Market Leader Pre-Intermediate Unit 3
Politeness competition- Negotiations/ Requests/ Complaints/ Problems
With your partner(s), take turns trying to say the following things as politely as possible. You can repeat what your partner says as long as you add something to make it more polite. You can try as many times as you like. The person with the most polite final version gets 1 point. (Hint: Longer sentences are often politer)
Give me that pen
I want a cup of tea
Sit down
That’s impossible
That’s too expensive
That’s completely wrong
We are losing lots of money
We need to sack lots of people
The factory is too small
Our competitors are much stronger than us
Profits are falling
Costs are far too high
Nobody knows about our products
Our products are old fashioned
Sales growth has slowed
The staff are depressed
Check the case study (Market Leader Pre-Int Old Edition Unit 3) for any of the problems above. Tell your partner what the problems are as politely as you can.
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