3 What? When? Where?

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3.4 Work skills

1 Complete the conversations with one word in each gap.
1 A: Where are we the new website design?
B: We’re schedule.
2 A: What’s the with the production line?
B: We have a problem with the suppliers. The problem they can’t make the
parts we need.
A: How can we this?
B: We look for new suppliers.
3 A: everything on schedule?
B: I think we more time, I’m sorry.
4 A: We have a problem with the website.
B: What can we do to the problem?
A: We can talk to the IT Specialists.
B: Can we the deadline?
A: Yes, I think we can finish it by Monday.

2 Invent information about the problem on your card and make notes.

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Student A Student B Student C Student D
You are the You are the You are the You are the

Manager. IT Specialist. Sales Manager. Production

1 Your colleagues have
these problems:
• Student B: a slow
website
• Student C: low sales
• Student D: a supplier
problem
2 Ask questions from
Exercise 1 to your
colleagues. Ask about:
• problems
• solutions
• schedules
Problem: your company Problem: sales are low in Manager.
website is very slow the UK Problem: there’s a
problem with our main
Possible solution: use a Possible solution: hire supplier
new website provider more employees
Possible solution:
When can we fix it: in two When can we fix it: in have a meeting with the
weeks three months supplier
When can we fix it: by
next week
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