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Website: www.englas.pl/sks/sks.html Language clinic notes Preliminary test and weekly quizzes Language resources and other ideas ...... Materials used for today’s lesson: Business English Handbook Advanced – P. Emmerson ISBN: 978-1-4050-8605-9 Financial English – Ian Mackenzie
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Website: www.englas.pl/sks/sks.html Language clinic notes Preliminary test and weekly quizzes Language resources and other ideas ...... Materials used for today’s lesson: Business English Handbook Advanced – P. Emmerson ISBN: 978-1-4050-8605-9 Financial English – Ian Mackenzie ISBN: 978-1-89939-600-9
Graph vocab 101 - 1: What do you call the following?: pie column line bar doughnut table scatter
Graph vocab 101 - 2: What do you call the following?: dashed line curve dotted line solid line segment shaded area
From last weeks lesson: Which words would go with the following graph: Improve strengthen slip back drop Increase climb rise recover deteriorate shrink plummet grow jump collapse weaken expand soar Decrease rocket fall
From last weeks lesson: Which words would go with the following graph: Improve rise soar grow strengthen rocket Increase jump expand climb recover drop plummet slip back collapse fall deteriorate decrease weaken shrink
Rough figures: A great deal more than roughly well over Far less than 250% Just over way over 120% around Somewhat more than Nowhere near • Slightly more than 100% 90% almost Just short of about 40% nearly
Tenses and graphs: Which of the following tenses refer to the following actions on a graph • Action in progress (present) • Action in progress (past) • Linking present to past • Linking past to earlier in past • Action in progress up to now • Action in progress up to a point in the past Pres. perfect Past perfect Past continuous Past perfect continuous Pres. perfect continuous Pres. continuous
Tenses and graphs: Which of the following tenses refer to the following actions on a graph Pres. continuous – cost are rising • Action in progress (present) • Action in progress (past) • Linking present to past • Linking past to earlier in past • Action in progress up to now • Action in progress up to a point in the past Past continuous – cost were rising Pres. perfect – cost have risen by .. Past perfect – costs had risen but .. Pres. perf. cont – costs have been rising Past. perf. cont – costs had been rising when ...
Idiomatic language: Shares eased slightly The shares went through the floor The shares rallied at the end of the day The shares rocketed after ... The dollar slumped against the euro The price of gold leapt to ..... Shares took a tumble in heavy late trading after a difficult day, the shares rebounded SK&S’ shares advanced a little to ... The shares held steady at
Idiomatic language: The shares held steady at The shares rocketed after ... The price of gold leapt to ..... after a difficult day, the shares rebounded The shares rallied at the end of the day SK&S’ shares advanced a little to ... Shares eased slightly The dollar slumped against the euro The shares went through the floor Shares took a tumble in heavy late trading