Unit 2.1: The company for you.

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• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

TO DO

- Unit 2.1

Aims

After this week's lesson you should be able to:

- talk about what motivates you at work

- listen to interviews about jobs

-  use the present simple and present continuous correctly.

- write an email

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

 Exercise 2A:  match the words in the box with defintions 1-10.

 Exercise 3A:  number the items in order of importance. 1 = very imortant, 

                              8= not important at all.

 Exercise 3B: Compare and discuss  your list with your neighbour 

 

Vocabulary - Answers

1. company
2. customer
3. bonus
4. office
5. employee
6. task
7. boss
8. staff
9. salary
10. employer

Listening

Exercise 4A: Listen to someone talking about how companies motivate their staff. How are the pictures (A-D) connected to the ideas.

Exercise 4B: Which other ideas do they talk about?  (At Yahoo, Google and another company)

Listening 

Exercise 5A: Listen to three employees describing what they are doing. Tick the activities they mention.

Exercise 5B: Listen and answer the questions.

Present Simple & Present Continuous

Tom always works on Tuesday, but today he is staying at home because he is not feeling well.

I walk to school everyday, but today I am taking the bus because it is raining.

When do you use the present simple / present continuous?

Grammar

Language Bank on p. 130

2.1 A: Complete the conversations with the present simple and the present continuous.

2.1B: Find and correct the mistakes. There is a mistake in five of the sentences.

Finished ? : Exercise 7

Language Bank - Answers 2.1 A

1. is not

2. is working

3. am playing

4.  do you know

5. are you wearing

6. don't eat

7. am waiting

Language Bank - Answers 2.1B

1. he goes to the office every day at 8 a.m.

2. don't believe it.

3. correct

4. she doesn't drink alcohol.

5. my friend is teaching me.

6. correct

7. correct

8.what are you doing with that knife?

Grammar

Exercise 7: Make two sentences or questions with the prompts. Look at the prompts and decide whether you have to use the present simple or the present continuous.

1. you /work       on a special task at the moment?  > Are you working on a special task at the                                                                                                                         moment?

                                 on Saturdays? > Do you work on Saturdays?

Exercise 8A: Make you questions with the prompt. Look at the prompts and decide whether you have to use the present simple or the present continuous.

1. think/ your salary / good?                  >   Do you think your salary is good?

Writing

Exercise 9A: Look at the phrases in the green boxes. Which are formal (F) and which are informal (I)

Exercise 9B: Read the email. What work does Vanessa do?

Exercise 9C: Read the advert and write to BES. Use the prompts (1-4) and phrases from Exercise 9A.

HOMEWORK

Students' Book: finsih unit 2.1 and hand in exercise 9C.

Workbook: Unit 2.1 - Exercise: 1, 2, 3, 4