English for Business Life Elementary

- with am/are I is I was I were
e.g. She is usually late, (not She usually is late.)
I am n ever at home these days, (not I never am
at home...)
It is also possible for some adverbs of frequency to be at the
beginning of affirmative and negative sentences,
e.g. N orm ally, he won't discuss business.
Usually, I don't travel by train.
Regular frequency
I come here every day.
every three days,
once a day.
twice a week,
three times a year.
16.5 Comparative and superlative adverbs
We usually form comparative and superlative adverbs with
more and most.
e.g. Could you speak m ore slow ly?
She speaks m o st quietly.
Exceptions: faster, fastest; better, best.
e.g. She can type faster than me.
I speak English better than my colleagues.
17 PREPOSITIONS
17.1 Talking about tim e
I will see you at ten o'clock,
in the morning,
on Thursday,
on Thursday morning,
on June 22nd.
at the weekend,
in January,
in (the) spring,
in the new year.
I don't work
on Saturdays,
in January,
at Christmas.
I'll see you
in three days.
(= three days from now)
We will be here for two weeks.
I have been here for six weeks,
since Christmas.
I work
from nine to /u n til six.
I'll be here
un til a quarter to three.
I'll be here
for two hours.
She will be here before lunch.
I'm free
after six o'clock.
It's
Approximate time
I rang you
I was out
N o p rep osition
half p ast nine.
five to ten.
at about three o'clock.
at around three o'clock,
ju st before four.
for m o st o f the afternoon.
W hat tim e do you get up? (not At what time ...?)
I'm meeting John tom orrow .
I'll see you next week.
I saw her last w eek .
I was out all m orning.
She was in meetings m o st of th e day.
17.2 Talking about place
in behind between
on in front of on the left of
next to opposite on the right of
e.g. It is (It's) in that building.
on the fifth floor,
next to the canteen,
behind the main block,
opposite the paint shop,
between the conference centre and
the workshop.
on the left of the testing area.
Usually in or at is possible for a building (hotel, airport, etc.)
e.g. We stay in a nice hotel.
We stayed at a nice hotel,
above at the top of
below at the bottom of
at at the end of
by
near
e.g. It's
It's
over there
above the cafeteria,
at the entrance,
b elo w my office,
by the reception desk,
at the top of the stairs,
at the bottom of the stairs,
at the end of the corridor,
near the stairs.
in his office.
on the second floor,
at no. 53 Park Street,
in London,
in Europe.
Reference section 109