Ex.1. Answer the following questions. Grammar: Present Simple vs Present Continuous

Exercises

UNIT 2

Grammar: Present Simple vs Present Continuous

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Reading: A working day of a Sales Manager

Timberland is a world-famous company in the market for boots and shoes. It is a real market leader. At the moment it is rapidly increasing its exports to Japan, Taiwan and Hong-Kong. The goods of this company are of high quality. They meet up-to-date international standards.

Timberland is a large corporation. It has a lot of foreign and domestic subsidiaries. The company consists of nine departments.

The company Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and president is Sidney Swartz. He is in charge of the global strategy. His son, Mr. Jeffry Swartz, is executive vice-president. He knows everything about this business and helps his father to run the company. Now they are planning to expand their business to Latin America.

Mr. Stevens is the company Sales Manager. His working day starts at 9 a.m. and finishes at 5 p.m. He works hard every day. Mr. Stevens always gets up early, takes a shower and has breakfast. During breakfast, he watches the latest news on TV or listens to the radio. Then Mr. Stevens drives to work. It takes him twenty five minutes to get to the office. When he starts his working day he usually switches on his computer and looks through the mail. After that he sends some e-mails or asks his secretary to do it. Then he and his assistant make the plan for the day. Mr. Stevens discusses a lot of business matters on the phone. Sometimes he makes appointments with his suppliers. At 12 o’clock he always has lunch in the company cafeteria. After lunch he meets his customers or regional sales managers.

It is 4 p.m. now and Mr. Stevens is having talks with Mr. Brown from the Public Relations Department (PR) and Advertising Department. They are discussing the new advertising campaign of their new product. Now they are speaking about budget problems. They are hoping to find a reasonable solution to the issue.

Mr. Stevens is efficient and hard-working. He tries to solve all the problems, so his clients like to do business with him. They discuss terms of delivery and payment, prices and discounts. Mr. Stevens travels a lot and visits the subsidiaries of Timberland. He enjoys his job because he meets a lot of new people and goes to different countries.

1. What is Timberland famous for?

2. What are the present-day plans of Timberland?

3. What is Mr. S. Swartz in charge of?

4. What is Mr. Stevens responsible for?

5. When does Mr. Stevens start and finish his work?

6. What is Mr. Stevens’s typical morning on a week-day?

7. How long does it take Mr. Stevens to get to his work?

8. What does Mr. Stevens do during his working day?

9. Why does Mr. Stevens like his job?

10. What kind of worker is Mr. Stevens?

11. What business matters does Mr. Stevens discuss with his clients?

12. It’s four p.m. now. What is Mr. Stevens doing?

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