📼 HOMEWORK 1.2: The Art of the Daily Grind
Routine vs. current projects, daily operations, project-status idioms. Two mini-games inside. The system checks everything; your teacher sees the final score. The CEO is waiting.
🧠 Memory refresh (read this first)
Exercise 1. Warm-up matcher (practice, not scored)
Click a verb, then click the situation it belongs to.
Exercise 2. Mini-game: sort the CEO's inbox
10 messages landed in your inbox. File each one: is it a ROUTINE (Present Simple) or happening RIGHT NOW (Present Continuous)? One attempt per message.
Exercise 3. Choose the correct form
1. Every Monday I ___ the litigation report.
2. This quarter we ___ on the Japanese partnership.
3. Our department ___ of 12 lawyers.
4. Sorry, I can't talk — I ___ the board memo.
5. The Central Bank ___ its rules every year.
6. But these months it ___ a new reporting format.
7. I usually ___ contract reviews to my team.
8. This week I ___ everything on my own plate because of the audit.
Exercise 4. One of these sentences is lying
Watch out for stative verbs (want, know, consist, include). Choose the correct version.
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Exercise 5. Project status dashboard
You open your Monday dashboard. Label each project with the correct idiom.
1. Africa expansion: paused until we secure the MFO license.
2. Three FinTech products: in development, launch planned for Q3.
3. Japanese partnership: no decision yet, terms unclear.
4. IP dispute + board prep + audit: my current responsibilities.
5. A quick 10-minute call with the CFO on Friday for updates.
6. New data privacy law: monitor carefully, it may affect us.
7. CRM rollout: being implemented now, not finished yet.
8. This week: M&A due diligence, audit, hiring — too much!
Exercise 6. Type the correct verb form
Present Simple or Present Continuous? Mind the stative verbs.
1. Look, I (juggle) three deals this month.
2. Normally my team (liaise) with external counsel, not me.
3. These days the regulator (change) reporting requirements again.
4. I (not / work) on Sundays as a rule.
5. Currently we (troubleshoot) the compliance gap in the B2B platform.
6. Every quarter I (flag) top risks to the board.
7. Shh! The board (meet) right now — call back later.
8. My job (include) contract management and litigation strategy.
Exercise 7. Mini-game: build your coffee-machine answer
The CEO is at the coffee machine. Click the chunks in the correct order to build a perfect 1-sentence answer. No mistakes = 1 point per round.
Exercise 8. Read the CFO's reply
Re: Quick sync
Thanks for the update. I know you are juggling a lot right now, so here is my view. The Japanese partnership is still up in the air — do not spend more than 5 hours on it this week. The audit is my priority #1: I am meeting the auditors on Thursday, and I need your risk memo by Wednesday evening. Also, good news: the board loves your new SLA framework. They are calling it "the gold standard".
True or False?
1. The CFO wants the risk memo by Wednesday evening.
2. The Japanese partnership is fully agreed and signed.
3. The CFO advises spending lots of time on the Japanese partnership this week.
4. The CFO is meeting the auditors on Thursday.
5. The board dislikes the new SLA framework.
Exercise 9. Writing: reply to the CFO
Write a 60–80 word reply: confirm the memo deadline, say what you are doing this week (2 × Present Continuous), what you usually do (1 × Present Simple), and use 1 idiom. The counter is watching.
Exercise 10. Speaking (voice message)
Record 45 seconds at the coffee machine: "How are things? What are you working on these days?" Use 1 Present Simple + 1 Present Continuous + 1 idiom. Send the audio with your score screenshot.
Screenshot this panel + your writing and send to your teacher.