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Unit 1
Getting started (page 1)
A. Look at the pictures below and talk about them.
a. Are they Nepali?
Answer: Yes, they are Nepali.
b. Which communities do you think they belong to?
Answer: They belong to Brahmin, Newar and Sherpa community.
c. What are they doing?
Answer: They are doing namaskar by joining their palms together.
d. How do the people in your community greet each other?
Answer: In our community people greet by joining their palms together like in praying position.
Reading I (Page 2)
Look at the picture and answer the questions.
a. Who do you think these are people?
Answer: I think these people are interviewer and interviewee.
b. What do you think they are doing?
Answer: I think they are asking and answering the questions.
c. Who do you think the interviewee is?
Answer: I think the interviewee is the manager because he has the responsibility to fulfil the staff.
A Job Interview
A. Match the words in column 'A' with their meanings in column 'B'.
Column 'A' Column 'A'
a. traffic i. post
b. interview ii. a section of a large organization
c. position iii. a formal meeting in which somebody is asked questions
d. department iv. for part of the day or week
e. part-time v. the vehicles that are on a road
B. Write 'True' or 'False' against the following statements.
a. John and Mike are talking in the afternoon. 'False'
b. The traffic was lighter in the morning. 'True'
c. Mike works as the manager. 'True'
d. John is still studying at the college. 'True'
e. John is doing a part-time job. 'True'
Grammar I (Page 5)
A. The sentences below are from the Reading I. Read the text and complete the sentences with missing words.
a. I am ………. Finance Department Officer.
b. There is ………. open positions in my department.
c. Please tell me …………. little bit about position.
d. I am studying at ………. college.
e. I’ve been working part-time as ………. clerk for ………….. last two years.
Answer:
a. the
b. an
c. a
d. a
e. a, the
B. Complete the conversation below between Nancy and Lisa with ‘a/an or the.’
Nancy: Thank you for calling the Sports Center. May I help you?
Lisa: I bought ………. exercise bike from your store last year, and I am having problems with it. I need to have it repaired.
Nancy: Let me connect you to ………. service department. One moment please. Karen: Service department, this is Karen. How can I help you?
Lisa: I bought ……. exercise bike from the Sports Center last year and it needs to be repaired.
Karen: What seems to be …….. problem?
Lisa: I am not very sure
, but I think there is …….. problem with the bike’s computer console because the LCD screen does not display ……… different features.
Karen: Nothing was on when you pushed ……. start button?
Lisa: No, nothing.
Karen: Someone will come to take ……… look at your bike.
Answer:
Nancy: Thank you for calling the Sports Center. May I help you?
Lisa: I bought an exercise bike from your store last year, and I am having problems with it. I need to have it repaired.
Nancy: Let me connect you to the service department. One moment please.
Karen: Service department, this is Karen. How can I help you?
Lisa: I bought the exercise bike from the Sports Center last year and it needs to be repaired.
Karen: What seems to be a problem?
Lisa: I am not very sure, but I think there is the problem with the bike’s computer console because the LCD screen does not display the different features.
Karen: Nothing was on when you pushed the start button?
Lisa: No, nothing.
Karen: Someone will come to take a look at
