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 7–9
Give students some time to read and do the exercises, 
before checking the answers with a partner. Confi rm the 
answers with the class.
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Students can also consider whether they would like to work 
at Bishops.
More activities
1
Ask students to look at the notice again and underline 
any standard phrases that are not specifi c to Vincent, e.g. 
I am pleased to announce that, has been appointed to 
the position of; will be joining us on.
Now students have a 
template. Ask them to produce a similar notice using this 
language, announcing their employment at an imagined 
company.
2
Get students to read through the texts in the unit and 
identify all the words connected with work. They can 
then use some of the words to describe their current job 
or a job they have done – either in a speaking exercise 
with a partner or in a written paragraph for homework. 
Vocabulary includes: 
marketing, conference, team, 
working lunch, department, job title, position, colleague, 
resign, temporary, permanent, role, database, career
.
3
Get students to name departments in a company. 
Examples include: 
Administration, Credit Control, 
Finance, Marketing, Offi ces Services, Production, Project 
Development, Sales, HR
.
Real Reading 3 by Liz Driscoll
 Teacher’s 
notes

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Unit
11 
Any comments?
Set a time limit and ask students in pairs to think of as many 
words beginning with 
q
as they can, the longer the better. Write 
the winning pair’s words on the board, and any other words 
from each other pair, encouraging the class to write down any 
new vocabulary. Examples include: 
qualifi cation, quality, quarter, 
queen, question, queue, quick, quiet, quite 
and
 quiz
.
If not 
already on the board, elicit/explain 
questionnaire
 
too.