Level 2Work

Meetings That Move Things Forward

Grammar: Past simple and going to — reporting what happened and planning next steps

A Level 2 English lesson exploring work.

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What's in this lesson

A Level 2 (elementary) ESL lesson on work, practising past simple and going to — reporting what happened and planning next steps. The worksheet has a reading, target vocabulary and discussion questions.

From the reading: Meetings That Move Things Forward

Sofia works as a project manager in a technology company. Her team handles incidents — problems that stop the platform from working — and they also improve the platform over time. Every week, Sofia runs a meeting with colleagues from Brazil, Japan, and France. The meeting is in English.

Vocabulary

  • incident
  • update
  • identify
  • platform
  • colleague
  • version

Discussion questions

  1. Do you use English at work? When?
  2. What do you find hard about meetings?
  3. Is a short meeting better than a long one?

Meetings That Move Things Forward

Grammar: Past simple and going to — reporting what happened and planning next steps

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