LA12
Project E

HAVOC AT WORK

Contents

- Reading Task : “Tragedy in the Office”

- Grammar : Modal verbs and their equivalents

- Listening Task : “Humour in the Workplace”

- Vocabulary Work : Compound nouns , using allow/permit /enable, adverbs

- Video Task : Water War

- Pronunciation exercise : Word stress in compound nouns

- Writing Task : Whodunnit ? Say who you think is guilty.

- Chatting : Choose a subject

- Last but not least : Getting ready for your next tutorial.....

TASK 1 : READING TRAGEDY IN THE OFFICE Clarissa Lovelace watched her employees as they fidgeted nervously. Bill Cookson fiddled with his tie, reminding everybody of Oliver Hardy, the fat half of Laurel and Hardy. Shona Wilson pulled off her right earring, put it back on, and pulled it off again. Mike O’Sullivan stretched his watchband and released it to snap against his wrist. “I know one of you has been selling company secrets to our rivals.,” Clarissa said. “You are the only three in a position to do that. By the end of the day I should know for sure which of you it is, and when I do, I’ll see to it you never work in this