UNIVERSITY OF AGRONOMIC SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE

OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
PART-TIME PROGRAMME

ENGLISH PROJECT

- First Semester -

Presented in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Bachelor of Science
by
(Student’s name)
…….

YEAR: I
SPECIALISATION: BIOLOGY

- January 2024 -
I. Introducing oneself. Complete the following two introductions with the words below:
 built design develops install installed installing
involves stay travel travelling work working

a) Hi, I’m Mike Greenfield and I ______________ for a company called Lights. We
_____________ and ______________ exterior lighting systems for architectural applications
- basically lights for the outside or big buildings. At the moment, we’re ______________ on
new lighting for Durham Cathedral, in the North of England. Last year, we ______________
a new lighting system outside the New York headquarters of South Asia Bank; that’s a brand
new building that has only just been ______________.

b) Hello, My name’s Maria Santos. I’m a software engineer. l work for a company that
______________ language recognition software. My work ______________ developing
products for the telecommunications industry. We sell our software all over the world, so I
______________ a lot to meet clients. At the moment, my team is ______________ a new
system in Indonesia for their national mobile phone network. Several engineers will
______________ there for about six months, but I am ______________ back and forth
regularly to keep an eye on the job and stay on top of my work in the office.

II. Asking questions. Questions can help build and maintain relationships by finding common
ground and showing interest, politeness and respect.
a) Complete the open questions below (sometimes more that one wh- word can be used for the
same question):
- .......................................... do you do for a living?
- .......................................... is more important to you, being rich or being happy?
- .......................................... is this thing for?
- .......................................... do you do?
- .......................................... are you going for holidays this summer?
- .......................................... time do you usually get up on weekends?
- .......................................... is the nicest thing you’ve ever done for someone else?
- .......................................... don’t you talk to him about this problem?
- .......................................... is that going to happen?
- .......................................... colour would you like for the kitchen?
- .......................................... are you doing here?
 - .......................................... sound do you find more difficult in English?
- .......................................... did you go to see last Friday afternoon?
- .......................................... is the most stupid thing you have ever done?
- .......................................... does this have to be such a busy topic?
- .......................................... was it that you wanted to know?
- .......................................... room are they going to hold the meeting in?
- .......................................... did you speak to last time you were there?
- .......................................... was the last time you went out for dinner?
- .......................................... will this affect your future position?

b) Questions that require a 'yes' or 'no' answer can also help small talk. One way to ask closed
questions is to make a statement followed by a short question tag, for example: You've been
here before, haven't you?
Complete the following closed questions by adding the correct question tag:
- You’re an agricultural student, ...............?
- You haven’t found out the address yet, ...............?
- You’re taking the same course as we are, ...............?
- You don’t live in the campus, ...............?
- You’ve seen the new weekly schedule, ...............?
- You didn’t meet our new colleague yesterday, ...............?
- You don’t need to leave before 7pm, ...............?
- You watched the football match last night, ...............?
- You will speak to our tutor later, ...............?
- You can help me, ...............?

III. First conversations. It is important to find things in common when responding to what
people tell you. Match each comment to a response.

1. I've been to Italy a few times.

2. I studied mechanical engineering at uni.
3. I grew up just outside Madrid.
4. So these are the new offices.
5. Business is a bit challenging at the moment.
a. I know the city quite well but not the region around it.
b. Really? My brother did something similar and now works in construction.
c. Indeed, but I read that things should be improving by the year end.
d. Impressive. Looks like a nice place to work. Our offices are very different.
e. Have you? Me too. I love the South.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.