Tip Top Trading - Meetings and Dealing with Customers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/englishatwork/

Episodes 20 (Team Meeting) and 32 (The deal is off)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/englishatwork/2012/06/120626_english_at_work_20_story.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/englishatwork/2012/09/120919_english_at_work_32_story.shtml

Both, neither, either - AF

Here are some rules to remember when using both, neither or either.

Both = this AND that
Either = this OR that
Neither = NOT this and NOT that

Both is used with 'and'
"Emma and Megan both went to the party."  

Either is used with 'or'
"Do you want either chocolate or crisps?" 

We often use neither with 'nor', although this is quite formal.
"Neither Caroline nor Marguerite worked for the company during the world cup."  

Be careful not to use neither with another negative.
"I don’t want neither chocolate nor crisps." WRONG.
We cannot have a double negative! 

How to agree and disagree:

 ME NEITHER

To give my point of view ("yo tampoco"):

“I don’t know.” “Me neither.”
“I can’t see it.” “Me neither.”
“I wouldn’t buy that refrigerator.” “Me neither.”

 To give someone else's opinion ("ella tampoco", "ellos tampoco", "nosotros tampoco"), you need to use the same auxiliary verb in the answer.

“I don’t know.” “Neither she./She neither.”WRONG –> “Neither does she./She doesn’t either.”

“I can’t see it.” “Neither can they./They can’t either.”

“I wouldn’t buy that refrigerator.” “Neither would we./We wouldn’t either.”

 It is also possible to say:

“I don’t know.” “Neither do I./I don’t either./Me neither.”

Other examples:

A: Did you see the game?
B: No, I didn’t.
A: Neither did we.


A: You shouldn’t smoke.
B: Neither should you!


A: I wasn’t there.
B: They weren’t either.

ACTIVITIES:

http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/vocabulary/3v19-both-either.php

https://www.usingenglish.com/quizzes/68.html

http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/how-agree-or-disagree

GRAMMAR EXPLANATION:

http://www.hablamejoringles.com/ese-tampoco-es-el-problema/

Happy Valentine's day

Valentine's Day is one of the most famous holidays in the world. It falls on February the 14th and is celebrated across the world. It is the traditional day for lovers to express their love to each other. They do this by sending Valentine’s cards with romantic messages.

Useful Phrases

You're simply beautiful.

You're just adorable.

You're the most beautiful girl under the sun.

I have butterflies in my tummy.

I'm head over heels in love.

Babe, you're my number one.

You've got me hooked.

I'm totally nuts about you.

I'm absolutely crazy about you.

I've a major crush on you.

I think we are made for each other.

I can't resist your charms.

You keep me awake at nights.

My heart is in your hands.

I'm under your spell.

I will always love you.

55 ways to say "I love you"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4250000/newsid_4258100/4258133.stm

I'm singing in the rain

Listening activities - Jobs

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice/work 

Bimba Bose - What a sad loss!!

Health problems

 

 

Dealing with customer's complaints

http://esol.britishcouncil.org/content/teachers/teaching-english-work/cleaners/supervising-customer-complaints

Telephone conversations

TELEPHONE ENGLISH

https://www.englishclub.com/speaking/telephone.htm

Complete the following dialogues

https://www.englishclub.com/speaking/telephone_practice1-appointments.htm
https://www.englishclub.com/speaking/telephone_practice2-messages.htm
https://www.englishclub.com/speaking/telephone_practice3-ordering.htm

Telephone quizz

https://www.englishclub.com/speaking/telephone_quiz.htm

Telephone language

https://www.englishclub.com/speaking/telephone_language.htm

English Phonetic Spelling Alphabet

https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/english-phonetic-spelling.htm

Telephone: connecting

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/business/talkingbusiness/unit1telephone/1connecting.shtml

MORE VOCABULARY
http://www.learningchocolate.com

Speak English naturally - Very useful

Train your brain to think in English. 

If you achieve this goal, you will not be translating from Spanish, you will be able to speak in English!!!!

Mind the gap - a really touching commercial

https://vimeo.com/103459634

Clothes - vocabulary and listening activity

http://www.agendaweb.org/vocabulary/clothes-exercises.html
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/elc/studyzone/200/vocab/cloth1.htm
http://www.learningchocolate.com/content/clothing-2

LISTENING ACTIVITY
http://www.esl-lab.com/clothing/clothingrd1.htm
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice/shopping-clothes

Jobs - Vocabulary and listening activities

http://www.learnenglish.de/vocabulary/jobs.html

Listening activities

http://www.123listening.com/people1.php

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening-skills-practice/work

http://www.esl-lab.com/eslbasic/jobhunting-2.htm

Friday, the 13th

SUPERSTITIONS???

How to build the future

FUTURE SIMPLE - WILL:

http://www.better-english.com/grammar/will1.htm

http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/single/future4.htm

http://www.englishgrammarsecrets.com/willotheruses/exercise4.swf

GOING TO :

http://www.agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/going-to-match
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/goingtofuture/exercise1.swf
http://www.english-grammar-lessons.com/goingtofuture/exercise5.swf

PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

The present continuous is used to talk about arrangements for events at a time later than now. There is a suggestion that more than one person is aware of the event, and that some preparation has already happened. e.g.

• I'm meeting Jim at the airport = Jim and I have discussed this.
• I am leaving tomorrow. = I've already bought my train ticket.
• We're having a staff meeting next Monday = all members of staff have been told about it.

BE CAREFUL! The simple present is used when a future event is part of a programme or time-table.

Notice the difference between:

a. We're having a staff meeting next Monday = just that once
b. We have a staff meeting every Monday

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4291
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-practice/present-continuous-future-arrangements 

Xestión Administrativa - Week (9th - 13th January)

HOW TO FORM COMPARATIVE:

ONE-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES
Form the comparative and superlative forms of a one-syllable adjective by adding –er for the comparative form and –est for the superlative.

One-Syllable Adjective	Comparative Form	Superlative Form
tall	taller	tallest
old	older	oldest
long	longer	longest

 If the one-syllable adjective ends with an e, just add –r for the comparative form and –st for the superlative form.

One-Syllable Adjective with Final -e	Comparative Form	Superlative Form
large	larger	largest
wise	wiser	wisest

If the one-syllable adjective ends with a single consonant with a vowel before it, double the consonant and add –er for the comparative form; and double the consonant and add –est for the superlative form.

One-Syllable Adjective Ending with a Single Consonant with a Single Vowel before It	Comparative Form	Superlative Form
big	bigger	biggest
thin	thinner	thinnest
fat	fatter	fattest

TWO-SYLLABLE ADJECTIVES

With most two-syllable adjectives, you form the comparative with more and the superlative with most.

Two-Syllable Adjective	Comparative Form	Superlative Form
peaceful	more peaceful	most peaceful
pleasant	more pleasant	most pleasant
careful	more careful	most careful
thoughtful	more thoughtful	most thoughtful

If the two-syllable adjectives ends with –y, change the y to i and add –er for the comparative form. For the superlative form change the y to i and add –est.

Two-Syllable Adjective Ending with -y	Comparative Form	Superlative Form
happy	happier	happiest
angry	angrier	angriest
busy	busier	busiest

Two-syllable adjectives ending in  -le, or –ow take –er and –est to form the comparative and superlative forms.

Two-Syllable Adjective Ending with -le, or -ow	Comparative Form	Superlative Form
narrow	narrower	narrowest
gentle	gentler	gentlest

ADJECTIVES WITH THREE OR MORE SYLLABLES

For adjectives with three syllables or more, you form the comparative with more and the superlative with most.

Adjective with Three or More Syllables	Comparative Form	Superlative Form
generous	more generous	most generous
important	more important	most important
intelligent	more intelligent	most intelligent

EXCEPTIONS

Irregular adjectives.

Irregular Adjective	Comparative Form	Superlative Form
good	better	best
bad	worse	worst
far	farther	farthest
little	less	least
many	more	most

COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE:



http://www.agendaweb.org/exercises/grammar/comparison/comparison-multiple-1
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/comp2.htm

http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/adjectives_adverbs/adjective_comparison.htm


COMPARATIVE

http://first-english.org/english_learning/english_year_2/as_as_than/30_than_english_exercises.htm
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2070
http://www.better-english.com/grammar/comparatives.htm

Be careful!

With adverbs ending in -ly, you must use more to form the comparative, and most to form the superlative.

Adverb	Comparative	Superlative
quietly	more quietly	most quietly
slowly	more slowly	most slowly
seriously	more seriously	most seriously

Resolutions for 2017

Books for 2017

The street lawyer ( John Grisham)

Michael Brock is a successful lawyer in Washington DC, but one day a homeless old man walks into the office armed. The old man is shot by the police and Michael soon realizes that his law firm, Drake & Sweeney, had made the old man homeless. With his marriage breaking up, Michael decides that he can no longer work for the law firm...TO BE CONTINUED

Three men in a boat (Jerome K. Jerome)

What can possibly happen to three friends and their dog when they take a peaceful boat trip on the River Thames? Well, just about anything! They have incredibly funny adventures as they visit historic sites on the beautiful Thames.

The Ransom of Red Chief and other stories (O. Henry)

The Ransom of Red Chief is a wonderfully funny and ironic story about two inexperienced kidnappers and their unusual "victim", with a great surprise ending.
O. Henry's unique talent enabled him to create a world full of ordinary people who did extraordinary things.