Group B - Blog Assessment

Please ensure that you have the tasks below uploaded on your website as I will be assessing your blogs at the end of the week :

1. Group Profile
2. Company Profile
3. Cadbury Advertisement
4. Retail and Consumer Habits of Malaysians and Singaporeans
5. Comparison Chart - benefits to franchisees and franchisors
6. Assignment Outline
7. Assignment Presentation Slides
8. Business Practices Presentation Slides
9. Report
10. Business Plan
11. Mind Map (Acquisitions and mergers)
12. Honda Advertisement Analysis

Group A - Blog Assessment

Please ensure that your blog sites are updated with the tasks below as I will be assessing you based on this :

1. Group Profile - with pictures of group members if possible
2. Company profile
3. Cadbury Advertisement
4. Cover letter
5. Memorandum
6. Business plan
7. Assignment Outline
8. Assignment Presentation Slides
9. Mind-map (Acquisitions and mergers)
10. Honda Advertisement Analysis

Tasks and Reminders

Reminder :
Please ensure that all the relevant blog entries have been uploaded as I will be checking and awarding marks by Sunday, 15th November 2009.

New tasks
As we have come to almost the end of your module, I have decided to simplify the last two tasks as I know that you are all busy preparing for your final examinations.
The blog tasks are as stated below :

Task 1
Read up on the reference at http://www.economywatch.com/mergers-acquisitions/benefits.html and produce a mind-map on the main points of the text. You can produce your mind-map on powerpoint and then save it as a .jpeg file and upload it on your blog.

Task 2
Watch a Honda commercial at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKIXW9wBWXo and decide if the commercial is effective. Discuss your group response in one or two paragraphs.

Both tasks are due by 20th November 2009

Grammar Guide - Imperatives

The imperative uses the same form as the infinitive, but without the "to".

We can use imperatives to do any of the below :
Give orders - Do your homework
Give instruction - Turn to page 31 of your course book.
Give strong advice - Make sure that you work harder for the next exam.

We can also use imperatives to form emphatic statement.
Do invite us for your wedding.

Grammar Guide - Conditionals

Conditional sentences are divided into two parts :

• the "if" clause
• the main clause

Examples:

1. I will thumb a lift from him if he goes.
2. If he goes, I will thumb a lift.

There are four types of conditionals :

• The first conditional - talks about possibilities in the future, used when results are habitual or automatic
• The second conditional - talks about unreal situations in the present or the future
• The third conditional - talks about unreal situations in the past, impossible situations
• Zero conditional

The structure of the conditional :

• First conditional -if clause (present simple verb), main clause (future tense - will + base form)
• Second conditional - if clause (past tense verb), main clause (would + base form)
• Third conditional - if clause (past perfect tense), main clause (would have + past participle)

Examples:

• If he arrives late, he will miss the flight.
• If I had a million ringgit, I would travel around the world.
• If he had worked harder, he would have scored straight As in the exam.

Grammar Guide - Adverbs

Adverbs can be used to do one of the below :

1. modify a verb
2. modify an adjective
3. mody another adverb
4. modify a phrase
5. modify a clause

Adverbs are typically formed by adding an -ly to an adjective
Example : quiet (adj) - quietly (adv)

Adverbs answer questions such as :

1. how
2. when
3. how
4. where
5. how much