Choose one of two topics and prepare a short talk on it.

a) Success in business: a piece of luck or hard work?

b) Equal opportunities for men and women in business: myth or reality?

(max 10)

TOTAL – 85.

GRAMMAR REFERENCE

Module 1

1. NUMBERS

· Cardinal numerals

indicate number: one, two, twelve, twenty, ninety-four, two-hundred and ninety-one, a thousand, three thousand eight hundred and fifteen, etc. but: hundred, thousand and million take a or the numeral one: a hundred, a thousand but one hundred and twenty-three;

Note1: 123 – onehundred and twenty-three(BrE) /onehundred twenty-three(AmE); 0 – naught / oh(BrE) / zero(AmE).

· Ordinal numerals

indicate order: first, second, fourth, tenth, twelfth, eighteenth, twentieth, twenty-fifth, forty-seventh, a hundredth, two hundred and thirty-ninth, etc.;

· dates – 1-st September/September 1-st – the first of September/September the first; years – 1985 – nineteen eighty-five; 2009 – two thousand and nine; May 15, 2010 or 15.5.10. – the fifteenth of May two thousand ten /May the fifteenth two thousand ten(BrE); but: the fifteenth of May two thousand ten =5.15.10. (AmE);

· 1m – one / a million (1,000,000); 3bn – three billion (3000,000,000); $7,3bn – seven point three billion dollars; ₤648m – six hundred and forty eight pounds (BrE) / six hundred forty eight pounds(AmE);

· Currencies – ₤3.15 –three pounds fifteen; $7.80 – seven dollars eighty; €250 – two hundred and fifty euros.

PRESENT SIMPLE

FORM

do +V -inf

+	-	?
I (we, you, they) work for a company. He(she, it) works.	I (we, you, they) do not (don’t) work for a company. He (she, it) does not (doesn’t) work.	Do I (we, you, they) work for a company? Does he (she, it) work for a company?

USE

To talk about:

a) regular, repeated actions, habits: The managing director reports to the shareholders at the annual meeting.

b) general facts: Businesspeople go on business trips a lot.

Time expressions: every day/month/week/year, usually, always, often, on Mondays, frequently, occasionally, almost never, never, rarely, sometimes, in the morning/evening/afternoon, at night.

Module 2

PRESENT SIMPLE AND TIME ADVERBIALS

USE

· with the Present Simple: usually, often, always, occasionally, ever, never, rarely, regularly, seldom, sometimes, every morning/night/evening/day/week, from time to time, twice a week, once a month, hardly ever, never, etc.;

· go between the subject and the verb: usually, often, always, rarely, regularly, occasionally, seldom, hardly ever, never.

They often make good orders.

Most people never try extreme activities. But: He is always coming late. (after auxiliary verbs).

· others go at the end or at the beginning of the sentence:

I go abroad once a year.

From time to time they send questionnaires to their customers.

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