Grammar Revision: Questions, Tenses, and Relative Clauses

• Remember how to make questions and use present tenses correctly in your professional profile. Use relative clauses with who, which, that, and where to give extra details about jobs and offices.
• Grammar Area
• Structure / Example
• Present Simple
• I work in Seattle. / Do you manage the office?
• Present Continuous
• She is updating her CV now. / What are they doing?
• Relative Clauses
• This is the manager who hires staff in London.
• Remember
• Use the present simple for permanent situations and routines at work.
• Use the present continuous for actions happening right now or around this time.
• Use 'who' or 'that' for people, and 'which' or 'that' for things.
• Use 'where' for places like offices or companies.
• Examples
• David works in a modern office in Boston.
• Are you preparing a financial report at the moment?
• She is the colleague who helps customers in Chicago.
• Is this the department where Sarah works?
• Common mistakes
• Where you work in New York?
• Where do you work in New York?
• He write reports every Monday.
• He writes reports every Monday.

Complete the sentences

• What time ___ (do) ____ you start your shift in Manchester?
• Mark ___ (work) ____ on his online profile right now.
• She is the director ___ (who) ____ manages the sales team in Bristol.
• This is the company ___ (where) ____ Michael handles customer service in Seattle.
• Why ___ (be) ____ they updating their resumes today?
• Is this the software ___ (which) ____ helps with purchasing in Austin?

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