Complete the text with was, wasn't or didn't.

Some people say Larry was a good employee, and some people say he
...wasn.t...*.It is true that he is never late for meetings and that
He wasn’t Very helpful, always doing things for his colleagues.
But unfortunately, he wasn’t’’get on well with his manager, and he wasn’t totally reliable. For
example, he Didn’t always meet deadlines. The problem was, he wasn’t like his job in
Accounts. He Didn’t never happy in that department. That's why he left Accounts
six months ago. He now works in Sales.

Read this text about Miro. Then write questions for the answers below.

Miro is 28 years old. He grew up in Croatia. He studied French at university in

Zagreb. Then he worked in France for two years from 2001 until 2003. He left
France because he wanted to study German. He went to Frankfurt in 2004.

1 In Croatia.
2 French.
3 For two years.
4 Because he wanted to study German.
5 In 2004.

1) In which country did you grow?

2) What language do I study at the University of Zagreb?
3) How many years do I work in France?
4) Why do I travel to France?
5) In what year did you go to Frankfurt?
Companies

Complete these sentences with the best form of the verbs in brackets: present
simple or present continuous.

1 We. manufacture. computer parts. We are a very successful company. We

export..….. to. more than 25 countries. (manufacture / export)

2 We always deal on time, and we deliver with this special delivervi as fast as we can. (deliver /
deal)

3 This time, we use an agent based in Shanghai, but we normally use your Glasgow agent.
(use / use)

4 Jeff is from Sales, but this week he deal in Customer Service. Today, he work
with complaints. (work / deal)
5 This summer, we 20 extra staff because it's so busy. Normally, we employ 75 people
altogether. (employ / employ)

6 Our company develop about five new products every year. At the moment,
We plan a new range of soft drinks. (develop / plan)

B) Read the tip. Then put sentences a) to g) in the informal e-mail in the correct
order, 1-7.

A) Kind regards,

B) I'm looking forward very much to seeing you next week.

C) I'm glad that we'll all be there to agree on the price of our
new energy drink, and how to promote it.

D) Thanks for sending the agenda for our marketing meeting

next Thursday.

E) However, I'd like to suggest that we once again discuss the

name of this new product or am I the only one not to be
wildly entusiastic about "Gulp"?

F) Hi Vicky,

G) Max

A) Hi Vicky

B) Thanks for sending the agenda for our marketing meeting

next Thursday

C) However, I'd like to suggest that we once again discuss the

name of this new product or am I the only one not to be
wildly entusiastic about "Gulp"?

D) I'm looking forward very much to seeing you next week.

 E) I'm glad that we'll all be there to agree on the price of our
new energy drink,

F) Kind regards,

G) Max

ACTIVIDAD 2

Read this text about Peter Drucker. Then complete the questions below.

Peter Drucker is one of the greatest management gurus of all times. He was
born in Vienna in 1909. After finishing school, he started working in banking
and then in journalism in Germany. In 1937, he moved to the United States.
There, he became a freelance writer and a profesor of management. He
taught at New York University for over 20 years and at Claremont Graduate
University in California for over 3o years. He died in 2005.
Drucker spent a lot of time looking at how managers do their work. Then, in
his books, he explained how managers could be more efficient. He wrote
more than 3o books, which were translated in about 20 languages. He also
worked as a consultant to many famous companies and also to
governments. He believed that the greatest responsibility of a company is
to serve its customers.

Questions.

1) Where wat Drucker born? In vienna in 1909

2) After finishing school working in banking? and then in journalism in Germany
3 In 1937 to the United States? There, he became a freelance writer
4 How long At new York university? for over 20 years
5 Claremont graduate in California He died in ? In 2005
6 How many Books wrote? More than 30

Complete the sentences below with the words from the box.

export mass mature niche profitable share unattractive

1) Firmont markets are usually harder to enter than home markets.
2) A market does not have many buyers, but it can make good profits
companies.
3) Last year, our company increased its market............... to 18%.
4) Levis jeans sell in a ............... market.
5) Qatar is a ............... market - it allows companies to make a lot of money
6) The market for mobile phones is a...... market. It isn't growing as fast as before.
7) If a market is………….companies don't think it's good to enter.