Professional Register — Why Your Email Sounds Junior
Grammar: BE-1
Free ESL grammar exercise on professional register themed around why your email sounds junior. 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
A junior writes, "Hi! Just wanted to check if you got my last email." A senior writes, "I would appreciate confirmation of receipt at your earliest convenience."
Grammar: BE-1
- Active (direct)
- We made the decision. — clear actor, direct tone
- Passive (formal)
- The decision was made. — hides the actor, sounds formal
Sample items
- The manager ______ the proposal before the meeting started.
- The new policy ______ by the board last week.
- We ______ it by Friday to meet the deadline.
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