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TIME FOR SKILLS
Sample mingling exercise from Unit
7, ‘Let’s Spend the Night Together’
Imagine that you are the finance
director of the third largest gypsum warehouse in New Malden, Surrey,
England. You are networking with colleagues in the plasterboard
business. Move around the room asking questions with the other
classmates and respond to their questions. Now switch roles. And
switch again, doubling back. Now complete the table below.
| Introductory phrases |
agreeing |
disagreeing |
Talking gyspum |
|
| Student A |
‘hello…’
‘how do you do..’ |
‘no I don’t agree with that’ |
‘gypsum is good…’ |
|
| Student B |
‘yes I agree’…
Yes, mmm…
|
‘I just bought some new gypsum…’ |
GRAMMAR EXPLANATION PLUS+
In grammar explanation plus, you get a
clear, concise and relevant explanation of a grammatical point. We do
not allow important grammatical points such as the use of articles
(which are not covered) to be included at the expense of other less
obvious points, which native speakers use biannually in the odd
letter here and there, and in any case get it wrong.
Real life example from Unit 10,
‘With a Little Help from my Friends’:
Present subjunctive using phrasal
(sometimes called multi-word) verbs in conditionally reported speech,
where they subject is not present, and in the passive.
Example:
He said the Ferrari would be bought by
him if he were a rich man getting off on the salary given him.
Complete the rule:
The____ is used when_____.
