Business Communications

GBC-110 Business Communication

February 16, 2014

WK5D2 Assignment

Paraphrasing

With a co-worker, paraphrasing sometimes made him repeat several time the information over again to ensure that I understood him completely.

Listening builds friendships and careers.

Learning how to listen is a great skill. When you give someone your undivided attention, ultimately you will hear what you need to hear and gain better understanding. When people know that they have your attention, sometimes they are willing to share even more information and knowledge.

Rewrite the sentences to make them correct:

1. Questions pertaining to your pension benefits should be submitted to James Douglas the human resource specialist on Thursday May 12th, by 4:00 p.m.

2. I was surprised when I won the raffle at the company picnic. I only bought one ticket.

3. 35% of the students surveyed indicated that they planned to graduate St. Mary College in the Spring.

4. Next semester I will take courses in English Literature, International Business, Spanish and Statistics. It’s going to take a lot of studying to do well in these hard courses.

5. Tam did not take the final exam in Statistics; however she still past the course.

6. Walter spent the day washing and waxing his car, vacuuming his house, fed his dog, cat, and bird.

7. All of the swimmers participated in the 50 yard free style race.

8. Coles’ Aunt Melissa celebrated her 4th anniversary with Microsoft on October 10th.

9. Mr. Peters is the best teacher of the two who taught American History.

10. My job interview with EnviroTech was changed from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Wednesday

May 8th.