Practice talking about ordering services
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| Do you know how to talk about arranging services in English? |
| Welcome to Three Step English Practice by EnglishClass101.com. In this lesson, you will practice how to use ‘have something done’ to arrange services. |
| Let’s look at the main dialogue. |
| Two people are having a conversation. |
| How often do we have the equipment serviced? |
| It depends, but every six months is good for most of the equipment. |
| Got it. What about cleaning? How often should we have the carpets cleaned, for example? |
| The phrase have something serviced uses the causative form (have + object + past participle). |
| This means you arrange for someone else, usually a professional, to do the service. |
| For example: “I had my car repaired yesterday.” |
| Let’s practice with more vocabulary in this lesson. |
| Here is a list of business service related words. |
| First is, |
| have something serviced. have something serviced (enunciated). have something serviced. |
| tested annually. tested annually (enunciated). tested annually. |
| facility operations. facility operations (enunciated). facility operations. |
| coming up. coming up (enunciated). coming up. |
| biennially. biennially (enunciated). biennially. |
| Do you know what "have something serviced" means? |
| maintained or repaired by a professional. |
| How about "tested annually"? |
| checked every year (formal register). |
| And "facility operations"? |
| day-to-day management of a workplace or building. |
| And what about "coming up"? |
| happening soon, approaching in time. |
| And "biennially"? |
| once every two years. |
| Let's do some multiple choice. |
| Circle the correct answer. |
| The town has a biennial festival. |
| What does the underlined section of the sentence mean? |
| "every two years" |
| Circle the correct answer. |
| We need to clean the office biannually. |
| What does the underlined section of the sentence mean? |
| twice a year. |
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