Answer the questions below when writing.

 What's your name?

 What nationality are you?

 What's your home town? /Where do you live?

 Who do you work for? /What company do you work for?

  What is your position in the company?

  What are your responsibilities (duties)? / What are you responsible for?

 What are fond of? /What do you like doing in your free time?

PROFILE *

My name is Derek Stirling and I'm Scottish. I live in Hadlow, a lovely English village near London. I work for the Swire Group. The Swire group is Britain's largest private company. The Group's activities are divided* into 5 business areas: shipping*, aviation, property, industries and trading. I have been working for the company for 8 years. I work at our London head office*. I'm head of Corporate Finance. I'm responsible for developing the business of the Group. I'm always very busy and I don't have much free time, but when I do, I like fishing. And I grow my own vegetables just for fun.

UNKNOWN WORDS AND PHRASES:

profile - краткий биографический очерк; сведения из биографии

are divided (Present Simple, Passive Voice) - делятся, подразделяются

head office - главный офис корпорации, компании

shipping - транспортировка, перевозка (напр. продукции)

IX. Write your CV.

LEXICAL - GRAMMAR TEST №1

VARIANT №2

Для правильного выполнения контрольной работы №1 необходимо усвоить следующий грамматический материал:

1. Существительное. Множественное число. Притяжательный падеж. Артикли.

2. Местоимения личные, притяжательные, вопросительные, указательные, относительные.

3. Числительные.

4. Прилагательные. Степени сравнения.

5. Структура предложения. Повествовательные, отрицательные, вопросительные предложения. Оборот there is/ are.

6. Особенности образования форм глаголов to be, to have.

7. Видовременные формы глагола (действительный залог). Правильные и неправильные глаголы. Типы вопросов.

I. Read the short text and choose the correct word in the sentences below.

TOO MANY MISTAKES

" More and more organizations are now approaching us to teach grammar and business writing to their staff", says Julian Watts, rom the Better English Group, which runs grammar courses for companies nationwide. There are different reasons for this: Senior staff no longer ask secretaries to prepare their business documents. Also, communication is very fast and staff send emails without checking them first.

1. The boss doesn't know their/there address.

2. Could you show us you're/your new project.

3. - What's/whats the secretary's name?

- Her/hers name is Tina.

4. Whose/who's is that passport?

5. - What time do the customers arrive?

- Thats/that's six thirty in the evening.