English for Business Life Elementary

6 to I in order to
(possible answers)
I am writing to Maria Bush to/in
order to thank her for lunch.
She is flying to Japan to/in order to
visit a customer.
He is emailing John to/in order to
tell him the new room number.
They are going to Mario's to/in order
to have a coffee.
We are going to their website to/in
order to check the address.
UNIT 12 Changing plans
1 why and because
a iii
b ii
c i
d iv
2 will!will not
(possible answers)
Will your manager be in Tokyo next
Monday?
Yes, he/she will. / No, he/she won't.
Will the meeting room be free this
evening?
Yes, it will. / No, it won't.
Will your assistant be in the office
tomorrow?
Yes, he/she will. / No, he/she won't.
Will your family be away next
week?
Yes, they will. / No, they won't.
Will Reception check our security
passes?
Yes, they will. / No, they won't.
Will you be back by 6pm?
Yes, I will. / No, I won't.
3 have to
(possible answers)
a I have to read French at work,
b My colleagues have to write faxes
in Arabic,
c My boss has to use English on the
phone.
d The sales reps don't have to speak
Russian with customers,
e I don't have to write reports in
English.
f My secretary has to understand
instructions in Spanish.
g I have to speak to visitors in
English.
Dialogue
a we'll b the problem
c booked d after lunch
e then f at six o'clock
g back h Why don't we
i free j find out
5 Questions and short answers
a Will you be home by 5.00?
Yes, I will. / No, I won't,
b Do you have to speak English in
your job?
Yes, I do. / No, I don't,
c Can we change the time to three
o'clock?
Yes, we can. / No, we can't,
d Do your colleagues have to speak
English on the phone?
Yes, they do. / No, they don't,
e Does your assistant have to be in
the office tomorrow?
Yes, he/she does. / No, he/she
doesn't.
f Can he change the appointment
to Friday?
Yes, he can. / No, he can't.
6 Suggestions
(possible answers)
a Why don't we meet in Room
204?
b Could we meet in the afternoon?
c We could meet on Wednesday?
d Why don't we change the room?
e How about beginning earlier?
f What about starting the meeting
later?
UNIT 13 Dealing with the
unexpected
1 Cancelling/postponing
a ii b i c iv d iii
2 too/either
a I'm not well either,
b I don't like meetings either,
c I have a cold too.
d We're very busy too.
e I can't make Monday's meeting
either.
f I'm ill too.
g I won't be back by Friday either,
h That suit's me too.
Notes
we're = we are
either is pronounced /aido/ or /i:6o/
3 call off/put off
a Could we put it off?
b I can't put off Tuesday's
appointment.
I can't put Tuesday's appointment
off.
c He will have to call it off.
d They can put it off, if they want,
e You don't have to call off the
conference
You don't have to call the
conference off.
f Will they put off the
arrangement?
Will they put the arrangement
off?
g She won't put off Friday's
conference.
She won't put Friday's
conference off.
Notes
can't = cannot; don't = do not;
won't = will not.
4 Dialogue: unexpected problem
a about b everything
c put it off d problem
e going to f down
g sorry h postpone
i How about j sorry
k suits
could in requests
a iv b iii
c vii
d vi
e ii f V
g i
6 Intentions and plans - going to
(possible answers)
a Questions
Where is she going to stay?
How much is this going to cost?
Who is going to pay?
b Statements
He called to say he's going to be late.
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