Business Result Pre-Intermediate Unit 6
Choose a line below, make as many comparisons as you can, see if your partner can add or disagrees with anything, discuss for longer if you like, then take turns doing the same with other topics below.
- Business meetings in your country/ Business meetings in another country
- PowerPoint presentations in your country/ PowerPoint presentations in another country
- Advertising in your country/ Advertising in another country
- Emails in your language/ Emails in English
- Polite language in your language/ Polite language in English
- Working for a foreign company in your country/ Working for a domestic company
- Working in a large company/ Working in a small or medium-sized company
- Being a middle manager/ Being an executive
- Being an employee/ Being self-employed
- Being a casual worker, freelancer or temp/ Having a permanent contract or job for life
- Teleconferences/ Video conferences
- Being sacked (= being fired)/ Being made redundant (= being downsized)
- Pay/ Perks
- Demotion/ Losing your job
- PA/ Secretary
- Civil servant/ Office worker in the private sector
- The HR department/ The R&D Department
Tell the class a comparison you agreed on and see what they think.
What language could you use to show that your comparison is an opinion, e.g. in the sentence
“… being freelance is more stressful than having a permanent job”
Brainstorm phrases for giving opinions, asking for opinions, agreeing and disagreeing using the words in the box.
| think |
| agree |
| feel |
Listen to tapescript 32 and see if you can add any more language to the boxes above.
Try to use the opinions language as you do the same comparing task in groups.
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Business comparative and superlative page
