Intelligent Business Pre-Intermediate Coursebook Unit 11 Grammar Auction

Working together in teams, try and correct the sentences below (each sentence has one mistake)

1. A fact is, it’s company policy.
2. He has a criminal conviction, because we can’t offer him insurance.
3. I understand your point, and he was convicted 20 years ago.
4. On another hand, we don’t know that he hasn’t done anything wrong.
5. Yes, but it’s even more possible that he’s now an honest person.
6. Surely the most main point is that he has been dishonest.
7. That’s right- you have to consider the risk. In the case, the risk is too great.

With the money your teacher gives you, bid for sentences that you think you can correct. The team with the highest bid gets the chance to correct the sentence. If they are correct, the teacher will double the money they bid. If they are wrong, they will lose the whole bid. At the end of the game, the team with the most money is the winner.

What do you think the people speaking above are talking about. Read or listen to Unit 11 Listening 2 Page 99 (Audioscript pg 172) to check.

Discuss the same situation together

Discuss what you should do in these situations, using the same kinds of language:

1. Your neighbour ordered some pizza but it is delivered to your address by mistake.
2. Your friend bought you an expensive present and you know yours was much cheaper
3. A shop assistant gives you change for a 50 Euro note when you only gave a 20 Euro note
4. You find a 100 Euro note in the changing room of a swimming pool
5. A company sent you 24 bottles of wine rather than 12 by mistake without charging you extra
6. What you think were 200 Euros of personal possessions were stolen from your apartment and the insurance company asks you how much you want to claim