Explained:
You lost your temper with a colleague who didn’t inform you of last minute changes to overseas prices.
I lost my temper with a colleague who didn’t update me on new exchange rate prices for my overseas resorts.
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Question it!
~ Say it:I lost my temper with a colleague who didn't update me on new exchange rate prices for my overseas resorts
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~ Question the text
~ What did he lose? Answer: his temper.
~ Who didn’t update him? Answer: a colleague.
~ What didn’t he update him on? Answer: new prices.
~ What new prices didn’t he update you on? Answer: overseas ones. -
Work on it!
~ Make a new sentence changing the subject and object of ‘went up’
~ Find another modifier of ‘temper’
~ Your answer:
~ Find a modifier of ‘prices’
~ Your answer:
~ Find another sentence ~ object of ‘who didn’t update me’
~ Your answer: -
Get ready for it!
~ Place, time, characters and situation
~ Place:
~ The office
~ Time:
~ One hour before the deadline
~ Characters:
~ You and your colleague
~ Situation:
~ Explain why you lost your temper. Apologize if you are the colleague.
~ Example:
Colleague: When is the deadline?
You: It is today!
Colleague: I’m sorry but there were some last minute changes which were completely unavoidable.
You: Why doesn’t anyone anticipate what extra work this means for me? Why on earth didn’t you tell me earlier?
Colleague: I know, I know. I could have been quicker with the updates. I apologize. -
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