I 1 in my new job now! The company 2 called TechFlow. It 3 a software company in Berlin. My team 4 great - there 5 12 developers and 2 QA engineers.
Last week 6 really busy. The sprint 7 very short and the deadlines 8 tight. But everyone 9 helpful.
Next month 10 even better - we 11 in the new office. It 12 far from the train station.
See you soon!
2
Choose the correct form of "be".
1 Our Product Owner
is/are
from Poland.
2 The developers
is/are
in a stand-up meeting right now.
3 I
wasn't/weren't
at the office yesterday.
4 The clients
was/were
happy with the demo.
5Are/Is
you the new team lead?
6 The retrospective
weren't/wasn't
very long last Friday.
7 The new release
will be/will is
ready next week.
8 We
won't are/won't be
in the office tomorrow.
3
Write the question. Use the words in brackets.
Example: Answer: "Yes, I am." (you / a developer) - Question: Are you a developer?
1 Answer: "Yes, I am." (you / a developer)
2 Answer: "No, she wasn't." (she / at the meeting)
3 Answer: "Yes, it will." (it / ready on time)
4 Answer: "Yes, they were." (they / at the conference)
5 Answer: "No, he isn't." (he / the Scrum Master)
6 Answer: "Yes, it will." (the team / bigger next year)
4
Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
5
Find and correct the mistake in each sentence. Write the correct sentence.
1 She are a QA engineer.
2 They was at the conference.
3 I is not a manager.
4 The project were difficult.
5Will the demo is on Friday?
6 We is a cross-functional team.
6
Writing
Write 5 sentences about your workplace. Use am/is/are, was/were, and will be.
Example: I am a front-end developer. My team is small - there are 5 people. Last year, the office was in the city centre. Next month, we will be in a new building.
Lesson 1: To Be - Results
Exercises
Email
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Choose
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Word order
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Errors
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Writing
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GRAMMAR: there is / are / was / wereVOCABULARY: office, prepositionsREADING
Complete the office description with there is / there are / there isn't / there aren't / is there / are there.
Our new office
We moved to a new office last month. 1 two floors. On the first floor, 2 a large open-plan workspace for developers. 3 about 30 desks, but 4 enough meeting rooms - only two!
On the second floor, 5 a big kitchen with free coffee. 6 a gym, but 7 a quiet room for relaxation.
8 a parking area? Yes, 9. 10 any bicycle racks? No, 11 - but maybe next year!
2
Choose the correct word: some or any.
1 There are
some/any
new laptops in the IT room.
2 Are there
some/any
free desks on this floor?
3 There aren't
some/any
printers near my desk.
4 I have
some/any
questions about the project.
5 There isn't
some/any
coffee left in the kitchen.
6 We need
some/any
more whiteboards for the meeting rooms.
7 Is there
some/any
space in the parking area?
8 There are
some/any
plants in the reception area.
VOCABULARY
3
Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.
inonatnext tonearbetweenbehindopposite
1 The monitor is the desk.
2 My desk is the window.
3 The printer is the corner of the room.
4 The meeting room is the kitchen and the reception.
5 The server room is the main office. You can't see it from here.
6 The IT department is the HR department - on the other side of the corridor.
7 The coffee machine is the entrance, not far from the door.
8 We usually have lunch our desks.
READING
4
Read about the coworking space. Then answer the questions.
HubSpace - A Modern Coworking Space
HubSpace is a popular coworking space in central Manchester. There are three floors with over 200 desks. On the ground floor, there is a large cafe and a reception area. There are some comfortable sofas near the entrance for informal meetings.
On the first floor, there are private offices for small teams. Each office has space for 4-8 people. There is also a large conference room with a projector and a whiteboard. On the second floor, there is an open workspace with hot desks. There aren't any fixed desks - you can sit anywhere you like.
There is free Wi-Fi everywhere, and there are some phone booths on each floor for private calls. There isn't a gym, but there is a rooftop terrace where people can relax. There aren't any parking spaces, but there is a bike storage area near the building.
1 How many floors does HubSpace have?
2 What is on the ground floor?
3 How many people can work in a private office?
4 Are there fixed desks on the second floor?
5 Where can people relax?
6 Is there parking at HubSpace?
5
Find and correct the mistake in each sentence.
1There is five people in my team.
2There is a printer on this floor?
3 There aren't some meeting rooms.
4 There are a kitchen on the second floor.
5 There was two meetings yesterday.
6 There are any new computers in the office.
6
Writing
Describe your ideal office. Use there is / there are and prepositions (in, on, at, next to, near, between, behind, opposite).
Write at least 6 sentences. Think about: desks, meeting rooms, kitchen, relaxation areas, equipment.
Example: In my ideal office, there is a large open workspace. There are some comfortable sofas near the window. The kitchen is next to the meeting room...
Lesson 2: There Is/Are - Results
Exercises
Office
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Some/any
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Preps
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Reading
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Errors
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Writing
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GRAMMAR: Present Simple (+/-/?)VOCABULARY: daily routine, adverbs of frequencyREADING
Complete the text with the correct Present Simple form of the verb in brackets.
A day in the life of a DevOps engineer
Tom 1 (work) as a DevOps engineer at a fintech startup. He 2 (start) his day at 8:30. First, he 3 (check) the monitoring dashboards for any overnight alerts.
At 9:00, the team 4 (have) a daily stand-up. Tom 5 (not like) long meetings, so the stand-up usually 6 (take) only 15 minutes.
After lunch, he 7 (review) pull requests and 8 (fix) deployment issues. His manager 9 (not micromanage) him - she 10 (trust) the team to manage their own tasks.
2
Put the adverb in the correct position. Rewrite the sentence.
Example: She checks her email in the morning. (always) - She always checks her email in the morning.
1 We have a stand-up at 9. (usually)
2 He is late for meetings. (never)
3 They work from home. (sometimes)
4 She writes detailed reports. (always)
5 The deployment is at night. (often)
6 I miss a deadline. (hardly ever)
7 We order lunch to the office. (often)
8 The CEO visits our floor. (rarely)
3
Write questions using do or does.
Example: She works from home. - Does she work from home?
1 You use Slack.
2 He manages a team.
3 They have daily stand-ups.
4 The company offers remote work.
5 We need more developers.
6 She writes code every day.
READING
4
Read the job description. Then answer the questions.
Junior Front-End Developer - DataStream Inc.
About the role: We are looking for a Junior Front-End Developer to join our product team. The developer works closely with the design team and writes clean, responsive code. The role involves daily collaboration with the QA team.
Responsibilities: The developer builds user interfaces using React. They attend sprint planning meetings every two weeks and participate in code reviews. The team uses Jira for task management and GitHub for version control. The developer does not manage other team members.
Schedule: The position is full-time (40 hours per week). The company offers flexible hours - employees start between 8:00 and 10:00. The team has a daily stand-up at 10:30. On Fridays, the team finishes at 16:00.
Requirements: The candidate needs at least 1 year of experience with JavaScript. Knowledge of React or Vue is essential. The candidate does not need a university degree.
1 Who does the front-end developer work with?
2 How often do they have sprint planning meetings?
3 What tool does the team use for task management?
4 What time do employees start work?
5 What time does the team finish on Fridays?
6 Does the candidate need a university degree?
5
Find and correct the mistake in each sentence.
1 She work from home on Fridays.
2 He don't like long meetings.
3Do your team use Scrum?
4 The QA engineer test the code every day.
5 We doesn't have meetings on Mondays.
6 My manager always give clear feedback.
6
Writing
Describe the daily routine of someone in your team (not yourself).
Write at least 5 sentences. Use Present Simple and adverbs of frequency.
Think about: What time does he/she start? What does he/she do first? How often does he/she have meetings? Does he/she work from home?
Example: Maria is a UX designer. She usually starts work at 9:00. She always checks Figma first. She often has meetings with developers in the afternoon...
Lesson 3: Present Simple - Results
Exercises
Gap-fill
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Adverbs
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Questions
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Reading
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Errors
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Writing
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Total
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GRAMMAR: Past Simple (regular + irregular)VOCABULARY: project incidentsREADING
Write the Past Simple form of these regular verbs.
Example: work - worked
1 start
2 plan
3 deploy
4 try
5 stop
6 discuss
7 manage
8 carry
9 occur
10 escalate
2
Choose the correct Past Simple form of the irregular verb.
1 go:
goed/went/gone
2 have:
had/haved/has
3 write:
writed/written/wrote
4 send:
sended/sent/send
5 run:
ran/runned/run
6 find:
finded/found/founded
7 make:
maked/maken/made
8 know:
knew/knowed/known
9 see:
seed/seen/saw
10 take:
took/taked/taken
3
Make negatives or questions. Follow the instructions.
Example: I finished the report. (negative) - I didn't finish the report.
1 She sent the email. (negative)
2 They fixed the bug. (question)
3 We had a meeting yesterday. (negative)
4 You saw the error message. (question)
5 The server crashed. (negative)
6 He deployed the new version. (question)
7 I knew about the problem. (negative)
8 The team finished the sprint on time. (question)
READING
4
Read the incident report. Then answer the questions.
Incident Report - Server Downtime
Date: 15 March 2026 Reported by: Alex Chen, DevOps Engineer
Summary: On Monday 15 March at 14:23, the main production server stopped responding. Users could not access the application for 47 minutes.
Timeline: At 14:23, the monitoring system sent an alert to the DevOps team. Alex saw the alert at 14:25 and immediately checked the server logs. He found a memory leak in the payment module. He contacted the back-end team at 14:30. Two senior developers, Sara and Tom, started working on the fix at 14:35.
Sara found the problem in the code at 14:50. Tom wrote a hotfix and deployed it to the staging server at 15:00. They tested it for 5 minutes and then deployed it to production at 15:05. The server came back online at 15:10.
Root cause: A recent code change did not handle large transaction volumes correctly. The team did not catch the bug during code review.
Actions: The team added new automated tests for the payment module. They also updated the code review checklist.
1 What time did the server stop responding?
2 How long were users unable to access the application?
3 What did Alex find in the server logs?
4 Who found the problem in the code?
5 When did the server come back online?
6 What did the team do to prevent similar problems?
5
Find and correct the mistake in each sentence.
1 I didn't went to the office yesterday.
2Did you finished the report?
3 We haved a retrospective last Friday.
4 She writed the documentation last week.
5 The team didn't knew about the bug.
6 He sended an email to the client.
6
Writing
Write a short incident report (5-8 sentences).
Use Past Simple. Think about:
- What happened?
- When did it happen?
- Who found the problem?
- Who fixed it?
- How long did it take?
It can be a real incident or an imaginary one.
Example: On Tuesday at 10:15, the database stopped working. The monitoring system sent an alert. Our DBA, Viktor, checked the logs and found the problem. He restarted the service at 10:30. The system came back online at 10:35.
