EXAMPLE (SEMI-FORMAL).

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Exercise 26. Imagine that you're a production manager holding a meeting of your team the day before shooting. Using Present Perfect Passive ask your team members if everything is ready for shooting.

Complete the text with the verbs in brackets, putting them in the correct passive form and retell the text.

I'll never forget my first day at that office. I ……(to tell) to arrive at 8.00, but when I got there the whole place seemed to be empty. I didn't know what to do, because I ….. (to give) no information about the building or where I was going to work., so I just waited until some of the secretaries began to turn up. Finally I … (to show) to a dirty little office on the fifth floor, where I …. (to give) a desk in the corner. Nothing happened for an hour; then I (to give) some letters to type on a computer by one of senior secretaries. This wasn't very successful, because I … (to teach) how to use the computer. In the letter I … (to send) when I … (to offer) the job, I …. (to promise) computer training, but they had obviously forgotten about this. By lunchtime things hadn't got any better, and I decided that I … (to pay) enough to put up with this nonsense, so I walked out and didn't go back.

Example: to inform everyone involved about the time and place of shooting. – Has everyone been informed about the time and place of shooting?

· to prepare the set.

· to deliver the props.

· to place the furniture.

· to inform actors about their call time.

· to check the equipment.

· to order lunchboxes.

· to provide tea and coffee making facilities.

· to rent a storage room for the equipment and costumes

· to hire wardrobe masters.

· to iron costumes.

· to equip make-up and changing rooms.

· to confirm the hotel reservations for the guest stars.

· to arrange and prepay transfer services.

Exercise 27. Familiarize yourself with email clichés given below.

EMAILS

Many people enjoy sending and receiving e-mails, especially if they share a common interest.
E-mails are usually written in a less formal style than letters. It is common to start an e-mail with the name of the person you are writing to, without starting with the word "Dear". The following are examples of some appropriate ways to start and end an e-mail:

(1) Writing to your partner / husband / wife
Start: Use the person's first name or nickname
Ending: "Take care", or "Love", or "Thinking of you"
Signature: Your first name, or nickname

(2) Writing to a friend
Start: Use the person's first name
Ending: "Best wishes", or "Yours", or "Take care"
Signature: Your first name

(3) Writing to someone in your own company
Start: Use the person's first name (in a few companies you might need to be more formal, but this is rare in the UK)
Ending: "Regards", or "Best wishes"
Signature: Your first name and last name, and below this your job title and department, and phone number (or extension)

(4) Writing to someone in another organization or someone in a formal position of responsibility
Start: Use the person's title (eg: Mr, Mrs, Ms, Dr) and surname (eg: Dr Smith), or just "Sir/Madam" if you don't know the name
Ending: "Regards"
Signature: Your first name and last name (you might add your title after this in brackets if you want to make it clear if you are a man or woman). Below this your job title (if appropriate) and contact details (you may want to include your telephone number or address).

TO… james.scarfield@tmb.de

FROM alison.mcdermont@hasbro.com

CC (Copy to)

BCC (Blind copy to )

SUBJECT Meeting in Berlin

Dear James,

You may remember we met at the Learntech fair in Kuala Lumpur last fall. You were interested in our company's automation equipment. I am visiting Berlin at the end of next month and would like to visit you if you are around. I'll be there from 27 to 31 March.

Let me know if you have time.

Regards,

Alison.

Alison McDemont

Product Manager

Has Bro Equipment Inc

Box 28

Chicago

e-mail: alison.mcdermont@hasbro.com