ELEMENTARY BUSINESS ENGLISH

Session 1
UNIT 1: Products and Services USEFULNESS

Lesson 1
This topic can help you be prepared to share simple information with
Specific achievement foreign people you can meet at conferences and transnational
By the end of the lesson, the companies.
students will be able to ask questions
and say where they are from, what
the nationalities of the companies
they work for are, and what their
jobs are, using the verb be and
possessive adjectives.
 Where are they From?

Cilian Murphy

Taylor Swift

Jack Ma
Where are these people from? Example: Paulo is from Brazil.

Dahlia Raquel Randy

Yuko Jacob
Charlotte

Tiziana Lukasz
What nationality are they? Example: Paulo is Brazilian.

Charlotte Randy

Raquel Yuko

Tiziana

Dahlia

Lukasz
Jacob
Listen to your teacher and mark the stress on these words.

Japan Canada
South Korean
Chilean Spain
Spanish
British American

Brazilian Japanese
Look at the people. Choose a job from the list below and write it in the table. Then listen and Check. (Trak 1.3)

Sales Rep Financial Director Chief Executive Officer

Personal Assistant Technician Human Resources Manager
Receptionist Team Leader

Dahlia Raquel Randy Name Job title Nationality of company

Dahlia Recepcionist
Raquel
Randy
Lukasz
Yuko Charlotte Jacob Tiziana
Charlotte
Yuko
Jacob

Tiziana Lukasz
Complete the following information about yourself.

My country: I’m from _________________ My job: I’m a/an _________________

My nationality: I’m _________________ Nationality of my company: My Company is _________________

Tell your class about your partner:

This is _________________

He’s/ She’s from _________________

Let’s remember:
We use “a” before a
He’s/ She’s _________________ consonant sound:
I’m a technician.
He’s/ She’s a/an _________________ We use “an” before a
vowel sound:
His/ Her company is _________________ Ford is an American
company.
LANGUAGE AT WORK: Present simple and possessives

Read about Facebook. What is it? Who is the CEO?

The friendly face of FACEBOOK
Millions of people are on Facebook every day and now it’s a multi-billion dollar American
company. It’s a website for Friends, but they aren’t only American. They’re from all over the
world. So is Facebook a friendly Company? Yes, it is. Mark Zuckerberg, Company CEO, tells us
more …
Complete these sentences using the words in bold from the previous text.
1. Use ‘m/ am, ___________/ is, and ‘re/ _____________ in positive sentences.
2. Use ‘m not/ am not, isn’t/ is not, and _____________/ are not in negative sentences.
3. Complete this table for questions and short answers.
Questions Short answers

Is he/ she/ it…? Yes, he/she _____________. Or No, he/ she isn’t.

Are we/ you/ they…? Yes, we/ you/ they are. Or No, we/ you/ they ______________.
LANGUAGE AT WORK: Present simple and possessives

Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about Intercorp:

Example:
A: Is Intercorp a Peruvian corporation?
B: Yes, it is. / No, it isn’t.

Intercorp a Peruvian corporation?

UTP part of Intercorp?
the workers happy at Intercorp?
Is Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor the CEO?
Are Oeschle and Metro part of Intercorp? Let’s remember:
Use ‘m, ‘s, ‘re for speaking.
the teachers good at UTP?
I’m = I am
your company part of She’s = She is
the companies of Intercorp Intercorp? They’re = They’re
only in Lima? Use am, is or are for short
answers.
Are you at work all the time?
Yes, I am. NOT Yes, I’m.
LANGUAGE AT WORK: Present simple and possessives
Make true sentences about you. Use the correct form of the verb be.
Example: I’m not Brazilian.

1. I’ ______________ Brazilian.

2. My company ______________ American.

3. Our customers ______________ in Europe.

4. My colleagues ______________ my friends.

5. English ______________ important in my present job.

Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about the previous sentences with
Is/ Are…?
Example:
A: I’m you Brazilian?
B: No, I’m not.
LANGUAGE AT WORK: Present simple and possessives
Read these possessive sentences then complete the table below using the words in bold.
Where is your company?
Mark Zuckerberg is its CEO.
Ada D’Angelo is my Chief Technology Officer.
Randi Jayne Zuckerberg is the Director Market Development at Facebook. Her brother is Mark Zuckerberg.
Their colleagues at Facebook are also their friends.

I  ___________ you  ___________ he  ___________ she  ___________

It  ___________ we  ___________ they  ___________

Complete the following conversation with possessive adjectives:
A: Welcome to the conference. What’s _____________ name?
B: Indira Torres.
A: Are you with Claro?
B: No, _____________ company is Telefonica.
A: Are those people at the back your colleagues?
B: Yes, _____________ names are Mark Galvez and Mirian Murphy.
A: Who is the leader of your group?
B: _____________ name is Sarah Stone.
A: Thank you. The conference is about to start, you can enter the auditorium.
UNIT 1: Products and Services
Lesson 1
Specific achievement
By the end of the lesson, the
students will be able to ask questions
and say where they are from, what
the nationalities of the companies
they work for are, and what their
jobs are, using the verb be and
possessive adjectives.
Let’s remember:
Answer these questions:
1. Where are you from?
2. What is your nationality?
3. What’s your job?
What parts of the class were difficult?
What parts of the class were easy?
Thank you!