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Business Grammar and Usage
BUSINESS ENGLISH
Peter Strutt
FINANCIAL TIMES.Contents
Unita
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Unit
Unit?
Present tems
Preset simple()
Pret sinple()
Present popes (1)
Present progressive (2)
simple
Pe progrenive
Pat per simple
Pas pre proreive
‘Combining past and present
Present pert sim (1)
Present pereesimple (2)
Present ere progsese
“The fatre
Faure)
aurea)
Fre (3)
Conditionals
Condon (1)
Condor (2)
Condon (3)
‘Verb combinations
Ver er ing
Vet tine
Ver obj ininive
Vet objet «we ing
‘Vet iii without
Verb ie object cle
Verb fr itive
Verb + poesive er ing
Special cee
Passives (0)
Passives (2)Berd
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Form
Uses
Present tenses
mn
11 you we they wok ot you /we /tey wor
He! she works Does he se is werk?
11 yo we hey not work,
Ne! se doesnot work
1 Presenting fatal information, eg about company actviis
(ur company employs ove 5.000 people, epeatesia many overseas makes ané offers
a idevange of teh rod fo the 5 eau
2 Actions and situation which are generally rae
ImpealTobacco belongs tothe Hanson gous.
igntasatondlcoureges nestor
Wesel our rosuesim many mares
‘goo band guarantees certain evel of aly to customer,
Bis wines sual have a sweet ase
Conpeiion rings out he besin products andthe wrstin peopl
3 Verbs used only inthe preset simple
“There ate a mambo verbs which te alos aways used in the presen simple
and ot eth ing. These vers uly ero
mental states: eee, doubt. og agine row, reas, ecg, ete
Fememba suppose thik understand
tikes and distnes: aie, sie, atk, love, wart wish
possession belong a, consi, av, nude own, possess
Sppearance: spear okie, ‘esenbe seem
Belngronyconsseok opens oct,
perception: ea Sc, srl ate
4 Saving how often you or other people do things
‘We sully use he presen simple with equensy adverbs
‘never smoke a wore
eplays gl every Sundey monng
Itentake es me athe weekend
When te getsto the oe she anys cheeks her emai ist