1. Review.

People in a business meeting, smiling and shaking hands.

Put the sentences in order to complete a short negotiation between two parties.

2. Different functions.

Now match the different expressions with their function.

3. Making suggestions.

Put the expressions in the correct column; Suggestion or No suggestion.

4. Making suggestions.

Choosing the best option to complete each suggestion.

5. Stating conditions.

People discussing something in a business meeting.

Read this dialogue and drag ways of expressing conditions into the box.

Note:
as long as = so long as
provided that = providing that

6. Stating conditions.

The following expressions were used to state conditions in the previous exercise.

as long as
on condition that
on one condition
only if
provided that
unless


Use the word in brackets to complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence.

7. Stating conditions.

Can you remember? Type in the missing words to complete the dialogue from exercise 5. Type one word in each gap.

Now, listen to the dialogue to check.

8. Agreeing and rejecting.

Put these expressions into two categories.

9. Agreeing and rejecting.

Now, classify the same expressions from the last exercise as formal or informal.

10. Writing Tutorial 2.

Imagine that you are involved in a negotiation related to your work. Briefly describe what is being negotiated. Then write a short dialogue that involves the following stages:

  1. One person makes a suggestion.
  2. The other person rejects the suggestion.
  3. The first person makes a new suggestion.
  4. The second person agrees to the suggestion, but on a condition.
  5. The first person agrees with the condition.

Remember to use expressions that you have studied in this section.