Negotiating- exercise

NEGOTIATING How to tilt things in your favour and brush up on your skills. Match the sentences 1-8 with a suitable half a-h 1. Negotiating takes 2. We all want to have a sense. 3. Don’t come and step up 4. Throw out a number 5. If you use a third party,. 6. If the other person is going to be happy,. 7. The other part may not meet 8. In the end, a. you take away some of the awkwardness b. the delivery schedule. c. of mastery over the negotiating process d. but don’t make an offer. e. real skill. f. negotiation is all about psychology g. to the plate with the initial offer. h. you have to disappoint them first. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Collocations 1. ___________ the playing field 2. it _______________ real skill 3. ______________ the first offer on the table 4. zealously __________ your position 5. _________ _______ to the plate 6. ____________ the water 7. _______ _______ a number 8. ____________ new negotiating lines 9. ___________ merchandise that I haven’t used 10. ___________ the delivery schedule 11. ___________ numbers on a calculator 12. ____________ through a catalogue V + preposition + ...ing Use the verb patterns in the box to make sentences using ideas from the video be used to – commit to – devote to – object to – resort to – succeed in – specialise in – blame for – pay for – suspect of. ______________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Verb patterns Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs. drive eat help make talk write  1 I don't mind as long as the roads aren't too busy. 2 My parents always made me my bed in the morning. 3 I didn't want them the whole pizza. There's none left for us! 4 She promised me a letter, but I haven't heard from her. 5 Will you please stop ! 6 She asked me her with her homework.