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SUMMARY HANDOUT
UNIT N°2

I. PRESENT SIMPLE. Complete the text using the verbs form the box:

EMPLOY / SELL / EXPORT / PROVIDE / BUY / DEVELOP

Kikoman is a Japanese company and we _____________ 400

million liters of soy sauce every year. We _____________6,500
people in total. We _____________ soy sauce all over the world
including Asia, North America, Australia, and Europe. We also
_____________new products for the pharmaceuticals industry.
Restaurants, supermarkets, and Asian food shops
_____________our products and we also _____________lesson in
Japanese cooking, using Kikoman products of course!

II. This is a Korean company called CJ, it has different business areas, read the descriptions
and choose de correct verb in italics:

We produce/ produces sugar and cooking oil We export / exports medicines to countries
the company have / has restaurants, cafes and around the world.
food shops. And we develop / develops new
It provides / provide products for restaurants, biotechnological products
schools and hospitals

The company produce / produces films for the
Korean market and abroad. We import /
imports films from foreign production
companies and we have / has eight cable TV
channels and a chain of movie teathres
We provide / provides a home shopping
service. We have / has a logistic center. It
provide / provides transport and delivery
services.
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III. Complete these questions with the verbs in brackets and then add a short answer:

a) A: ___________ you __________ your product to France (export)?

B: Yes, we _________
b) A: __________ they __________ for General Motors? (work)
B: Yes, they _________
c) A: _________ SONY __________ food and drinks? ( sell)
B: No, it _________
d) A: ________ she __________ training courses? ( provide)
B: Yes, she ___________. She is the HH.RR manager.
e) A: _________ they ___________ people from other countries? (employ)
B: Yes, they _________.
f) A: _________ you _________ products from Argentina? (buy)
B: Yes, we ____________

IV. Complete the email below with the correct form of the verbs in the box:

EMPLOY HAVE PRODUCE WORK (NOT) SELL EXPORT (NOT)

To: Claudia.pitch@intersales.com
From: sandy.perez@intersales.com
Subject: New customer
Dear Claudia:

Here is some information about your new customer:

The company ______________ computer components. It _______________
800 people in Europe. Its head office is in Toulouse. It ____________ to USA,
but it ____________ to most of Asia. We _____________ with their offices in
the UK, but we ______________ contact with their factories in France and Italy.
Good luck with your meeting on Tuesday.

Sandy Perez
Account Manager

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V. Read the sentences and then correct the mistakes:

a) You do work for SONY?

b) We imports food products

c) Nokia doesn`t works in the car industry

d) Does Jane work for HBO? Yes, She do

e) Mary doesn`t develops softwares. He

provides software training.
f) Your company employs 500 people?

VI. What do these companies do? Write a description about each company`s activities using
the words from the boxes A and B (3 points each 18 points in total):

A Create Design Develop Manufacture Market Sell Produce Provide

Verbs
Banking Cars Clothing Electronic Food Internet Softwares Sport
B services and products and services products
Products trucks drinks

a) MICROSOFT

b) NIKE

c) CITIBANK

d) SONY

e) WALMART

f) TOYOTA

g) GOOGLE

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PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

I. Complete the sentences from the notes. Say what the companies do and what projects
they are doing now:

COMPANY a) Work / MICROSOFT She__________________________

______________________________

MAIN BUSINESS b) Develop / Softwares They _________________________

______________________________

CURRENT ACTIVITY c) Desing / educational Now, They ____________________

Software ______________________________

COMPANY d) Work / NIKE She __________________________

MAIN BUSINESS e) Manufacture / Sport It ____________________________

products.
CURRENT ACTIVITY f) Produce / new running Now, they _____________________
shoes ______________________________

COMPANY g) Work / SONY They__________________________

MAIN BUSINESS h) Create / Electronic It ____________________________

products
CURRENT ACTIVITY i) Sell / a new play station Now, they _____________________
______________________________

COMPANY j) Work / COCA COLA She __________________________

MAIN BUSINESS k) Manufacture / soft drinks It ____________________________

and juices.
CURRENT ACTIVITY l) Create / free sodium soft Now, they _____________________
drink ______________________________

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COMPANY m) Work / SAMSUNG She __________________________

MAIN BUSINESS n) Manufacture / Electronic It ____________________________

products
CURRENT ACTIVITY o) Develop / a new smart Now, they _____________________
phone. ______________________________

II. Read the following email and choose the correct for of the verb in italics:

To: Maria.perex@soundmagic.com
From: elena.suarez@pcsystems.com
Subject: New customer
Dear Maria:

I write / am writing to ask if you have / are having a sales office or sales
representative in Argentina. I work / am working for a small computer producer
here in Chile and we look / are looking for a new supplier of sound cards. We
usually buy / are buying from a supplier in the USA, but their products become
/ are becoming too expensive for us.
We have over 30 shops in Chile and we open / are opening another five this year.

We also regularly get / are getting business by email on our website.

We try / are trying to find a new supplier before the end of this month, so please
contact me as soon as possible.

Best regards
Elena Suarez
Sales Manager

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PAST SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

PAST SIMPLE TO BE

I. Read the conversation y complete the gaps with was, wasn`t, were, weren`t:

Janis Sorry I`m late. I ___________ at the presentation on branding.

Carlos ___________ that last week?
Janis No, it ___________ this morning at the Century Hotel.
Carlos Oh. ___________it interesting?
Janis Yes, it ___________, and there ___________lots of good questions at the end. The
breakfast ___________ good too! Anyway, why ___________you in the office
yesterday?
Carlos There ___________terrible problems with flights from Rome, so I …

II. Read the conversation y complete the gaps with was, wasn`t, were, weren`t:

A: How _____________ the meeting?

B: I don`t know, I ___________ (-) there. I __________ on Holiday, but John emailed me the
notes from the meeting. I __________ very long!
A: Great! I _____________ off sick then! Ramon and Anna _____________ also away. They
_____________on a conference in Concepcion.

III. Put the words in the right order to make questions, then match them to the answer in the
box bellow:

a) They / weren´t / why / the / at / meeting?

b) Interesting / was / the show?

c) Was/ last / your / when / business trip?

d) At / who / the / meeting / was?

Yes, it was.
Last Friday.
They were in Arica.
Max and Yolanda.
No, there weren´t

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PAST SIMPLE

I. Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets:

Last week I _________ (be) very busy. On Monday morning our biggest customer _________
(visit) our factory. I _________ (meet) her at the airport at 7:00 in the morning and _________
(take) her to the plant. In the afternoon we _________ (have) a meeting which
_________________ (not finish) late, and she _________ (want) to see our warehouse.
On Tuesday I _________ (fly) to Berlin for a conference. In the afternoon I _________ (make)
A presentation which ____________ (not go) very well. The next day I _________ (go) to
Stuttgart to meet a supplier. On Thursday we _________ (interview) candidates for the new
sales jobs, but we _____________ (not find) anybody suitable. In the evening I _________
(play) ping pong in the company tournament, but, unfortunately, I _____________ (not win).
On Friday I _________ (reply) to all my emails and _________ (write) a proposal for an Austrian
company. In the afternoon I _________ (attend) a planning meeting which _________ (end)
very late in the evening. I ____________ (not get) home until midnight!

II. Make questions in the past using the words:

a) When / you / start work?

b) Where / she / go on holiday?
c) When / you / send the invoice?
d) How / you / contact her?
e) Who / they / speak to?
f) Why / you / call on Sunday?

III. Read the answers and write a full question:

Ex: What time did they arrive? They arrived at 9 ó clock

a) Where ______________________________________________________________?
We had lunch in the staff cafeteria
b) Who ________________________________________________ at the conference?
I saw our colleagues from the Buenos Aires office.
c) Why ________________________________________________ the meeting?
The manager left the meeting because she had an urgent phone call
d) Which hotel ________________________________________________ last month?
They stayed at the Hilton.
e) When ________________________________________________the company?
The started 2 years.
f) How long ________________________________________________with the visitors?
I was all day with them.

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IV. Read the following email about an Industry Expo and the answer the questions:

a) What type of industry was it for?

b) When and where was it?

c) Where were manufacturers, suppliers and other representatives from?

d) Does your business or industry have similar events?

V. Past simple or past continuous? Read the dialogues and choose the best alternative
form the verbs in italics:

a) What was Ana doing this morning?

She was interviewing / interviewed candidates for the sales job.
b) Hello, welcome back! What did you do in your holiday?
Hello, most days I just went / was going to the beach.
c) What happened after you launched the product?
While we promoted / were promoting it, our main competitor dropped / was dropping their
new prices.
d) I didn`t see you in the office last week.
No, I worked / was working at home for a few days.
e) What Patty do when she saw the artwork?
She called / was calling the designers and said / was saying it wasn`t suitable.
f) Why did Renata take so long to get here?
She said that they were fixing / fixed the road so the traffic moved / was moving very slowly.

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VI. Complete the sentences by writing the verbs in brackets in Past Simple or Past
Continuous:

a) I __________ (find) the missing file yesterday, while I __________ (look) for some
other documents.
b) While I __________ (negotiate) the contract, my boss __________ (phone) me to say
that he wanted completely different conditions.
c) The client ___________ (wait) for me when I _____________ (arrive).
d) Anne __________ (explain) her proposal when Pedro __________ (interrupt) her.
e) We never got the chance to interview him. While we __________ (investigate) the
incident, he __________ (quit).
f) He __________ (finish) to read the report and then he __________ (give) to me.
g) Everyone __________ (wait) for the meeting to begin when he __________ (call) to
cancel it.
h) I __________ (find) the missing file while I __________ (look) for some other
documents.
i) While I ___________ (study) at college, I ___________ (learn) a lot about industrial
processes.

VII. WORD ORDER: Re write the following sentences in the correct order (3 points each 24
points in total):

a) We (the customers / to dinner / took). We ______________________________

_________________________________
b) I (to put / on the package / the name / forgot). I ________________________________
_________________________________
c) They (next to the park / a new hotel / built). They ____________________________
_________________________________
d) Did you (at work /do / yesterday / many Did you__________________________
things)? _________________________________
e) We (new customers / met / in Expo) We ______________________________
_________________________________
f) Please (at the top / write / of the page / your Please, __________________________
name). _________________________________
g) They (for a long time / worked / in the same They ____________________________
office). _________________________________
h) Why (to work / did you arrive / so late)? Why _____________________________
_________________________________

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GRAMMAR SUMMARY

PRESENT SIMPLE: I / YOU / WE / THEY PRESENT SIMPLE: HE / SHE / IT

AFFIRMATIVE FORM: I / YOU / WE / THEY AFFIRMATIVE FORM: HE / SHE / IT

I LIVE in Tokyo. He MAKES products.

You MANAGE the sales department. She DESIGNS clothes.
We WORK for a software It SELLS cars.
They SELL company.
WORK products.
MEET in finance.
customers

NEGATIVE FORM: I / YOU / WE / THEY NEGATIVE FORM: HE / SHE / IT

I DON`T WORK in sales. He DOESN`T MAKE products.

You DON`T LIVE in brazil. She DOESN`T DESIGN clothes.
We DON`T MAKE products. It DOESN`T SELL cars.
They

INTERROGATIVE FORM: I / YOU / WE / THEY INTERROGATIVE FORM: HE / SHE / IT

DO I WORK in sales? DOES He MAKE products?

You LIVE in Brazil? She DESIGN clothes?
We MAKE products? It SELL cars?
They

SHORT ANSWERS: I / YOU / WE / THEY SHORT ANSWERS: HE / SHE / IT

Yes, I, You, We, They DO Yes, He, She, It DOES

No, I, You, We, They DON`T No, He, She, It DOESN`T

QUESTIONS WITH QUESTION WORDS

What DO You work?

Where We live?
Why they sell cars?
What DOES He manage?
Where She work?
It do?

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PAST TO BE WAS - WERE
AFFIRMATIVE FORM

I WAS in Concepcion last Thursday.

He
She
It
You WERE in Barcelona for five days.
We
They

NEGATIVE FORM

I WASN`T in the office yesterday.

He
She
It
You WEREN`T here last week.
We
They

INTERROGATIVE FORM

WAS I in the warehouse last week?

He
She
It
WERE You here last week?
We
They

SHORT ANSWERS

Yes, I, she, he, it WAS Yes, You, we, they WEREN`T

No, I, she, he, it WASN`T No, You, we, they WEREN`T

QUESTIONS WITH QUESTION WORDS

When WERE You yesterday?

Where We in Rome?
Why they
When WAS He at work?
Why She in Chile?
It In the warehouse?
I

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PAST SIMPLE REGULAR VERBS

AFFIRMATIVE FORM: SUBJECT + VERB + ED

I WORKED for Vodafone.

He TALKED about the new product.
She TRAVELLED to Buenos Aires.
It WALKED home.
They
We
You

NEGATIVE FORM

I LIKE the presentation.

He DO
She ASK any questions.
It DIDN`T TALK
You to the customers.
We
They

INTERROGATIVE FORM

I LIKE the presentation?

He DO
She ASK any questions?
DID It TALK
You WORK to the customers?
We for Unilever?
They

SHORT ANSWERS:

YES, I, SHE, HE, IT DID

THEY, YOU, WE
NO, I, SHE, HE, IT DIDN`T
THEY, YOU, WE

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QUESTION WITH QUESTION WORDS: QW + DID + SUBJECT+ VERB?

When DID You LEAVE your last job?

Where We GO to Rome?
Why They SELL your products?
He LIVE in USA?
She
It

SPELLING REGULAR VERBS

Most regular verbs end in “ED”
Star StartED
Verbs ending in “E” we add “D”
Decide DecideD
Verbs ending in “Y”: we replace “Y” with “IED”
Try TrIED
PAST SIMPLE IRREGULAR VERBS

Many verbs are irregular and don`t use ED in the past simple, these are the irregular verbs

GO WENT
COME CAME
HAVE HAD
TAKE TOOK

AFFIRMATIVE FORM IRREGULAR VERBS

I WENT to work.
He CAME to the factory.
She HAD to Buenos Aires.
It TOOK him home.
They
We
You

TIME EXPRESSIONS

Use time expression to say When something happened in the past:

Last night Two days ago.

Last Tuesday A week ago.
Last week A year ago.
Yesterday In 2008

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