English for Business Life Elementary

He is at the station,
at the airport,
at the bus stop,
at the bank.
at home, (not At the home.)
at work. (not At the work.)
at lunch, (not At the lunch.)
on his way to work.
17.3 Talking about direction
to along
down through
up past
e.g. Go to the end of the corridor,
d ow n those stairs,
up these stairs,
along the main street,
through the car park,
past the bank.
into down to
onto back to
up to out to
e.g. Go in to the lift.
onto the motorway,
up to the fifth floor,
d o w n to the first floor,
back to the reception desk,
o u t o f the building.
17.4 O ther uses o f prepositions
Here is a letter for you.
Here's the woman in the blue suit.
He works in Production.
Here's the man w ith the beard.
She's on the admin side.
What's on the menu?
We are all here excep t Johan.
How old is she? Over 20? U nder 30?
He's good at German.
We're good at tennis.
The highest building in the world (not... of the world.)
We went to Turkey on holiday.
We went there by bus/car/train/air.
I'll think about it.
We were talking about money.
I can't go w ith o u t food for very long.
Look at my new office.
Would you like to listen to the radio?
I'm looking for a T-shirt.
She talking on her mobile.
18 WORDS TO NOTE
18.1 make and do
Make and do are sometimes confused.
Make means to create or construct:
e.g. We m ak e cars. They m ake spare parts.
I'm m aking coffee. Would you like some?
Are you m aking a profit?
Make is also used to talk about arrangements,
e.g. Can you m ake five o'clock? No, but I can m ake
five-thirty.
Do is used to talk about activities, especially work:
e.g. What does your company do?
We do a lot of business in North Africa.
What are you d oing here?
18.2 ask, tell and say
Ask!tell + object + infinitive form of the verb:
e.g. A sk him to call me, please.
Tell John to bring the reports.
Say + (that) or tell + object + (that)
Compare:
Say (that) John Smith phoned.
Tell Alan (that) John Smith phoned.
(Thatcan be omitted in these sentences.)
18.3 let's and shall
Let's (let us) and shall are often used to make suggestions.
e.g. Shall I call for you tomorrow?
Shall w e go through the programme now?
Let's drive there.
Let's have a break.
18.4 still, yet anc/already
Still is used to talk about things which are happening around
now. It is normally:
- before the main verb
e.g. Mr Coots still works for ETP.
- after the verb to be
e.g. Mr Coots is still in Rome.
- before a negative
e.g. Mr Coots has still not answered my letter.
Yet is used to talk about things which we expect. It normally
goes at the end of a sentence,
e.g. The taxi hasn't arrived yet.
Are you ready? Not yet.
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