UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE SALTA

FACULTAD DE ECONOMÍA Y ADMINISTRACIÓN

AÑO LECTIVO: 2020

UNIT I

1.1. WORKING DAY

1. Read the following text and complete the chart below with information about you as well.

My everyday life

Hello, my name is Francesca. I am 31 years old and I am from Berlin, Germany. I moved to London to
study in 2008. My daily routine is simple but demanding because I work and continue studying. I get up
at 7 a.m. and then I have a shower so as to start my day. I generally have rich breakfast with a cheese
and ham sandwich, coffee and milk, some orange juice and fruit because. I am sales manager and I
start work at 9 a.m. and I finish work after at 4:00 p.m. I usually have lots of vegetables and small piece
of meat for lunch around 2 p.m. I go to work by public transport but now I am going to work by car
because I do not want to be infected with the COVID-19. I get home at 5 p.m. and make myself
comfortable to answer my phone calls and messages. Then I go to cross-fit class from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
I have dinner at 9 and then go to bed early. What about you?!

Name Age Nationality Job Start Finish How… What What… What
work work go to time… after time…
work? get work? go to
home? bed?
Francesca

You

2. Write your daily routine similar to Francesca’s.

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GRAMMAR

VERB TO BE

3. Complete the following sentences with the appropriate form of verb TO BE.
a. I __________ from Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
b. My parents __________ very good at doing business.
 c. My sister’s boyfriend’s dog __________ very friendly. It barks at everybody.
d. What __________ your father’s name? He __________ Vincent.
e. My brother and I __________ really good at studying maths, but we __________ good at doing
many sports.
f. __________ it your company? No, it __________. It __________ my wife’s company.

PRESENT SIMPLE

4. Complete the following texts with the words the words in the box. You have to use one word
more than once.
 Be (x7) do call travel (x2) go (x2) write (x2) analyse
finish make (x2) process work (x2) start answer

a. I _______ a Project Manager. I _______ in charge of leading a team of ten people. They _______
really good at having back-to-back meetings with potential customers. They _______ hard-working
people in the office; they _______ clients on the phone. Every two weeks they get together to
_______ research to have new customers. Generally, I _______ to important meetings with them.
In fact, we often _______for work. At work my duty is to _______date, investment data especially. I
always _______ reports on the potential new targeted customers. After work, I usually _______
calls to the other managers and to my boss, who _______ in a different project. My office hours
_______ from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, but I never _______ work before 5 p.m. because I _______ a really
busy Project Manager.

b. Walter _______ an Admin Assistance. He always _______ work at 9:30 a.m. and loads of work
waits for him. He _______the phone and _______ calls or _______ very short emails to our clients.
He _______ in the financial team and often _______ orders for our boss. Walter sometimes
_______ for work and _______ to meetings.

5. Complete the expressions with words from the texts above.

1. __________ In charge of 7. __________ data

2. __________ good at 8. __________ reports
3. __________ customers 9. __________/__________ work
4. __________ research 10. __________ the phone
5. __________ to meetings 11. __________ orders
6. __________ for work

6. Ask and answer the questions. Use the word in the box
 How often do you…?

1. call customers 5. analyse data

2. do research 6. write reports
3. go to meetings 7. answer the phone
4. travel for work 8. process orders

VIDEO WATCHING

7. Watch the following video and complete the chart below. You are given an example for you
to know how to fill it in. Redirect the link given to work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PlBW4R2t5Y

Business Job High Median Low Duties

sectors salary salary salary
Management $150,220 81,320 45,970 Propose ways to improve an
analysts organization’s efficiency.
Business They travel frequently.
operations Market
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analysts
Compliance
officers
Purchasing
agents

Personal
finance
advisor
Finance Financial
analyst

Credit analyst

Insurance
underwriter

Budget
analyst

CEO

Human
Management Resources
Manager
Marketing and
sales
managers
Medical and
health
services
managers
Real Estate
brokers
 Sales First-line
supervisors of
non-retail
sales workers
Insurance
sales agents

Other top Actuaries

paying jobs

Economists

Statisticians

EXTRA PRACTICE

8. Please, redirect to the following links in order to self-assess your progress.

• https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-present-1
• https://agendaweb.org/verbs/present_simple-exercises.html

1. Which of these activities do you do in your job? And how often?
Activities
• Process orders
• Answer the phone
• Travel for work
• Do research
• Go to meetings
• Write reports
• Make calls
2. Match the definitions 1-11 to the words a-e-
1. Budget meeting
2. Client meeting
3. Management meeting
4. Planning meeting
5. Project meeting
6. Book
7. Brief
8. Agenda
LESSON 2
A WORK SCHEDULE
Frequency
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a. A regular event that involves everyone, who shares or is interested
in the project, in communicating with other participants and
stakeholders for the purpose of generating group decisions that
contribute to quicker project ...
b. An event to create a plan and secure commitment to taking the first
steps.
c. A number of people assembled together on a specific date and
time, to discuss a topic for the purpose of presenting information,
swaying opinion, formulating a decision, practicing a skill, and/or
developing a plan of action.
d. A direct collaboration and communication with a customer, is the
best way to understand their needs and how you can help support
them.
e. An annual event to help you control your spending to meet profit
goals.
f. To make a reservation
g. A talk about a project, work task, etc.
h. New information
 9. Calculate i. Instruction for a work task
10. Presentation j. To work with numbers to find an answer
11. Update k. A list of things to talk about in a meeting.

3. Complete the sentences with the words above.

a. Mathew has to _____________________ a room for more than 13 people for the meeting.
b. We don’t have to worry about the costs, because the _____________________ says we have $20,000
for our project.
c. Remember the _____________________states very clearly the meeting starts at 9 a.m. and there
many things to discuss.
d. I hope the task isn’t difficult because the _____________________ provides us with clear instructions
about the job.
e. The _____________________ of my colleagues’ project was very interesting.
f. The boss asks for an _____________________ on the project advancement.
g. To give exact estimates you need to _____________________ the costs the project meeting.

4. Complete the following calendar with information of the businessperson you admire the most. You
may need to search for some information.

MONADY 30 TUESADY 31 WEDENESDAY 1 THURSDAY 2 FRIDAY 3

10:00

12:00

14:00

16:00

18:00

20:00

22:00
5. Now you have to describe the businessperson’s work schedule in a paragraph.

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6. Watch the following video on HOW TO MAKE A PLAN ACTION and complete the phrases.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwoVRVgKg-o

a. __________ / __________ an action plan

b. Gantt __________ or project __________ /__________
c. __________ action
d. __________ a template
e. __________ up alerts
f. Focus __________
g. Get __________ on
h. __________ or late taks

7. Watch the following video on HOW TO CREATE A WORK SCHEDULE and answer the questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0KPMZBoBAY

a. What types of work schedules are there?

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b. What does a work schedule provide?
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c. What is a “Roster”?
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d. Why is it important to plan a weekly work schedule?
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e. What does a weekly work schedule ensure?
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