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Making arrangements

Grammar

Look at these headlines and documents, then complete what the people are saying using the verb in brackets in the correct futurę form.

CREDIT NORTH ANNOUNCES PLANS TO CLOSE TORONTO BRANCH

ANALYSTS PREDICT 5% FALL IN HOUSE PRICES

Mr Alexander Ionov
22 Jan:	London Heathrow	08.55
	Moscow Domodedovo	15.45
26 Jan:	Moscow Domodedovo	21.05
	London Heathrow	22.05

Dear Mr Ionov

We confirm your reservation of a single room at the Moscow President Hotel for 4 nights, 22 to 25 Jan inclusive.

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1    Urgenł. checK patroli -for +hi\s mowkh

2    Ring Koiren re invoice

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We 1 ..t.°.(close) our branch in Toronto

Managing director of Credit North

(fly) to Moscow on 22 January and 13..................... (come)

back to London on 26 January. 14..................... (stay) at the President Hotel

for four nights.

Alexander Ionov

Weil, first of all, I 6.............(check) the payroll?)

Our prediction is that house prices 7.............(fali) by 5 per cent before

the end of tłie year._

James Rowe, financial analyst

Vocabulary

It is difficult to know whether a word or expression is used with the verb make or do. The table below shows some common collocations.

wiaice an appointment a deal*	uo business with someone a deal*
a decision	homework
a meal	some research
a mistake	some work
an offer	someone a favour
a phone cali	well
a plan	your best

* It is possible to say both do a deal and make a deal with no real difference in meaning.

1 Complete the following text, using make or do in the correct tense and form.

Yesterday was a busy day. I went into work early because there was a lot of

paperwork that I had to 1.......do...........I couldn’t finish it all because at

eleven o’clock I met a Client who 2.....................an offer to buy a large

ąuantity of one of our products. We agreed on the price and he

3.....................a decision about the exact ąuantity before the end of the

week.

In the afternoon, I had to 4.....................some phone calls and carry on

with the paperwork. My colleague helped me but he is new and still

sometimes 5.....................mistakes with the forms. I also managed to ring

the dentist and 16..................... an appointment for a check-up next week.

In the evening, 17 ......................supper for my son and I helped him

8.....................his homework. I think he 9.....................well at school at

the moment. Finally, I went to bed feeling very tired.

2 Add any other expressions you know with make or do to the chart above.

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