1 General Education Office BUSINESS ENGLISH LA.231/LA.331/LA.3501 Mid-Term Examination Review

2 Unit 1 - Introductions Greetings and Customs I’m, I’m from, We’re, They’re, He’s, She’s Countries and Nationalities Chinese, Thai, British, American Jobs a lawyer, an executive, an engineer Useful language Nice to meet you. Pleased to meet you. You, too. This is ………. He/she’s is in….. Question forms Are you…? Are they…?, Is he….?, Is she….?, Is it ………..?

3 Unit 2 - Work and Leisure Features of work high salary, friendly colleagues, mobile phone, flexible hours Prepositions of Time at night, the weekend on Thursday, 15 th May in June, the morning, winter Present Simple Tense for Routines I wake up early.He/She wakes up early. They/we wake up early. He attends meetings. She works in a factory. They drive to work. I don’t wake up early. He/She doesn’t wake up early. They don’t wake up early. He doesn’t attend meetings. She doesn’t work in a factory. They don’t drive to work. Do you wake up early? Does he/she wake up early? Do they wake up early?

4 Unit 2 - Work and Leisure Adverbs of Frequency always – 100% usually – 90% frequently – 80% often – 70% sometimes – 50% occasionally– 30% seldom – 10% never – 0% Adverbs of Frequency (How often…..?) I always get to work before 8o’clock. I often take the bus to work. I sometimes eat breakfast when I get to work. I am never late. Likes and Dislikes I love running. I like going swimming. I quite like playing badminton. I don’t like playing golf.

5 Unit 3 - Problems Adjectives for Problems broken, incorrect, small, missing, lost, delayed, doesn’t work Too / Not ….. Enough (with adjectives) The bed is too hard. It isn’t soft enough. The seats are not wide enough. They are too narrow. Some work Problems Wasting Energy, Overwork, Sex discrimination, Job insecurity

6 Unit 3 - Problems Present simple with Negatives and Questions The present simple negative of full verbs is don’t / doesn’t + Verb Negatives They don’t come to work on time. He doesn’t go to meetings. We use do/does for questions. (Do/does + subject + verb…?) Questions Does he work well with colleagues? Where do you work? Useful language Good morning. This is ……..Can I speak to…., please? I’m very sorry to hear (about) that.I’ve got a problem with….. Can you give me some more information?The … is incorrect/missing. We can send you a new one.Thanks for your help.

7 Unit 4 - Travel Prepositions with Travel in a taxiat an airport on a planeon a bus at a hotel Commons Travel Phrases buy a ticket, confirm a flight, go through security, collect luggage, check in Using can and can’t We use can to say we are able to do something. He can ride a horse. She can fly an airplane. We use can I or can we to ask permission. Can I use the phone, please? Can we come back later? We also use can to talk about what is possible. Can I fly direct from Moscow to Sydney? No you can’t. You need to change.

8 Unit 4 - Travel Business Hotel Facilities fitness centremeeting roomssecretarial services gift shop, etc. There is / there are We often use there is/there are before a / an or some / any There is an indoor swimming pool. There isn’t a sauna. There are three restaurants. There aren’t any shops in the area. Is there a car park?Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t. Are there any meeting rooms?Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t.

9 Unit 5 – Food and Entertaining Food Vocabulary Nationalities / cuisines: – French snails, Indian curry Food types: - meat, fish, vegetable, fruit Some / Any We use some in positive sentences. There are some very good restaurants in the city centre. We also use some when we offer things and ask for things. Would you like some more coffee? Can I have some tea? We use any in most questions. Do you have any beef? We also use any in negative statements. We haven’t got any beef today.

10 Unit 5 – Food and Entertaining Countable and Uncountable Nouns Most nouns are countable and we use a / an before them. We often just add S if there is more than one: apples, meals, restaurants Some have plural forms: women, men, people, sheep Some nouns are uncountable and are singular water, tea, sugar, milk, bread A lot of, many and much mean ‘ a large quantity or number of something’ We use a lot of with all types of nouns There aren’t a lot of flights at the weekend. He eats a lot of rice. We use many with countable nouns: How many people? We use much with uncountable nouns: I haven’t got much money.

11 Unit 6 – Sales Further Frequency phrases These tell us how often things happen. usually, once a week, at the weekend, sometimes, every day, every two weeks Product Phrases Good offer – great deals, deposit, payments, deliver costs, guarantee, stock discount Past Simple We use the Past Simple to talk about completed actions in the past Last year, we increased our sales by 15 percent. We usually form the past simple by adding –d or –ed to the verb. Save – savedlaunch – launchedexport – exported About 150 irregular verbs are formed differently go – wentcost – cost be – wasgrow – grew give - gave

12 Unit 6 – Sales Past Time References Some time references refer only to the past: The special deals ended two months ago. Last week we sold 500 units – a record. The prepositions on, from, for, in, to, and during often refer to periods of time in the past. He lived in France for five years. He moved to Germany in The goods left the warehouse on 31 March. They worked hard on the sales campaign from February to November. During October, we reached our sales target for the year.

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