English for Business Life Elementary

Practice
Buying presents
1 Listen to the recording. Then match the children
with the presents and the prices.
a Five year-old son c A T-shirt e 320 roubles
Shopping and payment
3 Choose the right words from the box to fill the gaps.
suit try size fitting room receipt
accept fit pay / sale sign
b Eight year-old
daughter
d A toy car
f 150 roubles
e.g. Can I ..... P - ff......by credit card?
might/may
2 Complete the sentences. Use might or may and the
comparative form of one of the adjectives in the
box.
expensive
convenient /
g ood
interesting
bad
fast
e.g. The earlier flight...... ....................be
co m fo rta b le
. Let's take that one.
a This jack et.........................be a ..........................fit.
Can I try it on?
b The other p u b .......................... be even
.......................... than this one. Let's stay here.
c The shops in the cen tre.......................... be
............................ Let's buy the presents here. I'm
sure they will cost less,
d Let's go by train. I t .......................... be
e Try these shoes on. T hey.......................... be
f This book is very boring. This o n e ..............
b e ............................
g This T-shirt.......................... fit......................
h Try a blue one - i t .......................... suit you
a Do y o u ....................American Express?
b Can I have a .................... , please?
c Have you got this in a .................... 40, please?
d Are these shirts in th e ....................?
e Could y o u .......................the cheque, please.
f Can I ....................them on?
g W here is th e ................................................... ?
h These are too small. They d o n 't....................me.
i I don't like this colour. It d o esn 't....................me.
Ages and lengths
4 Rewrite the examples as shown,
e.g. A son of tw elve... A.;tyye£v
a A daughter of four.
b A father of forty-nine.
c A colleague of twenty-six.
d A boss of thirty-seven.
e A phone call of fifteen minutes.
f A business trip of ten days.
g A contract of two years.
h A taxi ride of twenty minutes.
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