Grammar
Grammar
1.2.2 Open your Market Leader book on pages 38 and 39: develop exercises A to F of language focus 1.
A. Ask people in your class about the languages they can speak.
A: Can you speak Japanese?
B: No, I can’t.
A: Can you speak French?
B: Yes, I can.
A: Can you speak Spanish?
B: Yes, I can.
A: Can you speak English?
B: No, I can’t.
B. Put this dialogue into the correct order:
1. Paul Robinson speaking.
2. Oh, Hello, Paul. This is Judith Preiss here.
3. Hi, Judith.
4. Paul, I’m calling about that meeting. Can you make next Wednesday?
5. I’m sorry, Judith. I can’t, but I can Thursday or Friday.
6. Well, I can´t do Thursday, but Friday is OK.
7. Ok Friday it is. Can we meet in the morning – say 10 o’clock?
8. Ten o’clock’s fine. Oh, and can I bring my colleague, Sabrina?
9. Of course. I can pick you up from the station if you like.
10. Great. See you on Friday. Bye.
D. Look at the dialogue in Exercise B. Write questions beginning with can.
-Can Paul pick up Judith?
-Can Judith bring Sabrina?
F. Complete the e-mail that Judith writes to Sabrina about the arrangements.
To: Sabrina Monti
From: Judith Preiss
Subject: Meeting with Paul Robinson
Sabrina
I called Paul Robinson about the meeting. He says he can’t make it on Wednesday, but he can do Friday at 10 o’clock. He says of course you can come with me! And he can pick us up from the station. Can you text me today and let me know if Friday is still OK for you? I don´t think we need to meet before Friday. We can go through my notes for the meeting on the train.
See you then,
Judith.
1.2.3 Open your Market Leader book on pages 41: exercise A to C of language focus 2.
A. Complete these sentences with the correct form of there is or there are.
1. It´s very small airport. There aren’t any shops in the terminal.
2. Is there a problem with my ticket?
3. There aren’t any aisle seats available.
4. There is a stopover in Frankfurt.
5. Are there any flights to Zurich tonight?
6. I’m afraid there isn´t a flight to Warsaw this afternoon.
7. There are two cafes in the terminal.
8. Are there any buses from the airport to the city Centre?
B. In pairs, ask and answer questions about the facilities at the Hilton Tokyo.
- Are there restaurants in the hotel?
Yes, there is a Chinese restaurant.
-Is there high speed internet in the hotel?
Yes there is.
1.2.4 Now go over exercises A and B on page 47 of your Market Leader book about some / any.
A. Tick the correct sentences. Correct the mistakes in the other sentences.
1. I’d like some water.
2. Could I have some coffee, please?
3. Are there any restaurants near here?
4. There isn’t any wine left.
5. I’d like some cheese, please.
6. Do you have any soft drinks?
B. Choose the correct words to complete this dialogue.
Mina: There are some good restaurants in the centre.
Ivan: Yes, but there isn’t any parking. We could go to the Texas Steakhouse near the airport.
Mina: Do they serve any vegetarian dishes?
Ivan: I don’t think so. How about the Marina? They do some great fish dishes and they have some vegetarian starters, too.
Mina: Good idea. I´ll see if they’ve got a table for nine o’clock.
1.2.5 Develop exercises A to C on page 48 of your Market Leader book countable and uncountable nouns.
A. Tick the countable nouns.
1. reservation
4. bathroom
5. bill
6. employee
8. hotel
10. seat
11.luggage
12. flight
14. money
16. receipt
17. dish
23. suitcase
B. Correct the mistakes in the sentences. Use a lot of, many or much.
1. They don’t have a lot of vegetarian dishes here.
2. How much does it cost?
3. The restaurant hasn’t got many tables left.
4. I don’t have much time at the moment.
5. I drink a lot of coffee.
6. There aren´t many hotels in the city centre.
7. It cost a lot of money.
8. I don´t want a lot of spaghetti. There’s ice cream for dessert.
C. Work in pairs. Complete these questions with many or much. Then ask and answer the questions with a partner.
1. A: How much cash do you have in your wallet?
B: About 20 euros.
2. How many phone calls do you make a day?
3. How many people are there in your company?
4. How much time do you have for lunch?
5. How much holiday do you get a year?
6. How many languages do you speak?
7. How many fast-food restaurants are there where you live?
8. How much water do you drink a day?
1.2.6 Complete exercises A to D on page 55 and A to B on page 57 of your Market Leader book
A. Listen to how the –ed endings of these verbs are pronounced.
- Saved: delivered /d/
- Launched: worked /t/
- Decided: visited /Id/
B. Listen and put these verbs into the correct group from Exercise A.
- /d/: Advised, lived
- /t/: Finished, opened, missed, booked
- /Id/: Started, wanted, invited Report on sales trip – South Korea
C. Complete this sales report. Use the past simple of the verbs in brackets.
Last December, I visited our major customers from big department stores in South Korea.
I arrived in Seoul on Monday 5Th December. The next day, I met Mrs Kyoung Ai Lee in Seoul. On 7th December, I made a presentation to Mrs Lee´s sales staff on our products and advised them how to display them.
The following day, I went to Busan, and our agent introduced me to Mrs Ha, the chief buyer of a new department store in the city. She asked me to send her 500 brochures. I gave her some samples of our products.
I flew back to head office in Paris on 9th December.
A. Underline the correct words to complete this article.
Christian Sanchez graduated from Tufts University in 2001, with a degree in chemistry. As part of his course, he did an internship at Merck for eight months. After his degree, Merck offered him a permanent job as a chemical analyst at the company´s research center in New Jersey. He worked there from 2001 to 2003. During his time at Merck, Christian realized he wanted to change career, so he decided to do an MBA. In May 2004, he started a two-year MBA at Stanford University. Following his MBA, he joined the sales team at Johnson and Johnson on 15th September 2006. Two years ago, he became the Regional Sales Manager for the Americas. Last month, he accepted an exciting new job as Country Manager in Argentina.
B. Mikael Ohlsson is the CEO of furniture retailer IKEA. Listen to an interview about his career and complete the missing information in these notes.
Profile:
Born: 27th December 1957.
Education: Studied Industrial at Linköping University.
Career in IKEA
He worked as carpet salesman, Linköping store, Sweden.
1981, became Store Manager, Sundsvall, Sweden.
1984-1988. Did management jobs in training and marketing.
1988 Got a job in Belgium as Country Manager.
In 1991. Worked as Country Manager, Canada.
In 1995. Became Managing Director, Sweden.
2000-2009. Was Regional Manager for Southern Europe, USA.
09/01/2009. Named CEO.