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A A BUSINESS ENGLISH GRAMMAR

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Lesson code: HQ35-J4QC-KLCI ELEMENTARY

1 Complete the dialogues

Complete the dialogues below using the words below.

How What When Where Which Who Whose Why

Dialogue 1
1
A: do you work at weekends?
B: Because I can earn more money.

Dialogue 2
2
A: pen is this?
B: I think it's John's pen.

Dialogue 3
3
A: did you get here?
B: I took a taxi.

Dialogue 4
4
A: of these designs do you prefer?
B: I prefer the design on the left.

Dialogue 5
5
A: are you writing?
B: I'm writing an important email.

Dialogue 6
6
A: did you get here?
B: I arrived 20 minutes ago.

Dialogue 7
7
A: are you talking to?
B: I'm talking to my colleague.
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Dialogue 8
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A: are you going?
B: I'm going to our other office.

2 Question words
Match the words to their meaning.

Question word Asks about ...

1. why a. a choice
2. when b. a method or manner
3. where c. an owner
4. how d. a person
5. which e. a place
6. who f. a reason
7. whose g. a thing or activity
8. what h. a time, day or year

3 Quiz
In pairs, do the quiz below:

1. Who eat pasta and pizza as a national dish?

2. Where is the headquarters of Toyota?
3. Which is the oldest car maker in the world?
4. How do people usually pay for things on the internet?
5. What do journalists do?
6. Why do many business people prefer to communicate by email, not by phone?
7. Whose home is called `the White House'?
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4 Ask about the pictures

Match the questions to the most suitable pictures below.

How does he go to work? What is he writing? When did she leave work?
Where does he come from? Which answer did he choose? Whose invention is it?

2. 3.
1.

4. 5. 6.

In pairs, ask and answer the questions.

5 Role play
Make questions to ask your partner:

1. Where do you live ? (where/you/live)

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? (how / you / get to work every day)
3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? (who / you / live with)
4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? (what / you / do / last weekend)
5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? (which day of the week / you /prefer)
6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? (why/ you prefer / this day of the week)
7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ? (when / you / join your company)

Now ask and answer the questions.

Photo of Steve Jobs by Matthew Yohe, CC BY-SA 3.0

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1- Complete the dialogues

Students work individually and check in pairs. Go through the answers. Point out the position of the preposition
`to' in Dialogue 7.

1. Why 2. Whose 3. How 4. Which

5. What 6. When 7. Who 8. Where

2- Question words

Students work individually and check in pairs. Go through the answers.

1. f 2. h 3. e 4. b 5. a 6. d 7. c 8. g

3- Quiz

Put students into pairs. Encourage them to look up any words they need to use, e.g. `flour'. Compare answers/
write answers on the board.

1. Italians/Italian people
2. Japan
3. Mercedes-Benz (founded by Karl Benz in 1883)
4. by credit/debit card
5. They write articles for newspapers.
6. because it's faster/more convenient/cheaper
7. the US president's

4- Ask about the pictures

Students work individually and check in pairs. Go through the answers. Then have students take turns to ask and
answer the questions in pairs. Model with a strong student.

1. Which answer did he choose? 2. What is he writing?

3. Whose invention is it? 4. Where does he come from?
5. When did she leave work? 6. How does he go to work?

Possible answers: 1. He chose B; 2. He's writing an email; 3. It's Steve Jobs' invention; 4. He comes from
Australia; 5. He left work at 4.30; 6. He goes to work by train.

5- Role play

Students work individually and check in pairs. Go through the answers. Then have students take turns to ask and
answer the questions in pairs. Model with a strong student.

2. How do you get to work every day?

3. Who do you live with?
4. What did you do last weekend?
5. Which day of the week do you prefer?
6. Why do you prefer this day of the week?
7. When did you join your company?
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