Use of English for advanced learners 8: Grammatical structures - Thấm Tâm Vy

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1. the new one. First the new restaurant closed down, then Selznick (6) his original USE OF ENGLISH – 08 restaurant repossessed by the bank and he (7) left wondering how his luck had FOR ADVANCED LEARNERS taken such a terrible turn. 'I (8) have stayed as I was,' he said remorsefully. 'By GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES trying to expand, I lost everything. ' Develop your Use of English skills: understanding grammatical structure I. Choose the best ending for each sentence. IV. Match the sentence halves to make sentences. 1 When we returned after a month, we found that the owner had 1. The outbreak of salmonella was traced a. been completely redecorating the restaurant. 2. We sometimes hear b. had the restaurant, completely redecorated. 3. The most difficult thing is catering 2. The waiters clearly wanted to go home and we were uncomfortable because we felt 4. That night proved to be a setback that we were 5. Nobody said it was easy to succeed a being watched. b waiting to finish our meals. 6. It’s essential to balance the cost 3. James was very optimistic, so he was confident that his new venture a. from which we would struggle to recover. .a. had succeeded. b. would succeed. b. for family groups with very different requirements. 4. When the business failed and she lost everything, Janice realised she c. against the quality of the food you serve. a. had to look into ways of making it work. d. to a restaurant in the town centre. b. should have looked into making it work a little more closely. e. in the restaurant business. 5. I’m not sure what it was that made me decide f. of cases of illness or death caused by food allergies a. to enter the restaurant business. b. running a restaurant. 6. Putting in a new kitchen would have taken too much money and time V. Write a word from the box in each gap to complete the sentences. You will use a. for it to be practical. b. that we couldn’t do it. each word twice. enough ■ so ■ such ■ too II. Read the text without writing the missing words and match each gap to its grammatical structure. You can use some structures more than once. 1. At the wedding reception, there was far much work for us to do. causative form ■ full infinitive modal perfect ■ modal verb passive voice 2. They said they had never had an extraordinary meal. 3. We had to fire some of the kitchen staff because they weren’t fast ■ past continuous ■ past perfect continuous ■ past simple 4. After a successful opening night, with 50 satisfied customers, we both agreed we had Gap1 Gap2 Gap3 Gap4 never been happy. Gap5 Gap6 Gap 7 Gap 8 5. For Alvin, there wasn’t money in the hotel business and he wanted to branch out on his own. III. Write one word in each gap to complete the text below. 6. The chef wasill, I had no alternative but to roll up my sleeves and get into the kitchen. A DISASTER STORY Selznick already owned one restaurant, which he (1) been running successfully 7. We ate out that night, and Angela came for five years. Things (2) looking good for Selznick and the next logical step was 8. Fast-food outlets, as pizza and burger restaurants, will always attract a to expand. Not wanting to stray too far from a successful formula, he decided certain number of people. (3) model his new place on the old one, with the same decor and the same menu. But after the initial honeymoon period, the clientele rapidly dropped off. Fewer and VI. Cross out the option in each sentence that is incorrect. fewer people came, until one night there were eight staff, and a grand total ofjust four 1. Working in the kitchen turned out to be much more / less / as difficult than I had customers. imagined. Realising he (4) not go on like that, Selznick was working on a change of plan 2. Preparing quality food on time is not as / like / so easy as some people think. when disaster struck. One of his customers fell ill with food poisoning and needed a 3. We enjoy our reputation as a family restaurant so / but / and we actively encourage long stay in hospital. It was a small town and word quickly spread. Selznick's original people to bring their children. restaurant, which had (5) flourishing all this time, slowly suffered a similar fate to 4. It was a busy night and that was the most / best / hardest food we had ever served. 5. If ever / only / by chance a diner tells us they have a food allergy, we are perfectly Thẩm Tâm Vy, April 28th, 2020 USE OF ENGLISH FOR ADVANCED LEARNERS - 08.
2. prepared to identify all of the ingredients in a dish. deal of success operating a seafood restaurant in the area. 6. Customer complaints can / will / have usually be sorted out with a minimum of fuss. 4. The key moment for good public relations is the moment a customer walks in, they might be feeling a little embarrassed or self-conscious. VII. Choose the correct words or phrases to complete the text. 5. The food you serve must always be beautifully presented. Sometimes you have to cater (1) for / with some difficult people. Dealing with 6. We owe a great deal to our head chef, is one of the best in the country. problems in a restaurant is an art form. (2) Would / Should a customer have a problem, 7. We had several disasters in our first year, from we learned some valuable the last thing you want is for them to leave the restaurant unhappy. So (3) that / if you lessons. can’t resolve the problem, a free dish or free drinks might help. If that doesn’t seem to be (4) good enough I too good, knock some money off the bill or, if all else fails, tell them that the meal is on the house. You will lose money but you have to balance that (5) against / to the damage that they could do to your reputation if they go away dissatisfied. For example, I have heard (6) of / that restaurants going bankrupt because ANSWER KEY of the negative publicity generated by just one unhappy diner. VIII. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. 1. This job is suitable only for those who can work under pressure. WELL If you can’t work under pressure, you unsuitable for this job. 2. You should not keep the customer waiting, whatever you do. CIRCUMSTANCES Under keep the customer waiting. 3. Our success was thanks to our wonderful staff. OF We only succeeded fact that we had such wonderful staff. 4. People think it’s glamorous but in reality, catering is hard work. TRUTH People think it’s glamorous but catering is hard work. 5. Although offering free dishes costs you money, it is sometimes a good idea. THIS Offering free dishes costs you moneybut, it is sometimes a good idea. 6. You have to find a satisfactory way to handle customers’ complaints. SUCH You have to handle customers’ complaints that they are happy with the outcome IX. Write one word in each gap to complete the sentences. 1. The place you open your restaurant probably affects your chance of success more than any other factor. 2. We always make a big fuss of customers, immediately makes them feel important and welcome. 3. The snack bar was the brainchild of David Foster, brother has had a good Thẩm Tâm Vy, April 28th, 2020 USE OF ENGLISH FOR ADVANCED LEARNERS - 08.