Main Topic 4: Business Presentations Lesson 29: Making a Report (20-25 minutes) Today, you will: 1. Learn useful vocabulary related to MAKING A REPORT. 2. Review Superlatives. I. VOCABULARY Exercise 1: What s the meaning? (5-6 minutes) A. Choose the meaning of the underlined words from the choices that follow. 1. The secretary will make a report on what the meeting is all about. a. business record b. formal record c. common record d. latest record 2. I have to submit the requirements to the Human Resource Department. a. give b. return c. accept d. take 3. The boss will finalize the schedule of our meeting. a. change b. settle c. cancel d. continue 4. The committee prepared a new outline for the project. a. category b. rule c. plan d. standard Page 1
5. Mary revised the content of her resume. a. created b. removed c. saved d. changed B. Sentence-Making Practice (3-4 minutes) Practice using the words you ve learned in your own sentences. 1. Report 2. Submit 3. Finalize 4. Outline 5. Revise Page 2
Exercise 2: What s the word? (4-5 minutes) Read the following dialog with your tutor and try to use context clues to fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word. You can find the missing word from the pool of words at the bottom. Mr. Ford, the manager of Fast Motors, is talking to his secretary Ms. Grace about the meeting they will conduct for the week. Mr. Ford: Good morning Ms. Grace! Ms. Grace: Good Morning Mr. Ford! Mr. Ford: I need to talk to you because our chief accountant told me that the budget for our new project has been. We will be able to start the project next month. Ms. Grace: That s great news sir! Mr. Ford: I understand that we have a lot of things to do but I really need to call for a special meeting. Please check as to when we can schedule the meeting. Ms. Grace: I will sir (looks at the calendar of activities) We can have a meeting on Friday. Mr. Ford: Great! I will you to inform the staff about our next meeting. Ms. Grace: Yes, sir. I will also the documents for our meeting. Mr. Ford: That s good, I ll see you then! Thank you. Ms. Grace: You re welcome sir. Choices: a. denied b. prepare c. assign d. approved Page 3
II. GRAMMAR REVIEW: General Description: Topic: Superlatives (5-6 minutes) A Superlative is the greatest form of an adjective or adverb. It indicates that something has a feature that is of the greatest degree than anything else it is being compared to. Adjectives and Adverbs are usually added with st or est to form its superlative. Remember: Not all words share the same formula to change them to their superlative forms. Examples: Adjective Only one syllable, ending in E. Examples: wise, fine, large -Only one syllable and with one vowel and one consonant at the end. Examples: fat, sad, big Two syllables, ending in Y. Examples: happy, busy, easy Two syllables or more, not ending in Y. Examples: careful, interesting, pleasant Superlative Form Add -st: wisest, finest, largest Double the consonant, and add -est: fattest, saddest, biggest Change y to i, then add-est: happiest, busiest, easiest Use most before the adjective: most careful, most interesting, most pleasant Adverb Two or more syllables ending in ly Example: frequently, certainly Superlative Form Use most before the adverb: most frequently, most certainly Comprehension Check: What letter should you add to create the superlative form of the words below? Intelligently Late Page 4
Exercise 1: Incomplete Sentences (3-4 minutes) Choose the word or phrase that would best complete the following sentences. 1. The new staff is the to submit the report. a. slowest b. most slow c. slower d. slowly 2. My boss has the salary in our office. a. most big b. bigger than c. more big d. biggest 3. Mr. Harry attends the meeting. a. regular b. regularly c. more regular d. most regularly Page 5