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Business Result Pre-Intermediate Unit 15 Roleplays

The document outlines various roleplay scenarios for practicing conversational skills in a business context, emphasizing the importance of expressing gratitude. Situations include receiving help with tasks, social interactions with colleagues and suppliers, and handling workplace challenges. Additionally, it suggests ways to sound sympathetic when discussing common work-related complaints.

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Business Result Pre-Intermediate Unit 15 Roleplays

The document outlines various roleplay scenarios for practicing conversational skills in a business context, emphasizing the importance of expressing gratitude. Situations include receiving help with tasks, social interactions with colleagues and suppliers, and handling workplace challenges. Additionally, it suggests ways to sound sympathetic when discussing common work-related complaints.

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Business Result Pre-Intermediate Unit 15 roleplays

Roleplay the following situations with at least four lines per conversation, paying
attention to how and how often you say thank you.
 Someone has helped you carry a heavy box to your office.
 You’ve spent the weekend on your boss’s yacht.
 A colleague has helped you write a report.
 An ex-colleague invites you to a restaurant and pays the bill
 You are finishing your annual appraisal with your boss
 A colleague is showing you how to use a computer program
 A supplier sent you a birthday message. This is the first time since then that
you’ve spoken
 Buy two or three things in a newsagent’s (e.g. cigarettes, a magazine and
some chewing gum)
 A supplier has come to your office for a meeting. Roleplay the start of the
meeting.
 Phone reception and ask to speak to someone. They are not there.
 You took sick leave on Friday. You are arriving at the office on Monday
morning.

How could you sound sympathetic in the last roleplay above?

What would you say to a colleague or friend who complained about these
things?
 Doing too much overtime
 Feeling guilty about taking time off
 Stress
 Not getting enough training
 A strict deadline

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