Useful Vocabulary 

Vocabulary: Making Appointment:

 Can we meet on the 14th? Agreeing On A Date

 Can we meet next Friday? Neutral phrases
 Are you available on the 14th? “Yes, Thursday is fine.” (also with friends and colleagues)
 Are you free next week? “Thursday suits me.”
 Let’s meet this evening. “Thursday would be perfect.”
 When can I talk to you? Informal phrases
 Can I meet you tomorrow afternoon? Yes, Thursday’s great for me.
 How about tomorrow afternoon? Yes, sounds good to me.
 Is next Monday convenient for you? Suggesting A Different Date
 Do you have any time available this week? Neutral phrases
 When would be a good time to meet you? “I’m sorry, I won’t be able to make it on Monday. Could
 Would today evening be all right? we meet on Tuesday instead?”
 Can you give me an appointment on Sunday? “Ah, Wednesday is going to be a little difficult. I’d much
Accepting an appointment: prefer Friday, if that’s alright with you.”
  Sure. I’ll come. “I’m afraid I can’t on the 3rd. What about the 6th?” (also
 Yes, Sunday is fine. with friends / colleagues)
 Friday would be perfect. “I really don’t think I can on the 17th. Can we meet up on
 I’ll be there at that time. the 19th?” (also with friends / colleagues)
Canceling/rejecting an appointment: Informal phrases
 Sorry. I have another appointment at that time. “No – that’s no good for me. What are you doing Friday?”
 I’m sorry. I can’t come. Setting A Time
 I’m afraid I can’t on the 14th. Neutral phrases
 I’m sorry, I won’t be able to make it on Sunday. “What sort of time would suit you?”
 Sorry. I don’t think I can make it. “Is 3pm a good time for you?”
Asking To Meet “If possible, I’d like to meet in the morning.”
Neutral phrases “How does 2pm sound to you?”
“Are you available on the 17th?” Informal phrases
“Would Friday suit you?” “OK. Let’s say at around 2.”
“Is next Tuesday convenient for you?” “Cool. Let’s make it at 2.”
“Can we meet on the 16th?” Changing The Arrangement
“How does the 3rd sound to you?” (also with friends and Neutral phrases
colleagues) “I’m very sorry, but something urgent has come up and I
“Are you free next week?” (also with friends and won’t be able to meet you.”
colleagues) “I’m afraid that I’m not going to be able to meet you after
Informal phrases all. Can we fix another time?”
“What about sometime next week?” “Something has just cropped up and I won’t be able to
“What are you doing next weekend?” meet you this afternoon. Can we make another time?”
“Fancy coming out tomorrow evening?” Informal phrases
“Look, I’m sorry to do this to you, but I can’t meet up
tomorrow.”
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Choose the best answer.

1. ____ Monday suit you? 6. I'm afraid I can't meet next Tuesday. _____ Thursday?
● Are ● How about
● Is ● Is convenient
● Would ● Does suit
2. ____ does Monday sound to you? 7. Next Wednesday would be ____
● How ● Acceptable
● What ● Perfect
● When ● suit
3. Is 10 am a good _____ for you? 8. I'm afraid I can't ____ it next Tuesday.
● Date ● Make
● Hour ● Meet
● time ● suit
4. What about ____ next week? 9. Something urgent has ____
● Meet ● Come to
● Meeting ● Come up
● To meet ● Turned up
5. Is next Tuesday ____ ? 10. Can we ____ another time?
● Available ● Appoint
● Convenient ● Fix
● Sound good ● suit
Choose the correct answer

1. Secretary: Good morning. Dr Albright's office.This is Julia _______. ( speaking, calling, holding the phone)

2. John: Good morning.  _______John Smith calling. (He´s, It, It´s)

3. Secretary: How can I help you?

4. John: I _______ to make an appointment with Dr Albright. ('d like, like, prefer)

5. Secretary: Ok! Hold on for a moment... Let me see!  _____ next Wednesday convenient for you? (Is, Would, Will)

6. John: I'm  ______ , I am not free on Wednesday. (happy, sorry, sad)

7. Secretary:  ________ Thursday? (Is, Are you free, How about)

8. John: Sorry, Thursday is going to be a little difficult for me to come. I'd  ______ Friday, if that's available.(want,
prefer, take)

9. Secretary: Is 9:00 pm a lot______ for you? (alright, bad, impossible)

10. John: Yes, that would be ________ . (perfect, suit, acceptable)

11. Secretary: If you can't ______ for any reason, please contact me. (arrive, come, go)

12. John: Sure! Thank you very much.

13. Secretary: You're welcome.

GRAMMAR: BEFORE/AFTER/THEN,  Time clauses

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We use before and after to talk about the order of events in the past or future. With before and after, either the main
clause or the subordinate clause can come first:

[event 1]She’ll pick you up before [event 2]she comes here.

After [event 1]she comes here, [event 2]she’ll pick you up.

BEFORE
Before as an Adverb Before as a Preposition Before as a Conjunction

Example sentences: Example sentences: 1) Before I eat dinner, I go to the gym.

1) Only once before have I seen her 1) Before leaving for work, I drink two 2) He needs to pass the safety exam,
smile so much. cups of coffee. before he is hired by the company.
2) The baby crawled before he 2) The letter “a” comes before the
walked. letter “c” in the alphabet When you think about the
Adverbs typically answer the word before think of the
questions how? when? or where? In synonym previous.
sentence number one, the question of Examples:
when I saw her smile is answered 1) In my previous career I was a
with before. In sentence number two, production assistant.
the question of when the baby Another way of saying this is:
crawled is answered with the word 2) Before my current job, I was
before production assistant.
AFTER
 After as an Adverb After as a Preposition After as a Conjunction
Examples: 1) Please meet me after the movie. 1) After I drank my coffee, I went to
1) He left after the baseball game 2) After the exam, he went home. work.
ended. 2) She went to the movie, after she
2) He arrived after the meeting finished her test.
started.
Adverbs typically answer the questions
how? when? or where? In the two
examples, the word after answers the
question of when?

Before and After as Prepositions

The words before and after are prepositions when the word that comes next in the sentence is a noun or a gerund.
Examples:
1) Before going swimming, he played football. (Swimming is a gerund and follows the word before in the sentence.)
2) After the movie, I ate dinner. (The movie is a noun and follows the word after in the sentence.)

Before and After as Conjunctions

The words before and after are conjunctions when a main clause follows the word before or after. A main clause is a
clause in a compound sentence that can exist on its own as a sentence.
Examples:
1) After Mike read the newspaper, he walked to the store. (“Mike read the newspaper” is a main clause.)
2) Before she eats dinner, she says a prayer. (“She eats dinner” is a main clause that can exist as a sentence without the
subordinate clause that follows it.)

THEN
Use THEN when:
1) You want an adverb that means “at that time”, e.g. I wasn’t answering the phone because I was on vacation then.
2) You want an adverb that means “afterward”, e.g. We packed our bags and then went to the airport.
3) You want an adverb that means “in that case”, e.g. If the weather is good, then we will go for a walk.
4) You want an adjective that means “being so at the time”, e.g. My then best friend was always late.

Write before / after / then.

1. Complete the sentences.

1. In the morning, I went shopping with my friend. ______ we had lunch.
2. ______I went home, I bought something to eat.
3. ______ their daughter moved out, the house was very quiet.
4. We had time for a coffee ______ the train left.
5. ______ they got married, Tom and Susan usually stayed at home at the weekends.
6. For a long time, nobody spoke. _____ someone asked a question.
7. _______ he was a famous actor, he worked as a taxi driver.
 8. I remembered to close all the windows _______I went out.
9. He wanted to see her ________ it was too late.
10. Boil plenty of salted water, then add the spaghetti.
11. He had breakfast as usual, _______ which he left
12. I’ll give you a key ______ you’re free to come and go as you please.

2. Reescribe las frases para darles sentido utilizando la palabras before y after.
1. I bought a car / I won the lottery

2. I graduated from college / I got a good job.

3. I did homework / we went to the party

4. I had this modern computer / I had a very old one

5. my head hurts / I drink coffe

6. Alison checks her mail / she gets home.

7. Jennifer will speak with Jack / she makes a decision.

8. I take a shower / I go to work.

9. he completes the report / he will check all the facts.

10. She had already eaten / he arrived for the meeting.

READING: The Most Stressful Jobs
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Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right.
1. announce _______ A. easy to understand and agree with
2. annual _______ B. every year
3. exotic _______ C. caring for and having control over people
4. encourage _______ D. an area of land with a common (same) time
5. make sense _______ E. to say important information
6. responsible _______ F. interesting because it is from a far-away country
7. time zone _______ G. to get used to
8. adjust to _______ H. to make someone want to do something

∙ Use the above words to complete the sentences. Change the forms of verbs and nouns when necessary.
1. Mr. Smith worked very hard. It _________________ that he is tired now.
2. I want to _________________ my kids to study hard at school.
3. My birthday is an _________________ event. It happens every year.
4. Do you think you could _________________ life in a different country?
5. Our boss will _________________ the new information tomorrow.
6. As a parent, I am _________________ for my children.
7. For most people, lions and tigers are _________________ animals.
8. When it 3:00 here, it’s 6:00 in India. India is in a different _________________.

Grammar Practice
∙ Complete the paragraph by circling the correct words.

The Most Stressful Jobs

Recently, my nine-year-old son proudly announced to me that he wanted to become a commercial airline pilot when he
(1)_____. I’m happy for him because he spends hours reading books (2)_____ airplanes, and he loves to play airplane
game apps. It’s great to (3)_____ what career you want at such a young age. As well, the average annual salary (4)_____
an airline pilot is quite good: US$105,270. Also, being an airline pilot means that you might travel to many exotic
locations around (5)_____ world, places that most people might never get a chance to see. However, I wonder if (6)_____
choice of career is one that I should encourage. You see, this morning I (7)_____ “most stressful jobs” and I discovered
that my son’s dream career is actually the (8)_____ most stressful job on a list of top ten most stressful jobs. This makes
sense because, as a pilot (9)_____ responsible for the lives of hundreds of people,
you are away from home for many days at a time, and you may (10)_____ to fly
through many different time zones which can be very difficult to adjust to.
Number one on the list was “military personnel” (soldier) and number two was
“firefighter”. Of course, jobs like (11)_____ are very dangerous – you must (12)_____ your life in danger almost daily.
Interestingly, however, “taxi driver” was also on the list (at number ten).

1. 5. 9.
(A) grows up (A) that (A) yours
(B) grow up (B) a (B) your
(C) is growing up (C) the (C) you are
2. 6. 10.
(A) for (A) him (A) has
(B) about (B) his (B) have
(C) into (C) he’s (C) had
3. 7. 11.
(A) know (A) googled (A) they
(B) knows (B) googles (B) their
(C) knew (C) google (C) these
4. 8. 12.
(A) at (A) third (A) puts
(B) to (B) three (B) put
(C) for (C) thirdly (C) putting

How Much Do You Understand?

∙ Write ‘T’ (True) or ‘F’ (False) next to each statement.

The main idea of the article is how to choose a

1.
good job.

You can make more than $100,000 per month

2.
as a pilot.

The article says that exotic countries are

3.
dangerous.

The article suggests it might be stressful to be

4.
away from your home.

The article says it’s more stressful to be a

5.
soldier than a pilot.

The article says driving a taxi can be

6.
interesting.

∙ Answer about you

1. Can you think of 4 other stressful jobs that might be on the list?

2. What job would you like to have? Is it a stressful job? Why? / Why not?

3. In what ways can driving a taxi be stressful?