Business Pre-Intermediate

Unit 1: Grammar reference and Homework

Grammar
GRAMMAR REFERENCE

Present simple
Form Exception
Positive: Add -s or -es after the verb with he/she/it. 1. The verb be is irregular.
I/you/we/they specialize in Japanese food I am
He/She/It specializes in high-tech products. You/We/They are
Negative: Use the auxiliary do/does + not + verb. He/She/It is
It doesn’t produce hardware 2. In questions with be, do not use do and does.
We don’t produce mobile phones. Is he Spanish?
Questions Where are the offices?
1. Use do and does, but don’t change the form of the main verb (no -s). 3. In negative sentences with be, add not or n’t.
Does it have a subsidiary in Mexico? I’m not from China.
Do you have many projects? They aren’t in the company today.
2. With question words (who, what, where, how, etc.), use do and does after Use
the question word.
1. To talk about facts or things which are generally true.
Where do you work?
The company provides insurance services.
What does your company do?
2. To talk about regular actions.
3. To give a short answer to questions in the present simple, use the subject
+ does/do or doesn’t/don’t. We have sales meetings every month.
Do you work for a subsidiary? 3. Do not use the present simple to talk about actions in progress at
Yes, I do. / No, I don’t. this moment. Use the present continuous for this (see page
109).
Does your company operate in Asia?
Yes, it does. / No, it doesn’t.
Working with words
1. Match 1-6 to a-f. 3. Complete the sentences using a suitable
word from 2 in the correct form. Number
1. Our annual revenue is __a__ a. €300 million. 1 has been done as an example.
2. We’re based _____ b. in many different countries.
3. We operate _____ c. in phones for children under 12.
1. A lot of pizza restaurants provides home delivery services.
4. We produce _____ d. in the north of Italy.
5. We specialize _____ e. mobile phones. 2. BPT __________ in good-quality clothes at low prices.
6. We provide _____ f. phone services. 3. Mendoza is a big __________ of wine to other countries.

4. The BNT Group __________ on all six continents.

2. Choose the correct words in italics to complete the text.
5. Nikon is one of the __________ of Total Group.
My company 1produces / products specialized software for the film industry.

2made 3specialize
6. We have an annual __________ of $25 million.
We are / based in San Francisco, but we also / operate in

Europe and the Far East where we have two 4services / subsidiaries. There 7. We offer a wide range of consulting __________.

are 450 5revenues / employees in the company. We sell our 6products / 8. We only sell these __________ in North America.

exporters to companies like Dreamworks, which 7provide / produce 9. What exactly does your company __________?

animated movies. Our technology is very new, so we don’t have may 10. Where exactly is your company __________?
8competitors / companies.
Business communication NOTES
1. Complete questions 1-6 with the words from the list. ___________________________________________________
Then match the questions to responses a-f.
___________________________________________________

What 1. ___Can___ I introduce myself? __F__ ___________________________________________________

Who 2. _________’s your name? _____ ___________________________________________________
What
3. _________ are you from? _____ ___________________________________________________
Where
4. _________ do you work for? _____ ___________________________________________________
Can
Why 5. _________ do you do? _____ ___________________________________________________
6. _________ are you here in Tokyo? _____
___________________________________________________

a. . A German car maker. ___________________________________________________

b. Caroline Hook. ___________________________________________________

c. I have a meeting with a customer.
___________________________________________________
d. I’m in the food business.
___________________________________________________
e. New York.
f. Yes, of course. ___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

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2. Complete conversation with sentences a-i.

A . Can I introduce you to her? Rachel: Excuse me. Can I sit here?
Gideon: Yes, of course.
b. Nice to meet you too, Gideon
Rachel: Thanks very much. 1__i__ I’m Rachel Steadman.
c. And what do you do?
Gideon: 2_____ I’m Gideon Lack.
d. What about you? Rachel: 3_____ Where are you from?
e. Sorry, what’s your name again? Gideon: I’m from Switzerland originally. But I live in the Czech Republic now. 4_____

f. Nice to meet you. Where are you based?

Rachel: In Toronto.
g. Can I introduce myself?
Gideon: And who do you work for?
h. So why are you at an international car show?
Rachel: Bos. It’s an advertising agency. I’m here with Honda. It’s one of our clients.
i. This is Rachel.
5_____

Gideon: I’m a teacher of Greek literature.

Rachel: That’s unusual. 6_____
Gideon: I’m here with my wife. She works for BMW. Ah, there she is now. 7_____
Rachel: Yes, of course. That would be nice.
Gideon: 8_____
Rachel: Rachel. Rachel Steadman.
Gideon: Ursula. 9_____ She works for an advertising agency in Canada.
Grammar
1. Complete sentences 1-10 with the verbs from the list. 2. Choose the correct words or phrases in italics
to complete questions a-j. Then match the
question to answers 1-10 in 1.
are 1. Our company has shops in Europe and Asia.

has 2. He’s a lawyer. He __________ in company law. a. What do / does you specialize in? __3__
have 3. I __________ in advertising.
b. Who do / does your wife work for? _____
Is 4. I usually __________ work at about 7 a.m.
c. Have you / Do you have an office in France? _____
specialize 5. Most of our competitors __________ based in Europe.
d. Where be / is she? _____
specializes 6. She __________ for an engineering company.
e. What do / does you do? _____
start 7. She __________ in Manchester today.

starts f. Where be / are your competitors? _____

8. The meeting always __________ at 2:30 p.m.

work 9. We __________ in electronic toys for children. g. Where has / does your company operate? _____

works 10. We __________ one office in Paris.

h. When do you arrive / arrives at the office? _____

i. What time do / does the meeting start? _____

j. What is / does he do? _____

3. Complete the missing words. The last letter of the Key expressions
word is given to help you.
Introducing yourself
• Can I introduce myself?
• My name's / I'm ...
1. A- __I__s your head office in London?
Introducing others
B- No, our company _isn_’t British, it’s American.
• Can I introduce you to ... ?
• This is ...
2. I’m sorry, but we _____’t have a sales office in the Middle East.
Responding

3. What sort of products _____s your company sell? • Nice to meet you. / How do you do?
• Nice to meet you, too.
4. A- He _____’t work in Munich any more.
Asking about person/job/company
B- Really? So why _____s he have a flat there?
• What's your name (again)?
• Where are you from?
5. They _____’t in the company today. They’re on a business trip. • Who do you work for?
• What do you do?
6. I _____’t know how many employees they have. • Why are you here?
• What/How about you?