First of all, read and study the following drills mentioned during the
conversation. Then, click on PLAY to listen and repeat them aloud.
He's been with the firm
almost since it started.
He left his contributions in the fund.
He still qualifies for a pension.
Do you all agree the accounts?
A further period has
to be worked before the employee is entitled to a full pension.
He'll have to be compensated out of the company’s funds.
STEP 7
Activities with Answers
A.
Choose the best alternative from the
menu to complete
the following sentences.
If necessary, refer to the
conversation transcription.
ANSWERS
Example: Mr. Grant doesn't think the same.
I don't know whether he will ...
Your sentence:
Mr. Grant doesn't think the same.
I don't know whether
he will
.
1.
Mr. Grant is determined to
the old carpenter,
Bob
Hardiman.
2.
An employee who has worked for a
company
for a certain number of years
has a
pension
to
.
3.
Bob Hardiman is a of
the old days.
4.
A meeting which is going on at the
moment can also.
Before doing Exercise B, please
revise these points about the
intonation of questions.
If the question begins with a
question word (who, what, why,
etc.), the voice usually goes DOWN
at the end of the question:
Why did he come?
If the question can be answered
with
yes/no, the voice
usually
goes UP:
Do you like it?
Remember there may be variations of
the tone to show emotional content:
-
Where do you come from?
(DOWN) -
Timbuko.
-
What?
Where do you come from?
(UP)
(showing
extreme surprise at this unexpected
answer).
Question Tags
If the speaker is simply asking for
confirmation of what he/she
has said, the voice falls
(goes DOWN)
at the end: It's a nice day, isn't
it?
If the speaker is really asking a
question the voice rises(goes UP)
at the end of the tag: You can
come, can't you?
B.
Choose
the best
alternative
from the
menu to
decide
how
the
voice
goes UP
or DOWN
at the
end of
the
following
sentences.
If
necessary,
refer to
the
grammar
above.
ANSWERS
1.
What's
this
about
Bob
Hardiman
being
sacked?
2.
How will
that
help him?
3.
Hardiman
left the
firm for
a while,
didn't
he?
4.
Why did
he leave?
5.
Have you
got a
copy?
6.
Wouldn't
Joanna
Harvey
take
over as
Advertising
Manager?
