English for Business Life Elementary

Practice
Greetings and introductions
1 Listen to the people meeting. If it is a greeting, tick /
'Greeting'. If it is an introduction, tick /
'Introduction'.
e.g. - Hello, Maria. How are you?
- Oh, hi. I'm very well. How are you?
Greeting
Introduction
Nationalities and languages
eg- a b c d e f g h
/
2 Fill in the gaps in this table. Then write examples.
Make sure you can say your nationality and
language in English.
a few/a little
3 Fill in the gaps with the words in the box.
Arabic w ords cars in the car park Chinese phrases
coffee dollars / milk
people Spanish cash
e.g. I have a few .....
a She has a little.........................She can pay.
b Yes, I'd like a cup o f .........................please.
c I speak a little.........................
d I learnt a few ................... when I went to Beijing.
e I know a fe w .........................
f There is a little.......................in the bottle.
g There were a few .........................
h A few .......................weren't very friendly.
Country Nationality Language
Brazil a ................... Portuguese
b ..................... British English
China Chinese c .....................
Egypt Egyptian d .....................
e ..................... French French
Hungary f .................... Hungarian
Japan Japanese g .....................
Russia h ................... Russian
i ..................... Spanish Spanish
United States j .................... English
e.g. .id
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S k e ’s.rfro VKBrfKifciL..............................
Simple exchanges
4 Match the responses to the prompts.
a
b
c
d
e
f
Welcome to I<PG.
Do you know any French words?
Good morning.
Do you speak Chinese?
How are you?
It's nice to meet you.
8 How do you do?
h How was your trip?
i How do you do?
ii It was OK.
iii It's nice to meet you, too.
iv Thank you.
V Yes, a few.
vi I'm fine, thanks.
vii Good morning.
viii Yes, a little.
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