UNIT 1_YOUR SPEAKING PRACTICE_LAST WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY

YOUR SPEAKING PRACTICE  

                                 

• DEAL WITH CUSTOMERS

 Your company’s most vital asset is its customers, so you need to make sure you’re dealing with your customers properly. Without them, you would not, and could not, exist in business.

• ON A…BASIS  

the way that something happens, or

 the way that something is organized or done

on a regular/daily/weekly etc basis (=regularly, every day, week, etc) 

I’m saving money on a regular basis. 

Board meetings are held on a weekly basis.

• EASIER SAID THAN DONE

Finding the perfect house was easier said than done.

• GOOD AT…

• HOPELESS AT…  

I’m a hopeless cook.

hopeless at (doing) something 

My brother was always hopeless at ball games.

• FIND TIME TO…

 "You need to FIND time to do things you enjoy."

• IT DEPENDS ON… 

Choosing the right bike depends on what you want to use it for.

• THAT’S WHY…

That’s why people admire you.

That’s why babies crawl before they walk.

• EXPERIENCED

• KNOWLEDGEABLE (Practise the pronunciation)

• RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

 What's Your Recipe for Success?

According to Benjamin Franklin Fairless, there are four essential ingredients to success.

Quote from Benjamin Franklin Fairless

"What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: CHOOSE a career you love, GIVE it the best there is in you, SEIZE your opportunities, and BE a member of a team."

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• TELL THE TRUTH ► Don’t say ‘say the truth’. Say tell the truth.

• TELL A LIE lie/tell a lie 

to deliberately tell someone something that is not true

She had lied to protect her son.

Are you accusing me of telling lies?

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PRONUNCIATION

Practise pronouncing the words below:

TAUGHT/THOUGHT/CAUGHT/BOUGHT/

BROUGHT.

HOTEL

CAMPSITE

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Study collocations with the word MISTAKE:

make a mistake

The lab must have made a mistake – this can’t be right.

a big/great mistake

Buying this car was a big mistake.

a bad/terrible/dreadful mistake

It would be a terrible mistake to marry him.

a serious mistake

The decision to take the money was a serious mistake.

 a little/minor mistake

The essay was full of little mistakes.

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Check the spelling:

IMPROVE

INCREASE

HELPFUL

RUDE

IMPOLITE

DIFFERENT

DIFFICULT