Business Start-up 1 Students Book

extract from the conversation.

ADon’t you like 1 __________ ?

BI hate 2 __________ .

AOh, I love 3 __________ . It’s good for you, as well.

BNot if you can’t 4 __________ !

A No, that’s true!

cFill in the gaps. Then make four sentences that are true for you.

like don’t like love hate

eLook at the photos. Can you guess what the people do in their spare time?

2 2 I play __________ . I do __________ . I go __________ .

3 3 I play __________ . I play the _______ . I go __________ .

7.1Arranging to meet

GRAMMAR Prepositions with times and dates

VOCABULARY Months days

conversations. When do the people arrange to meet? Mark the four dates on the calendar

Dates

d Vocabulary practice F Page 100, Exercise 1.

saying the days of the week.

gWork with a partner. Look at the calendar. You say a date and your partner says the day. Change roles.

A The twelfth of January. B Tuesday.

Prepositions with times and dates

F Grammar reference 13

bGrammar practice F Page 100, Exercise 2.

cVocabulary practice F Page 100, Exercise 3.

dWork with a partner. Student A points

to one of the phrases and Student B asks a question. Take it in turns.

AFriday.

BAre you free on Friday?

4Communication practice 19. Student A F Page 82. Student B F Page 90.

USEFUL LANGUAGE

When can we meet?

When are you free?

What about the tenth of June?

That’s fine.

No, I’m busy on the tenth.

I can/can’t make it at the end of June.

I’m free at the beginning of July.

I’m busy in the middle of July.

What about the first week in August?

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bRead Gary’s diary again and answer the questions.

1Is Gary leaving LA on Tuesday?

2Where’s he changing flights on the way to London?

3Is he taking the train to Paris on Wednesday?

4In Paris, which hotel is he staying at?

5Is he coming back to London on Saturday?

6Is he arriving in Chicago in the morning?

cIn the sentences Gary Lipton describes his travel plans. Fill in the gaps.

2I __________ the train - the Eurostar.

3Then I __________ in Paris for three nights.

4I __________ back to London on the train.

5I __________ in LA in the middle of the night.

6Then, on the flight home, I __________

in Chicago.

Present Continuous: future arrangements

eVocabulary practice F Page 100, Exercise 4.

fGrammar practice F Page 100, Exercise 5.

gCan you complete these questions

from Gary’s conversation in 1a?

How When Where Who Why

Who ... ? Why ... ?

Who are you working with?

I’m working with John.

Who’s going to the meeting?

Anne, Peter and Ken.

Why are you going to Hamburg?

I’m going to a meeting.

Why’s he taking the train?

Because he doesn’t like flying.

F Grammar reference 8

2Work with a partner. Look back at Gary’s diary. Ask and answer questions about his trip.

A When’s Gary leaving/arriving in ... ? B He’s leaving/arriving at ... .

AWhat’s he doing on ... ?

BHe’s flying/meeting/going... .

AWhere’s he ... ? / Who’s he ... ? / Why’s he ... ? / How’s he ... ?

3Communication practice 20. Student A F Page 82. Student B F Page 90.

4Talk to other students. Find out what

arrangements they have for this week.

USEFUL LANGUAGE

Where are you going?

Why are you going to Milan?

When/What time are you leaving?

Who are you meeting?

How are you travelling?

I’m leaving London on Tuesday.

I’m arriving/changing in Paris.

She’s staying for a week.

He’s flying.

They’re taking the train.

7.3Buying train tickets

GRAMMAR would like to want to

VOCABULARY Train tickets and reservations

1a Talk to other students about train travel.

How often do you travel by train?

Do you like train travel?

Do you usually reserve a seat?

bGary Lipton is buying a ticket for the Eurostar. Read the conversation. Fill in the gaps.

dFill in 1 - 9 with words from the conversation in 1a.

1a one-way ticket (US) = a ________single (UK)

2a round-trip ticket (US) = a ________

(UK)

3a list of times (of trains) = a ________

4the time at the destination = ________

5to come back = to ________

6to book = to ________

7a booking = a ________

8a ticket price = ________

9normal (ticket, class) = ________

f Vocabulary practice F Page 100, Exercise 6.

want to + infinitive / would like to + infinitive

I’d like to book a seat.

I want to book a seat.

When would you like to leave?

When do you want to leave?

Note: would like to is more formal / polite then want to.

F Grammar reference 21

hGrammar vocabulary F Page 101, Exercise 7.

bWork with a partner. Look at the tapescript for 2a on page 122 and practise the conversation.

3Communication practice 21. Student A F Page 82. Student B F Page 91.

USEFUL LANGUAGE

I’d like a return to (Birmingham), please. Would you like to book/reserve a seat? When do you want to leave / come back? Do you want to travel first class or second/standard/economy class?

How much is the standard fare?

Can I change my booking/reservation?

Tickets

a single ticket (UK) / a one-way ticket (US)

return ticket (UK) / round ticket (US)

a colleague about a trade fair she visited in India. Underline the correct words.

1The trade fair was yesterday/last week.

2The trade fair was quite/very good.

3There were about 100/400 companies at the trade fair.

4Hanna was in Calcutta last year/two years ago.

5The trade fair in Calcutta was/wasn’t very big.

6Hanna and her colleagues were/ weren’t in the same hotel.

bCan you complete these questions from 1a? Fill in the gaps.

how was many were where

1Were you at the trade fair last week?

2________ was it? In Delhi?

3________ was it? OK?

4________ it big?

5How ________ companies were there?

repeat. How do you say was(n’t) and were(n’t) in these sentences?

1 Were you at the trade fair?

/ /

2 Where was it?

/ /

3 It was big.

/ /

4 I wasn’t there last year.

/ /

5 There were thousands of people.

/ /

6 We weren’t in the same hotel.

/ /

be: past simple

Positive

The conference was good last week. They were in the same hotel.

Questions

How many people were there?

Was John there?

Negative

The big companies weren’t at the fair. The presentation wasn’t very good.

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e Grammar practice F Page 101, Exercise 1.

•yesterday evening

•last Saturday

•a week ago

Time references to the past

Tuesday

March

last week/month/year summer Christmas

two days

three months ago a year

gVocabulary practice F Page 101, Exercise 2.

hMake sentences. Use the words in

brackets and past time expressions.

1 Today is Thursday. (Monday)

Monday was three days ago.

_______________________________

2It’s November. (October)

_______________________________

3This year. (2001)

_______________________________

4It’s Friday. (last Friday)

_______________________________

5Today is Thursday. (Wednesday)

_______________________________ 2

6This month. (May)

_______________________________

aCommunication practice 22. Student A F Page 83. Student B c 91.

Look again at your information from Communication practice 22. Write an email telling your boss about the conference/training course you went to. Use the email in exercise 2 to help you.

To: ...

From: ...

Subject: ...

Dear ... ,

USEFUL LANGUAGE

How was the trade fair last week? It was/wasn’t very good.

There were a lot of people there. There weren’t a lot of new products. Where was it?

Who was there?

Was the meeting long?

How many people were at the meeting?

Time references to the past yesterday, last Friday, last week, last month, last year, three days ago

Read this email from Hanna to her manager, Luke Roscoe. Fill in the gaps with correct form of be.

8.2Giving an update

GRAMMAR Past simple: regular verbs

VOCABULARY Business trips

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answers. Practise saying the sentences.

e Vocabulary practice F Page 101. Exercise 3.