English for Business Chapter 5 Moving Offices (Revision) EXIT > > PART MEUN

Aims To revise and give the students further written and oral practice in all the areas covered in Chapter 1 to 4 (listed below).

Structures The present simple with the verb to be. The possessive adjectives my, your, his, her. The demonstrative: this, that, these, those. The determiner many, eg How many…?. The indefinite and definite articles a, an, the. Yes/no questions with the verb to be.

Structures (Cont’d) The question words what, who, how, where. The simplest forms of existence there is/are. The simplest forms of presence and absence (not) here, (not) there. Basic prepositions in, on, at, of. Singular and plural countable nouns, eg computer/computers, window/windows.

Functions and Concepts Describing basic office furniture and equipment. Describing basic office or place-of-work layout. Describing basic job titles and work relationships. Asking for and providing basic personal information.

Functions and Concepts (Cont’d) Exchanging basic greetings and goodbyes in a business context. Recognising basic expressions of gratitude. Writing a short message containing simple information. Using the basic forms of introduction.

Functions and Concepts (Cont’d) Using the correspondence salutation and complimentary close Dear, Yours sincerely. Recognising and using the main forms of communication repair, eg How do you spell … ? Recognising some telephone expressions. Using punctuation, eg capital letters, full stops and question marks.

Vocabulary To revise and give the students further practice in: Numbers 1 to 20 The basic forms of titles used before names, eg Mr, Mrs, Dr The basic means of addressing others Words associated with the place of work

Vocabulary (Cont’d) Job titles The names of office furniture, eg a chair, a filing cabinet The names of architectural features, eg windows. To introduce: Address layout Numbers 21 to 100.

Exercise 5.1 Write the answers to the sums. The first one has been done for you. 1.seventeen plus nine is _____________________________ 2.twelve plus sixteen is _____________________________ 3.fifteen minus eight is ______________________________ 4.thirty seven minus five is ___________________________

Exercise 5.1 (Cont’d) 5.thirteen plus ten is _________________________________ 6.nine plus eleven is _________________________________ 7.forty minus fourteen is ______________________________ 8.nineteen minus eleven is _____________________________

Exercise 5.3 In-class assignment

Exercise 5.4a: Role Play

Exercise 5.5 e)Write the total price for each item in the correct spaces.

Exercise 5.6 The letter that Mr Rocco sends Nadia about the prices is on page 50. All the capital letters and full stops are missing. Correct the punctuation. Remember to put: 1)A capital letter at the beginning of a sentence 2)A capital letter at the beginning of a title or name 3)A full stop or question mark at the end of a sentence.

Exercise 5.9 b)Write the missing words in the spaces. The first one has been done for you. This woman is a teacher. She works in a school. 1 This ThatTheseThoseHe SheTheyIsAre

Exercise 5.9 (Cont’d) 2 3 ________ men ________ taxi drivers. ________ man ________ a ________. ________ works in a ________________.

Exercise 5.9 (Cont’d) 4 5

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