Review 1 · Units 1–3

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Remember these?Vocabulary
4. 4Match the wordsVocabulary exercise
5. 5Beth's big moveVocabulary exercise
6. 6Check your understandingReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: Kira's voicemailListening comprehension
8. 8Grammar from units 1–3Grammar rule
9. 9Grammar checkGrammar exercise
10. 10Find the mistakeGrammar exercise
11. 11Say it naturallySpeaking practice
12. 12A busy morningSpeaking practice
13. 13Let's discussDiscussion
14. 14Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: Beth answers KiraGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: an email about a changeDiscussion

Words

• in charge of/ɪn ˈtʃɑːrdʒ əv/

  responsible for managing or deciding about something

• cover for/ˈkʌvər fər/

  to do someone's work while they are away

• run into/ˌrʌn ˈɪntuː/

  to meet someone by chance

• break the ice/ˌbreɪk ði ˈaɪs/

  to say or do something that helps people feel relaxed when they first meet

• short notice/ˌʃɔːrt ˈnoʊtɪs/

  very little warning before something happens

• heads-up/ˈhedz ʌp/

  a short warning or message about something that will happen

• attachment/əˈtætʃmənt/

  a file that you send with an email

• get back to/ˌɡet ˈbæk tə/

  to answer someone later, often when you have more information

• look into/ˈlʊk ɪntuː/

  to try to find out the facts about a problem

• reschedule/ˌriːˈskedʒuːl/

  to change the time or date of a meeting, call or event

• on the same page/ɑːn ðə ˌseɪm ˈpeɪdʒ/

  agreeing about something, or understanding it in the same way

• compromise/ˈkɑːmprəmaɪz/

  an agreement in which each side gets part of what it wants

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Before we look back at units 1–3:

1. Since we started this course, which call, meeting or email in English went better than you expected?
2. What has changed at your workplace (or in your studies) in the last few months?
3. Which takes up most of your working week: emails, calls or meetings?

Grammar rule

Grammar from units 1–3

Unit	Grammar	Example
1	present simple (your job, routines, states) / present continuous (now, for a short time)	Ali works in IT. This week, he's setting up the network.
1	subject, object and indirect questions	Who needs a key card? (no do) · How many boxes did the movers bring? → Do you know how many boxes the movers brought? (normal order)
1	asking for permission	Would it be possible to come in at noon on Monday? · Is it OK if I move my desk next to the window? · Would you mind if I moved it?
2	time words: by, until, not … until, within, from … to	Please answer by Wednesday. The old office is closed until Monday. The dock doesn't open until 9:00. The cards will be ready within two business days.
2	will (offers, promises, decisions now) / going to (plans)	I'll test the Wi-Fi on Friday. · We're going to celebrate with a lunch.
2	formal requests	I would be grateful if you could reserve the elevator. · I was wondering if you could send us a map of the building.
3	arrangements: the present continuous	The drivers are delivering the desks on Monday morning.
3	suggestions	How about keeping your old chairs? · Why don't we have a quick video call?

Three things to watch. State verbs (know, own, mean, belong) are not usually continuous, and a question about the subject has no do. Would you mind + -ing asks someone else to do something; Would you mind if I + the past (in speech, also the present) asks if you can do it. After will, going to, could, Let's and Why don't we, use the base form; after How about and I suggest, use -ing (or I suggest that we + the base form).