Homework 1
Read the following interview with Margi Bogart, Product Marketing Manager at Mindsteps, Inc. Put the verbs in brackets into Present Simple or Present Continuous Tense.
1. I (work) ______ for Mindsteps, Inc, a start-up firm located in Sillicon Valley that (develop) _________ human resources management software for large corporations that (have) _______ at least 2.500 employees.
2. Currently, we (market) _________ our main product called CareerSteps, which (be) _______ a software program that (help) ________ employees to assess their interests, values and skills to create a career development plan.
3. More and more corporations (to buy) __________ CareerSteps as cost effective solution to the issues that human resources departments (face) ________ such as staff turnover, motivating workers and increasing employee productivity.
4. Thanks to the success of an initial pilot, this year Hewlett-Packard (make) _________ CareerSteps available to 125.000 of their employees around the world.
5. As the Product Marketing Manager, I (coordinate) _________ the planning and (manage) ________ the business and marketing efforts for the product.
6. An important aspect of my job (involve) _________ making sure the product (meet) ________ the marketing requirements once it is completed.
7. At the moment, I (contact) ________ potential clients and (work) ________ on the marketing requirements for the next version of our product.
8. On Tuesday, we (present) __________ the innovative features of the new version of CareerSteps to our main customers.
Homework 2
Ex. 1 Translate from Russian
into English:
- Мы – маленькая / средняя / крупная компания.
- Мы – государственная / частная компания.
- Мы – дочерняя компания / филиал. Наша головная компания находится в ….
- Я работаю в ОАО / ЗАО / ООО.
- Управляющий директор отвечает за ежедневное руководство компанией.
- Управляющий директор отчитывается перед Советом директоров.
- Ему помогают начальники 4 отделов.
- В нашей компании 6 отделов.
- Кадровый состав нашей компании насчитывает 120 чел. Большинство работников – женщины.
- Под моим руководством находятся 40 работников.
- Я напрямую подчиняюсь начальнику производственного отдела.
- В 2004 г. меня приняли в компанию на испытательный срок, длившийся 3 месяца.
- Я присоединился к компании в 2005 г. в качестве помощника бухгалтера. В 2007 г. меня повысили до бухгалтера.
Ex. 2 Complete the job
titles
Financial analyst
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Специалист по изучению рынка сбыта
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Business analyst
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Securities analyst
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Production engineer
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Менеджер по продажам
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Инженер-конструктор
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Mechanical engineer
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Инженер-программист
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Инженер-разработчик программного обеспечения
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Export Sales Manager
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Главный бухгалтер
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Начальник отдела кадров
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Торговый представитель
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Сотрудник по правовым вопросам
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Network manager
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Chief Technology officer
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Главный финансовый директор
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Ex.3 Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or Present Continuous tense:
- She (to attend) ________ a training course this week.
- We (to use) ____________ suppliers in Singapore.
- I (not to travel) _________ in the region at the moment.
- Our company (to manufacture) _________ mobile phones.
- Business (not to start) ___________ on the stock exchange until tomorrow at 9 am.
- Dramatic changes (to take place) ___________ in a company structure.
- (to meet) __________ shareholders on Monday?
- The first answer (not to be) ____________ very positive.
Homework 3
Ex.1 Complete the
sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous tense.
- When I (get) home, I (hear) your phone message.
- When the computer (crash) I (print out) last month’s figures.
- While the plane (take off), I (start) to feel unwell.
- He (want) a reliable firm, so we (choose) Phillips.
- When I (arrive) at the office Jan (wait for) me.
- The door (to be) open, so I (knock) and (come in).
- They (argue) about the merger when he suddenly (lose) his temper.
- While I (load up) a new software, the computer (crash).
- While she (check) the invoices, she (notice) a mistake.
- What you (do) while I (interview) candidates for the sales job?
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