English for Business Life Elementary

Practice
Hiring a car
1 Listen to the dialogue and mark the statements true
IT], false [F] or not given jw&|.
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b
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The car hire place is inside the airport.
The customer doesn't know w hat size car he
wants.
He needs a car for next Thursday.
He wants it for five days.
They do not have a Honda.
They have something like a Toyota XL Estate. EU
The car sounds OI< to the customer.
The rate is $120 per day.
That includes insurance, but VAT is extra.
The price seems OK to the customer.
The sales clerk needs to see the customer's
driving licence.
The clerk has to fill in the rental agreement.
Filling in a form
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2 Fill in the form. Then write the questions you would
need to ask to fill in the form for someone else.
C A R REN TALS
25 Stigat Road, London SE7 8RZ
Tel: 045 258 777 Fax: 045 258 590 VAT no. 200 3 6 1
N a m e :.................................
A d d re s s :.............................
n o ,:.................................... Licence n o .:.................
Issued by: ..............................E x p ire s :..........................
D ate o f birth:................ Occupation:.............
Accidents in last 3 y e a rs :.......................
C onvictions in last 5 y e a rs :............
Co. Purchase O rd e r r e f:.................
Passport N o .:......................
BILLING IN S T R U C T IO N S
C re d it C ard [ . Travellers cheque □ Cash □
Signed ..................................... Signed .............................
Forthe Hire Company For the Hirer
seem/sound/look
3 xMatch the two parts of the sentences.
a That seems ——^ i it's a bit expensive
b She wants \ x Vv-— ii very reasonable.
c I don't like \ v— iii very good.
d We think \ iv the colour.
e I don't know \ . v the date.
f The car looks vi fine.
g That sounds vii to hire a car.
Comparisons with like
4 Complete these sentences using like or not like.
e.g. The weather in Spain is... ............ the weather
in Italy.
a M ontreal i s ...................................Paris.
b The food in Mexico is ........................... the food in
India.
c A Range Rover is ........................... a Nissan Patrol.
d Japanese is ........................... Russian.
Now make your own examples.
e .................................is lik e ...........................................
f .................................is not lik e ...................................
Car vocabulary
5 Describe your car, a car you hired, etc.
It is a blue three-door Honda estate.
It was a green four-door Fiat hatchback.
red five-door Ford people-carrier.
silver four-wheel Mercedes saloon.
etc. drive Volvo
Peugeot
etc.
etc.
e.g. It was a blue five-door Honda hatchback.
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