This document discusses preparation and progress updates at work. It includes three topics:
1. Using checklists to complete tasks and track progress. Example phrases are provided to talk about what has been completed or not.
2. Preparing for business travel, which involves purchasing tickets, booking accommodation, applying for visas, creating an itinerary, researching destinations, packing documents, changing currency, and preparing for meetings.
3. Using words like "yet", "already", and "just" to indicate the timing of actions when talking about plans and progress with colleagues.
This document discusses preparation and progress updates at work. It includes three topics:
1. Using checklists to complete tasks and track progress. Example phrases are provided to talk about what has been completed or not.
2. Preparing for business travel, which involves purchasing tickets, booking accommodation, applying for visas, creating an itinerary, researching destinations, packing documents, changing currency, and preparing for meetings.
3. Using words like "yet", "already", and "just" to indicate the timing of actions when talking about plans and progress with colleagues.
This document discusses preparation and progress updates at work. It includes three topics:
1. Using checklists to complete tasks and track progress. Example phrases are provided to talk about what has been completed or not.
2. Preparing for business travel, which involves purchasing tickets, booking accommodation, applying for visas, creating an itinerary, researching destinations, packing documents, changing currency, and preparing for meetings.
3. Using words like "yet", "already", and "just" to indicate the timing of actions when talking about plans and progress with colleagues.
This document discusses preparation and progress updates at work. It includes three topics:
1. Using checklists to complete tasks and track progress. Example phrases are provided to talk about what has been completed or not.
2. Preparing for business travel, which involves purchasing tickets, booking accommodation, applying for visas, creating an itinerary, researching destinations, packing documents, changing currency, and preparing for meetings.
3. Using words like "yet", "already", and "just" to indicate the timing of actions when talking about plans and progress with colleagues.
TOPICS • Checklists • Talking about progress • Travel preparations Input 13.1A Language summary
We use checklists at work to complete all our tasks
When you are at work you can say: I have/ haven’t … written a business proposal replied to emails made phone calls prepared reports attended/organized a meeting Input 13.2A Just, already or yet? Read the situations and write sentences with just, already, or yet. 1. After lunch you're going to see a friend at her office what's she says would you like something to eat, I'm just going out? You say: No, thank you. ______________________________ (have lunch) 2. Deep goes out. 5 minutes later, the phone rings and the caller says, ‘Can I speak to Deep?’ You say: I'm sorry but ______________________________ (go out) 3. You're speaking during a team meeting. your colleague thinks you have finished and starts to talk. You say: Sandeep, wait a minute please. ______________________________ (not/ finish) 4. You plan to take your team's out for dinner tonight. You phoned and reserved a table. Later your colleague asks, ‘Shall I phone to reserve a table?’ You say: No, it’s ok. ______________________________ (do it) 5. You know that a colleague of yours is looking for an apartment to live in. You think she might have got one. When you meet her you ask: ______________________________? (find) 6. You are still thinking about where to go during your leave extra a colleague asks: Where are you going for your holiday? You say: ______________________________ (not/ decide) 7. Anu went shopping during the lunch break. She returned a few minutes ago. Somebody asks: Is Linda still out shopping? You say: No, ______________________________ (come back) Input 13.2B Language summary We use yet, already and just with ‘have,’ to show the status of actions
If you expect an action to be completed, you can ask:
Have you booked the hotel rooms yet?
If it’s not completed, but you to plan to do it, you can say: I haven’t booked the hotel rooms yet.
To say you completed something before time, you can say:
I have booked the hotel rooms already.
To say an action was completed a short time ago, you can say: I have just booked the hotel rooms. Input 13.3A Travel preparations Match the verbs on the left to the words on the right to make phrases about planning a business trip.
1. purchase a. accommodation 2. book b. an itinerary 3. create c. currency 4. research d. tickets for travel 5. pack e. your destination 6. prepare f. your travel documents 7. apply g. for a visa 8. change h. for meetings
Discuss with your partner if there are other things you need to travel abroad. Input 13.3B Language summary
Before you travel abroad for work, you have to make preparations: Purchase your tickets Book your accommodation Apply for a visa Create an itinerary Research your destination Pack your travel documents Change currency Prepare for meetings
