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A staff training day

Name:Date:

Understand times, places and tasks in a workplace announcement.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

workshop
A meeting where people learn by doing activities.
provide
To give something that people need.
feedback
Comments about how well something was done.

Answer key

  1. Next Tuesday, the whole team will attend a training day.“Will” is weak. “Whole” sounds like “hole”.
  2. The first workshop starts at nine in the morning.Write nine as a word or a digit. “Starts at” links: “star-tsat”.
  3. It focuses on how to deal with difficult customers.“Deal with” means handle. The stress in “difficult” is on “dif”.
  4. Lunch will be provided in the conference room.“Will be provided” is a passive.
  5. Please fill in the feedback form before you leave.“Fill in” means complete. The stress in “feedback” is on “feed”.