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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 Question forms Are you…? Are they…?, Is he….?, Is she….?, Is it ………..? Useful language Nice to meet you. Pleased to meet you. You, too. This is ………. He/she’s is in….. 3 Unit 2 - Work and Leisure Features of work high salary, friendly colleagues, mobile phone, flexible hours, fast promotion, Prepositions of Time at night, the weekend on Thursday, 15th 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 8 o’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. Note: gerund verb + ing 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? P26 – Listen to four phone calls A/B Useful language Good morning. This is …….. I’m very sorry to hear (about) that. Can you give me some more information? We can send you a new one. Can I speak to…., please? I’ve got a problem with….. The … is incorrect/missing. Thanks for your help. 7 Unit A - Revision Complete Unit A Revision Exercises • P30 A, B and C • P31 A, B, Skills • P33 B, Skills 8 Unit 4 - Travel Prepositions with Travel in a taxi at an airport on a plane on a bus at a hotel Commons Travel Phrases buy a ticket, confirm a flight, go through security, collect luggage, check in, aisle, Bonus: long-haul flight, duty-free shop, economy class, hand luggage, smoking lounge 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. 9 Unit 4 - Travel Business Hotel Facilities fitness centre meeting rooms secretarial 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? Are there any meeting rooms? Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t. Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t. 10 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. 11 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. 12 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 – saved launch – launched export – exported About 150 irregular verbs are formed differently go – went cost – cost be – was grow – grew give - gave 13 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 1999. 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. 14 Past Time References - Exercise Complete the following sentences with the correct time expression. The Siam Kempinski Hotel has been open ____ two years. The hotel opened _______ 2010. The hotel opened two years _____ . The rainy season last year in Thailand was ____ June ____ October . The restaurant opened _____ 7pm. Suvarnabhumi Airport first started ____ September 2006. __________ Songkran festival, many people play with water. 15 Unit B - Revision Complete Unit A Revision Exercises • P58 Travel • P59 Vocabulary and Reading A • P60 Vocabulary B, some/any B • P61 Vocabulary / Past Simple 16 Good Luck