Ex. 2. Address the following people, adding an opening sentence to your greeting address.
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Ex. 1. Choose the best words to address people to the following situations.
| – Do you understand the question,... Smith? a Sir b Madam ñ Miss – Yes, I do, my ... . a master b lord ñ majesty | |
| – Excuse me,..., can I see your driving licence? a Mr b sir c mate – I'm sorry, ..., I didn't seem to have it on me. a sir b policeman ñ constable | |
| – ...! Can I have a menu, please? a Sir b Mister ñ Waiter – Here you are, ... . a madam b Ms ñ Mrs |
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| You address your groupmate. You say: aHellen, could you…? b Miss Tompson, could you…? c Could you…? | |
| You address your lecturer Dr. Ivanov. You say: a Mr. Ivanov, may I ask…? b Dr. Ivanov, may I ask…? c Professor, may I ask…? | |
| When someone says How do you do? you reply: a How do you do? b Very well, thank you. ñ The same to you. |
1. Rector; your English teacher; students.
2. An audience of mixed people (of different status, age, sex) at the British-Belarusian Friendship Society, stating the purpose of your visit.
3. An audience of professors and students at a University College where you have arrived on an exchange scheme.
4. A traffic policeman, asking him for direction.
5. A girl-friend, inviting her to the concert.
Ex. 3. There is a range of responses to the question: "How are you doing?". The answers may vary from the very positive (+) to neutral (0) and very negative (-). Place the words in the correct position on the scale.
(0)
(+) . . . . . . . . . . . . (–)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Great! Not bad. Pretty bad! Fine. Okay. Rotten. Fantastic! All right. Like a million dollars! Awful! Couldn't be worse! Out of this world!
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