PREPARATION AND PROGRESS

SESSION 13

TOPICS
• Checklists
• Talking about progress
• Travel preparations
Input 13.1A Language summary

We use checklists at work to complete all our tasks

When you are at work you can say:
I have/ haven’t …
written a business proposal
replied to emails
made phone calls
prepared reports
attended/organized a meeting
Input 13.2A Just, already or yet?
Read the situations and write sentences with just, already, or yet.
1. After lunch you're going to see a friend at her office what's she says would you like
something to eat, I'm just going out?
You say: No, thank you. ______________________________ (have lunch)
2. Deep goes out. 5 minutes later, the phone rings and the caller says, ‘Can I speak to
Deep?’
You say: I'm sorry but ______________________________ (go out)
3. You're speaking during a team meeting. your colleague thinks you have finished and
starts to talk.
You say: Sandeep, wait a minute please. ______________________________ (not/
finish)
4. You plan to take your team's out for dinner tonight. You phoned and reserved a
table. Later your colleague asks, ‘Shall I phone to reserve a table?’
You say: No, it’s ok. ______________________________ (do it)
5. You know that a colleague of yours is looking for an apartment to live in. You think
she might have got one.
When you meet her you ask: ______________________________? (find)
6. You are still thinking about where to go during your leave extra a colleague asks:
Where are you going for your holiday?
You say: ______________________________ (not/ decide)
7. Anu went shopping during the lunch break. She returned a few minutes ago.
Somebody asks: Is Linda still out shopping?
You say: No, ______________________________ (come back)
Input 13.2B Language summary
We use yet, already and just with ‘have,’ to show the status of actions

If you expect an action to be completed, you can ask:

Have you booked the hotel rooms yet?

If it’s not completed, but you to plan to do it, you can say:
I haven’t booked the hotel rooms yet.

To say you completed something before time, you can say:

I have booked the hotel rooms already.

To say an action was completed a short time ago, you can say:
I have just booked the hotel rooms.
Input 13.3A Travel preparations
Match the verbs on the left to the words on the right to make phrases about planning a
business trip.

1. purchase a. accommodation
2. book b. an itinerary
3. create c. currency
4. research d. tickets for travel
5. pack e. your destination
6. prepare f. your travel documents
7. apply g. for a visa
8. change h. for meetings

Discuss with your partner if there are other things you need to travel abroad.
Input 13.3B Language summary

Before you travel abroad for work, you have to make preparations:
Purchase your tickets
Book your accommodation
Apply for a visa
Create an itinerary
Research your destination
Pack your travel documents
Change currency
Prepare for meetings