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English 3 in my campus, Exercises of English Language

Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY)English Language

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Unit 1 | Companies
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Starting Point
~ Look at the pictures below. What do you know about this companies?
~ Which one do you think better? To work for a large or a small company?
Learning
objectives:
• Talking about what
companies do
• Talking about your
company using the
present simple
• Making polite requests
• Introducing yourself and
others
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Starting Point

~ Look at the pictures below. What do you know about this companies? ~ Which one do you think better? To work for a large or a small company? Learning objectives:

  • Talking about what companies do
  • Talking about your company using the present simple
  • Making polite requests
  • Introducing yourself and others

1 | Companies

A. Company Facts

1. Read these descriptions of some companies. Complete their names. a. This company provides many different internet services, including news, online shopping, and email. Most of its sales come from advertising on its website. _________________________________________ b. This company produces tyres for cars and other vehicles. It is based in France, but it has more than 125,00 0 employees all over the world. It is also well known for its red and green travel guides. _________________________________________ c. This northern European company operates in the retail market. It specializes in low price products, including furniture, bathrooms, and kitchens. _________________________________________ d. It’s subsidiary of the European Aeronautics Defence and Space Company (EADS). The company makes planes for the commercial aircraft market, where its main competito r is Boeing.

e. This company makes many different electrical and electronic products, such as TVs, computers and mobile phones, it is South Korea’s largest company and exporter. _________________________________________ 2. Complete these sentences with the words in BOLD in exercise 1. 1. Some companies make or _______________ goods. 2. Other companies _______________ or offer services. 3. If you _______________ in a particular product or service, it’s your main activity. 4. If you work for a company, you are an _______________. 5. If your head office in a particular city, your company _________ ______________ there. 6. If you work in a _______________, your company is part of a bigger group. 7. If you sell a lot of products, your _______________ are very good. 8. If another company operate in the same market as you, it is your _______________

5. Work with a partner. Choose a company to talk about, using some or all of these phrases **and information in exercise 4.

  1. Now, share your information about the company with other pairs.**

B. Language at work

1. Pretend that you are an employee of a company that you know well. Work with a partner. Ask and answer these questions. 1. Do you work for a multinational company? 2. Is it a new company? 3. What does it do? 4. Does it operate in many countries? 5. What department do you work?

TALKING ABOUT A COMPANY

It is a(n) ..... company / organization. It’s a subsidiary of ... It’s head office is ... It makes / produces ... It provides / offers ... It has .... employees. It operates in ... It is based in ... It specializes in ... Its main competitors are ... It has sales of ... PRESENT SIMPLE We use present simple to talk about general facts or regular actions. In the third person singular (he /she /it), the verb ends in - s or - es e.g. It provides engineering services to the car industry. With I / you / we / they , there is no final - s****. e.g. I have an office in London and another in Tokyo. In most questions, use do with I / you / we / they, and does with he / she / it e.g. Where do you work? Does it operate in many countries? Don’t use do and does in questions with the verb to be. e.g. Is it a new company?

**2. Read the text. Discuss the questions with a partner.

  1. Work with a partner. Make questions about Nestlé using the prompts below.** Example: How old is the company?
  2. How old / company?
  3. What products / company / specialize in?
  4. What / its annual sales?
  5. Where / its head office?
  6. How many factories / have?
  7. Company / sell / products / all five continents?
  8. How many people / employ?
  9. What / offer / its employees?
  10. Company / a lot of work in the community?
  11. How /protect the environment? 4. Listen to a radio program Nestlé in Focus to answer the questions. Match answers a – j to questions 1 - 10 in exercise 3. a. 780. ________ f. Many possibilities for training ________ b. more than 140 years old. ________ g. Yes, it gives money and other help. ________ c. Yes, it does. ________ h. food and beverages. ________ d. 276,000. ________ i. Vevey, Switzerland. ________ e. More than 107 billion Swiss francs. ________ j. By using less energy and packaging. ________ 5. Make sentences about Nestlé, using the questions in 3 and answers in 4. Example: The company is more than 140 years. 6. Work with different partner. Tell them about your first partner’s company. When you see the name Nestlé, perhaps you think of breakfast cereals, Nescafé instant coffee, or Nespresso machines. But what else do you know about the company? What other products does it sell, and where? How many people work for the company and why do they like working there? What does the company do to protect the environment?

D. BUSINESS COMMUNICATION: Polite requests

1. Complete these questions with I or you. 1. Could _______ speak to you for a moment? 2. Can _______ tell me about your name? 3. Can _______ have another drink? 4. Could _______ call me again tomorrow? 5. Would _______ repeat that, please? 6. Could _______ help me for a moment? 2. Listen to the conversation. Match the questions in exercise 1 to responses a – f below. Then practice the conversations with your partner. a. Yes, sorry. The reference is 1256 K. ____ d. Sorry, but I’m very busy. ____ b. Yes, of course. ____ e. Certainly. Same again? ____ c. I’m afraid I’m on holiday. ____ f. Sure. It’s Woody Neilson. ____

INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND OTHERS

Introducing yourself Can I introduce myself? My name’s / I’m ... Introducing others Can I introduce you to ...? This is ... Responding Nice to meet you. How do you do. Nice to meet you too. Asking about a person / job / company What about you? What’s your name (again)? Where are you from? Who do you work for? What do you do? Why are you here?

3. Work with a partner. Take turns to make and respond to requests, using the verbs in brackets. Example: Can I have your telephone number, please?

  1. I want your telephone number. (have)
  2. I want your address. (give)
  3. I don’t understand you. (speak more slowly)
  4. I need your signature on this document (sign)
  5. I need two chairs for my table. You have two free chairs at your table. (take)
  6. I don’t have time to speak to you now. (Talk later)
  7. I need your pen to sign the visitor’s book (borrow)
  8. I didn’t hear what you said. (say) CAN, COULD and WOULD Could and would are generally more polite and formal than can Would is not used with I Could I speak to you? NOT Would I speak to you?