Warm ups (Remember to go over these warm ups several times this week)
Alphabet letters
m l k j h g d ? ! / - _ @
Numbers
Hundreds
236 569 875 426 135 354 999 821 562
Thousands
89,000 113,000 199,000 256,000
Thousands
5,200 3,400 1,600 9,800 7,200 8,400 6,600
Complex numbers
Special 2.3 3.5 6.8 9.7 8.4
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 1PM 1:15 2:15 3:30 4:30 5:45 6:45 7:45 8:10 9:20 Noon Afternoon Morning Evening Night
Currency
$25.22 €13.36 £14.56 $15.96 €88.66 £25.
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)
Phone
Answering the phone
Hello this is Jack Smith
Jack Smith here
Good morning
Good afternoon
Good evening
Hello
Hi
Pronunciation
Obvious It is obvious.
Debt I have some debt.
It'll It’ll be ready.
Suit I am wearing a suit.
Suite I have a hotel suite reserved.
Skeptical She is very skeptical.
Schedule What is on your schedule today?
Guarantee They offer a guarantee.
Phrasal verbs: To get
To get at is to bother. She was getting at him. To get away with is to succeed and not being caught. The new employee was getting away with it. To get to someone is to communicate. She was getting to him. To get into is to enter. They were getting into trouble. To get on is to proceed. We got on with the project. To get together is to unite. We got together last week. To get through is to get past. The team got through the difficult time. To get with it means to do better. Come on, get with it.
To get with it means to do better. Come on, get with it.
Using
I go on a lot of business trips. Yes you do.
The manager won’t change the timetable. No he won’t.
You think the project was fun, but I don’t.
They thought the holiday was worth it but I didn’t.
They get up early, but I don’t.
You will visit the client later this week. Of course I will.
He isn’t in today. Yes he is.
She did get a new project. Oh yes she did.
It won’t be a problem. No it won’t.
The department has nice offices. Yes it does.
Alan doesn’t work on the weekends. Yes he does.
Alex doesn’t always eat lunch. Yes he does.
The team won’t get the project. No it won’t.
We did not do a good job. No you didn’t.
You think I am faster, but I don’t.
You think we will get the contract, but will we?
The employee is doing a great project. Yes she is.
Expressions
Cold feet
If you no longer want to do something (usually significant) you get cold feet.
I wanted to start a company. I got cold feet and decided to wait.
Crack of dawn
First thing in the morning.
We are leaving early tomorrow. We leave at the crack of dawn.
Odds and ends
Insignificant and random things are odds and ends.
The sale was over. There were just odds and ends left over.