Present Simple and Continuous – Business Result Pre-Int Unit 2
Choose the telephoning situations which are most realistic for you (in English or in your own language) and roleplay them with your partner.
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Phone a client and tell them that you won’t be able to finish the project by the deadline
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Phone a client to discuss changing the budget for a project
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Take a call from a supplier who wants to inform you about new materials
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Phone to check the progress of a project and what stage they are at now.
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You are a journalist for an architecture magazine. Phone a famous architect and ask interview questions about their daily routine and present projects.
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Pretend you are a client phoning an architect to ask them to make some changes to a design.
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Someone keeps phoning to speak to the chief architect at your firm. Give them different reasons each time why he is too busy to speak to them.
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Useful language
Examples of buildings you could talk about:
(Detached/ Semi-detached/ Terraced) house/ Bungalow/ Hotel/ B&B/ Care home/ Hospital/ Clinic/ (High rise) block of flats/ Office building/ Community centre/ Old people’s home/ Shopping centre/ Department store/ Sports centre/ Gym/ Market/ Warehouse/ Factory/ Plant
Examples of stages:
Planning permission/ Safety inspection/ Ribbon cutting (ceremony)/ Laying the foundation stone/ Concept/ Public meeting/ Plastering/ Laying foundations/ Demolishing previous building/ Scaffolding/ Plumbing/ Wiring/ Fittings/ Flooring (= linoleum, carpet etc)/ Finishing touches/ Columns/ Internal walls/ Roof/ Windows/ Facing/ Bidding/ Architectural competition/ Design/ Consultation/ Sketch/ Model/ Computer modelling/ (Final) go ahead/ Estimate/ Blueprint/ Survey/ Landscaping
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PDF for easy saving and printing: Telephoning_roleplays_for_architects
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Teaching Telephoning: Interactive Classroom Activities
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