E5M 10-12 Functions Review

To persuade someone means:

• Describing how you need to do something.

• Guessing why something is happening.

• To convince (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.

• Offering to do something.

If the temperature goes above 50 degrees Celsius, your crew must stop working for safety reasons. Look at the weather report for tomorrow and talk about your expectations.

Morning : 45°C

Afternoon: 51°C

• The weather for tomorrow is perfect for the beach.

• Employees are expected to work in the morning, but everyone should stop working by the afternoon for safety reasons.

• The summer weather has met our expectations.

• The A/C units are expected to be repaired tomorrow afternoon.

Look at the chart showing the price of oil per barrel in US dollars over the past six months. Talk about the trend.

Chart showing oil prices over the past 6 months.

• The volume of the oil needs to be decreased.

• I have to increase my calories intake.

• The trend of Rock music on YouTube has gone down.

• There has been a downward trend in the price of oil per barrel in US dollars over the past six months.

You want your co-worker Rakan to work late on a project. What can you say to him? Use persuasion.

• I urge you to work overtime to complete this project. If we complete it today, our boss will give us a big bonus.

• Rakan can’t work late. He spoke to the manager and told him that he has an emergency.

• Rakan must be hungry. I urged him to fast the first 7 days of Shawal.

• Rakan must be tired. He completed a marathon over the weekend.

Look at the table showing the annual sales of the Summit Company over the last 10 years. Talk about the trend.

Summit Company sales (SAR)

10 years ago: 10,000,000

Five years ago: 7,500,000

Last year: 5,200,000

• According to the Table, the train is worth 10,000,000.

• There has been an increase in price.

• There is a clear downward trend in Summit Company sales. 

• How old is the company?

Your co-worker Essam thinks he can become the company CEO in 6 months if he works hard. Tell Essam what you think about his expectations.

• It’s important to have realistic expectations.

• There has been an upward trend in the past 6 months.

• Can I persuade you to join me?

• Money cannot buy happiness

Every year, we have more students attending the workshops. Talk about trends.

• I expect you to do better.

• What was their expectations?

• Have you tried persuading them?

• Does this represent a trend?

You believe the new policy for wearing a uniform to work is good. Which sentence below uses persuasion to show agreement?

• I expect you to do better.

• This is trending at work.

• I’d like to argue the case for a new policy.

• I did not persuade them

Reply to the email and talk about expectations. Use the table to help you.

 

Hello,

Next week, we will have our training workshop. Can you please tell me what benefits you hope to get from the course? It will help us make sure the course is good for everyone.

Thanks,

Alaa

 

Expectations:

Learn new skills

Get a certificate

Make new friends

• I’m anticipating some pushback on this.

• I expect to learn new skills, get a certificate and make new friends.

• It’s trending on TikTok.

• Try to push for a spot in the training workshop.

You are Nasser’s supervisor. Reply to Nasser and tell him to use persuasion with Malika’s manager.

 

Good morning,

We need Malika to help out with a project. She is willing, but she says that her manager will not allow it. I’m not sure what to do.

Regards,
Nasser

• Try talking the manager into allowing Malika to help out with the project

• The overall trend is that her manager is always like that

• Everyone is expected to work on the project

• Malika is a hardworking employee