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 your
bike.
Written by Sudip Jaiswal