TOEIC INTERMEDIATE (Vocabulary and Grammar) Lesson 44: BUSINESS LUNCHES (20-25 minutes)

Goals: 1. Learn how to use business terms related to business lunches. 2. Learn about the compound-complex sentences.

WARM-UP EXERCISE: Picture Description (1-2 minutes)

Direction: Describe the picture shown below. Use the words at the bottom in formulating your description.

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TOEIC INTERMEDIATE (Vocabulary and Grammar) I. VOCABULARY Exercise 1: Pick the meaning! (5 minutes) Choose the meaning of the underlined words from the choices below each number. Use the words in your own sentences.
1. When you're planning a business lunch, consider what kind of impression you want to make on your guests. a. b. c. d. stamp impact seal mark

2. Make sure that everyone is dressed appropriately for the restaurant. a. b. c. d. purposely formally gorgeously properly

3. Are you having a business lunch with the high-end client? a. b. c. d. high standard demanding professional rich

4. If you and your coworkers are taking your boss out to lunch, this is the time to splurge. a. b. c. d. spend less money celebrate spend more money impress

5. One way to impress them is to invite them to your house and have the food catered. a. b. c. d.
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satisfied and comforted delicious well done provided and served

TOEIC INTERMEDIATE (Vocabulary and Grammar)

Exercise 2: Guess the word! (5-6 minutes) Read the business lunch etiquette below and choose the word in the box that best completes the sentence.
service waiter greet restaurant tip order

Business Lunch Etiquette

Proper restaurant social skills in a business setting are a little different from when you are out dining with your family. For example, it is okay to ask for a discount on bad service when you are with your family, but not when you are with a business associate. If you are meeting someone at a _________ arrive at least five minutes early. Be sure to _________ them with a friendly business handshake. Ordering Etiquette Never _________ for your business associate. If they ask for help ordering or seem uncomfortably indecisive you can recommend something you may have previously tried or ask the waiter to help with a suggestion. When the __________ arrives at the table defer to your associate and let them order first. Tipping In a business setting, tipping is not optional. Consider tipping mandatory when it comes to business entertaining expenses. Even if __________ is substandard still leave at least some tip. When entertaining a business client it is important to ______ an amount appropriate to the level and type of service. Tipping too much without merit is an insincere gesture that is not likely to impress your client. Over tipping is an emotional decision to a business transaction. In a private setting that is fine; in a business setting all your meal transactions should reflect business.
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TOEIC INTERMEDIATE (Vocabulary and Grammar)

II. GRAMMAR REVIEW: (5-6 minutes) Topic: COMPOUND COMPLEX SENTENCE

A compound-complex sentence is a combination of the three forms. It consists of two or more independent clauses of equal rank, and one or more subordinate clauses. This type of sentence structure can help organize your writing by linking related information. It also helps you vary sentence length. Examples: Although a stately mansion once stood on this ground, the area is now a desert
(subordinate clause) (independent clause)

and it has no living trees.

(independent clause)

Scientists are working on the hamburger and it may change drastically in the
(independent clause) (independent clause)

future because it is made of soybeans or cotton!

(subordinate clause)

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TOEIC INTERMEDIATE (Vocabulary and Grammar) Exercise 1 : Question-Response (5-6 minutes)

Directions: Taking into consideration the grammar rules you have learned, listen to each question and construct a logical response. Q1: I am invited to attend the business lunch of my boss in his behalf. This is

my first time to be in such situation. Could you teach some things I have to avoid and I need to do? R1: Hmm, you should be in the present moment with whoever you are with.

_______________________(subordinate clause), it is a sign that you are looking for something better (independent clause) and there is nothing worse than having a conversation with someone who is half there (independent clause). Q2: R2: Do I need to eat before I go to the restaurant? Yes, you need to. If you go there hungry (subordinate clause), _________

(independent clause) and you will be unable to focus on the conversation (independent clause). You will also want to eat everything on your plate. Q3: R3: What if we are offered to have a drink? After surviving multiple interviews and negotiations (subordinate clause),

dont blow it by getting too loose before your offer has been signed (independent clause) and ___________________ (independent clause). Q4: What should I wear?

R4: _______________ (subordinate clause), you have to wear business attire (independent clause) and you must feel comfortable in your clothes (independent clause).

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