Professional register — Why Most Work Messages Fail
Grammar: BE-1
Free ESL grammar exercise on professional register themed around why most work messages fail. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Business English ESL grammar exercise on business, practising be-1. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Compare "Can you sort this out ASAP?" with "Could you please resolve this by Friday?" The first uses an informal phrasal verb. The second chooses a more formal verb and a precise date.
Grammar: BE-1
- Informal signals
- Can you sort this out ASAP? — contractions, phrasal verbs, vague deadline
- Neutral signals
- Can you fix this by Friday? — plain verb, clear date, no slang
Sample items
- A message to a client should be more ______ than one to a friend.
- Writers often forget that their ______ does not know the subject well.
- An ______ sentence can be read in two different ways.
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