1. Expressions describing change.

A photo of a calendar on a mobile phone.

Choose the correct option. Is each event delayed or cancelled?

2. Describing the reason for a change.

Look at these different ways of describing the reason for a change.

The conference has been cancelled due to
owing to
because of
given
as a result of 		a lack of interest.

Match the beginning of the sentences to the end.

3. Announcements.

A photo of a loudspeaker in an airport.

Listen to these announcements. Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

4. Describing changes.

The following constructions are used to describe changes:
Instead of …
no longer
I need to change … from ….. to …..
rather than

Look carefully at these examples:
Instead of travelling by car, I will be travelling by train.
I will no longer be travelling by car but will be travelling by train.
I need to change the travel arrangements from by car to by train.
Rather than travelling by car, I will be travelling by train.

Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

5. Describing changes.

Rewrite the following sentences using the word in brackets.

6. A phone message.

Listen to this phone message about an invitation to give a talk at a conference. Fill in the missing information.

Conference Programme
Annual "Tourism of the Future" Talks

7. A series of memos.

Now read this correspondence and put the memos in the correct order.

8. A summary of the situation.

A photo taken from the window of a flying plane, looking over the wing.

Refer to the situation described in exercises 6 and 7. Are the following statements true or false?

9. Writing Tutorial 1.

Write an email to Susie about your talk at the conference and about the change in your hotel booking. Include the following points:

  • Explain the problem with the flights and ask her to change the hotel reservation and the day of your talk.
  • Give her a title for the talk and a brief description of what it will be about.
  • Ask about the best way to get from the airport to the conference centre.
  • Ask her to send you confirmation of the changes.

Write between 120 and 150 words. Include at least three of these expressions:
due to
owing to
because of
given
as a result of
instead of
no longer
I need to change ... from ... to ....
rather than