and secretaries (need) inter-national communication skills. 5 He (make) paper products. 6 The speaker (wait for) a phone call. 7 The manager (check) the production levels every day. 8 Don’t trouble them.They (sign) the contract. 9 Multi-nationals (compete) for a market share. 10 The express train always (arrive) on time. 11 The delegation (come) at 5 pm tomorrow. 12 She (run) her own business. 13 The firm (specialize) in green tourism.
Ex.3. Correct the mistakes where necessary:
1 Although we sometimes go to a restaurant, we usually are eating at home. 2 Most American families has at least one automobile. 3 I’m usually going to the market on Fridays. 4 My friend often go on business trips abroad. 5 Multinationals now operate in every sector of industry. 6 The largest bank in the country plans to close some of its branches. 7 The firm makes excellent progress this week. 8 My friend has collected necessary documentation and now establishes his own business. 9 The South is depending more on small businesses for jobs then on large corporations. 10 Women run 25 % of existing small businesses. 11 I can't talk now. I make a report. 12 Due to expansion, we are looking for new business partners.
Ex.4. Translate into English:
1) Ця компанія використовує найсучасніше обладнання. 2) Емі працює над перекладом економічної статті. 3) Транснаціональні корпорації працюють у багатьох країнах світу. 4) Мій брат займається малим бізнесом. 5) Економічна ситуація в країні впливає на розвиток бізнесу. 6) Багато європейських компаній торгують з Японією. 7) Зараз уряд намагається знизити ціни на продовольчі товари. 8) Її подруга вивчає економіку. 9) Моя фірма зараз шукає нових ділових партнерів. 10) Він заробляє $ 25,000 на рік. 11) Мене не цікавить ваша пропозиція. Я розширюю свій власний бізнес. 12) Власники торгових підприємств зустрічаються завтра о 9 годині.