English Speaking Clinic Diversity Day Review · 2026-07-28

Said in class: "You shouldn't bought that much US bond." Two things are missing or wrong — the auxiliary, and the quantifier on a countable noun. Repair the sentence.4 pts

Points are split evenly across the three blanks. One word per blank.

You shouldn't bought that US .

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Said in class: "His client was robbed by Dwight." Which repair is right, and why?4 pts

A.Dwight stole his client. — or, in a sales context, Dwight poached his client. You rob a person or a place; you steal a thing.B.Dwight robbed his client from Jim. — rob is right, it just needs from to show where the client came from.C.His client was stolen from Dwight. — the passive is the problem, and the two names simply need swapping.D.Dwight was robbed by his client. — the original had the subject and the object the wrong way round.

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Said in class: "How come the plants didn't bring water?" A plant is watered, not a bringer of water. Write the passive repair.4 pts

Points are split evenly across the three blanks. One word per blank.

How come the plants today?

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Which of these repairs match the handout? (Select all that apply.)4 pts

A."They are more struggling than us." → They're struggling more than we are. — struggle is a verb, so it does not take the more + adjective comparative.B."the discuss is not relevant" → the discussion isn't relevant — discuss is the verb, discussion is the noun.C."He has throw me off." → He threw me off during that meeting. — it is over and done with, so plain past tense.D."towards otter" → towards otters — the noun was right, it simply needed a plural.

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II. Grammar Patterns

The five patterns we took turns building sentences with. 4 points each; multi-blank questions split those points evenly across the blanks. Five questions, 20 points in total. One word per blank.

Your intern is editing video by hand and you would rather they used AI. Ask for it in the polite, hedged pattern — the same one Mr. Brown uses on Michael.4 pts

Points are split evenly across the two blanks. Watch the tense in the if clause.

It help if you AI for the video editing.

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Mr. Brown thanks Michael and then asks him, without ever asking, to sit down. Complete the line the way it is actually said in the episode.4 pts

Points are split evenly across the two blanks. It is not are.

Thank you very much. And it would also help if you .

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You are turning down a networking event that starts at 10 p.m. Use the pattern for saying an activity is not really your thing.4 pts

Points are split evenly across the three blanks.

Thanks for the invite, but I'm a night person.

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Write the counterfactual we built about the company: had we been able to begin again, we would have gone out to clients before building the finished product.4 pts

Points are split evenly across the three blanks.

If we start over, we have done more business development we built the whole product.

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You want to say that keeping off work topics is what lets you learn things beyond your career. Which sentence is right?4 pts

A.Steering away from work topics allows me to learn more things outside my career.B.Steering away from work topics is allowed me to learn more things outside my career.C.Steering away from work topics lets me to learn more things outside my career.D.Steering away from work topics allows me learn more things outside my career.

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IV. Business English

The half hour that started with Dwight taking Jim's account. Matching, 1 point per box (6 points); cloze 4 points each, split evenly across blanks; multiple-answer 6 points, with credit and penalties per tick. Four questions, 20 points in total.

Match each term on the left with its definition on the right. Write the letter in the box.6 pts

1 point per box, 6 in total. Each letter is used exactly once.

undercut
margin
deal registration
channel conflict
volume commitment
a race to the bottom

Atwo partners chasing the same client through the same vendor
Beveryone matching everyone else until nobody is making money
Cthe profit left once costs are covered
Dto win the business by pricing below a rival
Ean agreement to buy a set quantity, usually traded for a better price
Flogging a deal so one partner owns that account for a fixed period

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Fill in the three links of the chain: the company that makes the product, the partner that sells it on, and the umbrella term for everyone downstream.4 pts

Points are split evenly across the three blanks.

The company that builds the product is the ; a partner that buys and sells it on is a ; taken together, everybody downstream is your partners.

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A client has been offered a lower price by a rival and you are not going to chase it. Complete the reply we built in class — the one that trades price for term.4 pts

Points are split evenly across the three blanks.

I can't the discount they gave you, but I can offer a -term discount if you for a year.

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Which of these are true, according to the handout? (Select all that apply.)6 pts

A.A vendor often does not stop its resellers competing on price, because the vendor has already locked in its margin.B.Once a client works out that switching reps gets them a lower price, they keep switching — which is why the rules, not the reps, are the real problem at Dunder Mifflin.C.Pepsi and Coke attacking each other in their advertising is comparative advertising, not a smear campaign; the decades of it have a name, the Cola Wars.D.A smear campaign means cutting your price below a rival until they leave the market.

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V. Short Answer

Answer in English, and write these by hand — no AI. Bullet points and short sentences are fine. Marked by hand; the value of each question is printed beside its number (6 + 7 + 7). Three questions, 20 points in total.

Retell what happened to Jim in Diversity Day in four or five sentences. Keep the whole thing in the past tense — that was the single note on our retelling in class. Include what the phone call was worth to him, what kept getting in the way, and how it ended.6 pts

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複習 → ① 這堂課做了什麼

Write three regrets about your own week using should have and shouldn't have. At least one must be negative, and at least one must carry a consequence — the so that I wouldn't have had to... half of the sentence.7 pts

One sentence per regret. Real ones are easier to get right than invented ones.

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A partner has just undercut you and taken an account you had been working. In your own words: what do you do first, what do you ask them, and why is matching their price usually the worst answer? Use at least three of undercut, poach, channel conflict, deal registration, a race to the bottom, keep my cool.7 pts

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