ENGLISH MANUAL 1 ELEMENTARY AND PRE INTE

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ENGLISH MANUAL 1 ELEMENTARY AND PRE-INTERMEDIATE (30 HRS)

– Lesson 1 (five hours)

A) Vocabulary B) Grammar & C) Exercises D) Case study E) Speaking and

• The Blackberry

• Coca-Cola

• EU weekly meetings

• Cultural Awareness Point:Americanisation

• Role Play

– Lesson 2 (five hours)

A) Vocabulary B) Grammar & C) Exercises D) Case study E) Speaking and

• Quantifies : some/any – few/little – much/many – countable and

uncountable nouns

• Modals:Can/could/able to

• Cultural Awareness Point: Eye contact and To be on time

• Role play

– Lesson 3 (five hours)

A) Vocabulary B) Grammar & C) Exercises D) Case study E) Speaking and

• Cultural Awareness Point:Lunch time

• Asking For & Giving Opinions

• Role play

• Writing emails

•

– Lesson 4 (five hours)

A) Vocabulary B) Grammar & C) Exercises D) Case study E) Speaking and

-advice should-need necessity

– Lesson 5 (five hours)

A) Vocabulary B) Grammar & C) Exercises D) Case study E) Speaking and

– Lesson 6 (five hours)

A) Vocabulary B) Grammar & C) Exercises D) Case study E) Speaking and

• Cultural Awareness Point: pedestrian

crossings

• FINAL TEST

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LESSON 1 ELEMENTARY PRE-INTERMEDIATE

1 Country: I live in England.

2 Adjective: He reads English literature.

3 Noun: She is an Englishwoman.

Note: We use the + nationality adjective ending in -ese or -ish with a plural verb, to refer to all

people of that nationality:

The Chinese are very hard-working.

The Spanish often go to sleep in the afternoon.

1) Complete the chart of the member states of the E.U Add the nationality

2) Ask and answer questions about the nationalities of the following brands:

– Is Armani Italian? Yes it is

– Is Armani French? NO it isn't

3) Name other companies you know and their nationalities

4) Choose the correct country

1 Lyon is a town in (France/China/Italy)

2 Madrid is the capital of (Spain/Venezuela/Mexico)

3 A nickname of (England/Scotland/France) is the Perfidious Albion

4 You can see the Kremlin in (Spain/Australia/Russia)

5 Green is the colour of (Japan/Ireland/Italy)

6 Teheran is the capital of (Norway/Iran/China)

7 Andersen is a famous storyteller from (Denmark/Italy/England)

8 Venice is an attractive city in (Germany/France/Italy)

9 The biggest country and island in Oceania is (Australia/Thailand/Ireland)

10 Hinduism is an important religious tradition in (Irak/India/Russia)

5) Match the Country and its Capital

→Budapest->Helsinki->Bratislava->Stockholm ->Vienna

→ Bern->Copenhagen

6) Write the correct article for each job (a/an)

TraineeAccountantExecutiveOpticianLawyerAnalystDirectorArchitectPilotReceptionistPersonal Assistant (PA)

7) Write the jobs.

8) Match the job with the description

Look after the finances in an

Shave men's beards and cut men's hair They work in a barbers

in a lawyers office

Look after patients They work in a hospital or

doctor's surgery

Look after people's eye sight They work in an opticians

Carry other people's bags and luggage They work in a hotel or train

station

Meet and greet visitors They work in reception

Sell goods and look after customers They work in a shop

Arrange appointments, type letters and organise meetings They work in an office.

Operate on people who are sick They work in a hospital

Design, make, alter or repair garments, They work in factories and

shops

Organise and repair technical

Look after people's animals They work in a veterinary

surgery or vets

Serve people food and drink They work in a restaurant

Weld metal to make things They work in factories and

construction

Jobs:

Accountants /Dentists/ Fishmongers Doctors /Nurses/ Bakers/ Lawyers /Porters / Surgeons/

Waiters/Waitresses / Welders Barmen/women / Surgeons /Chefs / Butchers /Hair dressers

/Receptionists / Secretaries / Technicians/ Vets Judges/ Flight attendants/Sales Assistants/Opticians / Chambermaids/ Barbers / Tailors/ Teachers

9) Fill in the blank

1 I get my _ at the end of the month

2 This week I have a busy _ from Monday to Friday

3 One of the benefits of this job is good

4 If I work hard, I will get a this year

5 I don't want a job with too many

6 There are more than 1000 _ for only 5 positions

7 Are you better at _ or teamwork ?

8 People with more earn higher salaries

9 Are you good at making _?

10 Don't say negative things about your last job at your

Schedule - responsibilities - qualifications – promotion - interview - decisions - leadership - applicants - health insurance - salary

10) Family/relationship survey using the verb “do”

What is your name ?

Do you have a ?

What do/does do? (job)

Where do/does live?

What do/does like to do on the weekend?

Brother / sister / friend / uncle & aunt / grandfather & mother / pet / boss

11) Talk to at least 5 different people in the class and then write about them

Example: John has a brother He is an accountant He lives in

Chiangmai He likes to do gardening on the weekend

1. 2.

3.

4 _

5

12) Fill in with the right family member

1 A girl/woman who has the same mother and father as I do is my

2 A boy/man who has the same mother and father as I do is my _

3 My father's brother is my _

4 My father's sister is my _

5 The son of my father's brother is my _

6 My mother's mother is my _

7 My father's father is my _

8 The man who I am married to is my

9 The woman who I am married to is my

10 My male child is my _

11 My female child is my

13) Work in pairs Talk about your jobs and the jobs of your family and friends

People in your family you can talk about:

Husband – Father – Son – Brother – Grandfather

– Uncle - Nephew

Wife – Mother – Daughter – Sister – Grandmother – Aunt - Niece

14) Family Members

For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below.

1 You know Sarah has two children, a son and a

2 Ali's father and my father are brothers We're

3 I've got two brothers, Mark and Simon and a younger called Mary

4 My sister has had a baby, so now I'm a/an _

5 There are three generations in my house Me, my mother and father, and

my -6 I love my brother, but I don't like Sonia, his _ They've been married for three years

7 My sister has a new boyfriend They have been going for 2 months

8 In England it's normal to live with your when you are 18, but not when you are 50

9 My sister met her _when they were at university and they got married soon after

10.My uncle and aunt live in Australia, so I don't see my very often

11.Everyone came to the party - my brother, his wife, and also her parents, my _

12.My father re-married, and his new wife already had one son, so I have

a _-Your answers

12 A nephew B half-brother C brother-in-law D step brother

The simple present is used:

1 to express habits, general truths, repeated actions or unchanging situations, emotions and wishes:

I smoke (habit); I work in London (unchanging situation); London is a large city (general truth)

2 to give instructions or directions:

You walk for two hundred metres, then you turn left.

3 to express fixed arrangements, present or future:

Your exam starts at 09.00

4 to express future time, after some conjunctions: after, when, before, as soon as, until:

He'll give it to you when you come next Saturday.

Exercise:

1 For habits

He tea at breakfast ( drink)

She only fish ( eat)

They television regularly ( watch)

2 For repeated actions or events

We _the bus every morning (catch )

It every afternoon in the hot season ( rain)

They _to Monaco every summer (drive )

3 For general truths

Water _ at zero degrees ( freeze)

The Earth around the Sun ( revolve)

Her mother _Peruvian (to be)

4 For instructions or directions

the packet and the contents into hot water (Open /pour )

You _ the No.6 bus to Watney and then the No.10 to Bedford ( take)

5 For fixed arrangements

His mother tomorrow (arrive)

Our holiday on the 26th March (start)

6 With future constructions

She'll see you before she (leave).

We'll give it to her when she (arrive).

2) A / AN

Use 'a' with nouns starting with a consonant (letters that are not vowels), 'an' with nouns starting with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u)

NOTE:

An before an h mute - an hour, an honour.

A before u and eu when they sound like 'you': a european, a university, a unit

The indefinite article is used:

• to refer to something for the first time:

An elephant and a mouse fell in love.

Would you like a drink?

I've finally got a good job.

• to refer to a particular member of a group or class

• with musical instruments:

Sherlock Holmes was playing _ violin when the visitor arrived.

(BUT to describe the activity we say "He plays the violin.")

• with names of days:

I was born on Thursday

• to refer to a kind of, or example of something:

the mouse had _ tiny nose

the elephant had long trunk

it was very strange car

• with singular nouns, after the words 'what' and 'such':

What shame!

She's such beautiful girl.

• meaning 'one', referring to a single object or person:

I'd like orange and two lemons please.

The burglar took diamond necklace and _ valuable painting.

Notice also that we usually say a hundred, a thousand, a million.

3) Question words

We use question words to ask certain types of questions (question word questions) We often refer

to them as WH words because they include the letters WH (for example WHy, HoW)

Complete the chart giving examples

what asking for information about something

what asking for repetition or confirmation

what for asking for a reason, asking why

where asking in or at what place or position

who asking what or which person or people (subject)

whom asking what or which person or people (object) Whom did you see?

whose asking about ownership Whose are these keys?Whose turn is it?why asking for reason, asking what for

why don't making a suggestion

how asking about condition or quality

how + adj/adv asking about extent or degree -below

how far distancehow long length (time or space)

how many quantity (countable)

how much quantity (uncountable)

how old age

how come

(informal) asking for reason, asking why How come I can't see her?

4) Formulate the questions according to the answers.

a Where _ _ _ _ _ live? Roland lives in Fagersta in Central Sweden

He works for Avesta Sandvik Tube Ltd

b When _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _? He usually gets up at six o'clock He often

goes jogging and sometimes goes for a swim

d When _ _ usually _ _ ? He usually starts work at eight o'clock, but

on Tuesdays he starts at seven and finishes at

e What _ _ _ _ Tuesday? four He has an English lesson every Tuesday

at a quarter past four

f What _ _ _ _ _ _ job? Roland is a computer programmer He works

for forty hours a week in the company'

5) Present continuous, form

The present continuous of any verb is composed of two parts - the present tense of the verb to be + the present participle of the main verb.

(The form of the present participle is: base+ing, e.g talking, playing, moving, smiling)

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

Exercise: to go, present continuous -Complete the chart below

You are going

He, she, it is going

We are going

You are going

They are going

Present Continuous, function

As with all tenses in English, the speaker's attitude is as important as the time of the action or

event When someone uses the present continuous, they are thinking about something that

is unfinished or incomplete.

The present continuous is used:

• to describe an action that is going on at this moment e.g

You are using the Internet You are studying English grammar.

• to describe an action that is going on during this period of time or a trend, e.g

Are you still working for the same company? More and more people are becomingvegetarian.

• to describe an action or event in the future, which has already been planned or prepared (See also 'Ways of expressing the future) e.g

We're going on holiday tomorrow I'm meeting my boyfriend tonight Are they visitingyou next

winter?

• to describe a temporary event or situation, e.g

He usually plays the drums, but he's playing bass guitar tonight The weather forecast was good, but it's raining at the moment.

• with 'always, forever, constantly', to describe and emphasise a continuing series of repeated actions, e.g

Harry and Sally are always arguing! You're forever complaining about your mother-in-law!

BE CAREFUL! Some verbs are not used in the continuous form - see below.

Verbs that are not normally used in the continuous form

The verbs in the list below are normally used in the simple form, because they refer tostates, rather

than actions or processes:

List of common verbs normally used in simple form:

• * These verbs may be used in the continuous form but with a different meaning, compare:

• This coat feels nice and warm (= your perception of the coat's qualities)

• John's feeling much better now (= his health is improving)

• She has three dogs and a cat (=possession)

• She's having supper (= She's eating)

• I can see Anthony in the garden (= perception)

• I'm seeing Anthony later (= We are planning to meet)

Examples

• I wish I was in Greece now.

• She wants to see him now.

• I don't understand why he is shouting.

• I feel we are making a mistake.

• This glass holds half a litre.

Exercise: Present simple or Present continuous?

Put the verbs into the correct tense (present simple OR present continuous):

The train always (1: leave) on time

"What's the matter? Why (2: cry/you)?"

That's strange They (3: not to watch) TV

He (4: not to speak) very good English

Please be quiet! I (5: do) my homework

Where (6: live/they)?

Listen! John music! (7: play)

I never (8: go) to the swimming pool

Harold Black's a famous pianist He (9: give) two or three concerts every week

6) Prepositions

A preposition is a word governing, and usually coming in front of, a noun or pronoun and

expressing a relation to another word or element, as in:

• She left before breakfast.

• What did you come for?

(For what did you come?)

• noun (dog, money, love)

• proper noun (name) (Bangkok, Mary)

• pronoun (you, him, us)

• noun group (my first job)

• gerund (swimming)

A preposition cannot be followed by a verb If we want to follow a preposition by a verb, we must use the "-ing" form which is really a gerund or verb in noun form

Here are some examples:

Subject + verb preposition "noun"

Prepositions of Place: at, in, on

at the top of the page in a box on the cover

at the end of the road in my pocket on the floor

at the crossroads in a building on the menu

Exercise:

• Jane is waiting for you _ the bus stop.

• The shop is _ the end of the street.

• My plane stopped Dubai and Hanoi and arrived _Bangkok two hours late.

• When will you arrive _ the office?

• Do you work an office?

• I have a meeting _ New York.

• Do you live _ Japan?

• Jupiter is the Solar System.

• The author's name is the cover of the book.

• There are no prices this menu.

• You are standing my foot.

• There was a "no smoking" sign the wall.

• I live the 7th floor _ 21 Oxford Street _ London.

Notice the use of the prepositions of place at, in and on in these standard expressions:

at school in a helicopter on a plane

at university in a boat on a ship

at college in a lift (elevator) on a bicycle, on a motorbike

at the top in the newspaper on a horse, on an elephant

at the bottom in the sky on the radio, on television

at the side in a row on the left, on the right

at reception in Oxford Street on the way

Fill in at, on or in

1 The headquarters of the United Nations is _New York

2 In the most countries people drive _-the right

3 I usually buy a newspaper my way to work

4 Last year we had a lovely skiing holiday the Swiss Alps

5 San Francisco is -the west coast of the United States

6 She spends most of the day sitting _-the window

7 The report about the accident was _the front page of the newspaper

8 In the theatre we had seats _the front row

Prepositions of Time: at, in, on

We use:

• at for a PRECISE TIME

• in for MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS

• on for DAYS and DATES

PRECISE

TIME MONTHS, YEARS, CENTURIES and LONG PERIODS DAYS and DATES

Exercise:

• I have a meeting 9am.

• The shop closes midnight.

• Jane went home lunchtime

• In England, it often snows _ December.

• Do you think we will go to Jupiter _the future?

• There should be a lot of progress _ the next century.

• Do you work Mondays?

• Her birthday is 20 November.

• Where will you be New Year's Day?

Notice the use of the preposition of time in the following standard expressions:

at night The stars shine at night.

at the weekend I don't usually work at the weekend.

at Christmas/Easter I stay with my family at Christmas.

at the same time We finished the test at the same time.

at present He's not home at present Try later.

Notice the use of the prepositions of time in and on in these common expressions:

in the morning on Tuesday morning

in the mornings on Saturday mornings

in the afternoon(s) on Sunday afternoons

in the evening(s) on Monday evening

When we say last, next, every, this we do not also use at, in, on.

• I went to London last June (not in last June)

• He's coming back next Tuesday (not on next Tuesday)

• I go home every Easter (not at every Easter)

• We'll call you this evening (not in this evening)

Exercise:

Complete the following sentences with in, on or at:

1 I'm going there Monday

2 The meeting's the third of June

3 The course starts the autumn

4 I'm going away _ Easter

5 She was born _ 2002

6 It happened a Wednesday

7 It was popular the 1990s

8 I'm going skiing _ Christmas

9 the weekend

Exercise:

Complete the following sentences with in, on or at:

1 The course begins 7 January and ends _10 March

2 I went to bed _midnight

3 We arrived _5 o’ clock the morning

4 Mozart was born in Salzburg -1756

5 Are you doing anything special the weekend?

6 Hurry up! We have to go five minutes

7) Simple Past: Form

Regular verbs: base+ed

e.g walked, showed, watched, played, smiled, stopped

Irregular verbs: see list of verbs

Simple past, be, have, do:

• I was in Japan last year

• She had a headache yesterday.

• We did our homework last night.

Negative and interrogative

Note:

For the negative and interrogative simple past form of "do" as an ordinary verb, use the

auxiliary "do", e.g We didn't do our homework last night The negative of "have" in the simple

past is usually formed using the auxiliary "do", but sometimes by simply adding not or the contraction "n't".

The interrogative form of "have" in the simple past normally uses the auxiliary "do".

• They weren't in Rio last summer.

• We hadn't any money.

• We didn't have time to visit the Eiffel Tower.

• We didn't do our exercises this morning.

• Were they in Iceland last January?

• Did you have a bicycle when you were a boy?

• Did you do much climbing in Switzerland?

Simple past, regular verbs

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

Interrogative negative

Exercise: to walk, simple past Complete the chart below.

• He went to a club last night.

• Did he go to the cinema last night?

• He didn't go to bed early last night.

to give

• We gave her a doll for her birthday.

• They didn't give John their new address.

• Did Barry give you my passport?

to come

• My parents came to visit me last July.

• We didn't come because it was raining.

• Did he come to your party last week?

2 Simple past, function

The simple past is used to talk about a completed action in a time before now Duration is not

important The time of the action can be in the recent past or the distant past

• John Cabot sailed to America in 1498.

• My father died last year.

• He lived in Fiji in 1976.

• We crossed the Channel yesterday.

You always use the simple past when you say when something happened, so it is associated with

certain past time expressions

• frequency:

often, sometimes, always;

• a definite point in time:

last week, when I was a child, yesterday, six weeks ago.

• an indefinite point in time:

the other day, ages ago, a long time ago etc.

Note: the word ago is a useful way of expressing the distance into the past It is placedafter the

period of time e.g a week ago, three years ago, a minute ago.

Exercise:

Fill in the past form

1 Mammoths big animals, bigger than elephants (be)

2 Mammoths 100 years ago (not live)

3 Mammoths a long time ago (live)

4 Mammoths _meat They _grass (not eat / eat)

5 They _two large tusks about three metres long (have)

6 Some dinosaurs _in the air and some in the sea (fly / swim)

7 He _some milk He any water (drink / not drink)

8 She only _a pound She 3 pounds (spend / not spend)

9 I some elephants I _any lions (see / not see)

10 They _in the sea, but _in the lake (swim / not swim)

Complete these sentences Use the verbs below

clean die enjoy end happen live open play rain repair start stay want watch

1 Yesterday evening I _TV

2 I only my teeth four times last week

3 Bruce _his mountain bike yesterday evening

4 The concert last night _at 7.30 and _at 10 o’clock

5 The accident _last Sunday afternoon.

6 When I was a child I _to be a doctor

7 Mozart _from 1756 to 1791

8 We our holiday last week

9 Today the weather is nice, but yesterday it _

10 It was hot in the room, so I the window

11 The weather was good yesterday afternoon, so we tennis

12 William Shakespeare in 1616

Complete these sentences

1 He always goes to work by car Yesterday he to work by bus

2 They always get up early This morning they _up late

3 Bill often loses his key He one last Saturday

4 I write a letter to Jane every week Last week I _two letters

5 She meets her friends every evening She _them yesterday evening, too

6 I usually read two newspapers every day I only _a newspaper yesterday

7 They come to my house every Friday Last Friday the , too

8 We usually go to the cinema on Sunday We to the cinema last Sunday, too

9 Tom always has a shower in the morning Tom a shower this morning, too

10 They buy a new car every year Last year they a new car, too

11 I eat an orange every day Yesterday I two oranges

12 We usually do our shopping on Monday We our shopping last Monday, too

13 Ann often takes photos Last weekend she some photos

14 We leave at 8.30 every morning But yesterday we _at 8.00

LESSON 1 ELEMENTARY PRE-INTERMEDIATE

D) CASE STUDY – (1hour)

DI) The EU :Herman Van Rompuy

DII) the Blackberry

DIII) Coca-Cola

D1) Meeting Herman Van Rompuy

Herman Van Rompuy is the first full time President of the European Council

He was born on 31 October 1947 Later he studied philosophy (1968) and received a master's degree in applied economics (1971).He worked at the Belgian central bank from 1972 to 1975

He is a Belgian politician who served as the 49th Prime Minister of Belgium from 30 December

2008 until 25 November 2009

On 19 November 2009 Van Rompuy was elected by the members of the European Council as the first full time President of the European Council for the period starting from 1 December 2009 until

31 May 2012 He took up his position officially on 1 January 2010

Van Rompuy is married to Geertrui Windels They have 4 children: Peter (1980), Laura (1981), Elke (1983) and Thomas (1986)

His younger brother, Eric Van Rompuy, is also a politician and was a minister in the Flemish

Government from 1995 to 1999 His sister,Tine Van Rompuy, is a member of the Workers Party of Belgium He has another sister, Anita Van Rompuy, who is not politically active.His father, Vic Van Rompuy, was an economics professor

He is a rock and roll fan, especially of US singer Elvis Presley

2)Decide if the statements are true or false.

Herman Van Rompuy is the President of the European Council

Herman Van Rompuy was born in 1971

Herman Van Rompuy studied History

Herman Van Rompuy is belgian

Herman Van Rompuy is married with 4 children

His father was a professor

Herman Van Rompuy doesn't like Elvis Presley

3)Work in pairs Write 5 more questions about him Now close your books and ask each other questions See who can remember the most answers!

DII) THE BLACKBERRY

INTRODUCTION:

Discuss these questions:

• What do you know about the BlackBerry? Why is the product so popular?

Using a BlackBerry

Discuss:

• Do you think it is acceptable to use a BlackBerry in a meeting?

• Is it a good idea to turn your BlackBerry off when you go on holiday?

Reading

Why is The BlackBerry so successful?

The device is very popular with executives because they can access their emails outside theoffice It is a mobile phone with Internet access, and was introduced in 1997

It uses ‘push technology’ This means that e-mails automatically appear on the screen, and

you do not need to download them

But there is a possible problem with using The BlackBerry It can be addictive

When an executive never turns his BlackBerry off and keeps checking it for emails, he is

addicted to it

Answer the following questions about the text.

1 When was the BlackBerry first introduced?

2 Why is it popular with executives?

3 What is ‘push technology’?

4 What is the possible problem with a BlackBerry?

5 What is a sign that an executive is addicted to the BlackBerry?

How can we analyse The BlackBerry’s business model?

Research in Motion, is the Canadian company that produces the BlackBerry, the machinethat dominates the wire-less email market

In 2007, 15 million people used a Blackberry, and company revenues were over $7 billion It is

a great success but there are threats to its business

These include: increased competition from Microsoft and Apple, and patent disputes withother companies

Answer the following questions about the text.

1 What company produces the BlackBerry?

2 How many people used the BlackBerry in 2007?

3 What was $7billion?

4 What threats does Research in Motion have?

SWOT analysis

A SWOT analysis is a process to measure a company’s position in the market

It can be used to help a company make a decision about a proposal or plan

The SWOT analysis template is normally presented in four sections, one for each of

the SWOT headings:

Add these points to the correct section of a business SWOT analysis

(Some points could go in two boxes)

Reading

BlackBerry’s success

EXERCISE: Put the correct preposition of time in the gaps

The BlackBerry was introduced 1997 and 2005, the Canadian company,

Research in Motion (RIM), dominated the global market

Every year analysts say that the BlackBerry is in danger from new and better

competitors but _2005 2008 RIM has remained market leader with 30% of

the global market

According to RIM, the success of BlackBerry is because of:

Executives need to be able to email anywhere and at anytime The BlackBerry

provides this in a very simple way

_ the BlackBerry, mobile emailing was a problem for the business community

ROLE-PLAY

Background: Choose a company, a product or a service and discuss its the

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

Role Play: In groups, create a SWOT report and then present it to the class

DIII) COCA COLA

INTRODUCTION:

Discuss these questions:

• What do you know about the Coca-Cola Company?

• Do you drink Coca-Cola? If no, why not?

The history of Coca Cola

Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than

200 countries It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred

to simply as Coke (a registered trademark of The Coca-Cola Company in the United States since March 27, 1944) Originally intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century

by John Pemberton

The company produces concentrate, which is then sold to licensed Coca-Cola bottlers throughout the world The bottlers, who hold territorially exclusive contracts with the company, produce finished product in cans and bottles from the concentrate in combination with filtered water and sweeteners The bottlers then sell, distribute and merchandise Coca-Cola to retail stores and

vending machines Such bottlers include Cola Enterprises, which is the largest single Cola bottler in North America and western Europe The Coca-Cola Company also sells concentrate for soda fountains to major restaurants and food service distributors

Coca-The Coca-Cola Company has, on occasion, introduced other cola drinks under the Coke brand name The most common of these is Diet Coke, with others including Caffeine-Free Coca-Cola, Diet Coke Caffeine-Free, Coca-Cola Cherry, Coca-Cola Zero, Coca-Cola Vanilla, and special editions with lemon, lime or coffee.

Answer the questions:

1)How many countries sell Coca-Cola products?

2)Who produces Coca-Cola?

3) When was it invented?

4) Who invented Coca-Cola?

5) What other cola drinks are occasionally introduced?

Reading

How did Coca-Cola become the number one brand in the world?

Its name is recognised by over 90% of the global population Coca-Cola uses a lot of

advertising to market the drink This is very important Its publicity is all about young

happy people who are having fun and it is a safe alternative to alcohol Coca-Cola

sells drink products in over 200 countries, and more than 1.5 billion drinks are bought

every day

Answer the following questions

1 What percentage of the global population recognises Coca-Cola?

2 What is very important to promote the drink?

3 What is the publicity all about?

4 What is Coca-Cola an alternative to?

5 How many Coke drinks are bought every day?

Reading

The Coca-Cola recipe was invented in 1885 by John Pemberton He sold it as a

medicine for headaches and depression The company headquarters are in Atlanta,

Georgia USA The drink’s formula is a secret and only four company executives

know it Pepsi Co is its main competitor but Coca-Cola dominates the drinks market

by investing in a lot of advertising, and sponsoring of global events, like the Olympic

Games

1 When was Coca-Cola invented?

2 What was Coca-Cola used for in the beginning?

3 Where are the company’s headquarters?

4 Who knows the Coca-Cola recipe?

5 How does Coca-Cola dominate the drinks market?

Match these words with their meaning and put them into the correct sentences:

1 Waste _a to pay money

2 Worth _b a type or example of something

3 Spend _c use money or time with no benefit

4 Kind d the value of something in money, time or energy

5 What of car do you drive? A Jaguar

6 Sending everybody a letter is a _of money

7 Coca-Cola a lot on publicity

8 Do you think it is applying for the job?

LESSON 1 ELEMENTARY PRE-INTERMEDIATE

E) SPEAKING AND WRITING (1hour)

EI) The European Commission's weekly meetings

EII) Cultural Awareness Point: Americanisation and Role Play

EI)The European Commission's weekly meetings.

The Commission must meet at least once a week

The Commissioners meet every Wednesday in Brussels

You are at a Wednesday meeting in Brussels and are the representative of one of the 27 memer states First introduce yourself and then find out information about people at the meeting

Use these words to make questions and use your imagination

What's your name?

Make notes about the people you meet

Talk in pairs about the other people you met at the meeting

Examples Barbara is from Germany Her office is in Hamburrg

WRITING

Choose two interesting people from the meeting and write a short e-mail about them to your boss

EII) Cultural Awareness Point: Americanisation

Some people think big American companies (e.g Coca-Cola, McDonald’s,

Microsoft) dominate business and promote American culture

This has a negative impact on local and national identity

What do you think?

• Do American companies influence your

national culture?

• Is it a problem?

• What does your country / culture promote?

Role-Play – Coca Cola

CASE STUDY: The competition, especially PepsiCo, is investing in water.Imagine Coca-Cola wants to invest in water Does it buy a company like Evian, orcreate its own water company?

YOU HAVE A MEETING TO DISCUSS THE OPTIONS

THE MEETING:

Group One: prepare to make an offer to

Danone for Evian Water

Present reasons why this is a good idea

e.g good product and market

Group Two: You want to create your own

water company Give reasons why this is a good

idea e.g cheaper, own brand, new market

LESSON 2 ELEMENTARY PRE-INTERMEDIATE

A) VOCABULARY (1hour)

1) Months and dates

For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below

1 The date today is Friday the twenty-first _April

2 My friends and I went to a shopping mall _Saturday

3 I am going back to my country _ I only have six more weeks in the UK

4 We had some sunny weather at the _of April But now it is raining every day

5 Today is the sixteenth so the fourteenth was

6 We went on a holiday to Malaysia, last year June

7 Easter is usually the middle of March and the end of April

8 I don't remember his birthday I think it's _the middle of October

9 We usually have a party _the end of December for Christmas

10.Last year my birthday was _a Friday

11.Mother's day is usually on in March

12.The _is a public holiday I think I'll go for a walk along the river How about you?

Your answers

3 A two months after B the month after next C two months later D the month before last

5 A two days after B yesterday yesterday C before two days D the day before yeterday

2) Describing people -(physical traits) 1

Choose the best response to complete each of the following sentences:

1 Jim is (higher/taller) than I am

2 My sister is (lower/shorter) than I am

3 My brother isn't fat, he's (stocky/sticky)

4 The word "skinny" is slightly more negative than the word

(thinning/thin)

5 He's completely (bold/bald) He lost all of his hair years ago

6 My sister works out every day, so she's in very good (shaped/shape)

7 He's not fat, but he has a bit of a (belly/fat)

8 He's six feet (high/tall)

9 He walks with a (limp/lump)

10 My grandfather has (trouble/problem) walking fast (= he can't walk fast easily)

3) Describing people (physical traits) 2

Choose the best response to complete each of the following sentences:

1 My brother is (blind/blonde) in one eye (= he can't see in one eye)

2 My sister used to (die/dye) her hair blonde

3 My (complex/complexion) is much darker than my brother's

4 Linda is always (tanned/tan) during the summer

5 He's not bald, but he does have a (reducing/receding) hairline

6 Paula is very good- (looking/viewing) (= attractive)

7 I'm out of shape I ran for 5 minutes, and I'm already out of

(breath/breathing)

8 She has shoulder- (length/long) hair

9 Peter has a (razored/shaved) head

10 He is a very (stylish/styling) man (= he wears very fashionable clothes)

4) Describing people (personality)

Match the adjectives to the definition:

- someone who talks really loudly

- someone who is nice to other people

- bad-tempered

- someone who behaves in a caring way towards other people

-someone who often has good fortune

- someone who works very hard

- - an inactive person who avoids work

- used to describe someone who is amusing

Fill in the gap using the words above

The people in my office are really _I love working there!

Salem is really _He's always entertaining us with jokes and stories.

My parents are very _They bought me a car for my birthday!

My boss is really _ He isn't an easy person to get along with.

My brother is very He hardly ever takes a day off.

Amina is a very _ She always tells the truth.

Most of the people I've met here have been

Pete is very He rarely gets out of bed before mid-afternoon.

Rosita is really When she talks, she drowns everybody else out

My brother is very He's always winning prizes in competitions

More adjectives

mean - 1) Someone who is a nasty person 2) Someone who doesn't like spending money.

moody - adjective used to describe someone who behaves differently every time you meet them nasty - a mean, unpleasant person (the opposite of nice)

neat - a person who is very tidy.

nervous - someone who is easily startled by things.

nice - someone who is friendly and kind (the opposite of nasty)

polite - someone who has good manners.

popular - somebody who is liked by many people.

quiet - used to describe someone who doesn't talk very much.

rude - bad mannered, impolite.

selfish - used to describe someone who only thinks about themselves.

serious - someone who is always very sensible (the opposite of silly).

shy - quiet and a little bit nervous around other people.

silly - someone who is a bit foolish, or who doesn't behave in a serious way.

smart - 1) someone who takes a lot of care over their appearance 2) someone who is very clever

stupid - (very negative and very impolite - sometimes used as an insult) someone who is not clever.

Be careful when using this word!Using neutral adjectives to describe people is much safer.

tidy - someone who is very neat and well organised.

unlucky - someone who often suffers from bad fortune.

untidy - someone who is very messy.