Inglés Práctico: Preguntas Indirectas, Vocabulario de Negocios y Tipos de Gráficos

Indirect Questions (Preguntas indirectas)

• 1. Where is the station? Can you tell me where the station is?
• 2. Are you coming to the party? Can you let me know if you are coming?
• 3. How does it work? Can you explain to me how it works?
• 4. What is the matter? Please tell me what the matter is.
• 5. Where are you from? I'd like to know where you are from.
• 6. How long does it take to get there? Do you know how long it takes to get there?
• 7. Has she reached a decision yet? Has she told you whether she has reached a decision yet?
• 8. What time are you leaving? Do you know what time you are leaving?
• 9. Does Annie know about computers? I wonder whether she knows about computers.
• 10. Excuse me. How do you get to the post office from here? Could you tell us how to get to the post office from here?
• 11. What are you doing? Do you have any idea of what you are doing?
• 12. Could you lend me 50 Euros? I don't suppose I can lend you 50 Euros.
• 13. Could you take me to the airport? Is there any chance you can take me to the airport?
• 14. Does Susana like classical music? I can't remember if Susana likes classical music.

Additional Questions

• Q1. Where do you live? Could you tell me where you live?
• Q2. When was the building constructed? I wonder when the building was constructed.
• Q3. Is there a bank near here? Excuse me, do you know if there is a bank near here?
• Q4. How often does he arrive late for work? I was wondering how often he arrives late for work.
• Q5. How much time do you spend watching TV? I wonder how much time you spend watching TV.

Business Vocabulary (Vocabulario de negocios)

• 1. Back order: a delayed order due to an item not being in stock.
• 2. Drum: a barrel made of metal.
• 3. Iodine: a brownish-orange chemical element used in medicine.
• 4. Merchandise: items made or sold at the retail level.
• 5. Ship: to send something.
• 6. Stock: items kept by a company for sale or use.
• 7. Agenda: a list of topics to be covered in a meeting.
• 8. Chairperson: the person who leads or facilitates a meeting.
• 9. Circulate: to distribute.
• 10. Deadline: a time or date by which something must be finished.
• 11. Minutes: a written record of the meeting.
• 12. Venue: a place.
• 13. Resign: to choose to leave one's job or post.
• 14. Quit: to leave, to stop doing something.

Formal vs. Informal Language

• Formal: take delivery of / dispatch / refund / inconvenience
• Informal: receive / get it / send it / send it off / get it off / send money back / trouble / hassle

Types of Graphs and Charts

• Bar graph
• Cycle
• Pyramid
• Venn diagram
• Flow chart
• Hierarchical