Questions

Exercise 1. Answer the following questions.

1. What sort of job do you think you are most suitable for with your personal characteristics?

2. What are the most important things for you in your future job?

3. If a job is boring but well-paid, will you ever apply for it?

4. How much money would you like to earn in your job?

5. How do you feel in a new group of people? Anxious? Confident?

6. What is your ambition?

Social english Making an Appointment

- I'd like to make an appointment with Professor Brown. Would 9 o'clock tomorrow be all right?

- I wonder if the director will be able to see me on Monday morning?

- When can we meet?

Possible replies:

- I'm afraid, he won't be available before noon.

- I'm sorry, but he can't make it on Monday morning.

- Monday morning is not good. He'll be busy.

- It's up to you. I'm not busy at the moment.

- Would 2 o'clock be convenient?

- How about Tuesday? Is Wednesday possible?

- No, I'm afraid, on Wednesday I'm busy. Is Thursday all right?

Dialogues

Michael:	I'd like to make an appointment with Mr Taylor. Do you think he could see me tomorrow before 9.30?
Secretary:	I'm afraid not.
Michael:	Could I possibly make it early in the afternoon?
Secretary:	Yes, he's free then.
Rachel:	When can we meet? Could you see me on Monday?
Liz:	I'm busy all next week. May be the week after?
Rachel:	You see, it's rather urgent. It can't wait.
Liz:	OK. Be here on Wednesday morning at 8 sharp. I'll give you 20 minutes.
Rachel:	Thank you.

Exercise 1. Each of the phrases in A can be answered by a phrase in B. Match the phrases.

A	В
1. Can Dr Blackmore see me some time tomorrow? 2. Before lunch is not good. He'll be out of the office. 3. When can we meet? 4. Would 3 o’clock be convenient for you?	a. How about later in the afternoon? b. It's all the same to me. I'm absolutely free. c. Do you think you could make it a little earlier? d. No, I’m afraid not. He won’t be available until the day after tomorrow.

Exercise 2. Fill in the missing remarks.

A: __

B: Mr Green can't see you at 11 o'clock on Monday.

A: __

B: No, I'm sorry, on Tuesday he has a meeting in the morning. Is the afternoon possible?

A: __

B: Thank you.

Unit 10

QUALITY TIME

Focus on

Use of English

Grammar

the Past Perfect Tense

the Past Perfect Continuous Tense

Past Perfect vs. Past Perfect Continuous

Reported Speech

say/tell/ask

Reading Speaking	Television and Video
	Cinema and Films
	Theatre

Social English

Saying Goodbye

USE OF ENGLISH

Grammar

The Past Perfect Tense

The Past Perfect Tense is used:

to refer to something that happened before another action or state in the past

I had spoken to Mr. Taylor before the conference began.

to describe earlier events when telling a story in the past

Tom was 23. His father had died five years before and since then Tom had lived alone.

in reported speech and thoughts

We realized we had forgotten the address.

We use the following time expressions with the Past Perfect Tense:

after	After he had fixed his car, he decided to have a rest.
already	When I arrived at the office, Kate had already left.
as soon as	As soon as I pushed the red button, I realized that I had set off the alarm.
before	Jack had eaten Japanese food before, so he knew what to order.
by the time	By the time Olga got back, Tom had gone.
just	She had just left when he phoned.
till/until	He refused to go till he had seen all the pictures.
when	When she had known me for a year, she invited me to tea.
yet	When I got to the shop, it hadn't closed yet.

NOTE:

1. If before or after is used, the Past Perfect Tense is optional.

Before the train arrived, Sally managed to push her way to the front of the crowd.

2. We don't normally use verbs of knowing, understanding, etc. in the Past Perfect Tense unless there's an expression denoting a period of time:

When she had known me for a year, she invited me to tea.

When I knew the work of one department thoroughly, I was moved to the next department.