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DGC 1

APPLICATION 1 JOBS AND COMPANIES

SEANCES 1 + 2

A. Vocabulary exercise

Find the job title

1. Sally is responsible for buying supplies. She is the…………………………..

2. Chris is head of the sales team. He is the………………………….
3. Paul is responsible for computer operations in the company. He is the ………………..
4. Jenny works as part of a team promoting the company’s products. She is a ……………
5. Mark is the most senior person in charge of managing the company. He is the ………….

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6. Christina welcomes visitors when they walk in through the door and answers the phone. She
is a …………………

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B. Grammar exercises

Present simple or Present continuous?

1. At the moment, he ………..................... (work) on a project in Asia so he ……………….(fly) out to

Singapore once a month.
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2. She ……………………(work) for Google and she ……………..(run) the HR department.
3. She usually ……………………..(work) from home but she ………………………..(go) into the office
nearly every day this week.
4. He already …………………(speak) English and he…………………..(learn) Chinese.
5. He………………………….( not meet) the other project managers very often because they
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…………………(finish) a project in China

Relative clauses
Complete the relative clauses by choosing the correct pronoun or group of pronouns
below.
who which that/which that/which/no pronoun whose
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1. Twitter, …………is an American company, has its head office in San Francisco.
2. Twitter, …………..head office is in San Francisco, is an American company.
3. Jack Dorsey,…………..founded Twitter, is now a billionaire.
4. The company ………..Jack Dorsey founded is worth billions.
5. The company …………….was founded by Jack Dorsey is a cultural and political
phenomenon.

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C. Email writing

You are working on a new project with a colleague from another branch of your
company. Read the email from your colleague and write a reply (30-40 words) to
introduce yourself.

• Thank her for the email.

• Say what your job title is and what you do.
• Say what you are doing at the moment.
• End the email politely.

Hi!

My name is Nadine Gordimer and I’m looking forward to working with you on the new

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project. I’m the project coordinator and I work in the HR department in the Durban branch.

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At the moment I’m recruiting new members of staff to work on our project.

Best wishes

Nadine
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D. Reading
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Read this short text about Twitter and make a short oral presentation about this company.

Our mission: To give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information
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instantly, without barriers.

TWITTER USAGE / COMPANY FACTS

313M Monthly active users

1B Unique visits monthly to sites with embedded Tweets
 82% Active users on mobile
 3,860 Employees around the world
 35+ Offices around the world
 79% Accounts outside the U.S.
 40+ Languages supported
 40% Employees in technical roles
(All numbers approximate as of June 30, 2016)

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DGC 1

CORRIGE

APPLICATION 1 JOBS AND COMPANIES

A. Vocabulary exercise
1. She is the purchasing manager.
2. He is the sales director / manager.
3. He is the IT director/ manager or He is the Chief Information Officer (CIO).
4. She is a marketing assistant.
5. He is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or He is the Managing Director.
6. She is a receptionist.

B. Grammar exercises

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Present perfect or present continuous?

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1. He is working / he flies out
2. She works / she runs
3. She usually works / she is going
4. He already speaks / he is learning
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He doesn’t meet / they are finishing

Relative clauses
WHICH 2. WHOSE 3. WHO 4. THAT/WHICH/NO PRONOUN 5. WHICH / THAT

C. Email writing
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Hi Nadine,

Thank you for your email.

I’m looking forward to working with you too.

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I’m a marketing executive and I’m responsible for researching marketing information for the
company.

At the moment I’m writing reports for my manager!

Best wishes

Jane Ormond

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