NAME: JOSSELYN PÉREZ

INGLES COMERCIAL II
Work skills Time management

1) Match the time-management techniques 1-5 with definitions a-e.

1. - DELEGATION E
2. - 'DO NOT DISTURB' A
3. - TIME AUDIT B
4.-'TO DO' LIST C
5. - DIGITAL PHONE ALERTS D

a) You tell people that they mustn't interrupt you for a fixed period. You turn your phone
to voicemail and possibly close your door.

b) You make a note of exactly what you spend your time on in a 24-hour period (not just
work), and decide if it's what you want to do and if it's a good use of your time.

c) You write a list of tasks for the day. You can put them in an order of priority if you want.
You cross them off the list as you do them.

d) You set reminders on your computer or mobile phone so that you do things at
particular times. The reminder will ring or buzz at regular intervals until you have done it.

e) You get someone else to do it. But remember, you still have to check they've done it!

2) Make phrases using these nouns and verbs 1-7. Some nouns can go with more than
one verb.

meetings Colleagues customers paperwork exercise trade

fairs
research Emails Texts documents accounts clients
coffee Photocopies friends conferences

1. Check
 He check our sentence Emails
 My Mother check your texts.
 The police check your accounts.
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2. Attend
 All children above five years of age are required to attend meetings.
 They attend trade fairs on a regular basis.
 He doesn't attend conferences

3. meet
 My clients this Sunday meet before the game.
 He left but said he would meet us the colleagues
 My grandmother and her friends meet up every afternoon and play
canasta.
4. chat to

 she doesn't like to chat with colleagues at work

 He likes to chat with customers,
 she likes to chat with friends
5. do
 we do your paperwork to get the visa
 We don't exercise in the gym
 they do the research
 they make their accounts to go on a trip
6. make
 they make their coffee
 they make photocopies of their drawing
7. send
 she sends her emails
 he sends his texts
 they send their documents

3) Which of the activities in 2 do you do in a typical day? Which do you do too much / not
enough / just about right?

1. - check

Every day I check my Facebook, my texts and emails a few times

2. – attend

In college, I attend conferences, meetings and sometimes I attend fairs

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3. - meet

I meet with friends every day to talk

4. - chat to

I like to chat with my friends and sometimes with my clients

5. – do

I do not exercise at home every day

6. – make

I like to make typical dishes for lunch

7. – send

I like to send many text messages to my friends