8.5 Writing a short report

Question 1

to cover the

Answer 1

main points

Question 2

to make

Answer 2

recommendations

Question 3

to analyse

Answer 3

the response

Question 4

to prepare a

Answer 4

report

Question 5

KAREN: When you..do… that, can you prepare a short written report on the delegates’ feedback?

Answer 5

’ve done

Question 6

either during .. after the presentation

Answer 6

or

Question 7

reporting questionnaire responses.

Answer 7

they complain about ( noun or verb+ing)

some/serveral/most delegates ask for

serveral delegates wish to

two or three think that

they complain that the technical ….

Question 8

Most delegates … the hotel

Answer 8

are unhappy about

Question 9

when writing reports

you should use the … to talk about facts, or opinions and attitudes that are still true by the time the client or audience reads the report.

Answer 9

present simple

Question 10

they do not want to carry too much paper …, especially if they are travelling.

Answer 10

around

Question 11

A couple of the expressions Faisal uses are handy for making recommendations:

Answer 11

We need to …
We should …
We should consider

Note that after the expression we should consider, we can either use a verb phrase or a noun phrase:
We should consider having more time for questions.
We should consider that option as well.