Grammar structures in Emails

Past tense We met last week Past tense & Present Perfect We met last year, but we have not seen each other again. We have been waiting for 5 weeks For & Since & Ago We have been doing business there since 2003 We have been doing business there for 8 years We started doing business there in 2003 / 8 years ago Talking about the future We are opening the new office next week. We think well finish this month (will) The company is going to move its production soon Passive tenses The meeting is held every month The decision will be taken next week He has been promoted twice since he joined Modals We may be able to do this faster. I should speak to them soon Tbey cannot supply us with more. Relative Clauses The representative who you met last month. The meeting which we attended was very useful Conditionals If you can help, I will be very grateful. If we had more time, we could produce more If you had met him last week, you could have decided then. Gerund and Infinitives We look forward to seeING you soon We are spending a lot of time doING market research I would like you TO come next week We decided TO increase the budget Verbs + prepositions I apologise FOR the late arrival

We congratulate you ON your promotion She is responsible FOR this area. Prepositions of movement We are moving TOWARDS / AWAY FROM / INTO / OUT OF a new situation Prepositions of place AT the office, the bottom / top of page 2 / the end of the document IN Paris / section five ON the way to the train / the second page Prepositions of time AT four oclock / night / IN July, the summer / the holiday / the morning / afternoon / evening ON the fourth of July / Christmas day (NO PREPOSITION) Last week / Adverbs It is sometimes / never / often a problem