U3 Lesson 5: Write about communication skills

Complete each sentence with a direct object and object complement using the words in parentheses. Change verbs as needed.

A: Claudia just got a promotion to senior designer. How does she like the new position?
B: Actually, she is quite unhappy. She (a)   (find / frustrating).

Complete each sentence with a direct object and object complement using the words in parentheses. Change verbs as needed.

A: Were you able to make the copies for the meeting?
B: Yeah, but the photo copier wasn't working right. It (a)   (make / difficult to read).

Complete each sentence with a direct object and object complement using the words in parentheses. Change verbs as needed.

A: Have you met Kenneth, the new person in finance, yet?
B: I met him this morning. He prefers that people (a)   (call / Ken).

Complete the sentences. Use the words in parentheses to make a suggestion.

A: It might save us more time if we give our comments in writing.

B: (a)   (How about / send) our comments by email?

Complete the sentences. Use the words in parentheses to make a suggestion.

A: My supervisor doesn't like any of my ideas. What am I going to do now?

B: (a)   (Why don't / brainstorm) ideas with the rest of the design team? I'm sure we can come up with something.

Complete the sentences. Use the words in parentheses to make a suggestion.

A: Things are not going well. I need one or two more people to help with this project so we can meet our deadline.

B: (a)   (What if / contact) the project manager and ask her to assign two more people to the project team?

Rewrite each sentence with reported speech.

The office manager asked us, "Can you please give me your office supply requests a week in advance?"
The office manager asked us (a)   a week in advance.

Rewrite each sentence with reported speech.

The contact information on the brochures needs updating. My supervisor told me, "Make corrections to the contact information on the last page of the brochure."
My supervisor told me (a)   to the contact information on the last page of the brochure..

Rewrite each sentence with reported speech.

The event organizers said, "Please tell us how many tables and chairs are needed to set up for the conference."
The event organizers said (a)   how many tables and chairs are needed to set up for the conference.

You need to ________ so that everyone understands what you're saying.

• communicate clearly

• be embarrassed

• meet deadlines

• have experience

• be mad