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1.1 JOBS
1. How do you say your country in English? How do you say your nationality in English? How do you
say two countries near you?

2. Look at these people. Say where they are from using words from the list.

Example: Dahlia is from India.

India the UK Japan Poland Brazil the USA Italy South Africa

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3. LISTENING PRACTICE. (Recording 1.1). Say the nationality of the people using words from the
list.

Example: Dahlia is Indian.

Indian British Japanese Polish Brazilian American Italian South African

4. (Recording 1.2). Look at the people in exercise 2 and 3 again. Choose a job from the list below and
write it in the table. Then write the nationality of their companies.

Sales Rep Chief Executive Officer Personal Assistant Technician

Financial Director Human Resources Manager Receptionist Team Leader

Name Job title Nationality of company

1 Dahlia Receptionist
2 Raquel
3 Randy
4 Lukasz
5 Tiziana
6 Charlotte
7 Yuko
8 Jacob

5. Think of some other directors, assistants, and managers.

marketing_ director __sales__ assistant _technical_ manager

_________________ _________________ _________________
_________________ _________________ _________________

6. Match products 1–8 to their nationalities.

1 Coca Cola ___ a American

2 De Beer diamonds ___ b Indian
3 British Airways airline ___ c Japanese
4 Sanyo electronics ___ d British
5 LOT airline ___ e Polish
6 Andhra Rice ___ f Brazilian
7 Fiat cars ___ g South African
8 Cachaca rum ___ h Italian

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7. Complete the chart with countries and nationalities using the words from the box.

Brazilian Polish Germany Kuwaiti French Oman Italian Spain

Russia Turkey Japanese Swedish China Greece British American

Country Nationality Country Nationality

-an -ish
Brazil Brazilian Poland _______
Germany German _______ Spanish

Italy _______ Sweden _______

_______ Russian _______ Turkish

-ese others
Japan _______ France _______
_______ Chinese _______ Greek

-i the UK _______
Kuwait _______ the USA _______
_______ Omani

8. Complete this chart with the jobs from the list.

Technician Sales Rep Human Resources Personal Assistant Receptionist

Financial Director Team Leader

1
Managing Director P________ A________
2
Sales Director S________ R________
3
F________ D________ bookkeepers
4
H________ R________ Training Officer
5
Manager T________ L________;
6
Production Manager T________
7
Facilities Manager R________

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9. Study the Tip below.

Tip: a / an

Use a / an before a job or company:

I’m a receptionist with an American company.
Use an before a vowel sound:
an American, an Italian.

10. Read these business cards and complete business person’s profile.

I’m 1 ____________ (name).

I’m from 2 __________ (country) and I’m a 3 __________ (job).
My company is 4 ____________ (nationality).

Her name is 5 ____________.

She’s 6 ____________ (nationality).
She’s a 7 ____________ (job).
Her company is in 8 ____________ (country).

I’m 9 ____________ (name).

I’m from 10 ____________ (country) and I’m a 11 ____________ (job).
My company is 12 ____________ (nationality).

11. Complete this information about yourself.

My country: __________ My job: __________

My nationality: __________ Nationality of my company: __________

12. COMMUNICATION PRACTICE. Tell your teacher about yourself.

I’m from …
I’m …
I’m a / an …

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My company is …

13. Make sure you know the words below. Use Quizlet to learn the words.

существительные
1. chief executive officer (CEO) главный исполнительный директор
2. a director директор, руководитель
3. a manager менеджер
4. managing director (MD) генеральный директор
5. personal assistant (PA) личный помощник
6. receptionist секретарь
7. sales representative торговый представитель
8. a team leader руководитель рабочей группы
9. a technician техник
глаголы
10. to introduce представлять(ся)