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Unit 7: Get the message
From Ernesto: Subject: meeting for lunch; Purpose: sending information about lunch meeting; Deadline: lunchtime today. From Mario: Subject: meeting the CEO and staff rota; Purpose: sending information about a meeting, and instructions about sending out a staff rota; Deadline: lunchtime/5 p.m. From Ellen: Subject: interviews this week; Purpose: sending information and giving instructions about job interviews; Deadline: ready for interviews this week.
B
Set the task for individual work. Feed back, building up the To Do list on the board, without priority. Then, as a class, discuss whether each message is information, a request or an instruction.
Possible answers
1. Call CEO – urgent. 2. Email bed occupancy figures to Clara. 3. Call Zeynep about lunch today. 4. Talk to healthcare assistants (ref. room preparation for new patients).
5. Ask Yasmin for email addresses. 6. Call Martin about interview. 7. Email Karim Hamidi and Jana Khan about interviews. 8. Send staff rota for next week to team leaders.
C
Students individually complete this exercise and then check in pairs. Answers 1. Clara called at 7:30 this morning.
past
2. She is waiting for bed occupancy figures. present 3. Two new patients will arrive at 14:15. 4. Can you call her back at 11?
future
5. They will probably call to ask for information.
6. He doesn’t remember the day. 7. I sent reminders to them.
present future
present past
Grammar for reading: Recognizing the verb form
Review the idea that sentences will show you, through verb forms, what time the sentence is set in: past, present or future.
Work through the examples. Make sure students write the numbers in the correct categories.
Answers
a future action: 4 a past action: 1 a present action or situation: 2, 3
Students then work through the notes. Clara (Ward Manager) called …
She is waiting for … I don’t have … Do you?
She’ll call again … She needs them … Someone called …
… new patients will arrive … Will you talk to …
… there were no towels … … Zeynep called … She’s teaching … Can you call …?
She would like to meet you … The CEO wants to see you. He’ll arrive at 11 …
… wants lunch with you … Call him …
What did you do wrong?
Send next week’s staff rota … Don’t forget!
I sent reminders to them … They will probably call … Please email them … Yasmin … has their …
past
present present present future
present past
He is going to have an interview … future … he doesn’t remember … His number is …
present present future future past past
present present present present future
present present past
present present past
future
present present
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