Business Partner A2 Extra activities

UNIT 1 Working day

Lesson 1.1 Daily tasks

Vocabulary A Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

1 She arrives / goes to meetings every day.
2 He often has to process / analyse orders.
3 I do / write emails every day.
4 I always start / make work at 9 o’clock.
5 In our job we answer / analyse data every day.
6 He often writes / processes reports.
7 They sometimes do / make research about new products.
8 I rarely travel for / travel about work.
9 We usually finish / stop to work at 6 p.m.
10 We don’t make / speak calls to customers.

Communicative B Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

grammar 1 I ’m / aren’t a Sales Manager.
2 She doesn’t / don’t go to meetings.
3 You are / is an IT Specialist.
4 He always arrive / arrives at 8 o’clock.
5 They never go / goes to meetings.
6 We is / are Production Engineers.
7 I rarely finishes / finish work before 6 p.m.
8 You never have / has meetings with the manager.

C Write sentences using the information in the box and the prompts.

go to meetings start work at 8 o’clock answer the phone

Liz often always usually

Johan sometimes rarely never

David and Beth always usually sometimes

1 Liz / go to meetings
2 Johan / start work at 8 o’clock
3 David and Beth / answer the phone
4 Liz / start work at 8 o’clock
5 Johan / answer the phone
6 David and Beth / go to meetings
7 Liz / answer the phone
8 Johan / go to meetings
9 David and Beth / start work at 8 o’clock

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Business Partner A2 Extra activities

UNIT 1 Working day

Lesson 1.2 A work plan

Vocabulary A Match the sentence halves.

1 We always talk about costs at a book a meeting room.
2 Each team member presents the latest news at b the budget meeting.
3 For the meeting on Friday, I need to c the agenda for planning meetings.
4 Ewan creates d from each person in the team.
5 Ella sends out e the planning meeting.
6 They calculate f for the management meeting.
7 I need to prepare a presentation g production costs for all of our projects.
8 We always get an update h the brief for new projects.

B Complete the sentences with one word. The first letter is given.
1 Do you usually b a meeting room?
2 I often s out the agenda before a meeting.
3 We always get an u from each team member.
4 Who usually p the presentation?
5 He never c the project briefs. That’s my job.
6 They calculate p costs before budget meetings.
7 The b tells us how much we can spend.

C Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

1 A: Shall / Don’t we meet at the company office?
B: Yes, OK.
2 A: We need to increase / change the time of the meeting.
B: How busy / about Wednesday at 2 p.m.?
A: Wednesday is good. See / Call you then.
3 A: I work in London on Friday afternoon. How about then / that?
B: Yes, that’s true / fine. I’m available then.
4 A: Are you available / fine on Thursday the 14th, in the morning?
B: Sorry, I’m afraid I’m busy / fine then.

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Business Partner A2 Extra activities

UNIT 1 Working day

Lesson 1.3 A survey

Communicative A Choose the correct option to complete the questions.

grammar 1 What is / are your working hours?
2 How do / does you get to work?
3 Which department is / do you work in?
4 Does / Do your office have meeting rooms?
5 Are / Do you eat in the canteen?
6 Where are / is the kitchen area?
7 How many times a week do / are you eat at your desk?
8 How often is / do you use the company gym?

B Complete the questions.

1 A: areas for relaxing?
B: Yes, we have. There are two spaces for employees.
2 A: in the canteen?
B: Yes, I eat there every day. The food is good.
3 A: your desk?
B: It’s near the door.
4 A: your office a car park?
B: Yes, it does.
5 A: home from work?
B: I go home by bus.
6 A: the kitchen?
B: It’s next to my office.
7 A: your break times?
B: We have short breaks from 10.00 to 10.20 every morning.
8 A: your lunch break?
B: It’s from 12.30 to 1.15.

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Business Partner A2 Extra activities

UNIT 1 Working day

Lesson 1.4 Talking about people and roles

Speaking A Match the question halves.

1 Do a do you do?
2 What b the local Sales Manager?
3 Which department do c you know Nick?
4 Who is d you work in?
5 Do you e manages the office?
6 Who f Jorge work?
7 Where does g travel for work a lot?

B Match the answers (a–g) with the questions (1–7) in Exercise A.

a I work in the sales and marketing department.
b Yes, I do. He works in the Sydney office.
c Roberta Johnson. She’s the Office Manager.
d Lisa Jones is the boss of the sales team.
e I’m an Admin Assistant.
f In the Poland office in Kraków.
g Yes. I often visit offices in different countries.

Subject and object C Put the words in the correct order to make questions.
questions 1 manages / who / that / team / ?

2 do / manage / which / you / team / ?

3 where / work / you / do / ?

4 office / is / where / your / ?

5 phone / how much / cost / does / the / ?

6 hard / employees / which / work / ?

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