English for Business Life Elementary

UNIT 10
Setting up a meeting
Some useful phrases
Listen to the recording and repeat
What is (What's) the date?
It is (It's) April the 25th.
Are you free today?
How about tomorrow?
Is the morning OK?
Can we meet in the evening?
morning afternoon evening
Can you make Friday?
Can you make the meeting on Friday?
meeting appointment conference
Yes, I can. No, I cannot (can't).
I am (l'm) afraid I can't make it.
I'm afraid I can't make the 26th.
I can't make it till the 27th.
I can't make it till 3.30 on the 27th.
OK, let us (let's) meet on the 27th.
I will (I'll) see you ...
... at four o'clock.
... in the afternoon.
... on Saturday.
... on April the 27th.
That is (That's) fine.
See you then.
Study notes
What is th e date?
April 25th - April the twenty-fifth
25th April ~ the twenty-fifth of April
In emails, the -th is often omitted:
25 April 2007
Can w e m eet in th e evening?
Sec Reference Section 7.1 for examples of can.
Can you m ake Friday?
We often use the verb to make with arrangements:
I can make three o 'clock.
I can 7 make Friday.
Note that when make has an object (the meeting, it, etc.), we use
a preposition:
I can make the meeting at three o 'clock.
She can't make it on April the 25th.
See Reference Section 17.1 for prepositions of time.
No, I cannot.
Notice that cannot is one word.
... till th e 27th.
till = until. See Reference Section 20.2 for ordinal numbers
(26th, 27th etc).
...till 3.3 0 ...
This is: half past three or three thirty.
See Reference Section 20.6 for telling the time.
... let's ...
We use let's in suggestions.
See Reference Section 18.3.
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