Company Facts

In this unit students will be able to talking about what companies do

using the present simple
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Before Listening
❑ Look at the pictures above. What do you know about those companies?
❑ Which one do you think better? To work for a large or a small
company?

Preparation task
Read these descriptions of some companies. Complete their names!
Company Description
... This company provides many different internt services,
including news, online shopping, and email. Most of its sales
come from advertising on its websites.
... This company produces tyres for cars and other vehicles. It is
based in France, but it has more than 125,000 employees all
over the world. It is also well known for its red and green travel
guides.

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 ... This northern European company operates in the retail market. It
specializes in low products, including furniture, bathrooms, and
kitchens.
... It is subsidiary of the European Aeronautics Defence and Space
Company (EADS). The company makes palnes for the commercial
aircraft market, where its main competitor is Boeing.
... This company makes many different electrical and electronic
products, such as TVs, computers, and mobile phones. It is South
Korea’s largest company and exporter.

Complete these sentences using the words in BOLD from the previous part!
1. Some companies make or ____________________________________ goods.
2. Other companies _______________________________ or offer services.
3. If you ________________________________ in a particular product or service, it is your main
activity.
4. If you work for a company, you are an ________________________________.
5. If your head office in an particular city, your company _______ _________________ there.
6. If you work in a ___________________________, your company is part of a bigger company.
7. If you sell a lot of products, your _________________________ are very good.
8. If another company operate in the same market as you, it is your _____________________.

USEFUL EXPRESSION

❑ TALKING ABOUT A COMPANY

✓ It is a(n) ...... company. ✓ Its head office is ......

✓ It is a subsidiary of ...... ✓ It provides/offers ......
✓ It makes/produces ...... ✓ It operates in ......
✓ It has ...... employees. ✓ It specializes in ......
✓ Its main competitors are ......

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 Exercise 1: Listen to an employee talking about her company and complete the
information below!
Name of Company : BESAM
Products : A________________ d_______ mechanisms; locks and
s______________ system
Group : Assa Abloy
Nationality : ___________________________
Number of Employees : ___________________________
Sales : € ________________________ billion
Number of Subsidiaries : ___________________________ in 40 countries
Other Information : Main _________________________ are the Eastern Company,
Ingersoll -Rand, and Master Lock.

LANGUAGE FOCUS

❑ PRESENT SIMPLE
We use present simple to talk about general fact or regular actions
❑ In the 3rd person singular (He/She/It), ❑ With I/You/We/they, there
the verb ends in -s OR -es is NO final -s
❑ Example: ❑ Example:
✓ The company produces the competitive ✓ The consumers need to be
product for export. selective in choosing the
best product.

❑ In most questions, use DO with ❑ Don’t use do and does in

I/You/We/They, and DOES with questions with verb to be
He/She/It ❑ Example:
❑ Examples: ✓ Is it a new company?
✓ Do the companies need a lot of capital for
the production?
✓ Does the company operate in Indonesia?

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Work with a partner. Make questions about Nestlé using the prompts below.
Example: How old is the company?
1. How old / company?
2. What products / company / specialize in?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Where / its head office?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. How many people / company / employ?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Company / sell / products / all five continents?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. How many factories / company / have?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________

Exercise 2: Listen to a radio program Nestlé in Focus to answer the questions.

Match answers a – j to questions 1 – 10.
1. ... How old is the company?
2. ... Where is its head office?
3. ... What products does the company specialize in?
4. ... What are its annual sales?
5. ... How many factories does it have?
6. ... Does the company sell products in all five continents
7. ... How many people does it employ?
8. ... What does it offer its employee?
9. ... Does the company do alot of work in the community?
10. ... How does it protect the environment?

Answers:
a. 780 f. Many possibilities for training
b. more than 140 years old g. Yes, it gives money and other help.
c. Yes, it does. h. food and beverages
d. 276,000 i. Vevey, Switzerland.
e. More than 107 billion Swiss Francs j. By using less energy and packaging

| : LISTENING