Lesson 2

Listening

1. Listen to an interview with a successful business woman. What is the name of her company?

A. Sustain Lives
B. Sustain Life
C. Sustainable People

2. Listen again and choose the correct answer.

1. How long has Amal owned her business for?

A. for five years.

B. since she left school.

2. What does Amal’s company do?

A. It sells sustainable products to people.

B. It tells people about companies that sell sustainable products.

3. What did Amal think about her first job?

A. she didn’t enjoy it, but it was helpful for her future.

B. she enjoyed it because it helped her in the future.

4. What does Amal say you need to do to be successful?

A. You can ask other people to help you achieve.

B. You need to have plans.

5. What did Amal and her sister have to pay for?

A. a good website

B. a large building

6. What piece of advice does Amal give?

A. You must have have lots of ideas.

B. You must make sure you can reach your goals.

Language

3. Listen again. Choose the words you hear.

1. You haven’t always wanted to to run your own business, have / did you?
2. I hadn’t / haven’t done very well in my exams.
3. The manager, who’s / who’d worked there for years, taught me all about buying good quality clothes.
4. We needed a brilliant website which / that we spent a lot of money on.
5. When we started we had / we’d had lots of ideas.

4. Tick (✓) the sentences which are correct. Rewrite the incorrect ones.

1. My bike was wet yesterday because I have washed it. My bike was wet yesterday because I had washed it.
2. This is the man that I told you about. ✓
3. The children ate all the apples, haven’t they? The children are all the apples, didn't they?
4. Mohamed Elneny is a well footballer. Mohamed Eleny is a good footballer.
5. Cardiff where I was born is the capital of Wales. Cardiff, where I was born, is the capital of wales.
6. Fatima always speaks very quietly. ✓