Grammar for Business with Audio CD

1. Imperative and present simple Write for business: Checking your work
2. Present continuous Business talk: Present continuous + always
3. Present simple and continuous Business talk: State verbs
4. Present perfect simple and continuous

Speaking strategies 1 Discussing
Test 1: Units 1-4
5. Past simple and continuous Business talk: Using past tenses to be polite
6. Present perfect and the past Business talk: Using continuous forms to give background information
7. Past perfect simple and continuous Business talk: Regrets and intentions
8. Used to and would Business talk: be/get used to

Speaking strategies 2 Managing conversations
Test 2: Units 5-8
9. The future 1 (be going to, present continuous)
10. The future 2 (will, shall, the present tense)
11. Future continuous and future perfect Business talk: Using the future continuous to be polite
12. Other ways of talking about the future

Speaking strategies 3 Emphasising and softening
Test 3: Units 9-12
13. Modals 1 (talking about possibility and ability, asking, off ering and giving permission)
14. Modals 2 (making suggestions and giving advice)
15. Modals 3 (saying what people have to do)
16. Modals 4 (speculating and saying how certain you are)

Speaking strategies 4 Simple spoken grammar
Test 4: Units 13-16
17. Conditionals 1 (talking about the present and future)
18. Conditionals 2 (talking about the hypothetical present and past)
19. The passive 1 (forming and using the passive)
20. The passive 2 (modal verbs, two-object verbs, have and get)

Speaking strategies 5 Making your meaning clear and avoiding misunderstandings
Test 5: Units 17-20
21. Questions Business talk: Persuading and giving opinions with negative questions
22. Question tags Business talk: Question tags for checking information
23. Reported speech 1 (statements and instructions)
24. Reported speech 2 (questions) Write for business: Making polite requests in business letters

Speaking strategies 6 Checking information
Test 6: Units 21-24
25. Verbs and objects Business talk: Typical business uses of verbs and objects
26. -ing and infinitives after verbs Write for business: Giving reasons and views
27. Phrasal verbs Business talk: Phrasal verbs with get
28. Prepositions Business talk: Describing change

Speaking strategies 7 Organising what you say and highlighting information
Test 7: Units 25-28
29. Adjectives Write for business: Describing your products and services
30. Adverbs Business talk: Giving your personal perspective
31. Comparisons 1 (comparatives, as - as) Business talk: Modifying comparisons
32. Comparisons 2 (superlatives, comparing with verbs)

Speaking strategies 8 Being an active listener
Test 8: Units 29-32
33. Countability and number Write for business: Checking verbs after singular and plural nouns
34. Articles Write for business: Not using the
35. Quantifiers Write for business: Levels of formality
36. Possessives and reflexive pronouns Write for business: Possessive noun phrases with of

Speaking strategies 9 Vague language 1
Test 9: Units 33-36
37. Relative clauses 1 (who, whose, which, that)
38. Relative clauses 2 (whom, where, when, -ing, -ed)
39. Conjunctions and linking words 1 Write for business: Linking ideas in formal reports
40. Conjunctions and linking words 2 Business talk: Reasons, results and consequences

Speaking strategies 10 Vague language 2
Test 10: Units 37-40
Key
Recording script

Appendix 1: Spelling
Appendix 2: Common prefixes and suffixes
Appendix 3: North American English
Appendix 4: Formal and informal English
Appendix 5: Irregular verbs
Appendix 6: Verb patterns
Appendix 7: Prepositions
Appendix 8: Saying numbers, weights and measures

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