Small Talk in Business- Present Simple Questions

Small talk in business Present Simple questions with be and do

With be and do version

Take turns asking each other suitable questions from below, thinking about the (real) relationship between you, where you are, etc to choose the best questions.

• What do you do?/ What’s your job?
• What exactly do you do?/ What are your duties?
• Who do you work for?/ What’s your company’s name?
• What kind of company do you work for?
• Which department are you in?/ Which department do you work in?
• What does your company/ department/ section/ team do?
• What’s your company’s bestselling product/ most famous product?
• Who are your main competitors?
• Where is your company based?/ Where is your company’s HQ?
• Where are you based?/ Is your office far from here?
• Do you live near here?
• Where are you from?/ Where do you come from?
• Where do you usually travel on business?
• Do you often travel abroad on business?
• Do you do a lot of overtime?
• What do you do in your free time?
• Do you have a business card?

 

• How’s it going?/ How are you doing?/ How are you?
• How’s work?/ Are you busy?
• How’s business?
• Do you still work with Leonardo/ with…?

 

• Is this the right place for the talk on life insurance in the Middle East/ the Elementary class/ the…?
• Is this seat free?
• It’s really busy, isn’t it?
• Is it usually so busy here?
• Is this your first time here?
• Sorry, what’s your name again?
• How long are you here in Tokyo/ in Japan/ in…?
• How often do you visit the US/ Japan/ Asia/…?
• How’s the weather in your country (now)?
• Does it often snow here?
• How’s your hotel?
• Is your hotel near here?

What are the three different sections above? How are they different from each other? What situations are they suitable for?

 

Missing be and do version

Take turns asking questions suitable questions from below, adding “is”, “are”, “do” or “does” each time to make a correct question. The ones with no wh- question words are yes/ no questions, so you don’t need to add wh- words. Give true answers if you can.

• what you do?/ what your job?
• what exactly you do?/ what your duties?
• who you work for?/ what your company’s name?
• what kind of company you work for?
• which department you in?/ which department you work in?
• what your company/ department/ section/ team do?
• what your company’s bestselling product/ most famous product?
• who your main competitors?
• where your company based?/ where your company’s HQ?
• where you based?/ your office far from here?
• you live near here?
• where you from?/ where you come from?
• where you usually travel on business?
• you often travel abroad on business?
• you do a lot of overtime?
• what you do in your free time?
• you have a business card?

 

• how it going?/ how you doing?/ how you?
• how work?/ you busy?
• how business?
• you still work with Leonardo/ with…?

 

• this the right place for the talk on life insurance/ the Elementary class/ the…?
• this seat free?
• it’s really busy, n’t it?
• it usually so busy here?
• this your first time here?
• sorry, what your name again?
• how long you here in Tokyo/ in Japan/ in…?
• how often you visit the US/ Japan/ Asia/…?
• how the weather in your country (now)?
• it often snow here?
• how your hotel?
• your hotel near here?

 

What are the three different sections above? How are they different from each other? What situations are they suitable for?

Add verbs and capital letters in the right places above to make Present Simple questions. Ones on the same line have the same meaning, but maybe not the same verb.

What are the rules for adding “do/ does” and “is/ are” to make Present Simple questions? Which of those verbs go with these things?

adjective                          noun                                 position (preposition etc)                                         verb

 

What are the possible answers to these questions? Brainstorm a few examples of each.

Is this seat free?

 

 

Sorry, what’s your name again?

 

 

What do you do?

 

 

What exactly do you do in your job?

 

 

What kind of company do you work for?

 

 

Where is your company based?

 

 

Where are you from?/ Where do you come from?

 

 

How’s business?

 

 

How’s work?

 

 

How are you?/ How are things?/ How’s life?

 

 

How’s your hotel?

 

 

What do you do in your free time?

 

 

How long…?

 

 

How often…?

 

 

Do you have a business card?