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We 2 (have) a rather stressful time here at Connors at the in the canteen.” Thave / am having 6 continuous. a really interesting Hi Bonne, Position of time phrases peicia (work) on three eitferentproiects sli —_ ke Soartines Ireaily 4 (need) to finish two of them before 'm Short time adverbs of frequency piped the end of the month and the deadines 5 (get) usually go after the verb £0 be but before a very week my manager 6 (tn) main verb, Spot mnt ne oa wa Sorin i We always meet at 9 o'clock. 7 (tel him I cart but itisrt easy. St eran na 8 (expect) I survive. mon holiday next | = Frequency expressions like every day usually go at ‘month so 19 (00K) forward to that! the end of the phrase. Hope to meet up with you soon, We speak on the phone every day. | Best wishes , The manager is having lunch at the moment. Mark RS L s — Put the words in brackets in the correct position in ee these sentences, © Usually the verb have is a state verb. | | Our company has (= possesses) three offices in 1 Tcheck my emails from home, (sometimes) Scotland (NOT ‘is having’) {sometimes check my emails from home, Ain an informal style, we can also use have/las got 2 She is in the office on, Mondays. (never) in this case.) 3 They promote people f i | i ; le from within the company J © Inexpressions where it does not mean ‘posses (often) | wecan use tin the continuous 4 We have a shareh ] lolders meet The manager is having lunch at the moment. eens ren 5 MYPA doesnt deal with ma aac aacic OLE ra tes like { 2 © Business English students sometimes confuse | iaae rfaeat meting ere ese eos uses. Choose the correct form of have in toeven a¥ourings in thee Products, 19 Sentencos. : a : 9 Tues Supplies arent very rat ate your colleagues?’ “They have / fe hotels fully booked *: (always) a drink in the bar’ © ate reviewing a numb in July. (often) / are having a number of products which (currently) '*F Of OUr PoliciesPast simple and past continuous |) Rload the text and then write questions in the past simple for the given answers, Levi Strauss was born in Bavaria ‘went into partnership and production began in 1829 but when he was 17,he _in 1878, At that time the trousers were called ‘and his famiy emigrated to the ‘overalls. Later, in 1980, they stopped using USA. n 1853, he set up his frst this name and started calling the trousers ‘thing business in Battery instead. Street, San Francisco, Some The company always ran strong years later, he received a advertising campaigns for thelr products. At jotter from a local talor named fist they used posters and billboards, but Jacob Davis. Davis had an later advertised on the radio and made their idea for anew design for men's first TV commercial in 1966. Their stong trousers and wanted to know it advertising is probably one reason why the Levi was interested. The two men company grew so rani 1 When did Levi Strauss’ family emigrate to 8 © Business English students sometimes try to. CGN Use the past continuous too much instead of the Aurea basse ven een past simple. Correct the following sentences by 2 2 replacing the past continuous with the past simple. ear nena TWO of the Enis eee in 673. 1 [was on holiday for three weeks and I was-just- 4 ? ‘coming back yesterday. just came In 1960, 2 Lam writing with regard to your advertisement 4 F ‘which I was reading in Business Chronicle. 1n 1966, 3. The refreshments arrived while he was giving the: 6 2 presentation. 4 couldn't print the document because the printer Probably because of their strong advertising, ah ‘was falling on the floor. 2 Putthe verbs in brackets in the correct form, either 5 They were locking up when the manager phoned et ‘past continuous, Use each tense to say she was still in the building. sentence. 6 Iwas working in the same department for six 1 1 was taking (take) out my phone when your years so after that I was ready for a change. Message Ame (come) through. 4 © Business English students sometimes spell -ing forms and past tenses wrongly. Correct the following wrong spellings made by candidates in ‘Cambridge business exams. TWO of the sentences are correct. 2° Whenl (go) into the boardroom, the CEO ____ (sit) at the head of the table. 3 They ___(wear) visitors badges so (know) they didn’t work there. Hepes (live) in the USA when he (meet) his business partner. ‘a ‘He is studing business administration at Harvard. ‘ _—__ (write) an email to our ores when studying Tam writting to confirm the conference room booking. We stopped making that model two years ago. Profits droped in the second half of tye es2. (REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED. You have to/ don’t have to/ mustn't bring food 3 WAND WASH STATION ONLY you ean/ don't have to/ shouldn't wash your coffee cup here erin aera) You can / must / mustn't take some of this paper. ; (ReorTE tise {You must / mustn't / don’t have to forget to turn off the lights. RBONSELETATRECEr TON You don’t have to / cart / must’ keep your bag with you. SIN PARKING AREA: CYCLES AND Woreiagieekons You can /cartt/ don't have to park your car here 8 A tidy desk means a tidy mind. | ‘You should/ can’t / don't have to keep your desk tidy. © Business English students sometimes make ‘mistakes with verb forms in sentences with modal verbs. Correct the mistakes in the following ‘sentences. ONE sentence is correct. 1 Wecan doing the report later this week. 42 2 Ithink we should to have at least a 10 per cent discount. 3 The successful candidate must has good computer stalls 4 Bveryone at the conference will must wear a name _ badge. 'S All staff have to have a parking permit. 6 1am afraid the company cannot sent payment ‘until next week. Jn language like contracts or formal instructions ‘we often avoid modal verbs. We can express the same ideas using passive verbs. Staff are required to give three months’ notice (= Staff have to give tree months’ notice) Guests are advised to avoid this area of the city (~ Guests should avoid this area of the city) ences, complete the dal verb so it has the jetimes more than 3 Ineach of the following sen second sentence with a mo samo meaning as the first. Som ‘one answer is possible. 1 Employees are required to obtain a sicknote from their doctor. Employees must/have b0 obtain a their doctor. ieknote from es are not permitted in the room. 2. Mobile phone You take mobile phones into the room. 3 You are advised to discuss holiday plans with your manager. You discuss holiday plans with your manager. 4. Photos are not required for the application form. You include a photo on the application form. smoking is only permitted in the designated areas only smoke in the designated areas. You 6. Employees are not allowed to take part in the competition. Employees take part in the competition. because and so Sa he: is ree ‘m We can use both because and so to join acause | and an effect in the same sentence. The product didn't sell well (effect) becanse the price was too high (cause) The price was too high (cause) so the product didn't | sell well (effet) | 1m Sometimes we put because at the beginning of the sentence. In this case, we need a comma in the middle. Because the price was t00 high, the product didn’t sell well © Business English students sometimes wrongly use because and so in sentences. Make the following pairs of sentences into one by adding because or so at the sign *. Change the punctuation as necessary. 1 Please call me today. * I need to discuss this with you. Please call me today decause | need to discuss this with you. 2 L.was off sick. 41 couldn't send you the information last week. 3 The sales manager is coming, ® He wants to check the figures, 4. ©The service was so unsatisfactory. We do to use your company again. “ 5 Interviews are taking place in our usu will have to meetin room 10,