Getting started

Grammar Present Simple: do, be, and

question words
INTRODUCTION 1 What do these people do? Match the photos with the business cards.

KEN MARTIN
PHOTOGRAPt£R
f>EW YORI< KM

2 Read the details on the business cards and complete the sentences.
1 Paul lives in _ _ _ _ _ __
2 Emma is a . She works in _ _ _ _ _ __
3 Ken lives in . He's a _ _ _ _ _ __
4 Laura designs _ _ _ _ _ __
5 Emma's family name is _ _ _ _ _ __
6 Paul is a . He works for _ _ _ _ _ __

3 • >J 1.1 Listen to Laura, Ken, and Paul meet at the Unisports headquarters. Are
these statements true or false?
1 Ken knows Laura.
2 Laura works in a studio.
3 Ken works for a company.
4 Paul knows Ken.
5 Paul suggests they have a drink.
4 •>) 1.2 Laura, Ken, and Paul meet Emma. Listen and choose the correct word.
1 Emma is in a running I cycling team.
2 She works for a travel I model agency.
3 She usually trains in the morning I afternoon.
4 Ken and Laura have both got cars I bikes.
5 Paul and Laura take the bus I train to work.

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 Focus
Read the examples.

Positive Negative
I live in New York. I don't work for a sports magazine.
She works for a model agency. It doesn't go very fast.
I'm in a new studio. Rome isn't a safe place to ride a bike.
Questions Answers
Do you do a lot of training? Yes, I do.
Where do you train? I live near the river so I usually train there.
How are you? I'm very well, thanks.

Frequency adverbs

never rarely sometimes often usually always

I sometimes go running.
I'm always too busy.
Wh- and How question words
What Where Who When Why Which
How+ much, many, far, often, long
What do you do? I'm a photographer.
How often do you go training? I usually go cycling befo re breakfast every day.
Complete the rules with these words.
before beginning be not facts -s I -es
We add to the verb for he, she, and it.
We use the verbs do and _ _ _ _ to make questions.
We use to make negative statements.
We use the Present Simple to talk about and regular activities.
Wh - and How question words come at the _ _ _ _ of a sentence.
We usually put frequency adverbs all verbs except be.
C) For more details and practice, go to the Review section on page 14.

PRACTICE 5 Complete the sentences. Use the words in brackets.

Example Laura lives in Rome. (live )
1 Ken _ _ _ _ _ _ _ photographs. (take)
2 Laura men's suits. (not design)
3 Ken and Laura friends. (be)
4 Emma in Scotland. (not live)
5 Paul Cantonese, but he ________ Japanese.
(speak) (not speak)
6 Ken for a sports magazine. (not work)
7 Paul and Laura to work. (not cycle)
8 Paul __ a sales manager. (not be)

6 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions for the sentences in 5.

Example A Does Laura live in Rome?
B Yes, she does.

7 Talk to other people in the class. Find out the following information.
their name what they do where they work where they live

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 8 Match the question words with the pictures.
what what time when where which who

A
orB ;
6 ___
2- - - 3---- 4- 5- --
how far how long how many how much how often

£1.70
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Madrid
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f.•, 1 hour?
50p
1 rf1 f!,
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1 11/ 2 hours?

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7- -
Barcelona?
8 9_ __ 10
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2 hours?
11 - -
9 Write the questions for these answers. Use the words in brackets.
1 She's a sportswear designer. (what I Laura)
2 He knows Laura, but he doesn't know Emma. (who I Ken)
3 She lives in Rome. (where I Laura)
4 She trains every morning. (how often I Emma)
5 She cycles for about two hours. (how long I Emma)
6 He works for Unisports. (which company I Paul)
7 She gets up at 5.30. (what time I Emma)
8 She goes to the sports centre after cycling. (when I Emma)
9 He runs two or three kilometres. (how far I Ken)

10 Work in pairs. Take it in turns to ask and answer the questions in 9 .

11 Work in pairs. Go to page 126. Find out how hard your partner works.

TASK 12 Work in pairs. Read the details about Paul and Emma. Student A writes
five questions about Paul. Student B writes five questions about Emma.
Take it in turns to ask and answer your questions.

Paul works in the Hong Kong

branch of Unisports. Unisports Emma is from Scotland
is a sportswear producer and lives in London . She
and they make clothes for sometimes travels abroad
a variety of sports including for cycling events and for
running, cycling, and tennis. her modelling. She models
Paul speaks English, Mandarin for sportswear companies and
Chinese, and Cantonese. He travels cosmetic products. Her father is
to the States and the UK on business a Scottish and her mother is from Hungary so she
lot, but takes his hol idays in Asia . He loves food, speaks some Hungarian. She enjoys listening
especially spicy food from Thailand or Sichuan in to music and watching films. She goes to the
China. He enjoys playing tennis and plays every cinema about once a month .
weekend when he is at home.

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Vocabulary Talking about companies
1 Match the type of company with the pictures. Think of examples of some companies.
airline bank car manufacturer coffee producer department store
electronic goods producer oil company e-commerce company television company

loans, mortgages
fridges, toasters
personal shoppers, home delivery
4 espresso roast, whole bean
5 petrol, kerosene
6 news programmes, dramas
7 saloon cars, sports cars
8 online check-in, upgrades
9 music downloads, online shopping

3 • 1.3 Listen to two people talking about a company. Complete the

company profile.
1 Name
2 Nationality
3 Headquarters
4 Type of company
5 How old
6 Number of employees
7 Revenue
8 Main competitor
4 Complete the sentences using the information about the company in 3 .
1 The company's called _ _ _ _ _ __
2 It's a company.
3 The headquarters are in _ _ _ _ _ __
4 It's an company. It produces _ _ _ _ _ __
5 It started in _ _ _ _ _ __
6 It employs _ _ _ _ _ _ _ people.
7 Its annual revenue is _ _ _ _ _ __
8 Its main competitor is _ _ _ _ _ __

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 5 •>:1.4Listen to four company descriptions. Number the pictures in the order
you hear them.
1 2 3 4

6 Write the questions.

1 What nationality I company? 5 What type I company?
2 How old? 6 What I annual revenue?
3 Where I headquarters? 7 What I produce?
4 How many people I employ? 8 Who I main competitor?

7 Work in pairs. Complete the chart by asking and answering questions

about the companies. Use the questions in 6 .
Student A Look at the chart below.

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Student B Go to page 126.

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1 Credit Suisse
2 EMI British London music 1931 £ 1.072 billion I S,500
3 Amazon
4 Louis Vuitton French Paris fashion 1854 €2.5 billion I 18,000
5 Bayer
6 K-Line Japanese Ichikawa shipping company 1919 ¥497 billion I 659

Watch the video for

8 Work in pairs. Play a company guessing game.
more practice. Student A Think of a company you know well. Answer Student B's questions.
Student B Ask Student A questions to help you guess the name of the company.
Example B What type of company is it?
A It's a car company.
B What nationality is it?
A It's French.

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 Work skills Talking about your job
1 •> 1.5 Listen to three people introducing themselves. Complete the table.

Job
2 Company
3 Department
4 Responsibilities
5 Full- I Part-time
6 Hours per week
7 Colleagues, other people
8 Place of work
9 Travel

2 Complete the questions with the words below. Now work in pairs. Take turns to
ask and an swer questions about your jobs. Complete the answers.
Can Do (x2) How many What What type Where Which Who (x2)

1 do you do ?
I'm a I an _ _ _ _ _ __
2 do you work for?
I work for . I I'm self-employed. I I work freelance.
I I run my own company.
3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of company is it?
It's a I an _ _ _ _ _ __
4 department are you in?
I work in the department.
5 you work full-time?
Yes, I do. I No, I don't. I work part-time.
6 hours do you work a week?
I work about _ _ _ _ _ __
7 do you work with?
I work with _ _ _ _ _ __
8 do you usually work - in an office?
I usually work _ _ _ _ _ __
9 you travel much for work?
Yes, I travel . I No, I don't.
10 you tell me what you do in your job?
I'm responsible for . This involves _ _ _ _ _ __

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 Functions First meetings and greetings
INTRODUCTION 1 Match 1-8 with the illustrations below. How important are these features when
you greet people?
1 physical distance 5 appearance
2 eye contact 6 names
3 handshake 7 small talk
4 business card 8 greeting

Hello. I'm ...

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How was your
journey here?

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2 Work in pairs. Answer the questions about meeting someone in a business

situation for the first time.
How close do you stand to the other person?
2 Do you make eye contact?
3 Do you shake hands?
4 Do you exchange business cards?
5 How do you address the other person - Mr .. ., Miss .. ., first name?
6 What do you usually talk about after the introduction?
7 When do you use Good morning I afternoon I evening I night?
8 When do you use Hi or Hello?
3 • 1.6 Emma, Ken, and Paul meet more people on the Unisports team. Choose
the correct words to complete the sentences.
1 The art director is called Nathalie Barnes I Bourne.
2 Charles works in the sales I design department.
3 Jason and Ken are old friends I strangers.
4 Emma knows I doesn't know Nathalie.
5 Scott knows Emma and Nathalie I only Nathalie.
6 Jason lives in I travels to London.

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 Focus
Read the examples below.
Laura, let me introduce you to Charles Ward. _J_
Oh, hi Ken. Great to see you. _
How are you? _
Can I introduce myself? I'm Ken Martin.
Very pleased to meet you, Emma.
It's nice to see you again. _
Nice to meet you too, Nathalie.
How are things? _
You must be Emma.
Which phrases do you use for the following situations?
1 to introduce yourself
2 to greet someone you know
3 to introduce or greet someone for the first time

C) For more details and practice, go to the Review section on page 17.

PRACTICE 4 Complete the conversations.

1 A You must be Paul.
B That's _ _ _
A _ _ h Nathalie Bourne. I'm the art director for the new catalogue.
B And I'm Paul Lee. I'm the marketing manager for Unisports.
A c to meet you, Paul.

B Pleased to meet you, too, _ _ __

2 A Emma, do you • Charles Ward?
B No, I don't think so.
A Charles, __ h is Emma King.

C Very nice to meet you, _ _ __

d
B Nice to meet you too,
3 A Hello, Ken.
B Oh, hi Paul. • to see you.
A Good to see you, too. How are ____b?
B Very good, thanks. c you?
A _ J as usual.

4 A Do you live in New York?

B Yes, I do. How about you?
A I • in Rome.
B Do you _ b for Unisports?

A No, I '. I work freelance. And d<

B I work for Unisports • the marketing department.

TASK 5 Work in pairs and groups of three.

1 Introduce yourself to another person in your class.
2 Introduce two people to each other.
3 Say hello to people you know.

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 Review .

Grammar Present Simple: do, be, and

question words

Form
We form the Present Simple with the infinitive form of the verb. For he, she,
and it we add an -s or -es to the end of the verb.
Positive Negative
I I
You You
work. don't work.
We We
They They
--
He He
She works. She doesn't work.
It It
-- -
Question Answer
- -
Do I do/don't.
I
you you
Where do I we
I Yes/No, we
--
work in the city centre.
they they
ark?
-
Does I he he does/doesn't.
she Yes/No, she -
Where does I it it works in the city centre.

We use do + verb to make questions in the Present Simple. We also use do in

place of the verb with short answers.
Example Do you like coffee? Yes, I do. (Yes, I like.)
We put Wh - and How question words before do to make questions.
Example Where do you work?
How long does it take to get to work?
We can make questions with be.
Example Is he in a meeting?
We can also use Wh- and How question words with be.
Example How far is Madrid from Barcelona?
In questions with prepositions, the preposition usually goes at the end.
Examples Who do you work for?
Which university do you go to?

Use
We use the Present Simple to talk about:
Facts
Examples The meeting room is on the first floor.
How long does the journey take?
Regular activities
Examples I usually watch TV in the evenings.
What time do you have lunch?
We have a team meeting every week.

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PRACTICE 1 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs below.
be cycle go have Jove not have not like take work (x2)
Alberto and David both work 1
for a supermarket chain. Alberto _ _ __
3
in the finance department and David a marketing assistant. They
4
sometimes lunch together. David 5
Italian food, but Alberto
_ _ _ _ it. They often to the gym together after work. Alberto
6 7

_ _ _ _ home. David
8 9
a bicycle, so he '°
the bus home.

2 Match the questions and answers.

1 How often do you cycle to work? a Half an hour.
2 How many languages do you speak? b About 10 kilometres.
3 How much does it cost? c Everyday.
4 How far is it to your company? d Three.
5 How long do you have for lunch? e €16.50
3 Write questions for the following answers about Luiza.
Example She's 31 years old.
How old is she?
1 She lives in Sao Paulo.
2 She gets up at 6.00 a.m.
3 She works for an IT comtJanv.
. ,
4 She's a software tester.
5 She has two computers.
6 She speaks Portuguese and English.
7 She goes to the cinema once a week.
4 Correct the mistakes. There is one mistake in each sentence.
1 Are you like playing football?
2 They doesn't have a car.
3 He goes rarely swimming.
4 What you do?
5 How much time is the lesson?

Vocabulary Talking about companies

1 Read the company profile. Are the statements true or false?

1 Uniqlo sells casual clothes.

2 It's a Japanese company.
3 The company started in 1994.
4 About 30,000 people work for Uniqlo.
5 Its yearly revenue is ten billion yen.
6 Uniqlo operates in thirteen countries.

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 2 Use the prompts to write questions for the answers about the Hershey company.
Example What nationality is the company?
It's an American company.
1 Where ?
The headquarters are in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
2 What type ?
It's a confectionery producer.
3 What ?
It produces different kinds of chocolate and sweets.
4 How ?
It's about 120 years old.
5 Howmany ?
It employs 13,700 people.
6 Who ?
Its main competitors are other large confectionery producers,
e.g. Mars and Nestle.

3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words below.
compete employ manufacture produce
Example It's a small company, with only five employees.
1 Gorenje m white goods, for example fridges and washing
machines.
2 There's a lot of c in the electronic goods market.
3 Kellogg's is a food p_ ____ __
4 Samsung and LG are c_ _ _ _ _ __
5 Our business is growing so I think we need toe more staff.
6 Avon sells a wide range of cosmetic p_ _ _ _ _ __
7 Hasbro is a toy m _ _ _ _ _ __
8 If you have a problem at work, you should speak to your e_ _ _ _ _ __

Work skills Talking about your job

1 Eva (E) and Jakob (J) are interviewed about their jobs. Complete the questions.
Then guess what their jobs are.
Example Who do you work fo r?
E I work freelance. J I'm self-employed.
1 How many hours ?
E Sometimes 60, sometimes none. J Usually between 50 and 60.
2 Who ?
E I often work with famous people. J I work with my employee.
3 Where ?
E I work in lots of different places. J I work outside a lot.
4 Do ?
E Yes, I often travel in my job. J No, I don't.
5 What ?
E I'm responsible for making actors look J I produce food.
good or look right for their role.
6 Do ?
E Yes, I love it. J Yes, I do.

Eva's job _ _ _ _ _ __ Jakob's job _ _ _ _ __

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Functions First meetings and greetings

We use the following phrases to introduce ourselves, introduce and meet

other people, and greet people we know.
Introducing yourself Hi, I'm Steve.
Can I introduce myself? I'm Ken Martin.

Introducing and Rosa, do you know Tim?

meeting someone Rosa, this is Tim.
Rosa, let me introduce you to Carol Schwarz.
Pleased to meet you, Jason.
Very pleased to meet you, Emma.
Nice to meet you too, Nathalie.

Greeting someone Hi, Emma.

you know Hi. Great to see you.
Good to see you, too.
Hello, it's nice to see you again.
How are you?
How are things?

1 Put the conversations in the correct order. The first line is marked for you.
1 a Hans, this is Sunny Lee.
b No, I'm afraid I don't.
c Very good to meet you, too.
d Sunny, do you know Hans Koopman? _ 1_
e Nice to meet you.
2 a Fine, thanks. And you?
b Hi, Jerry. _ 1_
c You too. How are you?
d Hi, Zol. Great to see you.
e Good, thanks.
3 a No, I don't. I work for Nikon.
b Pleased to meet you, Frank. Do you work for Kodak, too?
c Mike, let me introduce you to Frank Weldon. _ 1_
d I'm in R&D.
e Oh, what do you do there?
4 a Yes, it is. How are things?
b You must be Sara. _ 1_
c Fine, thanks. Busy as usual.
d Yes, it's nice to meet you in person at last, not just on the phone.
e That's right. And you're Marie.

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