B. You're a doctor at an important university hospital. A salesman selling cancer treatment equipment has been hounding you trying to get some time to talk with you. Now he wants to meet over golf which doesn't seem too bad to you. You try to find some time for him in your busy schedule.

3. A. You own 20% of a company and feel that your ideas about where the company should be heading aren't being taken into account by the company's management. You schedule a meeting with the CEO to talk about this.

B. You are the CEO of a company. A major stockholder in the company has called you up repeatedly trying to get some time to talk to you about his vision of the future for the company. His ideas aren't really compatible with yours but you think it judicious to hear him out. You schedule some time for him over lunch.

4. A. Your friend has a job providing tech support to sales reps at a promising software startup. You've heard that there's an opening and you want to talk to your friend about the possibility of you landing the job. You suggest lunch or beer after work.

B. One of your best friends has just arrived back from his adventures in Asia. He's trying to find a job again and thinks you can help him to talk to your boss into giving him a job in customer support. You both decide to meet over lunch.

5. A. You're an investment banker visiting Jakarta to set up some merger and acquisition deals. A reporter wants to interview you.

B. You're a reporter who wants to write an insider story on the corporate reorganizations that are taking place in the wake of the Asian financial crisis. You make an appointment to talk with an investment banker (a friend of a friend) to talk about what's going on.

Ex.11. Imagine and name a company you’d like to work for.

Design your own “business card”.

Fill theblank weekly planner with as many appointments as possible.

Play a role of a business person arranging meetings during work hours.

Agree on when to meet, where to meet, and what to discuss.

You cannot meet the same person twice.

Possible reasons why two people might have a business meeting: buying or selling, cooperating, asking advice, discussing a legal issue, etc.

Ex.12. Arrange personal meetings with your friends, outside work hours.

You might meet, for example to eat a meal, climb a hill, watch TV, go dancing, go shopping, play sport, etc.

You cannot meet the same person twice.

Sentences appropriate to use with friends:

Do you want to meet some time?

When are you free?

OK, see you then!

Grammar

Past perfect

Ex.1. Read the sentences and define the tense forms. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian.

They had completed all the preparations for the fancy-dress ball by 5 o’clock.

The man thanked the doctor who had cured him of his disease.

Hardly had he touched the pillow when he fell asleep.

He made great progress last year and could read the texts without a dictionary. He had worked at his language very hard.

In the morning, the passengers felt good after the night they had spent on the train.

Last night he completed the experiment he had begun some months before.

No sooner had she opened the drawer than she found the copy of the document.

They had been partners for some 10 years before I met them.

Ex.2. Complete the sentences in the Past Perfect.

1.Without any reason, the customer returned the goods that we ________(deliver) .

2.Before Ellen could say anything, Cindy _______(hang up) the phone.

3.When William was employed, I ______(work / already) here for three years.

4.I______ (start / just) to type the letter, when the phone rang.

5.When I sent the mail, I realised that I ______(forget) to attach the file.

6.Sue and Tom are best friends, though before the meeting last month they _______(know / not even) each other.

7.Catherine _______(meet / not) Phil Brown before the trade fair in May.

8.We spoke about the conference that _______(take place) the week before.

9.After the meeting I thanked Misses Last, who _______ (manage) everything.

10._______(you / gain) experience in that field before you started to work for us?

Ex. 3. Write the verbs in the Past Perfect. Use the negative form.

In the shopping centre, I met a friend who I (see / not) for ages.

The burglar could walk right into the house because you (lock / not) the door.

We lost the match because we (practise / not) the days before.

The secretary quickly copied the papers that she (read / not) .

We ate at a restaurant last night because I (buy / not) anything for dinner.

When we came back, it was cold in the house because Alice (close / not) the windows.

Margaret was angry with me all day long just because I (greet / not) him first.

When I met Jane at eleven o’clock, she (have / not) breakfast yet.

I couldn’t go to the cinema with my friends last night because I (finish / not) my homework yet.

Fred answered my question although I (ask / not) him.

Ex. 4. In pairs ask and answer questions in the Past Perfect.

1.(what / Bob / do) that he was kept in after his lectures? - What had Bob done that he was kept in after his lectures?- He had missed more than 10 seminars.

2.(you / eat) anythingbefore you went to the theatre? - Had you eaten before you went to the theatre?- Yes, I had. No, I hadn’t.

3.(he / live) in London before he moved to Glasgow?

4.(she / find) a new job by that time?

5.(they / book) a room before they went to Dublin?

6.(how often / you / ring) the bell before he answered the door?

7.(why / they / have) dinner before they came to the party?

8.(Carly / wash) the dishes when her Mum came home?

9.(you / read) the contract before you signed it?

10.(who / live) in the house before we moved in?

Ex.5. Work in pairs. Make up short dialogues. Present one event as prior to another event, moment or situation.

Example: - Fred had cooked dinner by the time his family gathered at home.

1. The girl had made a new dress for her birthday party. (to buy flowers, to lay the table)

2. She had accompanied the injured girl home before the doctor arrived. (to wash the wound, to bandage the wound)

3. Patricia had watered the flowers before I went into the yard. (to sweep the yard, to trim the bushes)

4. He had changed the wheel on a car before the trip. (pack the suitcase, book the hotel room)

Ex.6. Match two parts of the sentences in the box using the Past Perfect. Remember what was first and what was next. Use time expressions when, by the time, after. There may be several variants.

Model:I had finished my work on the report (first) by the time he returned (next).

Ex.7. Read an extract about Richard Branson’s career and complete the sentences. Use the Past Perfect.

Sir Richard Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnate, best known for his Virgin Group of more than 400 companies.

His first business venture was a magazine called Student at the age of 16. In 1970, he set up an audio-record mail-order business. In 1972, he opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records, later known as Virgin Megastores. Branson’s Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980s, as he set up Virgin Atlantic Airways and expanded the Virgin Records music label.

Branson is the 4^th richest citizen of the United Kingdom, according to the Forbes 2011 list of billionaires, with an estimated net worth of US $4.2 billion.

Before he set up an audio-record mail-order company, he ________ .

Before he opened a chain of record stores, he _______.

Before his brand Virgin grew up rapidly, _______.

Before he set up Virgin Atlantic Airways, _______.

Ex.8. Open the brackets. Pay attention to the use of the Past Simple and the Past Perfect.

He already _______(go) by the time I _______(come) to the party.

Mother _______(cook) dinner by the time he______ (come).

When I _______(arrive) home, I realized that I _______(lose) the key.

The shop _______(close) by the time I _______(get ) there.

The scientists _______(carry) out many experiments before they ________ (achieve) satisfactory results.

When I _______(arrive), he was staying in the same hotel where we first _______(meet).

By the end of the last year he _______ (finish) research.

He told me that he _______(not see) much of her since she ______(move ) to another town.

When I _______(enter), he already _______(come) and was sitting near the fireplace looking through a newspaper.

She said that they _______(meet) in 1996 for the first time.

Ex.9. Make up sentences according to the pattern.

Hardly had he come when it started raining hard.=He had hardly come when it started raining hard.

No sooner they had received the task than the meeting was over. = They had no sooner received the task than the meeting was over.