Warm ups (Remember to go over these warm ups several times this week)
Alphabet letters
r e z a n b v c
Numbers
Dozens Thousands Millions Billions Trillions
Big 1,000,900 2,000,800 3,000,700 4,000,600 5,000,500 6,000,400 7,000,300 8,000,200 9,000, 100
Hundreds
269 922 885 632 982 365 589 562
Say number differently
Seventy six hundred 7,600
5,800 6,100 8,200 4,300 3,500 9,300 2,600
Time
Reminder: a quarter past, a quarter after, a quarter to, half past.
You also say nine oh five (9:05) and two minutes to eight (7:58) and ten past or ten after two (2:10).
Remember AM is for morning and PM afternoon. You only use them when necessary.
8AM 7PM 1:20 2:55 3:05 4:21 5:35 6:49 7:22 8:06 Later in the day, Earlier, A while ago
Currency(remember thousands is singular because it is an adjective) $1,269,000 €3,563,000 £6,236,000
$8,256,000 €7,987,000 £9,856,000
Format Dates
January 21, 2009 January twenty first two thousand nine
February 5, 2010 The fifth of February twenty ten (two thousand ten)
March 13, 2019 March thirteenth twenty nineteen (two thousand nineteen)
April 19, 2020 The nineteenth of April twenty twenty (two thousand twenty)
May 21, 2030 May twenty first twenty thirty (two thousand thirty)
June 30, 2015 The thirtieth of June twenty fifteen (two thousand fifteen)
Remember
121st 322d 923d 516th.
Email
Introductions (formal to informal):Dear Sir / Dear Mr. Smith / Dear Jack / Greetings / Hello / Hi / John / Thanks
Jack / What’s up?
Closings (formal to informal):
Yours Sincerely / Yours Faithfully / Sincerely / Best Regards / Regards (Rgds) /
Thank You/ Thanks / Cheers / Talk to you soon / What do you think? / Waiting for your response (answer) / Great
/ Appreciated
Subjects:
Concerning our meeting / For Your Information (FYI) / For Your Action / Schedule / For Info / Feedback
/ Follow up / Our meeting / The kick off
Phrasals To check:
To check in is to enter like a hotel. What time do you check in?
To check out also means to leave. Have you checked out of the hotel yet?
To check out is to see or to experience. Have you checked out the trade show?
To check up is to verify. Did you get a check up?
To check on is to supervise. She checked on the team.
Using Conditional 2
If I were him, I would try.
If the profits were most important, we would have to work harder.
If the clients were happy, we would grow.
If he were to visit London would you go?
You would get the position if you looked.
If we had enough money, we would finish.
They would try if they had the right team.
I'd see New York if I could.
If you did not see the client you'd have problems.
If the team didn't like the project they would say so.
Jack would call if he knew.
Would you try to resolve the problem if you had to?
If he wanted the raise, he would have to ask.
We'd begin, if we could.
You'd not really be unhappy if you took the new job.
I would make a mint if I had the job.
If we tried harder we would get the contract.
Expressions
Make a mint
If you make a lot of money you are making a mint.
We made a mint on the stock exchange.
Make ends meet
If somebody makes ends meet, they are spending as much as they are earning.
She decided to make ends meet so she started to cut costs.
Mickey Mouse
It is Mickey Mouse if it is easy.
That is a Mickey Mouse job. It is very easy.