Warm ups (Remember to go over these warm ups several times this week)
Alphabet letters
s q p o I u y t
Dozens Thousands Millions Billions Trillions
Numbers
1,200,000 2,500,000 3,800,000 4,100,000 5,900,000 6,300,000
Thousands
321,000 550,000 789,000 921,000
Complex numbers
13.31 14.51 60.18 16.17 20.86
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.
10AM 3PM 12:30 11:20 10:10 9:15 8:15 7:15 6:30 5:20 Breakfast Lunch Snack Meal Dinner
Format Dates
July 31, 2021 July thirty first twenty twenty one (two thousand twenty one)
August 8, 2022 The eighth of August twenty twenty two (two thousand twenty two)
September 14, 2016 September fourteenth twenty sixteen (two thousand sixteen)
October 7, 2026 The seventh of October twenty twenty sixth (two thousand twenty six)
November 29, 2008 November twenty ninth two thousand eight
December 1, 2007 The first of December two thousand seven
Email Introductions
Dear Sir/Madam / To whom it may concern / Gentlemen / Dear all / Dear Mr. Smith / Dear Jane / Hi Jack / Jack
/Greetings / Hi / How is it going?
Closings
Yours Sincerely / Yours Faithfully / Sincerely / Best Regards / Regards Rgds / Thank You / Thanks Cheers
/ Talk to you soon / Waiting for your response / Great / Appreciated
Subjects
Concerning our meeting / FYI (For Your Information) / Schedule / For info / What is your ETA
(Estimated Time of Arrival) / Follow up / Our meeting / The kick off
Phrasals
To hold: on over to up
To hold on is to wait. Can you hold on?
To hold over is to physically hold over something. She held the light over the document.
To hold to is to keep a commitment. I will hold you to that promise.
To hold up is to detain. We were held up at the airport.
Using
To keep:
To keep on is to keep active. Can you keep the lights on?
To keep up is to not fall behind. Are you keeping up with the work?
To keep with is to keep in your possession. You should keep your passport with you.
To keep at is to not stop. Keep at it.
Using contractions
They’ll arrive soon.
They said we'd done a good job.
It'd been a long day.
We had been on the project that'd lasted a long time.
She says that it’ll be a big contract.
He’d been wondering about the new job.
They said there’ll be some work to do.
There’ll be the whole team at the presentation.
The boss hoped we’d get the contract.
The organizer said there’d be work to do.
That’ll be a fun trip.
The project that’d been planned was completed.
He hoped there’d not been a mistake.
The CEO said he'd be a great manager.
The boss said “That'll be a challenge.”
The client said it’d be a good solution.
Expressions
Off the record
It is not official.
Off the record I want you to know that I support your idea.
Oh, my goodness!
When you are surprised you say ‘oh my goodness’.
Oh my goodness I think I forgot my computer.
On a roll
When you are doing well you are on a roll.
That team is really on a roll. They are producing great results.