Curso de Inglés Avanzado: Gramática

Strategies for success

Conditionals and modals: How to express imaginary ideas with them?

The 4 types of conditionals

Modals: can, can’t, might and more
Modals: must, have to, shall and more
Present and past tenses to speak in other time frames and infinitives to express purpose

Uses of the present

Uses of the past
Uses of infinitives
Express complex ideas simply

Advanced Linking Words

Discourse markers: you know, actually, mind
you and more
Discourse markers: To tell you the truth, you
see and more
Cleft sentences with It and What
Subject verb agreement

Nouns with no plural, no singular and more

Collective nouns, quantities, amounts, and
infinitive nouns
And, either/or, neither/nor and more
Using negative or limiting adverbs to add
emphasis
Inversions

Using second and third conditionals to add

emphasis
Definite articles: a, an, and the

Using Definite article: The

Indefinite articles: a and an
Verb, adverb, and determiner selection

Come vs. go, bring vs. take, and speak vs.

talk
Do vs. make
No vs. not
Phrasal verbs

Work and technology

Travel and hobbies
Health and food
Family/friends and education
Reflection and advice
How to express ideas clearly in the business
atmosphere
Choose a business scenario below and write or record a short response about
how you would react to the context you chose. Whether you choose to write or to
record your answer, you should use the information obtained in this course to
sound like a native English speaker. Focusing on when to use formal or informal
language, using conditionals, modals, and phrasal verbs correctly to sound fluent
and natural.

Choose one of the scenarios given below:

If you would like to, please feel free to complete more than one activity. The more
you practice the better you will become, increasing confidence, fluency, and much
more.

1. You are at a business meeting and your boss has asked you to share your
opinion about the topic at hand. Briefly explain the topic you have chosen,
making sure it applies to your job area or your desired area of employment
and then give your opinion below.
2. You are asked to create a new project/product at work and now your boss
would like you to sell your idea at the next business meeting. Prepare what
you would say at the meeting.
3. There has been a disagreement at work between yourself and another
employee. In order to create a peaceful work environment for everyone, it is
necessary that you speak to your boss about the issue. What would you say
to your boss?
4. A piece of equipment/computer program has stopped working correctly
and is effecting your work. You must speak to your boss about the issue, in
order to continue giving positive results on the job. What would you say to
your boss?
5. Write a project proposal to your boss explaining how to increase
productivity or expressing a concern within the company.
As many of you are coming from different industries, the scenarios are
general so that anyone should be able to answer based on their job field.
Please add any information to your answer that would be necessary to
understand your response.

Example Response:

The response below could be applied to the fifth scenario and is in an email
format, written to my boss proposing a special meeting in order to increase sales
within the company.

Dear John,

Due to the current crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak, many of our
departments and their
sales have been affected and they have shown a drastic decline in their finances.
This critical situation has led us to evaluate other strategies and rethink our
business model as well as to evaluate other possible scenarios and solutions to
keep our revenues profitable.
For this reason, I would like to arrange with you and the rest of the members of our
team a special meeting where we could discuss the impact of this crisis on our
sales. Furthermore, we could talk about possible solutions or strategies, in order to
reduce the impact of this crisis on our business. For example, the implementation of
new deals or promotions, discuss ideas about how we can position our brand,
renovate our marketing strategy or even evaluate the introduction of new products
using our own infrastructure to produce them.
In summary, the idea behind this meeting is to discuss a new business strategy and
look for different sustainable solutions in order to avoid negative consequences.
Could you please let me know when this meeting would be convenient for you? I
look forward to hearing from you promptly.

Sincerely,
Jenna VanderBrook

Now it’s your turn!

Please share your written and/or recorded responses in the comment section
below. If you have decided to produce a short video, upload it to youtube and
share the link in the comment section below 😄

I look forward to seeing what you all come up with soon!