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Ten Days in Manchester
An interactive intermediate business English course featuring Tony Marshall and May Hunter
 
Days:
 
Day 2
 Word play

It's Day 2 and things are getting worse for Tony and May with problems at the conference. Now you can test your English based on the experiences of Tony and May.

Look at the story below. It highlights the problems that Tony and May faced. Complete the story by choosing the correct words to fill the gaps.

Bad Day
Bad Day
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DialogueDialogue
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Good Day
Good Day

 
Checking in at a conference

Choose the correct words from the boxes to complete the story.

Then click on the button 'check answers' to see how well you did.

Tony and May had to (....1....) at the conference. They had to (....2....) for a long time. They weren't very happy with their (....3....).

It was (....4....) from everywhere. It was also in a (....5....) position. Some of their boxes of (....6....) were missing. And some of their boxes were (....7....).

In the end they decided (....8....) their boss.

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To do yourself, or with friends
1. Tony and May are at a conference and exhibition. But what is the usual difference between...

conference
exhibition

2. Which of these would you say if you wanted to fix a problem?

sort it out
deal it out

See possible answers

 


 
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