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Objetive: The following activities can be adapted to perform them outside the
classroom (for online students). If you prefer, you can practice with a friend or
family member near you.

Competence 1. Listening

Instructions:

a. To practice informal expressions about food, watch:

Learn English with Emma [EngVid]. (2015, July 2nd). Phrasal Verbs and Expressions
about FOOD [Video file]. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=ORbBbupFzpc

Answer the following questions:

1. What do you like to snack on when you go to the movie theater?

Popcorn

2. Someone who picks at their food during dinner probably (likes/dislikes) the food.
3. What’s your favorite food to pig out on at a party/cook out/BBQ?

Doritos

4. What’s something you should cut down on in your diet?

Beer

5. What does it mean to dig in?

To mix into something.

Competence 2. Speaking

Instructions:

a. With a partner, complete The business lunch activity on page 105 of your textbook.

Competence 3. Reading

Instructions:
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a. A blunder is a careless mistake—especially a social one. Read the article and

answer the following questions:

Whitmore, J. (2015, August 14th). Everything You Need to Know to Avoid Business
Lunch Blunders. Retrieved from: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/249534

1. Why should you RSVP (confirm attendance) promptly?

To make sure you are going to attend the part you are going

2. Where should you place your napkin if you have to leave the table during
the meal, and where should you place your napkin when you stand up to
leave the restaurant?

On the chair.

3. If you have food allergies or special restrictions, when should you let the
host know?

When you haven’t go to that place to eat properly.

4. What is the BMW rule?

Bread is always on the left

Meal is always in the middle

Water is always in the right

5. What should you do/not do with your dishes (plates, bowls, etc.) when
finished eating?
- Never pile my dishes when I finish eating. Leave them in place and place
the knife and fork sideby side, at a tilt through the center of the plate, at the
10:20 position. This is a silent signal indicating that I have finished.

6. You will make yourself look bad if you treat the wait staff Bad
- Be sure to treat the wait staff respectfully and thoughtfully. Say “thank you”
when service is rendered

b. Read the article and answer the following questions:

Browing, E. (2015, May 25th). Business Lunch Etiquette: 8 Rules. Retrieved
from: http://www.inc.com/eliza-browing/business-lunch-etiquette.html

1. Explain what it means to respectful of your guest’s time and position.

It means that you care about that person, because you are respecting the
time of your partner and not taking long time and losing his/here time.
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2. If you are the host, you should arrive early so that (in addition to being
respectful of your guest’s time) you can Get ready quicker.
3. At what point in the meal is it OK to start talking business?

No, it’s very early.

4. If you are the host, and your company is paying, you should usually not
order too much food.

Competence 4. Writing

Instructions:

1. Continue practicing the use of passive and active voice. Remember that this
structure can be applied in different verb tenses. Check the following chart and
complete

Tense Active voice Passive voice

Simple past My mother sang a song My mother is singing

Simple present Poems are written by Theresa Many poems are written, by Theresa

Present perfect I have opened the book I been opening the book

Simple future My sister will buy a new car A new car will be bought by my sister
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