4. Read the dialogue and fill in the missing phrases:
annual turnover, employ, technical people, workforce
A: How many people does your company __________?
B: We have sixty employees. We have about forty factory workers and ___________ and the rest are admin and sales staff. We started off with only ten people so our __________ has grown a lot. What’s your _________?
A: It was over 2 million euro last year.
5. What do these companies do? Talk about each companies activities, using the words from the table
Example: Microsoft designs and sells IT software.
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SONY
create
banking services
AUCHAN
design
cars
CITYBANK
develop
clothing
ADIDAS
manufacture
electronic goods
APPLE
sell
food and drinks
MICROSOFT
market
Internet services
TOYOTA
offer
IT software
COCA-COLA
provide
6. These sentences describe two companies, Autotech and Green Fingers. Choose pairs of sentences, which describe similar things and match them with the correct company. Underline the verbs which mean the same things.
GREEN FINGERS A small garden-products company |
AUTOTECH A large car-parts company |
1 George and Tames Hawkins began Green Fingers in the 1920s/ |
1 John Smith started Autotech in 1960. |
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1. John Smith started Autotech in 1960.
2. It has a workforce of 2,500.
3. Autotech exports to over 12 countries.
4. It manufactures car parts.
5. It introduces one or two new components each year.
6. It employs about 35 people.
7. Green Fingers sells some of its products abroad.
8. It makes garden products.
9. George and James Hawkins began Green Fingers in the 1920s.
10. Green Fingers supplies the gardening industry.
11. It launches 12 new products a year.
12. Autotech provides components for the car industry.
7. Сomplete the text with the correct form of verbs:
launch have begin manufacture provide export
Sonara__________ in 1972 near Turin. Today, it ___________ mainly aircraft engines, but in the 1970s it also ______________ the car industry with components. It _______________ a workforce of 2,000. Sonara _____________75 % of its engines to other European countries. Last month, it _________a new type of engine which burns 15 % less fuel than other models.