WORKING IN CLASS UNIT 2:

1# IF YOU HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO START UP A BUSINESS, WHERE WOULD YOU LOCATE IT?

STUDENTS’ ANSWERS:

FERNANDO:  I would like to open a Spanish bar in One Dock Muelle Uno at the Port of Malaga.

NATHARET: I would start up a business in Plaza Mayor Shopping Centre.

LUCIA: I would start up a business in the City Centre at Uncibay Square.

ESTEFANÍA:  I would like to open a business at the Constitution Square located in the City Centre.

ROSA:  I would like to open a coffee shop in the Teatinos neighbourhood

ALVARO: I would start up an Italian restaurant business in a shopping centre or a ‘Ventas’ in Los Montes de MÁLAGA.

JOSE: I would like to start up a catering business near the beach because we have a good weather most part of the year. Along the waterfront

PAULA: I would like to open a restaurant business in Marbella near Puerto Banús.

PATRICIA: I would like to open a restaurant in Puerto Marina.

BLANCA: I would like to start up a buffet restaurant in on the coast of Benalmádena.

INMACULADA: I would like to open a cafeteria in Larios Centre.

RAFAEL: I would like to open a restaurant in Plaza Mayor because there are a lot of people.

2# MAKE A LIST OF THE BEST PLACES TO LOCATE A BUSINESS IN MÁLAGA, AND THEN WRITE DOWN THE REASON WHY YOU THINK IT IS A GOOD PLACE.

3# WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOUR IDEAL BUSINESS SHOULD HAVE:

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       An innovate design: modern decoration

-          To offer good relations with the customers: kindness, respect

-          Free wifi

-          A big capacity or spacious

-           Good ventilation

-          Free parking

-          A good taxi service

-          To be close to the bus stop/tube

-          A good terrace with some sort of electric/gas heater

-           Good access for disabled people

-          Private rooms for business meetings or other situations

-          A specific place designated for children (kindergarten)

-          A big room for big events

-          A specific device for self-service

-          Live music, theatre, dance or magician or entertainment.

EXERCISES ABOUT ‘MANUEL DECIDES WHERE TO LOCATE’

1# VOCABULARY: Write down the meaning every word

Booming
Pass up
Hot
Take over
Blocks
To hope
Miracle
owning
To shop
Away from home
A line in
Deal
Hate
Interested in
Rent
bill

2# CORRECT THE GRAMMAR MISTAKES OF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

a)      It was everything he have hope for (2 mistakes)

b)      He knews that the location was ‘hot’

c)      This friends were also a waitress who knew of Manuel’s interes in owning a restaurant (more than 1 mistake)

d)      One day a friend called his (1 mistake)

e)      Manuel go to the address and thought it were a miracle. (2 mistakes).

f)       The deals was too good to pass up (1 mistake).

3 # WRITE DOWN IF THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES ARE TRUE OR FALSE

a)      Manuel decided not to buy the restaurant.

b)      His rent would only be $ 3000 a month

c)      Manuel doesn’t like the area ‘he lives in’

d)      The location was for blocks away from home

e)      A booming restaurant is a place that nobody likes going in.

f)       The deal was to bad to pass up.

g)      Manuel went to the address and thought it was a miracle.