1 | Progress test

Working with words Language at work

Complete the table with countries and nationalities. Complete this interview with the correct form of
the verb be.
Country Nationality
A Hello, my name 11______________ Ali
India Indian
Kishan and I 12______________ the Managing
Director of Kishan Foods.
1___________ B Good morning, Mr Kishan. Where
Japan 13
______________ your company exactly?
A We 14______________ in England.
2___________ 15
Italian B ______________ you also in other countries?
A No, we 16______________.
3___________ B But you 17______________ English. Where
Brazil 18
______________ you from?
A I 19______________ from India but my wife
4___________ 20
Polish ______________ from the UK.

5___________ Underline the correct answer from the words in

South Africa italics.

Complete the two conversations with words from 21 Our / We customers are in Asia and South
the list. America.
22 They / Their company is Polish.
team Chief marketing personal human 23 Are you / your Spanish?
24 Where is he / his company based?
Conversation 1: 25 That’s Brigit. She’s / Her’s a colleague and a
A What’s your job? friend.
B I’m the 6_____________ director for a small
online company. What about you? Business communication
A I’m a 7______________ resources manager
and this is Nigel. He’s a 8______________ leader Match 26–30 to a–e.
in our design department.
26 It’s good …____
Conversation 2: 27 How do …____
A Who’s that? 28 Pleased to …____
B That’s Sheila McFee. She’s our 9______________ 29 Have a …____
Executive Officer. It’s her company and I’m her 30 See you … ____
10
______________ assistant.
a meet you.
b soon.
c to see you again.
d good journey.
e you do, Anna?

Result ______________ / 30 marks

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Speaking test
Role cards
Copy this page and cut out the role cards for the students. Then use the Speaking test results form to evaluate
each student’s performance. You can then cut out the results and give them to the students.

Student A Student B

Meet someone at a conference for the first time.
• say hello
• introduce yourself
• say where you are from (country)
• ask the other person to spell their name and
spell your name
• ask the name of the other person’s company
and say the name of your company.
Meet someone at a conference for the first time.
• say hello
• introduce yourself
• say where you are from (country)
• ask the other person to spell their name and
spell your name
• ask the name of the other person’s company
and say the name of your company.

Speaking test results

Use these forms to evaluate the students.

Student A Student B

Can the student … Didn’t do Yes, but with Yes, did this Can the student … Didn’t do this Yes, but with Yes, did this
this (0 some mistakes very well (2 (0 points) some mistakes very well (2
points) (1 point) points) (1 point) points)
say hello say hello

introduce him/ introduce him/

herself herself

say where he / she is say where he / she is

from from

ask the other person ask the other person

to spell his / her to spell his / her
name and spell his / name and spell his /
her own name her own name
ask the name of the ask the name of the
other person’s other person’s
company and say his company and say his
/ her own company / her own company
name name

Result ______________ / 10 marks Result ______________ / 10 marks

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