Do you know how to talk about the progress of an ongoing project in English?

Hi, my name is Alicia, and this is Three-Step English by English Class 101.com.

In this lesson, you'll learn how to talk about the progress of an ongoing project through a quick conversation.

Let's look at the dialogue.

Isabel, can you bring us up to speed on the progress on the new facility?

Sure, Frank. So far, progress is looking good.

Pay attention to the next sentence.

It follows the key speaking pattern you'll learn later in this lesson.

Construction at this site has been increasing steadily

since we began a few months ago. We should be on track to open the facility early next year.

That's good news, and how does the budget look on this project? While we're still under budget overall,

we've been spending more money on materials than we planned for.

Some of the costs for certain items were higher than we anticipated.

Okay, if you would continue to keep an eye on the progress, particularly the budget, that would be great.

How often do you receive reports from the construction team?

I've been getting reports from them every week.

That's fine.

Well, if we're finished talking about this,

let's move on to the next item on the agenda.

Let's go over the dialogue again more slowly this time.

Isabel, can you bring us up to speed

on the progress, on the new facility? Sure, Frank. So far, progress is looking good.

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