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Universidad Austral de Chile

Ingls comunicacional bsico

UNIT 2: WORLD OF COMPANIES

1. INTRODUCTION
a Which of these companies would you like to work for? why?
1 a family owned company
2 a multinational company
3 your own company (be self employed)

b Which of these business sectors would you like to work in? Can you name a
company in each sector?
Telecommunications/ Media Transport
Engineering Vehicle manufacturing
Retailing IT (information technology)/ Electronics
Construction Food and drinks
Tourism Pharmaceuticals/ Chemicals
Banking and finance Other

c Complete the sentences below with the words and phrases from the box.


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2. LISTENING

a Work in small groups. Agree on the three most important factors that can make
a company successful.

focusing on how to increase market share.
having a strong company culture
having user-friendly packaging
having a good designers who also understand production
responding to the needs of the workforce
starting with simple business idea that is easy to understand

B Peter Jelkeby, IKEA's UK Deputy Country Manager, talks about four factors that
make IKEA a successful company. Listen and number the four factors in Exercise
A in the order in wich he mentions them.

C Listen to the second part of the interview and complete the notes.



D Listen to the final part and decide which of the following was the interviewer's
question.
1 What new projects are you currently involved in?
2 How can you keep up your performance at such a difficult time for the
economy?
3 What are the things a successful international business must do?
4 Where are you planning to expand in the next five years?






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4. LANGUAGE REVIEW
PRESENT SIMPLE AND PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Compare:
Present continuous (I am doing) Present simple (I do)

We use the continuous for things We use the simple for things in general or
happening at or around the time of things that happen reatedly.
speaking.

I am doing I do
past now future past now future


Kate wants to work in Italy, so I always get hungry in the afternoon.
she's learning Italian.
It doesn't rain very much in summer.
Let's go out. It isn't raining now.

We use the continuous for temporary We use simple for permanent situations:
situation:
Im living with some friends until I find My parents live in London.
my own place.

A Complete these sentences with either the present simple or present continuous form of
the verbs in brackets.



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B Complete this job advertisement with either the present simple or the present
continous forms of the verbs from the box.





C. Conditional sentences

There are 4 types of conditional sentences in English. However, in this unit we will work
just two: Zero and First conditional sentences.

1. The Zero Conditional

We can form zero conditional with two present simple verbs (one in the" if
clause", and one in the "main clause").
The zero conditional sentences is used when the result of the condition is
always true (like a scientific fact).

If clause Main clause
If you heat ice , it becomes water.
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We can also use "when" instead of "if" without changing the meaning of the
sentence.
When you heat ice, it becomes water.

If the main clause comes first, we don't use the comma.

Ice becomes water if you heat it.

Make Zero conditional sentences
1. (I / wake up late / I / be late for work)
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2. (my husband / cook / he / burn the food)
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3. (Julie / not wear a hat / she / get sunstroke)
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4. (children / not eat well / they / not be healthy)
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5. (you / mix water and electricity / you / get a shock)
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6. (people / eat / too many sweets / they / get fat)
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7. (you / smoke / you / get yellow fingers)
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8. (children / play outside / they / not get overweight)
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9. (you / heat ice / it / melt)
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10. (I / speak to John / he / get annoyed)
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2. The First Conditional
We use the first conditional sentences to talk about things that might happen, real
possibilities in the future.

(if + present simple, ... will + infinitive)
If it rains tomorrow, we'll go to the cinema
More examples:
If I study tonight, I'll go to the party tomorrow.
If I have enough money, I'll buy new shoes.
I won't go to the park if it rains.
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Make first conditional sentences

a) If you _________(help) me with my homework, I _________(finish) it in time to go to
the cinema.
b) If it ___________(not/rain), the students _________(practice) sport in the playground.
c) Jane ___________(come) home early if she ____________ (not/be) very busy at work.
d) Our teacher __________(be) pleased if we ____________(do) our homework.
e) If Robert ____________(play) football with us, we ___________(win) the match.

D. Passive voice

We use passive voice when we want to emphasize the action more than who or what
performs the action.

Form of Passive Subject + verb Be + past participle ...

e.g. Present simple
Active voice Alice does her homework.
Passive voice The homework is done by Alice.
e.g Past simple
Active voice Alice did her homework.
Passive voice The homework was done by Alice.

1. Make sentences in the passive voice in the present and past.

1. Thomas washed the dishes.
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2. Frank feeds the dogs.
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3. Maria and Tom prepare the food.
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4. My father pays the bills.
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5. I water the plants every day.
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6. David and Mark clean the kitchen.
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7. The policemen help the children.
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E. Adverbs of manner




1. Complete the sentences by changing the adjectives in () into adverbs.

a. We lost the football match 4-2 yesterday. I don't think we played _____________
(bad), but the other side played really ______________ (good).
b. The teacher spoke so _____________ (quite) that the class couldn't hear her.
c. The hungry cat looked ________________ (greedy) at the chicken on the table.
d. When I broke my leg, my friend Pam ___________________(kind) offered to do the
shopping for me.
e. Paulo Coelho is one of my favourite novelist. I think he writes ________________
(beautiful).