UNIT 2.

ACTIVITIES
Talking about Company Structure and Organisation

Grammar
2.1. Prepositions

Fill in the gaps with in, at, on.

1. I get up ____ 7.30 ____ the morning.
2. I sleep ____ night.
3. My birthday is ____ July.
4. My mother’s birthday is ____ the 22nd of August.
5. We are ____ the year 2014.
6. ____ Christmas we have a holiday.

2.2. Possessive ‘s
A. Look at these pairs of people from Unit 1 of the students’ book. Make sentences about them using ‘s.
Use these words: brother, sister, husband, wife, boss, colleague, employee.
Example: Hattie (daughter) / Emily (mother): Hattie’s Emily’s daughter. / Emily’s Hattie’s mother.
1. Hattie / Steve
2. David / Gita
3. David Patak / Roopa Patak
4. Steve Mayo / Suzie Mayo

2.3. Be: Negative Forms and Short Answers

A. Look at the sentences about MN Global Access and some of its employees and fill in the gaps with the
correct negative form of be.
1. MN Global Access Ltd.’s headquarters office ______ in London.
2. Gita and Allan ______ department managers.
3. The director of the company ______ the daughter of the founder.
4. The company’s prices ______ expensive.
5. MN Global Access Ltd. ______ an old fashioned company.
6. The company’s staff ______ all at the Manchester office.

B. Use short answers to reply to the questions.

1. Are you studying English for your future job? __________

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2. Is your teacher a native speaker of English? __________
3. Are your classmates all Spanish? __________
4. Are you and your friends all football fans? __________

Vocabulary

2.4. Jobs

A. Complete the jobs with the vowels (a, e, i, o, u). Then write a or an in front of each job.
1. ____ s-c-r-ty g- -rd
2. ____ gr-ph-c d-s-gn-r
3. ____ -nv- -c- cl-rk
4. ____ -T t-chn-c- -n
5. ____ psych-l-g-st
6. ____ s-l-s r-pr-s-nt-t-v-

B. Match the jobs (1 – 6) to the definitions (A – F).

A. This person works with computers and software.
B. This person helps people with their problems.
C. This person protects buildings and people.
D. This person prepares bills and deals with payments.
E. This person sells products.
F. This person creates advertisements, logos and images.

2.5. Vocabulary in Context: Telephoning

leave a message This is Could / can you put me through call
back later Can I help you engaged Could / can I speak Hold

Complete the sentences with words and expressions from the box.
1. Good morning, Matrix Communications. ________ ?
2. ________ Monica Desmond from Sales and Marketing.
3. ________ to the Customer Service Department, please?
4. ________to Leo Spillane, please?

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5. _______ the line, please.
6. I’m afraid the line’s______.
7. Would you like to________?
8. Please tell her I’ll ________.

2.6. Vocabulary for Describing Companies and Products.

A. Think of a word to match each definition and write it in the space.

1. Something you write in. ______
2. Clothes you wear to do sport. ______
3. Person who creates a company. ______
4. Products ______
5. Energetic ______
6. Fast ______
7. Consistent and dependable. ______
8. Opposite of modern. ______

B. Now write eight sentences using one of the words in each.

1. ____________________ 2. ____________________
3. ____________________ 4. ____________________
5. ____________________ 6. ____________________
7. ____________________ 8. ____________________

Writing
2.7. Company Profiles

A. Complete the profile of Ellis and Ellis, a training consultancy, with words from the box.

latest head office renovated competitive founder

current branch employees reliable up to date

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Ellis and Ellis
Our company is a modern, training consultancy; it’s only five years old. The _______ is Jack
Ellis and the______ managing director is his brother, Sam Ellis. Although we are a family
business, we are a dynamic company.
Our ______is in Liverpool. It’s in a small, _______ building in the city centre with all the
_____technology and a large open plan office and classrooms, with up-to-date facilities, for
our courses. There are ______ offices in four other UK cities; Edinburgh, London, Manchester
and Newcastle. The current number of Ellis and Ellis _______ is thirty six. Half of our staff are
at the Liverpool headquarters.
We offer a wide variety of courses such as IT, accounting, marketing and recruitment. Our
courses can be at our offices or at our clients’ headquarters. Our courses are _______ and our
trainers are professional and_______; and our prices are _______.

B. Look at the information about HR Headhunters and write a company profile. Use the profile of Ellis and
Ellis as a model.

Company Details Profile

Name: HR Headhunters
Activity: Recruitment Consultancy
How old: 10 years old
Founder: Carmen Jones
Managing director: Steve Franks (Carmen’s
husband)
Head office: Birmingham, UK
Location: Birmingham city centre
Branch Offices: Edinburgh and Manchester
Employees: 30; 16 in Birmingham
Adjectives (company): small, professional
Adjectives (head office): new, modern,
central
Service: to find the right employees for your
company.
Prices: the best in town!

C. Now write about a company you know. Use the model in A and the vocabulary from Unit 2 to help you.

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Translation

2.8. English into Spanish

A. Translate the jobs into Spanish.
1. loader 5. training manager
2. invoice clerk 6. chef
3. logistics manager 7. sales representative
4. packer 8. sales assistant

B. Translate the telephone expressions into Spanish.

1. Speaking.
2. It’s John from the IT department.
3. Can you put me through to extension 3145, please?
4. Please, don’t hang up.
5. Who’s calling, please?
6. I’m afraid she isn’t in her office.

2.9. Spanish into English

A. Translate the sentences into English.
1. Julie es su jefa.
2. Pat es la secretaria de Dave.
3. Él es el jefe de la colega de ella.
4. La empresa de Hugo es más pequeña de la de Richard.
5. Todos los empleados de mi hermano son de Polonia.
6. Su despacho es más grande que los de los otros directores.

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B. Translate the times and dates into English
1. Es la una.
2. Hoy es el día 20 de marzo.
3. La reunión es a las diez y media.
4. Son las once menos cuarto en Nueva York y las cinco menos cuarto en Madrid.
5. La reserva es para el sábado a las ocho y veinte.
6. Mi fecha de nacimiento es el día 12 de noviembre del año 1992.

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