Answer Keys Unit Module A Activity 2: Activity 1: a P ersonal information such as age, marital status, address and telephone number should be included b They present a résumé c Because your prospective employers will get an idea of you through this document English: inglés; globalisation: globalización; companies: companías; corporations: corporaciones; multinational: multinacional; complicated: complicado; international: internacional; convenient: conveniente Activity 3: a 3; b 1; c 4; d Activity 2: a 4; b 2; c 1; d 3; e Activity 3: a degree; b whether; c prospective; d skills Activity 4: a In a CV you must write relevant information about you as a person.; b Apart from this, you must also include details about you as a professional, stating your degree, experience, etc.; c Include if you can speak any foreign language and if you can use a computer a It means changing the way they work b Yes, they business around the world but their headquarters remain in their home countries c They look at the whole world as one market d North America, Western Europe and the Pacific Rim e No, they don’t Unit Module A Activity 1: Activity 5: a videoconference; b netbook; c web cam; d mobile phone; e mail Students’ own answers Activity 6: Missing information: marital status, telephone number, courses for professional development Activity 7: Students’ own answers Unit Module B Activity 2: a W hy are VPNs used worldwide? b H ow has technology changed our lives? c What can we with a new generation mobile phone? d What can we with web cams in instant messaging? e Why are business meetings less frequent nowadays? Activity 1: a F ; b T; c T; d T; e F; f F English Toolkit - Business Administration Photocopiable © Ediciones Santillana S.A / Richmond 2011 Activity 4: Answer Keys Activity 3: Activity 6: a evolving technologies; b surf the Net; c trend; d irreplaceable; e subsidiaries Activity 4: Students’ own answers Activity 5: Students’ own answers 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 never sometimes on Sundays every day Unit Module A Unit Module B b ordinal; c even; d odd; e thousands; f hundreds; g millions Activity 2: a 304; b 22811; c 818; d 5716; e 413 Activity 3: Suggested answers: a 8; b 4th; c 3; d to the power of 9: 1024; e to the power of 12: 1594323 a H ow much money are we going to spend?; How much money are we going to receive?; What benefits are we going to obtain? b Budgeting is the plan of operations that estimates how to get the money that is needed and how it it is going to be spent c A financial committee d Finance and budgets try to make ends meet Activity 2: a 2; b 4; c 3; d 5; e Activity 3: Activity 4: a C ardinal, ordinal, even and odd numbers, differences in expressing hundreds, thousands, millions and billions in British and American English b B ecause these aren’t divisible by c Ordinal numbers d In British English you use the word and between hundreds / thousands and tens Also, a billion has 12 zeros after the number a .the above plus earnings.; b to avoid prospective problems.; c to work out what annual commitments a company has.; d state budgeting in advance.; e is only necessary to know how to spend the money.; f it is better to put the some money aside.; g some months are better than others Activity 4: a profit; b budget; c expenses; d forecast; e work out Activity 5: b 38%; 1/3; c m; 3m; m2; d 2020; e 208 English Toolkit - Business Administration Photocopiable © Ediciones Santillana S.A / Richmond 2011 Activity 1: Activity 1: Answer Keys Activity 5: b P roduct conception and development, promotion, pricing and packaging c When producers and manufacturers need to know what to offer to customers d Newspapers, magazines, television, radio, leaflets and brochures Unit Module B Activity 1: a vast; b astounding; c isolation; d achieve; e enables Activity 2: a …is is not easy to find an employee that will remain at his / her post…….for his / her working life.; b People often move on, attracted by better opportunities.; c Working conditions have continued to develop.; d Team work has turned out to be the most efficient and intelligent solution.; e Knowledge has become increasingly vast and it is not always accessible to everybody Activity 2: a fashion trends; b social status; c and so on; d buying capability; e a clear picture; f used to be; g is available Activity 3: Students’ own answers Activity 4: a have seen; b has given; c has been Activity 5: Students’ own answers Activity 3: c; a; b; e; d Unit Module B Activity 4: a Due to external circumstances b People move on attracted by better opportunities c Employers and employees d Because it enables a group to improve its performance e Partnership, communication and sharing Activity 1: a F; b F; c T; d T; e F; f T; g T; h F; i F; j T Activity 2: a Social Welfare Plan; b Dental Coverage; c Life Insurance; d Health Care; e Farewell Activity 3: Activity 5: Students’ own answers Unit Module A Activity 1: a It is the division of the market into different groups according to age, sex, social status, buying capability, etc a She lives in Brazil b T o tell her the news about his retirement c A Social Welfare Plan, Health Care, Dental Coverage, Pension and Life Insurance and Paid Holidays d H e worked for 15 years e A ndrea and Diego f A n Arabian cooking course English Toolkit - Business Administration Photocopiable © Ediciones Santillana S.A / Richmond 2011 Students’ own answers Answer Keys Activity 4: Students’ own answers Activity 5: Photocopiable © Ediciones Santillana S.A / Richmond 2011 Students’ own answers English Toolkit - Business Administration