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Small Talk (I)

Greetings and Introductions

Business Correspondence

Go to
http://www.ego4u.com/
and change these letters into English.

AA1 - Translation

Post your answers and translations here!

Formal letters

Go to this site and check what you know about formal letters.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/writing/letters/play.shtml



Click HERE for more information on the topic:
http://www.writing-lovers.com/formal_letter.html

Formal and Informal e-mails (II)

Read the e-mail and identify:
a) the sender
b) the receiver
c) the reason for writing


Now translate it into Portuguese.

Listen to the song and read the lyrics

Try to summarize the story after listening to the song.

Formal and Informal e-mails

Read the following e-mail:



Now answer these questions and translate the e-mail into Portuguese.
1) Who is William Parker?
2) Who is he writing to?
3) Why is he writing?
4) What time will they meet?

Worksheet - revision exercises / Correction of the Test

You will find it HERE:

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/anamano/revisionw3.doc

Written Test

Click here for the correction

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/anamano/testOct.doc

More about pronouns

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/anamano/possessives.htm

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/anamano/pronouns.htm

MEETINGS

Useful phrases:

Asking for opinions:

• What do you think about...? / What's your opinion of...?
  
  

Giving opinions:

• I think...




• In my opinion...




• From my point of view...




• I consider that...

Agreeing:

• I agree.




• Exactly.




• That's right.




• I totally agree with your idea.




• I completely agree with you.
  
  

Disagreeing:

• I don't agree.




• I'm afraid I disagree.




• Yes, but...




• I totally disagree with your idea.




• I can't accept your point of view.

Click on the link and do the exercises.

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/anamano/meetings1+2.htm

Spot the difference

Compare both pictures (this and the one in the previous post) and say what the people are doing.

Click on the picture and look at it. You have 2 minutes to try to memorize the situation.
Now listen and answer quickly.

BACK TO ENGLISH

Remember this...?


http://www.prof2000.pt/users/anamano/rememberthis.doc

Test - Module 2 (June)

Correct your answers HERE:
http://www.prof2000.pt/users/anamano/testJunecorrection.doc

Telephone Conversations

Look at the telephone list for a company's staff around the world. Spell the names and say the telepnohe numbers.

1 Mr Claire - 00 33 1 9422 5122
C for Charlie, A for Alpha, I for India, R for Romeo, E for Echo

2 Professor Fanshaw - 00 44 131 937 9821
3 Ms Petersson - 00 468 487 5044
4 Mr Hanks - 00 1 918 324 6622
5 Doctor Tanawa - 0081429752349
6 Ms Dos Santos - 00 55 61 648 7785

Formative Test II

Now that you have done the test check your anwers HERE.
http://www.prof2000.pt/users/anamano/writtentest2correc.doc

Formal and Informal e-mails

Use the language guide and answer the e-mails.

Letter of Application

These letters provide detailed information on why you are qualified for the job you are applying for. They should explain the reasons for your interest in the job and your skills or experiences.


When writing an application letter you should include:

First Paragraph: why you are writing;
Middle Paragraph(s): personal information, skills, experience, personality;
Last Paragraph: other information (thank the manager for considering you for the position).

Sending an e-mail

Imagine you are Mr Hudson. Write an e-mail to Mr Grant's secretary in which you:

1. thank her for her e-mail of...;


2. say you'll be pleased to be at the airport at 11.00 a.m.;


3. confirm the reception of the two files;


4. ask her to reserve a room for Friday night at a hotel in the city centre.

Sending a fax

Imagine you are Ms Collins. Write a fax to Donald Crawford in which you:

• thank him for his fax of...;


• confirm you have received part of the documentation requested;


• ask him to send you the latest brochures of the company.

Test (Class A1 - May / Class A2 - April)

Click HERE to check your answers.
http://www.prof2000.pt/users/anamano/correctestmod2A2.doc

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/anamano/testA1correction.doc

Formative Test

Check your anwsers HERE:

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/anamano/Ftestcorrection.doc

Grammar Practice

Let's revise the Present Simple tense! Try the exercises HERE:

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/bgp/ebgp/

http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/businessoneone/preint/c_interactivetests/

http://www.ego4u.com/en/business-english/grammar

Answering an Inquiry Letter

Imagine you are Denis Jason, Marketing Director, and answer the Inquiry Letter in the previous post.

You have to:

• thank the inquiry;
• enclose your latest brochure;
• inform that it is possible to make purchases online at http:\\jasonbros.com.;
• make reference to future contact.

An Inquiry Letter

Inquiry letters are written when we want to ask for more information about a product or service that interests us, and often in response to an advertisement that we have seen in the paper, a magazine, a commercial on television...

Use the cues and the previous post and write an inquiry letter.

Address: Jason Brothers / 3698 23rd Street / New York, NY 12009
Return Address: Andrea Bean / 2527 Visita Avenue / Olympia, WA 98501
Reason for writing: Requesting a copy of their catalogue / information about purchases online

Business Letters

Click on the link and check what you know about these letters.
http//www.prof2000.pt/users/anamano/letterspicture.htm

The Alphabet Song

Spying the Love Corner

We were there...

How about YOU?

Office Supplies

Click on this link and do the vocabulary exercises.
http://www.eflnet.com/vocab/officesupplies_vocabulary.php

Pair Work

Work with a partner. Ask him/her the questions. Put a tick or a cross. Then write the sentences.

Do you…
1… work in a café?
2… come to school by bus?
3… like basketball?
4… work in a factory?
5… wash your car at weekends?
6… study English?
7… like Maths?
8… go to the cinema on Saturdays?
9… watch TV every day?
10… play computer games?

Test-Module 1 (correction)

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/anamano/testmod1correction.doc

FORMATIVE TEST - MODULE1 (Parts 1 and 2)

Check your answers here:
http://www.prof2000.pt/users/anamano/formativetestmodule1part2.doc

http://www.prof2000.pt/users/anamano/formativetestmodule1.doc

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