Unit | Visiting a company 4.1 Meeting people EY Was and were Complete these dialogues with the appropriate form of was / were @ A: Hello, Emil Where Be Less ! you yesterday? .2 at a meeting it interesting? B: No, it © many people there C: Good morning, Hiromi How your holiday? De Dseninsssas on holiday, I sick © E: There two red files on my desk yesterday Where are they now? F 10 there when I left last night John !! here Maybe he took them GI Past tenses @ Complete this grid by filling in the gaps in the sentences on the right "THmmmnmn {S][X][P][—]{—]{_][E][B] ïnimmuimmnn _1 them to come at 4.00 p.m but they arrived at 3.00 My boss to me very carefully, 4{-][RJI[.IE][] The meeting IiImim Tm sorry, but I [=] When I was young | | [E] [D] at 7.00 p.m, the letter this morning maths, [-] [P| [-] [-] [E] [D| She the letter immediately [_] [0] [-] [-] When I arrived [ something strange [E] H {E]l[_IH-]ILI1-]IIL-IEII] 10 LJEICEIEI EI] © 23 Visiting a company In the sixties the company We had no food at home so we Complete the following questions and answers, as in the example Use the information in @ to help you 22 She was Italian but We smo in French Did they talk in French? No, he didn’ Did he listen carefully? Did the meeting end at 6.30? Yes, he did Did he e maths when he was young? Yes, she di Did she notice something strange? Did the company employ many people? No, they didn’t Question making A business person is answering questions about a recent trip Make the questions, as in the example Choose the question words from the box below what? why? what time? who? when? how? where? I stayed at the Holiday Inn I visited Hans Klinger I arrived on Wednesday I travelled by car [hired a car because the factory is 30 km outside the city centre We discussed a new contract arrived back yesterday I started work this morning at 9.00 I telephoned Hans Klinger at 9.15 He signed the contract yesterday Match a sentence from 1-10 with a reply from a-j RB ho A ` O Welcoming Thank you for coming to meet me Is this your first visit here? How was your journey? Did you sleep well? Can I show you around? Would you like a coffee? I’m afraid the computer is down B a b € d e f What time is our meeting? h i Can I take your bag? j Where’s your car? Yes, thanks, I did It starts at 10.00 That would be nice No, that’s OK It’s not very heavy In the car park It’s not far No problem Yes, please Black if possible That's a pity No, I came here as a student Fine, thanks Everything was on time Visiting a company 23 4.2 Reporting on a trip n Reading Mike Hodgkinson is the Chief Executive of British Airports Authority This is his diary for last week @ Fill in the gaps using the verbs from the box below in the correct form get visit travel Monday I leave arrive attend Tuesday see make go have meet return Wednesday Thursday up early and ' the opening speech A normal morning at the Trip to Stansted Airport I at the office at 8.00 for the ACI conference and office | had lunch with a meta lot of staff and then journalist who wanted to a.m At 9.001 3a meeting with Gabriele 10 different talks and seminars during the day Renzully, the Director of lots of old Naples Airport After a nice contacts strategy In the evening my office and and daughter-in-law for wife and I „6 to the Millennium Dome by boat dinner delegates for the ACI conference In the evening there wba conference dinner at the Dorchester Hotel 24 Visiting a company f L2 Bohème our son _— or e Change the order of these words to make questions, 4 «4 to the opera to see board meeting and madea _ discuss future investments ` as in the example Then answer the questions morning who he Monday on did meet? ning? themer he who on evening did visit Wednesday? did Thursday on where he evening go? see he did what? 13 to London in the evening and In the afternoon I attended a presentation on our future At 5.00 pam I essen the customers I hear about our future plans lunch I * to the bank to Psi be go © What time was his first meeting on Monday? What did he make on Tuesday morning? Where did he spend the day on Tuesday? What did he attend on Wednesday? What did he there? Where did he go on Thursday? Who did he meet? There are twelve verbs in the past tense in the grid Find them and use them to complete the twelve sentences, as in the example The words can read across, ¬ oso a SS OP oO #£ eS = mn -o a KR 2° cto! ao ers Se UN C1.»