1. Make up questions the interviewer may ask her. Here are some prompts to help you.

Model: why/ want this job → Why do you want this job?

1. have any experience in this kind of work

2. what/ foreign languages/ speak

3. know/ how to send a fax

4. have any computer skills

5. what/ your strengths and weaknesses

6. make decisions quickly and independently

7. feel comfortable meeting new people

8. can/ work under pressure

9. why/ you think/ you are the right person for this job

10. have any questions you’d like to ask us

2. Now formulate questions Alice is likely to ask the interviewer.

1. offer/ you/ a training programme / a social package

2. there are/ any promotion prospects

3. how many/ people/ work in this department

4. they/ work overtime/ very often

5. when/ the job/ start

6. what/ the salary scale

7. how long/ the probation (випробний термін)

Ex.14. Work in pairs and try to improvise an interview of your own. You can use some of the questions in Exercise 6. Think about answers.

Ex.15. Open the brackets and put the time expressions in the right place. The first two sentences have been done for you as an example.

1. Don’t call him. You know he is very busy at work. (always) – He is always very busy at work.

2. They give me a welcome (always) when I go there. – They always give me a welcome when I go there.

3. I have a cup of green tea in the morning. (usually) – _____________________

4. My brother drinks coffee. (always) – _________________________________

5. He doesn’t take sugar in his coffee. (usually) – __________________________

6. Oliver is a manager. He gets to work by 9. (normally) – ___________________

7. He drives to the office. (generally) – __________________________________

8. He is late for work (never) but he stays at the office until late in the evening. (often) – ________________________________________________________

9. Does he travel on business? – Yes, he does. (often) – ____________________

No, he does. (never) – ____________________

10. Psychologists say that people who have red cars drive fast and aggressively.

(usually) – _______________________________________________________

Ex.16. Complete the following proverbs and sayings inserting often, always or never in the right place. Match the proverbs with the Ukrainian equivalents. Give your own interpretation of them.

1. The morning sun lasts a day.

2. Lost time is found again.

3. The best is the enemy of the good.

4. The customer is right.

Не можна повернути втрачений час. Клієнт завжди правий. Ніщо не є вічним під місяцем. Краще часто є ворогом хорошого.

Ex.17. Correct the mistakes if there are any.

1. Everyone ask for advice, but few listen.

2. Mother – the bank where we deposit our hurts and worries.

3. Our boss asks us often to work overtime.

4. I am usually start work at half past eight.

5. Nobody doesn’t work at this desk.

6. Do you and Sally go often to the cinema?

7. Your sister likes comedies and romantic films, isn’t she?

8. Does your brother always drive so fast?

9. She is often goes to the park on Sundays.

10. How often you visit your relatives in Vienna?

11. It is rarely raining in Kuwait.

12. What does this sign means?

13. Excuse me, what time is Flight 757 from Warsaw arrive?

14. The moon is turn round the earth every 28 days.

15. Luckily I’m having a friend who speaks Spanish.

Ex.18. Translate into English.

1. Фіоно, це твій брат на світлині?

2. Так, це Семен, а це його партнери; спеціалісти з Німеччини.

3. Семен – бізнесмен. Він часто їздить у відрядження до Німеччини.

4. Він розмовляє німецькою? – Так, досить гарно.

5. Семен читає книги в оригіналі, іноді він дивиться фільми німецькою.

6. Хелен, а ти володієш якою-небудь іноземною мовою? – Так, розмовляю іспанською, тільки трохи.

7. У вас є уроки іспанської в університеті?

8. Так, двічі на тиждень. Крім того, по понеділках і четвергах я ходжу на курси іспанської (take a Spanish course).

9. Я теж хочу вивчати іспанську.

10. Чому б тобі не приєднатися до мене і не розпочати навчання на курсах?