UNIT 3 LESSON A

VACATION TIME Get ready!

1. Before you read the passage, talk about these questions.
1 Do you think you should have more or less public holidays in your country?
- Yes, I do. because there are too many holidays in our country.
2 How much vacation time do people get in your country? How does that compare to
other countries?
- Compared to other countries, our country has many holidays.
2. Listen and read the office memo. Then, choose the correct answers. What is the
company’s policy towards vacation time?
1. What is the office memo more about?
A. rules for taking time off
B. a change in time off police
C. different ways to request vacation time
D. an addition to the number paid days off
2. Who do employees speak with to request a day off?
A. their personal supervisor
B. the HR Director’s assistant
C. the Human Resources Director
D. the payroll department
3. What can you inter about employees at KliniTech?
A. Most employees ask for time off on weekdays.
B. New employees made mistakes when taking time off.
C. Employees who feel sick a paid when they stay home.
D. Employees must announce vacation plans a week before leaving.
VOCABULARY
3. Fill in the blanks with the correct words and phrases from the word bank.
WORD BANK
1. Request time off three weeks in advance.
2. Sarah needs a vacation time to go to the doctor.
3. Bill dislikes working on weekends, but works on Saturday anyway.
 4. All companies have policies for their employees to follow.
5. Only the manager can approve day off work
6. Jack’s company gives little time off so he doesn’t take long trips.
4. Write a word that is similar in meaning to the underlined part.
1. Pay given to employees who are ill should not be used for vacation. Sick time
2. Did you ask for some time off. request
3. Petra doesn’t have time off for special days of celebration. holidays
4. The office is only open Monday through Friday. weekends
LISTENING
5. Listen to a conversation between an employee and his supervisor.
Mark the following statements as true (T) or false (F)
1 __(T)__ The man is not sure how much vacation time he has.
2 __(F)__ The man wants to take a trip to Spain.
3 __(T)__ The man already purchased plane tickets.
6. Listen again and complete the conversation.
Supervisor: Hi, Jordan. Have a seat. What can I do for you? Employee: I want to
1 take some time off. Supervisor: Sure. Do you know how much
2 time off you have? Employee: Ten days . I
3 I want vacation time on that trip to Spain. Supervisor: And
4 when do you want leave? Employee : Sometime in the first week of June. I
5 to buy plane tickets until I got the time off. Supervisor: Well , that sounds fine. Just
6 the request from by Friday. Employee: Great, thanks
SPEAKING
With a partner, act out the roles below, based on the dialogue from Task 6. Then switch roles.
USE LANGUAGE SUCH AS:
What can I do for you?
I want to request some time off.
Please fill out a vacation request form.
 Student A :Your employee wants some time off. Ask studend B about • vacation time •
dates • approval Make up a trip you went on previously.
Student B: Student A is your supervisor. Ask for time off and answer student A’s
questions.
WRITING
8. Writing Use the conversation from task 7 to complete the vacation request from.
KliniTech
Vacation Request Form
Name: TS. Enkhmaa
Amount of vacation time: 4320
Reason for time off: 6 months
Dates requested: 3 months
Supervisor: SHUTIS
UNIT 3 LESSON B PRICES
READING
Horton's is famous for offering high value products at excellent prices. Our competitors sell
similar items of the same quality for twice as much!
We always deliver great products at a fair price. Our new line of oak furniture, Britannia, is no
exception. Our basic prices (excluding tax), are listed on the back of this brochure. They are very
reasonable and we ship anywhere in the world.
Call today to get a free price quote that includes all taxes, fees and shipping costs. Quotes for
orders within the USA include sales tax, and we can calculate VAT for most orders outside the
USA his new furniture is well worth the call! Get ready!
1. Before you read the passage, talk about these questions.
1 What are some things that can affect the price of a product?
- taxes, fees and shipping costs
3 How can you get the price on a product?

2. Listen and read part of an advertisement from a furniture retailer. Then, mark the
following statements as true (T) or false (F). Say three things you remember from the
text.
1. (T) Taxes have been added as a part of all listed prices.
 2. (F) The company lowered the price of its newest line
3. (T) Horton's ships its furniture internationally
3. Check (√) the sentence that uses the underlined parts correctly.
1___ A A good value product is reasonably priced and good quality
___ B Customers pay shopping costs when picking up goods
2 ___ A The basic price of the chair includes all taxes and fees
___ B The table cost two hundred dollars before adding VAT
3 ___ A Consumors compare price quotes from different shops.
___ B The salesman added a sales tax in order to increase his profits Listening
VOCABULARY
4. Match the words (1-7) with the definite (A-G).
1 F the amount a product will cost before additional charges are added _exclude.
2 B money that a government collects _tax
3 C money that is paid for some service _fee.
4 A valuable _ worth
5 G the amount of money charged to a custom in order to deliver an item_shipping cost
6 E an extra charge added to purchases that to a government _sales tax
7 D to leave out or not include _basic price
5. Listen to a conversation between a salesman and a customer. Choose the correct answers.
1 What is the dialogue mostly about?
A changing the items in a furniture order
B researching the price of a piece of furniture
C describing price differences in types of furniture
D explaining why a price was higher than expected
2 What is the least expensive charge?
A basic price
B sales taxes
C shipping costs
 D price quote fee
6. Listen again and complete the conversation.
Salesman: Horton's Furniture, David speaking. How can I help you?
Customer: Hi. I'd like a free 1 _____ _____ on the oak furniture in your brochure.
Salesman: Yes, the Britannia line. I just 2 _____ _____ ______ what furniture and where
you're calling from.
Customer: It's the dining table, and I'm in New York City.
Salesman: Okay. Our basic price is $1.200, but with the tax price it's about $1.300.
Customer: Does the include shipping costs?
Salesman: No, With shipping, It will be another $ 6 ______ .
Customer: Got it, thanks.
WRITING
Use the conversation from Task 7 to complete the sales receipt.
Horton’s Sales Receipt
Product: the dining table
Basic price : $1200
Price with tax : $1300
Shipping Costs : Don’t have shipping cost
Delivery to : $6
UNIT 3 LESSON C
ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB DERIVATION
1. We can from adjectives from nouns by adding the following suffixes.
-ous space-specious, danger-dangerous
-able, ible flame-flammable, renew-renewable
-ive digest-digestive, innovate-innovative
-ful meaning-meaningful, wonder-wonderful
-y oil- oily, health-healthy
-ly natural-naturally, short-shortly
-ing demand-demanding, mine-mining
-ed finish-finished, skill-skilled
-less care-careless, taste-tasteless
2. In addition to this, we use the following prefixes to form opposite meanings of adjectives.
Dis-honest-dishonest
il-(before l) legal-illegal
in-dependent-independent
im-(before m,p)mature-immature
un-safe-unsafe
ir- (before r)responsible-irresponsible
But: realistic-unrealistic
reliable-unreliable
reasonable-unreasonable

We usually form adverbs by adding –ly to the adjective. Quick-quickly, special-specially etc.
Adjectives ending in consonant+y drop the –y and take –ily (easy-easily), adjectives ending in –l
take –ly (careful-carefully), adjectives ending in –ic usually take –ally (specific-specifically),
adjectives ending in –le drop the –e and take –y (probable-probably), and adjectives ending in –e
take –ly (polite-politely, but true-truly).
Exercise 1. Form an adjective from the following words by adding the correct suffix: -ful,
ic, -ous, -y, -ant, -al, -able, -ent, -ed, -ial,-ive, -ible.
Dangerous washable excellent
reliable magnetic resistible
experimental expensive industry
dirty flexible
original useful
Exercise 2. Form adjectives from the following verbs. Some word may be formed into more
than one adjective: Example: improve ---- improved, improving
1. Celebrated
2. requested
3. compared
4. purchased
5. offered
 6. production
7. compared
8. charged
9. delivered
10. changed
Exercise 3. Form adjectives from the following nouns.
Example : power ----- powerful, powerless
1.Friendly
2. Costful
3. Courtesy
4. Priceless
5. Taxless
6. Worthless
7. Valueless
8. Salesful
9. Feeless
10. Productful
Exercise 4. Find out the derivative adjectives.
1. a. inventive b. invent c. invented
2. a. curiosity b. curious c. curiousive
3. a. inventive b. invent c. invented
4. a. smelly b. smelled c. smell
5. a. specific b. special c. specials
6. a. disruptive b. disrupt c. disrupted
7. a. vacation b. vocational c. vacations
8. a. confusing b. confuse c. confused
9. a. possibleness b. possible c. possibility
10. a. arrangeable b. arrange c. arrangement Exercise
5. Complete the following sentences with the adjective and adverbs in bold. Use each word
once only.
1.Our house color is a kind of yellow. We live in a yellow / yellowish house.
2. He often acts like a child. He often acts in a child / childish way.
3. The event was a big success. We enjoyed a success / successful event.
4. We enjoyed the sound of the drum’s rhythm. We enjoyed the drum’s rhythm /
rhythmic sound.
5. She adopted a dog without a home. She adopted a home / homeless dog.
6. Look out, that plant is poison. Look out for that poison / poisonous plant.
7. It looks like it will rain today. It looks like we’ll have rain / rainy weather today.
8. She always acts with courtesy. She always behaves in a courtesy / courteous manner.
9. Her hair is pretty. She has the pretty / prettiest hair.
10. We go for a walk each day. We go for a day / daily walk. Exercise
6. Here is a presentation about a textile industry in the UK. Choose the correct word in
bold. The number of people who work in the textile
a) manufactured/manufacturing industry in the UK has fallen
b) considerable/considerably over the last 50 years. Today is employs
c) approximate/approximately 130,000 people. Textiles for clothing and carpets
d) important/importantly but today there is
e) increasing/increasingly trade in fabrics for
f) industrial/industrially applications. Fabrics are used
g) increasing/increasingly in the healthcare and automotive industries. The expert of
wool and
h) woolen/wool products has remained fairly
i) constantly/constant over the last 15 years. The UK has a
j) significant/significantly silk industry which produces over $170 million worth of
goods
k) annual/annually. The UK linen trade has an
l) excellent/excellently reputation for quality and service and British exports remain m)
healthy/ healthily. The UK’s expertise in chemistry
 n) extensive/extensively and this is
o) important/importantly to the
p) dying/dyed industry. The sale of carpets contributes to the sale of textiles
q) significant/significantly. The carpet industry has
r) particular/particularly strengths in the
s) high/highly quality end of the market.
Exercise 7. Fill in the gaps with the adjectives derived from the words in bold.
1. Helping people who are in need can be a very meaningful (meaning) experience.
2. When working in this area, please wear protection (protect) clothing.
3. Occupational (Occupation) health is one of the parts of Health and Safety.
4. Working in a noisy factory without ear protectors is a (danger) dangerous activity.
5. Petrol and oil are (flame) flammable chemicals.
6. Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the (digest) digestible system.
7. Installing a dishwasher is (differ) difference than installing a garbage disposal.
8. These chemicals must be kept in a locked cupboard because they are harmful (harm).
Exercise 8. Find errors.
In difficult economical times, people tend to become more practical in their daily lives. That is
to say, they cut back on unnecessary activities and keep what is most logic. For example, people
who are used to eating out on a daily basis may decide to eat at home a few more nights each
week. They may choose to socialize by having people over for a home-cook dinner. Another
method of saving is cutting down on visits to person care services. People may wait an extra
week for haircuts or drop extra services such as pedicures and manicures. Vacations to exotic or
far – away places become “stay -cations”. Instead, people take car trips to less costing
destinations. Membership to sports clubs are seen as luxuries, while memberships to gyms
viewed as more basically. Clothing purchases become more practical. Matching shoes to outfits
is a thing of the past – unfashionable. What does not change is surprised. People continue buying
their children toys and taking them to amusement parks. People continue purchasing the latest
technologic inventions in televisions, computers, tablets and phones. This is logical because they
still need entertainment and these are in – house options. People buy gourmet foods in their
supermarkets, and they buy fancy-like kitchen equipment such as small electric panini grills,
coffee makers with capsules, and soda makers. This is their reward for being thrifty. In short, in
tough times, people change their big out -of – house luxuries to little in -house luxuries. Parents
set aside their comfortable for their children’s needs. Big showy expenses are in poor taste.
Small, in – home expenses are in good taste.