1Business Administration

1 Look at the Present Simple and Present Continuous verbs. Tick (✓) the correct ones, cross
(✗) the
wrong ones, and write the correct form of the verbs.

1 My department is always trying to stick to deadlines. ✗

2 Lucinda’s talking to some new clients at the moment. ✓

3 Are you wanting to finish work on time today? ✗

4 Akiko aims to finish the report by the end of the day. ✗

2 Write sentences to explain the icons, as shown in the example.

Example: Jacob / :) travel / :( organize information.

Jacob likes travelling, but he doesn’t enjoy organizing information.

1 George / :) work in a team / :( do routine activities.

George likes
2 Stephanie / :) deal with people / :( deal with money.

3 Lauren / :) do research / :( solve problems.

3 Read the text and answer the questions.

Amazon.com
Amazon.com is a website where millions of customers in over 200 countries can buy a wide range
of oods online. They sell both products and services. These include books, CDs, DVDs and
computer games,

clothes, computers, mobile phones, cameras, and travel services. The company is based in Seattle,
in the

United States, but it has an international division with localized languages, products, and customer
service.

Amazon doesn’t have just one website but six global websites.
1 What is Amazon.com?

2 How many countries does Amazon.com serve?

3 Write down three things which Amazon.com sells.

4 Where is the company based?

5 How many global websites does Amazon.com have?