FRI

ANGLEINA

Mag. Marina tros Brako

Ljubljana, oktober 2006

KAZALO
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NUMBERS, DATES, PREPOSITIONS ...........................................................................................................4

1.1
DATES DATUMI......................................................................................................................................4
1.1.1
EXERCISE 11 .......................................................................................................................................5
1.2
IMPORTANT INFORMATION WHAT CHIP AND PIN MEANS FOR YOU .......................................5
1.3
NUMBERS EXERCISES ............................................................................................................................6
1.3.1
EXERCISE 1 .........................................................................................................................................7
1.3.2
EXERCISE 2 .........................................................................................................................................7
1.3.3
EXERCISE 3 .........................................................................................................................................8
1.3.4
EXERCISE 4 .........................................................................................................................................8
1.3.5
EXERCISE 5 .........................................................................................................................................8
1.4
BRITISH MONEY .......................................................................................................................................8
1.5
MONEY AND DATES ................................................................................................................................9
1.5.1
Exercise 1 .............................................................................................................................................9
1.6
TIME EXPRESSIONS .....................................................................................................................................10
1.7
PREPOSITIONS PREPOZICIJE.............................................................................................................10
1.7.1
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME: ...............................................................................................................10
1.7.2
PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE: ............................................................................................................11
1.7.3
SOME COMMON VERBS + PREPOSITIONS: .................................................................................11

WORK ...............................................................................................................................................................12
2.1
YOUR JOB .................................................................................................................................................12
2.2
JOBS AND RESPONSIBILITIES..............................................................................................................14
2.2.1
GLOSSARY .........................................................................................................................................14
2.3
THE STRUCTURE OF THE COMPANY .................................................................................................15
2.3.1
DESCRIBING YOUR DEPARTMENT ...............................................................................................15
2.3.2
WHAT PERSONAL QUALITIES DO CANDIDATES FOR A JOB NEED?.......................................16
2.3.3
REPLACE THE UNDERLINED WORDS WITH ONE WORD ..........................................................16
2.3.4
FIND A WORD FROM THE LIST......................................................................................................16
2.3.5
CHOOSE PHRASES THAT YOU THINK ARE RELEVANT FOR PEOPLE DOING DIFFERENT
JOBS.
............................................................................................................................................................17
2.3.6
MATCH THE DEPARTMENTS ON THE LEFT WITH THE CORRECT DEFINITIONS ON THE
RIGHT. ............................................................................................................................................................17
2.3.7
MATCH THE JOBS WITH THE DESCRIPTIONS ON THE RIGHT.................................................18
2.3.8
MORE DEPARTMENTS.....................................................................................................................18
2.3.9
MATCH THE EXPRESSIONS ON THE RIGHT WITH DEFINITIONS ON THE LEFT. ..................18
2.4
EMPLOYMENT ........................................................................................................................................19
2.5
WORK TERMS..........................................................................................................................................19
2.6
PAY ............................................................................................................................................................19

MEETINGS.......................................................................................................................................................20
3.1
LANGUAGE SUMMARY.........................................................................................................................20
3.1.1
EXERCISE 1 .......................................................................................................................................22
3.1.2
Arranging a meeting ...........................................................................................................................23

TELEPHONING ..............................................................................................................................................24
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9

EXERCISE 1 ..............................................................................................................................................24
THE INDIRECT WAY (USED OFTEN FOR BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE) .................................25
THE DIRECT WAY (USED OFTEN FOR TELEPHONING) ..................................................................25
DRILL ........................................................................................................................................................26
TRANSLATION ........................................................................................................................................28
NOW USE THESE PHRASAL VERBS TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES. .......................................30
TELEPHONING SCENARIOS .................................................................................................................30
TELEPHONE CONVERSATION .............................................................................................................32
TELEPHONING LANGUAGE..................................................................................................................33
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CORRESPONDENCE .....................................................................................................................................34
5.1
PISMA IN ELEKTRONSKA POTA: SPLONA PRAVILA ..................................................................................34
5.2
NASLAVLJANJE ...........................................................................................................................................35
5.2.1
Pogosto uporabljene fraze..................................................................................................................36
5.3
NAJBOLJ POGOSTE NAPAKE PRI SLOVENCIH ..............................................................................................37
5.4
ZELO POGOSTI STAVKI V SLOVENSKO ANGLEKI KORESPONDENCI .........................................................38
5.5
PISANJE NOVOLETNIH VOILNIC ...............................................................................................................40
5.6
PONOVITEV .................................................................................................................................................40
PRIPOROILA (REFERENCES) .............................................................................................................44
5.7

GRAMMAR A ..................................................................................................................................................47
6.1
ALPHABET ABECEDA.........................................................................................................................47
ASI ...........................................................................................................................................................47
6.2
6.2.1
asi za izraenje sedanjosti................................................................................................................47
asi za izraanje preteklosti...............................................................................................................49
6.2.2
as, ki povezuje preteklost in sedanjost .............................................................................................51
6.2.3
asi za izraanje prihodnosti .............................................................................................................52
6.2.4
6.3
POLNOPOMENSKI GLAGOL BITI ' TO BE' V SEDANJIKU ................................................................53
6.4
POMONI GLAGOL BITI TO BE V SEDANJIKU ...............................................................................54
6.5
POLNOPOMENSKI IN POMONI GLAGOL BITI ' TO BE' V PRETEKLIKU .....................................55

GRAMMAR B ..................................................................................................................................................61
7.1
7.2

EUROPASS IVLJENJEPIS..........................................................................................................................68
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5

EUROPASS JEZIKOVNA IZKAZNICA..............................................................................................................70

EVROPSKE STOPNJE SAMOOCENJEVCALNA LESTVICA .............................................................................71
PRIMER: CIRRICULUM VITAE................................................................................................................72
PRIMER: COVER LETTER........................................................................................................................73
EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS PROFILE ...............................................................................................................74

APPENDIX........................................................................................................................................................76
9.1
9.2
9.3
9.4
9.5
9.6
9.7
9.8

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PRESENT TIME ........................................................................................................................................61

FUTURE TIME ..........................................................................................................................................65

R E V I S I O N............................................................................................................................................77
MOCK EXAM 1 ...........................................................................................................................................81
MOCK EXAM 2 ...........................................................................................................................................88
MOCK EXAM 3............................................................................................................................................94
VOCABULARY .............................................................................................................................................99
SAYING NUMBERS .....................................................................................................................................106
PREVODI.................................................................................................................................................108
P R E D L O G I.........................................................................................................................................112
BIBLIOGRAPHY.......................................................................................................................................114

NUMBERS, DATES, PREPOSITIONS

1.1

DATES DATUMI

napiemo
1 January 1984
January 1, 1984
11 February 1988
February 11, 1988
30 March 1992
March 30, 1992
4 April 1994
April 4, 1994
18 May 1996
May 18, 1996
27 June 1998
June 27, 1998
5 July 2000
July 5, 2000
13 August 2001
August 13, 2001
29 September 2003
September 29, 2003
31 October 2005
October 31, 2005
12 November 2007
November 12, 2007
26 December 2010
December 26, 2010

izgovorimo/preberemo
the first of January nineteen eighty-four
January the first nineteen eighty four
the eleventh of February nineteen eighty-eight
February the eleventh nineteen eighty-eight
the thirtieth of March nineteen ninety-two
March the thirtieth nineteen ninety-two
the fourth of April nineteen ninety-four
April the fourth nineteen ninety-four
the eighteenth of May nineteen ninety-six
May the eighteenth nineteen ninety-six
the twenty-seventh of June nineteen ninety-eight
June the twenty-seventh nineteen ninety-eight
the fifth of July two thousand
July the fifth two thousand
the thirteenth of August two thousand and one
August the thirteenth two thousand and one
the twenty-ninth of September two thousand and
three
September the twenty-ninth two thousand and
three
the thirty-first of October two thousand and five
October the thirty-first two thousand and five
the twelfth of November two thousand and seven
November the twelfth two thousand and seven
the twenty-sixth of December two thousand and
ten
December the twenty-sixth two thousand and ten

Pozor: Kljub temu, da pri datumih uporabljamo vrstilne tevnike, v angleini

za tevilko ne piemo pike (kot je to navada v slovenini)!
Vrstilni tevniki od 21 do 99 se obvezno piejo z vezajem! Enako velja tudi
za glavne tevnike. Primer: twenty-one = enaindvajset, twenty-first =
enaindvajseti.
Na zapis 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, za vrstilne tevnike e lahko naletimo in je
povsem pravilen. Res pa je, da je taken zapis izginja iz rabe v moderni
angleini in ga zato ne uporabljajte.

1.1.1

EXERCISE 11

Whats the time?

13:00

Its one pm.

01:00
05:30
04:15
14:20
08:10
07:45
06:00
03:50
09:05
12:00 (poldne)

1.2
IMPORTANT INFORMATION WHAT CHIP AND PIN MEANS FOR
YOU
We're puttung the PIN in shopPINg
You may have seen recent TV and press coverage about chip and PIN. We'd like to tell you a
bit more about it.
What is chip and PIN?
Through 2004 a new chip and PIN system will be introduced across the UK as part of a worldwide initiative to reduce card fraud. The chip and PIN debit card has a 'smart' chip that holds
your 4-digit Personal identification Number (PIN).
Why is chip and PIN happening?
The chip and PIN are personal to you and make counterfeiting almost impossible, keeping your
transactions secure when you're out shopping. A similar scheme in France has cut card fraud
by 80%.
What will chip and PIN mean for me?
When you pay for goods with your new chip and PIN card you won't sign a receipt; instead you'll
be asked to enter your PIN into a keypad. These keypads will start to appear in retail outlets
throughout 2004. But don't worry, you can still use your card and sign your name in shops at
home and abroad where chip and PIN isn't in place yet- just as you do now.

Put the I in PIN

Once you start sing your chip and PIN card you'll soon get the hang of the new technology. All
you have to do is remember your PIN just like you do now when getting cash from a cash
machine.
With your new card you'll still be able to change your PIN to something that's easier to
remember ( although make sure you avoid obvious numbers such as 1234 or 0000 ). To change
your PIN just visit any Bank of Scotland or Halifax branch cash machine and simply follow the
on screen instructions.

1.3

NUMBERS EXERCISES

Write the numbers of each item next to the correct word or words.
two thousand three hundred and ninety-four

..........................................................

two three two three nine four

..........................................................

twenty-three centimetres

..........................................................

twenty-three thousand and ninety-four

..........................................................

twenty-third of March nineteen ninety-four

..........................................................

two hundred and thirty-nine pounds forty

..........................................................

two point three nine four

..........................................................

twenty-three times ninety-four

..........................................................

twenty-three per cent

..........................................................

twenty-three slash ninety-four

..........................................................

two-thirds

..........................................................

twenty-three plus ninety-four

..........................................................

twenty-three dollars ninety-four cents

..........................................................

twenty-three degrees centigrade

..........................................................

twenty-three kilometres per hour

..........................................................

twenty minus three

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1.3.1

EXERCISE 1

Match the figures and the dates on the right

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

1.3.2

01.01.98
29.02.96
31/12/99
09-01-97 (UK)
6/7/98 (UK)
04.08.98 (USA)
1/11/98 (UK)

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.

29 February 1996
September 1, 1997
1 January 1998
6 July 1998
April 8,1998
1 November 1998
31 December 1999

EXERCISE 2

1900 nineteen hundred

1901 nineteen-oh-one
1902 nineteen-oh-two
1910 nineteen-ten
1911 nineteen-eleven
1920 nineteen- twenty
1922 nineteen-twenty-two
1980 nineteen- eighty
1990 nineteen- ninety
1991 nineteen-ninety-one
2000 two thousand
2005 twenty-oh-five

OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR
OR

nineteen hundred and one

nineteen hundred and two
nineteen hundred and ten
nineteen hundred and eleven
nineteen hundred and twenty
nineteen hundred and twenty-two
nineteen hundred and eighty
nineteen hundred and ninety
nineteen hundred and ninety-one

OR

two thousand and five

There are two systems of year dates in English:

the shorter system ( shown on the left ): the numbers are said in pairs.
the longer system ( shown on the right ): numbers are said in pairs, but between
the pair we say hundred and.
30 March 1993 = March the thirtieth, nineteen ninety-three
OR
the thirtieth of March, nineteen ninety- three
To announce the date, Its is used.
Its April the first.

1.3.3

EXERCISE 3

Can you answer these questions:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.3.4

Whats the date today?

What date is your birthday?
Which is the shortest night of the year?
When was the Constitution of the United States written?
When did James Watt invent the steam engine?
EXERCISE 4

Write the numbers in the gaps.

John Lennon was born in ____________ ( nineteen-forty). He formed a rock group called The
Quarrrymen in ________ ( nineteen-fifty-six). After some changes, this became The Beatles in
____________ ( nineteen-sixty-one). In _____________ ( ninteen-sixty-two ), the Beatles had
their first hit record ( Love Me Do) and began their career as world-famous pop stars. The group
split up in ___________ ( nineteen-seventy). John made his last concert appearance in
___________ ( nineteen-seventy-four). He died in _______________ ( nineteen-eighty).
1.3.5

EXERCISE 5

Write the correct figures in the gaps:

It was _________ ( five degrees below zero ) last night.
And the score at half time is: Scotland________( three), England ________( nil).
Its an inner London phone number, so you dial _________ ( o-seven-one).
The Supreme Court decided by ________ ( eight) votes to ________( nil) that the President
must hand over the tapes.
His telephone number is ____________( 0-four-o, two-two-o, six-o-six-o).
Becker leads__________ ( fifteen-love).
How many fingers have you got on your feet?

1.4

BRITISH MONEY

100p = 1
100 pence = a pound
(pound)
1
13
30
p)
500,000
7,000,000

a pound/ one pound

thirteen pound
thirty pounds

1p
5p
10.5p

p ( pence )
one penny ( one p or a penny)
five pence ( five p)
ten-and half pence ( ten-and-half

five hundred thousand pound

seven million pound

52p

fifty-two pence ( fifty two p )

5.60
five pounds and sixty pence

12.99
twelve pounds and ninety-nine
pence
twelve pounds ninety-nine pence
twelve pounds ninety-nine
twelve ninety-nine

five pounds sixty pence

five pounds sixty
five sixty
100 cents ( c) = a dollar ($)
Sums of money are named very much as in British English.
Some coins have special names:
1 c one-cent coins are called pennies,
5 c five-cent coins are nickels,
10 c ten-cent coins are dimes,
20 c a twenty-five cent coin is a quarter.

1.5

MONEY AND DATES

1.5.1

EXERCISE 1

Complete the table with the information given.

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Invoice number thirteen, dated December the seventeenth nineteen-ninety-seven, is

for five hundred and twenty-six pounds, seventeen pence.

Invoice number one hundred and six, dated the twelfth of January nineteen-ninetyeight, is for two hundred and fourteen pounds, ninety-five pence.

Invoice number one hundred nineteen, dated August the thirtieth nineteen-ninety-six,
is for one thousand three hundred eighty seven-dollars eighty-six.

Invoice number one hundred forty-one, dated the sixteenth of November nineteenninety seven, is for twenty-five German marks fifty.

Invoice number two hundred eighty-six, dated the twenty first of February nineteenninety-two, is for two thousand four hundred and six pounds and five pence.

Invoice No.

Date

Amount

1.6

TIME EXPRESSIONS

................ ten minutes

-ez deset minut

five years ....................

pred petimi leti

............ 6 a.m. ............. 10 a.m.

-od estih do desetih

............ Monday

-v ponedeljek

............ the weekend

-ez vikend

.................. the week

-med tednom

.................. 6 o'clock

-po esti uri

.................. 8 o'clock

-pred osmo uro

.................. week

-prejnji teden

.................. week

-prihodnji teden

.................. the evening

-zveer

.................. night

-ponoi

.................. lunch

-po kosilu

....... Friday ........................................-najkasneje do petka

1.7

PREPOSITIONS PREPOZICIJE

1.7.1

PREPOSITIONS OF TIME:

Day
Month
Year
Date
Time
Holiday
Parts of the day

ON
IN
IN
ON
AT
AT
IN

*but AT night

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ex. on Monday
ex. in July
ex. in 1999
ex. on 17th May 2004
ex. at 5 pm, at midnight
ex. at Easter, at Christmas
ex. in the morning/evening

Some phrases connected with time:

IN TIME
ON TIME
ON WEEKLY/DAILY/MONTHLY BASIS
FOR A TRIAL PERIOD OF
AT THE LATEST
IN THE SKY
IN THE WORLD
AT THE WEEKEND
1.7.2

He came just in time to save her.

Hand in the report on time.
I attend an English course on weekly basis.
We'll hire you for a trial period of two months.
I need this data by Friday at the latest.
There are millions of stars shining in the sky.
Six billion people live in the world.
What did you do at the weekend?

PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE:

Small town
Big town/City
Street

AT or IN
IN
IN

ex. at/in Piran

ex. in New York
ex. in Dunajska street

Some phrases connected with place:

IN/AT a meeting
ON a business trip
ON the second floor
AT work
AT the faculty
1.7.3

SOME COMMON VERBS + PREPOSITIONS:

Interested IN
Good/bad AT
Specialized IN
Famous FOR
Resign FROM
Absent FROM
Graduate FROM
Accused OF
Known FOR
Typical OF

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WORK
employer

employee

you are AT work

full-time job /
part-time job

WORK

you DO your job

permanent /
temporary

working conditions
clock-in system
Working time:
- fixed
- flexible

2.1

YOUR JOB

Complete the following sentences about yourself

My address is
My business number is
My extension is
I work for
as a(n)
in the
I mostly deal with
I am responsible
and

for

My job involves a lot of

and
What I like about my job is
Ive been with the company for
since
Ive been in my present job for

......................................................................................
......................................................................................
......................................................................................
......................................................................................
......................................................................................
......................................................................................
...........................................................( company)
.............................................................( job )
......................................................................................
............................................................(department)
......................................................................................
............................................................(kind of work)
......................................................................................
...........................................................( ing form )
......................................................................................
......................................................................................
......................................................................................
......................................................................................
......................................................................................
......................................................................................
......................................................................................
.......................................................... (period of time )
...........................................................(since)
........................................................ (point of time)
......................................................................................
......................................................................................
......................................................................................

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you learn about your job

from:

A short list of
candidates/applicants.

the media
job centre

advertisement

Invited to the
interview

Vacancy / free post

HR (Human
Resources)
or
Personnel
Department

APPLYING FOR A JOB

send for the

application form

fill it in
You enclose:
- C.V.
- Certificates of
your education
- Health certificate
- Copy of a clean
driving licence
- recommendations

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send it off

2.2

JOBS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

2.2.1

GLOSSARY

a board
a department
to dismiss
efficient
to encourage
an entrepreneur
to fire
to hand in your
notice
to hire
to improve
to negotiate
a pension
qualified
a recession
to recruit
redundant
to resign
to sack
staff
a subordinate

a group of people who control an organization or a company

a section of a company often related to function (personnel
department, sales department)
to fire, to sack, to stop employing someone
working well and quickly, producing a good result in the
minimum time
negatively = inefficient
to give hope, support to somebody
a person who starts or runs a business activity that involves risk
to dismiss, to sack, to stop employing someone
to state officially that you intend to leave a job
to employ someone temporarily, to rent something
to make or get better noun improvement
to discuss a business deal or contract, to reach an agreement
by discussion-nouns a negotiation; a negotiator
money that is paid regularly to someone who has retired
Person a pensioner
having the right education, diplomas and experience for a job
Noun qualification
a decline in economic activity. (This recession is worse than the
one we had in the seventies).
to employ or take on new staff-noun recruitment
no longer needed, dismissed, wihtout work (They have made
400 workers redundant because of the recession.) Noun
redundancies = job losses
to give up or leave a job
to dismiss, to fire, to stop employing someone
all the people who work for a company: its people, its
employees
a person with a lower rank or position

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2.3

THE STRUCTURE OF THE COMPANY

Most companies are made up of three groups of people: the shareholders (who provide the
capital), the management, and the workforce. The management structure of a typical company
is shown in the following organisation chart:
Board of Directors
(Headed by the chairperson)

Managing Director

Senior Management

Middle Management
At the top of the company hierarchy is the Board of Directors, headed by the Chairperson (or
President). The Board is responsible for making policy decisions and for determining the companys
strategy. It will usually appoint a Managing Director (or Chief Executive Officer CEO) who has
overall responsibility for the running of the business. Senior managers head the various
departments or functions within the company.
2.3.1

DESCRIBING YOUR DEPARTMENT

a. describing the activity of a department

My department deals with marketing.

is responsible for administration.
We organise tests / studies / research.
We work with customers / suppliers / subsidiaries / other companies in the group.
b. describing the staffing of a department
There are . . . people in the department.
Im in charge of the department.
I am one of the managers / technicians / secretaries / engineers.
c. describing the activity of a department
We have a large office / three laboratories / a small building.
We use computers / fax / e-mail a lot.
We have a well equipped laboratory / a lot of technical equipment.
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2.3.2

WHAT PERSONAL QUALITIES DO CANDIDATES FOR A JOB NEED?

enthusiastic

independent

cooperative

generous

sensitive

motivated

creative

kind

lively

honest

hard-working

energetic

well-organised

open-minded

efficient

well-travelled

2.3.3

patient

sociable
quiet
punctual

REPLACE THE UNDERLINED WORDS WITH ONE WORD

My colleagues are very friendly and like going out together.
My colleagues are very ____________________________.

A good manager should think about people's feelings.

A manager should be _____________________________ .

I like working with people who are really interested and have lots of energy.
I like working with people who are ___________________ .

She is able to work very hard.

She is ______________________________.

It is important for directors to be careful what they say to people.

It is important for directors to be _______________________________.

2.3.4

FIND A WORD FROM THE LIST.

A person, who has travelled a lot is ____________________________________.

A person who likes working with other people is __________________________.
A person who always tells the truth is __________________________________.
A person who has lots of new ideas is ______________________________.
A person who has a good time keeping is ___________________________.
A person who always knows what to do and where his/her things are is
____________________.
A person who doesn't mind giving is _________________________.
A person who doesn't need other people's help is ______________________________.

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2.3.5

CHOOSE PHRASES THAT YOU THINK ARE RELEVANT FOR PEOPLE DOING
DIFFERENT JOBS.

Give reasons for your choices.

1) should have

2) should be

3) should be able to

a desire to do a good job

a good leader

plan carefully

planning skills

Calm

solve problems calmly

financial skills

good with figures

do repetitive tasks accurately

technical understanding

strong and fit

work fast

good timekeeping

Accurate

concentrate easily

an interest in science

Reliable

work hard

good communication skills

Punctual

work independently

Patient

work well as part of a team

Clean

make decisions quickly

a fast worker

1. A personnel manager . . .
2. A production manager . . .
3. An assembler . . .
EXAMPLE: I think a production manager should have an interest in science because a lot of
work involves scientific tests.
2.3.6

MATCH THE DEPARTMENTS ON THE LEFT WITH THE CORRECT DEFINITIONS

ON THE RIGHT.

sales

is responsible for manufacturing goods

purchasing

deals with recruiting new staff

planning

deals with invoices and payments

research and development

handles advertising and new product launches

quality control

buys in products and services

production

tries to develop new products

personnel

makes sure that standards are maintained

finance

persuades people to buy the company's products

distribution

sets out a strategy for the company's future

marketing

transports goods to different places

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2.3.7

MATCH THE JOBS WITH THE DESCRIPTIONS ON THE RIGHT.

managing director

I organize training courses for members of staff.

personal assisstant

I set up the equipment and do experiments and tests

sales representative

I am the senior executive

training officer

I check that products are made to the right standards

purchasing manager

I visit customers and try and increase business

laboratory technician

I work with the Managing Director. I am responsible for his

diary, organize his travel, and take calls for him.
I buy evrything the company needs, from raw material to
stationery.

quality control manager

2.3.8

MORE DEPARTMENTS

R&D

Human Resources

Communications

Sales and Marketing

Engineering

Financial

Manufacturing services

Legal Affairs

Sectors match.
Industrial and Consumer Sector

Europe, Asia Pacific, Canada, Latin

America

Information, Imaging and Electronic Sector

Medical products, Healthcare services

Life Sciences Sector

Electrical products, Photo colour systems

International Operations

Industrial tape, Special adhesives and

chemicals

2.3.9

MATCH THE EXPRESSIONS ON THE RIGHT WITH DEFINITIONS ON THE LEFT.

1) Catering

a) deals with phone calls in and out of the company

2) Customer Services

b) protects staff and property against crime

3) Dispatch and Distribution

c) sells goods, contacts customers, deals with inquiries

4) Finance

d) monitors company products, tries to improve their quality

5) Health and Safety

e) deals with visitors, takes messages

6) Maintenance

f) develops new products and new ideas

7) Marketing

g) produces goods

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8)Personnel

h) talks to journalists, presents the company to the

public
9) Public Relations (PR)

i) deals with training, recruitment, staff problems

10) Production

j) makes sure that products are widely known

11) Research and Development (R&D)

k) checks equipment regularly, carries out repairs

12) Reception

l) checks for dangers at work, monitors health

13) Quality Control

m) deals with money coming in and going out of the

company
14) Sales

n) sends goods out to customers

15) Security

o) deals with after-sales service and complaints

16) Switchboard

p) provides meals

1
9

2.4

2
10

3
11

6
14

7
15

8
16

terms of employment
to go on an interview for a job
to quit / to resign
to be temporarily laid off
to get a raise
to be unemployed
to be (50%) disabled

WORK TERMS

to have a day off / a free day

to be on sick leave
to have a holiday

2.6

5
13

EMPLOYMENT

employment contract
to apply for a job
to hire / to employ
to be fired /to be dismissed
to be laid off
to be promoted / demoted
to retire

2.5

4
12

to have / to take a sick day

to be on maternity leave
to go on holidays / vacation

PAY

paycheck
to get a salary
weekly
monthly
gross income
(income) tax
contribution
bonus
lunch scheme (voucher)

pay stub
to get wages
bi-monthly
pay grade
net income
supplements
reimbursement
mileage expenses

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MEETINGS
invitation
- time
- date
- venue

a chair
(runs the meeting)

MEETINGS
the meeting can be:
- organised
- postponed
- cancelled
- held

participants
(attend the meeting)

the agenda items

- presence and
absence of the
participants
- minutes of the
previous meeting
- matters arising
- AOB (any other
business)

3.1

LANGUAGE SUMMARY

BEGINNINGS

AGM
(annual general meeting)

There are three / several / a number of points I'd like to make.

I would like to begin by . . . .
ASKING FOR AN OPINION

What's your opinion of . . .

What's your position / view on . . .
GIVING AN OPINION

I believe / think / feel that . . .

In my opinion / view . . .
BRINGING IN ANOTHER SPEAKER

I'd like to call on Mrs Kelly to present her views on . . .

Allow me to give the floor to Ms Miller . . .
AGREEING

a secretary
(writes the minutes)

I agree entirely / completely.

I think we are in agreement on that.
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AGREEING PARTIALLY

I would tend to agree with you on that.

I agree with you on the whole, but . . .
DISAGREEING TACTFULLY

I agree up to a point, but . . .

To a certain extent I agree with you, but . . .
DISAGREEING

I'm sorry, but I really can't agree with you on that.

With all due respect, I must disagree.
SUMMARIZING

Briefly, the main points that have been made are . . .

To sum up then, there seems to be . . .
INTERRUPTING

If I may just interrupt you for a moment, I'd like to . . .

I don't want to interrupt, but . . .
TAKING THE FLOOR

I wonder if I might comment on that last point?

Could / May I come in at this point?
CORRECTING MISUNDERSTANDINGS

I'm afraid there seems to have been a slight misunderstanding.

Perhaps I should make that clearer by saying . . .
ASKING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Could you be a little more specific / precise?

I'm sorry, but could you explain in a little more detail?
EVADING THE ISSUE

That's a very interesting / complex question and . . .

I'm afraid I'm not in a position to comment on that just yet.
MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS, PROPOSALS, AND SUGGESTIONS

I recommend / propose / suggest that . . .

I wonder if we shouldn't think about . . .
EXPRESSING SUPPORT

I am in favour of . . .
This proposal has my full support.
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EXPRESSING OPPOSITION

I can see many problems in adopting this.

I am opposed to the . . .
PERSUADING

Have you taken into account . . . ?

Wouldn't you agree that . . . ?
EMPHASIZING

I particularly want to emphasize / stress / highlight the fact that . . .

We mustn't underestimate / underrate the importance of . . .
OFFERING A COMPROMISE

We are prepared to . . ., on condition that . . .

We would be willing to . . ., provided that . . .
CONCLUDING

3.1.1

Let me conclude by . . .
In conclusion, I would like to say . . .

EXERCISE 1

Answer the questions:

1
2
3
4
5
6

Who is responsible for the meeting?

What's secretary's job?
What information is usually on the invitation?
What items are on the agenda?
What does AGM stand for?
What does AOB stand for?

Translate:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Kdo vodi danes sestanek?

Sestanek je preloen na 20. marca.
Sestanek je odpovedan zaradi bolezni.
Preidimo k toki razno.
Vi imate besedo gospod White.
Lahko nekaj predlagam?
Ne strinjam se z vaim predlogom.
Mislim, da nimate prav.
Ali si e dobil zapisnik prejnega sestanka?
Kdaj je skupina Telekoma?
Preidimo k drugi toki dnevnega reda.
Kakno je vae mnenje o predlogu....?
Mislim, da bi se e morali pogovoriti o tekoih problemih.
Njegov predlog je bil zavrnjen.
as je potekel.
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3.1.2

ARRANGING A MEETING

V primerih od 1-12 obkroite najustreznejo besedo.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

What time would be convenient for/be convenient/suit you?

Are you free sometime/anytime/one time next week?
Could we meet on/-/at Thursday during/on/in the afternoon? Perhaps on/-/at 3pm?
Yes, I think I shall/should/would be able to make next Friday morning.
Ill email/return to/get back to you later today to confirm it.
Im out of the office for/until/till 2pm on that day. Anytime after that could be/is/would be
fine.
Im afraid Im busy/occupied/tied up all day next Tuesday.
Pardon me,/Sorry,/Im afraid I cant make/control/manage it on that day.
Sorry, Ive already god an arrangement/an appointment/a promise on that day.
What if/What about/How about Wednesday instead/in place of/as an alternative?
Would you mind/matter/object if we put the meeting back/off/away to the following week?
Im very sorry/regret again/apologise again for any inconvenience caused.
I look forward to see/seeing/speaking to you next week.
Give me a call/telephone/ring if you have any problems.
Give my regards/best wishes/compliments to Ms Wilfandt.

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TELEPHONING

calls
-

dial the number

international
local
trunk
collect

party line

Hold the line please

/ Hold on, please

coin operated phone

/ card phone

MAKING A
TELEPHONE CALL

the line is
busy/engaged/occupied

put you through

-

the operator

extension no. (44/16)

area code (03)
country code (+386)

telephone book /
telephone directory

4.1

EXERCISE 1

The phrasal verb on the left in the table below are all used in telephoning in English. Match
each verb with a suitable definition from the column on the right.
1) to put through

a) to disconnect

2) to hang up

b) to discover

3) to ring up

c) to wait

4) to take down

d) to lift

5) to look up

e) to connect

6) to cut off

f) to replace

7) to get through

g) to write down

8) to find out

h) to call again

9) to put down

i) to be connected

10) to hang on / to hold on

j) to replace the receiver

11) to pick up

k) to find information

12) to ring back / to call back

l) to make a telephone call

1
9

2
10

3
11

4
12

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4.2 THE INDIRECT WAY (USED OFTEN FOR BUSINESS

CORRESPONDENCE)
First Sentence:

calling
I am

in .......................... with

writing

your fax dated March 27.

your letter of 22nd of May.
our recent phone conversation. (HAS TO BE A NOUN)
your electric bill.
the shipment we received.
an outstanding bill.

Second Sentence states the Problem:

It was very .............................. and ................................ . Could you please send it again?
Thank you for your .................................. in our range of household appliances.
I have made ........................................... for you to stay in the Copacobana Hilton. I would like
to ................................... for overcharging you in the amount of $20.35.
Several ........................... were missing and twenty pieces had been damaged by water.
Going over our records, we noticed that your last bill hasn't been .............................. yet.

4.3

THE DIRECT WAY (USED OFTEN FOR TELEPHONING)

I'm calling to

- ask you to resend your letter of 27 March, which

was very illegible and unclear.
- thank you for your interest in our range of household
appliances.

- inform you that I have made arrangements for you

to stay in the Copacobana Hilton.

-apologize for overcharging you on your electric bill

in the amount of $20.35.
- complain about our shipment in which several
pieces were missing and twenty items damaged by
water.
- remind you that your bill hasn't been settled yet.

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4.4

DRILL

Complete these sentences.

1. I'm calling to .....................................................................(odpovedati sestanek)
2. I'm calling to .....................................................................(dogovoriti se za sestanek)
3. I'm calling to .....................................................................(rezervirati hotelsko sobo)
4. I'm calling to .....................................................................(naroiti 25 strojev)
5. I'm calling to .....................................................................(preloiti sestanek)
6. I'm calling to .....................................................................(obvestiti o novih tel. tev.)
1. I'm afraid she ....................................................................(ni v pisarni)
2. I'm afraid he ......................................................................(el ven)
3. I'm afraid but .....................................................................(ne morem vam pomagati)
4. I'm afraid she ....................................................................(na sestanku)
5. I'm afraid but .....................................................................(bo na slubenem pot.)
1. Would you like to ............................................................... ?(poklicati nazaj)
2. Would you like to ............................................................... ?(odpovedati sestanek)
3. Would you like to ............................................................... ?(preloiti sestanek)
4. Would you like to ............................................................... ?(ostati na zvezi)
5. Would you like to ............................................................... ?(govoriti z g. ernetom)
6. Would you like

............................................................... ?(skodelico kave)

7. Would you like

............................................................... ?(enoposteljno sobo)

8. Would you like to ............................................................... ?(ostati e kaken dan)

9. Would you like to ............................................................... ?(vzeti taksi)
10. Would you like to ................................................................ ?(se sreati z njim v mestu)
1. Could you ............................................................................ ?(nam poslati kopijo pogodbe)
2. Could you ............................................................................ ?(rezervirati tri enoposteljne sobe)
3. Could you ............................................................................ ?(njega priakati na letaliu)
4. Could you ............................................................................ ?(govorili poasneje)
5. Could I ................................................................................. ?(govoriti z ga. Nunn)
6. Could I ................................................................................. ?(dobiti va e-mail naslov)
7. Could you ............................................................................ ?(rkovati va priimek )
8. Could you ............................................................................ ?(preveriti, e je pog. e podp.)
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1. Well, I'll have to ......................................................................(preveriti, e je v pisarni)

2. Well, I'll have to ......................................................................(najti kopijo pogodbe)
3. Well, I'll have to ......................................................................(preveriti, e je pog. e podp.)
4. Well, I'll have to ......................................................................(vpraati, e ima v petek as)
5. Well, I'll have to ......................................................................(ponovno napisati fax)
6. Well, I'll have to ......................................................................(poklicati ponovno)
1. I'll see if ...................................................................................(Mr Dobbs v pisarni)
2. I'll see if ...................................................................................(se lahko srea z vami)
3. I'll see if ...................................................................................(ima as v torek)
4. I'll see if ...................................................................................(bo nazaj do 12.00)
5. I'll see if ...................................................................................(oni potrdili rezervacijo)

Ste e kdaj . . . ?
1. Have you ever ......................................................................... ?
2. Have you ever ......................................................................... ?
3. Have you ever ......................................................................... ?
4. Have you ever ......................................................................... ?
5. Have you ever ......................................................................... ?

e nisem . . .
1. I haven't ................................................................................... yet
2. I haven't ................................................................................... yet
3. I haven't ................................................................................... yet
4. I haven't ................................................................................... yet
5. I haven't ................................................................................... yet
Sem e . . .
1. I've already ..............................................................................
2. I've already ..............................................................................
3. I've already ..............................................................................
4. I've already ..............................................................................
5. I've already ..............................................................................

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4.5

TRANSLATION
1. Lahko govorim z gospodom Brownom, prosim?
2. al ga ni v pisarni.
3. Priel bo ez 10 minut.
4. Mu elite pustiti sporoilo?
5. Prosim pokliite nazaj ez 20 minut.
6. Oprostite, lahko ponovite svoje ime?
7. Koliko je vaa interna tevilka?
8. Gospoda Novaka lahko pokliete direktno. Njegova interna tevilka je 8513.
9. Ali je to British Airways agencija?
10. Rezervirala bi eno povratno vozovnico Lj London, London Lj za 15. maj 2001.
11. Prosim sede pri oknu.
12. Kdaj prileti letalo v London?
13. Koliko asa pred poletom je potrebno priti na letalie?
14. Hvala za va klic . Nasvidenje.
15. Od kod ste ?
16. Kje je vae stalno prebivalie?
17. Va podpis prosim?
18. Kdaj je rok za oddajo plaila?
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19. Direktor je bil prejnji teden na slubeni poti.

20. Kdaj nam nameravate poslati va zadnji / najnoveji katalog?
21. Rok potee 8. maja .
22. Sestanek se zane ob petih popoldne.
23. Kdaj zopet nameravate priti v Krko?
24. Pravkar sem poklicala taxi.
25. Avtobusi vozijo tono.
26. Lansko leto je bila konferenca na Hrvakem.
27. Ste e poklicali g. Novaka?
28. Ste e obvestili g. Langa?
29. Gospoda Langa e nisem obvestila, bom ga pa obvestila ez 10 minut.
30. Pismo smo mu poslali v torek.
31. Odgovora e nismo dobili.
32. Rad bi govoril z g. Novakom.
33. Bi mu lahko sporoili, da me prihodnji teden ne bo v slubo.
34. Trenutek, prosim.
35. Kdo klie, prosim?
36. Georg Miller je na sestanku. Danes ga ne bo ve nazaj v pisarno.
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37. Ste e preverili podatke?

38. al jih e nismo preverili.

4.6

NOW USE THESE PHRASAL VERBS TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES.

I didn't know his number so I had to .................................. it up.

We were ..................... ..................... during the call so I had to ...................... ............. .

The man ..................... ................... on me because he lost his temper.

I tried to .................. .............................. to your office this morning but the line was
engaged.

............................. the embassy .................... and ask them to ................... you

............................. to the press department.

When I phoned the bank I had to ......................... ....................... for nearly 10 minutes.

4.7

TELEPHONING SCENARIOS

Fill in the missing expressions.

SCENARIO 1:
Mary Smith:

(The person is available.)

Good morning. IBM Slovenia, Mary Smith ..

CALLER:

Good morning. This . Bob Sills from IskraTel. I.

to Mr Jones .. .

Mary Smith:

Just , please. Ill .... you.

CALLER:

Thank you.

Mary Smith:

Youre ..

SCENARIO 2:

(The person is not available.)

Mary Smith:

Good morning. IBM Slovenia, Mary Smith ...

CALLER:

Good morning. This is Bob Sills from IskraTel. I. to Mr

Jones ..

Mary Smith: Just , please. (after 5 seconds) Im sorry

. at the moment.
. a message?
CALLER:

Yes. . is Bob Sills, from Iskratel and my number is :

04 and the number is 42 21 385, .. 33.
. about the contracts,
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whether theyve been signed or not.

Mary Smith:
CALLER:

Ill sure that Mr Jones .. the message.

Thank you ..

Mary Smith:

...

SCENARIO 3:

(MAKING AN APPOINTMENT / SETTING UP A MEETING)

SECRETARY: Good morning. Dr. Lanes office, can ?

CALLER:

Hello, .. is Ms Smith. Id . an appointment

to see the doctor.

SECRETARY: Of . When would it .. you?

CALLER:

Mornings are . Would Wednesday morning .. OK?

SECRETARY: Im ., Dr. Lane doesnt . office hours on Wednesday

mornings. about Thursday morning?
SECRETARY: time?
CALLER:

. 10:30 be all right?

SECRETARY: That be fine. Ill put you .. for 10:30 on Thursday

then.
CALLER:

Thanks.

SECRETARY: ..

SCENARIO 4

(RESCHEDULING AN APPOINTMENT / MEETING)

SECRETARY: Good morning. Dr. Lanes .., can I help ..?

CALLER:

Hello, is Mary Smith. I have an .. with Dr. Lane at

10:30 on Thursday morning, but Im . that I wont
. to make it.

SECRETARY: Would you like to .. the appointment?

CALLER:

Yes, what time would be ..?

SECRETARY: How . next Monday at 1:15 in the afternoon?

CALLER:

That would .. me. Thanks very much.

SECRETARY: ..

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4.8

TELEPHONE CONVERSATION

Practice 1

Can you change this telephone conversation to make it more polite and appropriate?
Hello, ABC company.
....................................................................................................................................................
Hello. I want to speak to John Smith.
....................................................................................................................................................
Who is it?
....................................................................................................................................................
I'm Tom Jones.
....................................................................................................................................................
You can't speak to him because he' s out.
....................................................................................................................................................
Well, tell him something for me.
....................................................................................................................................................
OK.
....................................................................................................................................................
Tell him I called and to ring me as soon as he can.
....................................................................................................................................................
OK. Bye.
....................................................................................................................................................
Practice 2
Can you change this telephone conversation to make it more polite and appropriate?
Hello. Are you John Smith?
....................................................................................................................................................
No. You'll have to wait. I'll connect you to him.
....................................................................................................................................................
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Hello, John Smith.

....................................................................................................................................................
Hello. I am Jane Black.
....................................................................................................................................................
Hello. What do you want?
....................................................................................................................................................
I want to see you next week to discuss some problems with our new project.
....................................................................................................................................................
Well, you can't, I'm busy next week so it's not convenient.
....................................................................................................................................................
Oh. Well, can I see you the week after next?
....................................................................................................................................................
Yes, Monday morning would be OK.
....................................................................................................................................................
All right then. I'll see you on Monday at 10 am.
....................................................................................................................................................

4.9

TELEPHONING LANGUAGE

Can you finish the following dialogues?

Dialogue 1
A: Hello, Oxford Marketing Services.
B: Hello. Could ___________________Martin Smith please?
A: _______________________
B: Oh, hello Martin. ___________________________John bird from IBM.
A: Oh. Hello John. How ______________ help you?
B: I __________ to meet you to talk about the new contract.
________________________on Friday at about 10.30?
A: I'm _______________I'll be in meeting until 11.
__________________lunch time? We could meet in the pub at 12.30.
B: That sounds fine.
A: Great. ______________ then.
B: OK. ___________________.

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CORRESPONDENCE

5.1

PISMA IN ELEKTRONSKA POTA: SPLONA PRAVILA

1.Pri datumu so okrajave 1st, 2nd in 3rd izginile, tako da veinoma piemo:
3 October 2001 ali October 3, 2001.
V ZDA je seveda na prvem mestu mesec: 10/3/2001.
To je tudi posledica rabe raunalnikov in sporoil po elektronski poti.
2. V zaetku pisma piemo:
Dear Sir(s)= spotovani, za vladne ustanove in banke
Dear Sir/Madam=spotovani, za podjetja
Dear Mr Jones = spotovani gospod Jones
Za vsemi temi zaetki ne piemo ve vejice, Ameriani piejo dvopije. e.g. Dear Mr
Jones:
3. Zakljuki
Yours faithfully, e je zaetek Dear Sir(s) ali Dear Sir/Madam
Yours sincerely, e je zaetek Dear Mr Jones
Best regards, e nadomea zgoraj omenjena pozdrava
With best regards, bolj vljudno kot Best regards
4. Za Mr in Ms ne piemo
ve pike:
Dear Mr Jones

In the 1980s Americans were

exposed to 1,600 commercial
messages a day. This has now risen
to over 3,000 today. About 150 are
noticed, but only 25 elicit some kind
of response-usually negative.

5. enske na splono
nazivamo z Ms:
Ms Marina tros

6. Vi ne piemo z veliko zaetnico, kot je to v navadi v italijanini in nemini!

We are writing to you
We are writing to you to inform you...

Uporabimo Present Contionous

7. Elektronska sporoila ne zahtevajo toliko odstavkov kot uradno pismo, eprav

je sporoilo uradno.
8. Elektronska sporoila so prijazneja in v njih e bolj upotevamo pravilo kiss =
keep it short and sweet.
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9. Elektronska sporoila uporabljajo e ve okrajav: c.c., e.g., i.e, a.s.a.p., . ki

se e tudi pie skupaj brez pik (asap), e ne delamo
presledkov.
- c.c. ali cc = copies to = v vednost
- Enc ali Encl = enclosures = priloge
- e.g.= exempli gratia = na primer
- i.e. = id est = to je
- a.s.a.p. = takoj, nemudoma
- p.p. = per procuratorem = po pooblastilu, za (e se podpiemo v imenu nekoga
drugega)
- et al = in ostali ( avtorji,
sodelujoi)
- P.N. = plenum nominae = s polnim imenom, in ne prejme
naj, kot mislijo
mnogi
- RSVP = odgovorite prosim; piemo na vabilo
- c/o = care of= na tem naslovu
10. Pojavil se je celo glagol: I will c.c. you a copy (Poslala vam bom
vednost).
11. Presledki med okrajavami se ne uporabljajo dosledno.
12. Zelo vljudne fraze se opuajo: we remain yours.

5.2

NASLAVLJANJE

FORMALNO:

Dear Mr Peterson

Spotovani gospod Peterson

Dear Sir

Spotovani gospod / gospa uporaba za

podjetja

Dear Sir or Madam

Se opua

Dear Sir / Madam

Je v uporabi

To Whom It May Concern

Spotovani!
(ponavadi v priporoilih)

Dear Sirs

Spotovani (zelo formalno, uporablja se za

institucije, banke)

Dear President

Spotovani predsednik (bolj priporoljivo)

Dear Mr President

Spotovani gospod predsednik

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kopijo v

NEFORMALNO:

Dear Natasha

5.2.1

Draga Nataa

POGOSTO UPORABLJENE FRAZE

In response to your request, we are Na vao eljo Vam poiljamo

sending you

We are pleased to inform you /

We are glad to inform you

Z veseljem Vam sporoamo

We regret to inform you /

We are sorry to note that

al Vam sporoamo /
al ugotavljamo, da

We are sorry to learn that you will

be
unable to attend the opening.

Obalujemo, da se ne boste
mogli udeleiti otvoritve.

Thank you for your email of /

dated 20 December

Zahvaljujemo se Vam za Va
email z dne

I would like to thank you for

Zahvaljujemo se Vam za(I would like

je bolj vljudno kot Id like)

I am writing to inform you.. /

I am writing to you to inform you

Piem Vam v zvezi z /

Sklicujemo se na
Narobe: I am writing you

I am writing to invite you to the

opening

Vabimo Vas na otvoritev

(You piete z malo, eprav
v slovenini pomeni Vi)

Referring to /
With reference to
Further to our telephone
conversation
In connection with

Skladno z /

I am sending you the contract

concerning/regarding the lease of
our

Poiljam vam pogodbo, ki se

nanaa na lizing vaega

We acknowledge receipt of

Potrjujemo prejem

Enclosed please find

V prilogi vam poiljamo

V zvezi z naim telefonskim

pogovorom

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We are sending under separate

cover

V posebnem pismu poiljamo

Could/would you please send

us.

Ali bi lahko

You are requested to

Prosimo vas

Please send me

Prosim poljite mi

Please reply
Please reply by the end of the week

Prosim odgovorite
Prosimo odgovorite do konca tedna

Please contact

Prosimo obrnite se na..

Please confirm in writing

Prosim potrdite pisno

We would like to remind you

Radi bi vas opozorili

In case of any further/ extra

/additional information please do
not hesitate to contact us/me by
phone/email

V primeru dodatnih informacij

me prosim pokliite po
telefonu/email-u

We look forward to hearing from

you.
Looking forward to hearing from
you.
We look forward to your
answer/reply.

V priakovanju vaega odgovora

5.3

NAJBOLJ POGOSTE NAPAKE PRI SLOVENCIH

NAPANO

PRAVILNO

.
Thank you for your letter from 15
March.
I write to you.
I am writing you.
Please contact me on email
Please confirm in written.
I am looking forward to hear from you

Thank you for your letter of/dated 15

March.
I am writing to you.
I am writing to you.
Please contact me by email.
Please confirm in writing.
I look forward to hearing from you.

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5.4 ZELO POGOSTI STAVKI V SLOVENSKO ANGLEKI

KORESPONDENCI
Hvala za vae pismo z dne 3. dec. 2004.
Hvala v naprej.
Piem Vam, da se opraviim za
zamudo, ki je nastala zaradi mojih slubenih
obveznosti.
Hvala za Vae gostoljubje v asu
mojega obiska pri Vas.
Prosim, potrdite pisno.

Thank you for your letter of 3 December.

Thank you in advance.
I am writing to apologise for the delay due to
my work commitments.

Thank you for your hospitality during my

stay with you/ visit to you.
Please confirm in writing.

Piem Vam, da Vas obvestim o

spremembi datuma.

I am writing to inform you about the change

in date.

Piem Vam, da preloim/odpovem sestanek.

I am writing to postpone/ cancel the

meeting.
I am writing to confirm the reservation for a
single room in the name of Gaper Brako.

Piem Vam, da potrdim rezervacijo za

enoposteljno sobo na ime Gaper Brako.
Piem Vam, da potrdim povratno
vozovnico za 17. dec. ob 7.00 za
Beograd.

I am writing to confirm a return ticket on

17 December at 7.00 for Belgrade.

Piem Vam, da sporoim nae nove tel.

tevilke.

I am writing to inform you about our new

telephone numbers.

Piem Vam v imenu gospe Joice

Tivadar.
Priloeno Vam poiljam prijavnico za
seminar.
V roke prodajni slubi.

Piem Vam v zvezi v Vao ponudbo.

Z veseljem Vam sporoam, da ste upravieni

do 10% popusta.

Ali mi lahko prosim poljete va zadnji

katalog in cenik.

I am writing on behalf of Ms Joica Tivadar.

Enclosed please find the seminar
registration form.

For the attention of sales department.

I am writing in connection with your offer/

proposal.
I am pleased to inform you that you are
entitled to a 10 percent discount.

Could you please send me your latest

catalogue and price list.

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V odgovor na Vae povpraevanje Vam

sporoamo . . .
Na alost Vam sporoamo, da niste bili izbrani
za naega dobavitelja.

In response to your enquiry we inform you

that .
We regret to inform you that you have not
been chosen for / as our supplier.

V primeru dodatnih informacije me prosim

pokliite po telefonu ali mi piite na zgornji
naslov.

In case of any additional information please

contact me by phone, or in writing to the
above address.

V zvezi z naim tel. razgovorom Vam sporoam,

da bomo poskrbeli za prevoz g. Browna od
letalia do hotela.

With reference to our telephone conversation

we/ I inform you that we will arrange a
transfer for Mr Brown from the airport to the
hotel.

Prosim, uredite zadevo takoj.

Please give the matter your

immediate attention.

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5.5

PISANJE NOVOLETNIH VOILNIC

a)

poslovnim partnerjem
We send you our best wishes for the Festive Season
With Seasonal Greetings and good wishes for 1995
We would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
With best wishes for Christmas and the New Year

b)

osebnim prijateljem
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family
Wishing you a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year
Greetings for Christmas and every good wish for a happy New Year

5.6

PONOVITEV

1. Katere kratke fraze bi uporabili, e bi zaeli pismo z dobro novico?

Dodajte e dva primera:
I am delighted to inform you
(I am glad)
(I am pleased)
2. Katere kratke fraze bi uporabili, e bi zaeli pismo s slabo novico?
Dodajte e en primer:
I regret to tell you
( I am sorry ...)
3. Kakna je razlika med besedama akronim (acronym) in okrajava
(abbreviation)?
Abbreviation - An abbreviation je kraja oblika besede ali stavka, ki nastane tako, da
iz njega izpustimo nekaj rk, ali uporabimo samo prve rke vsake besede. okrajava
Acronym - An acronym je beseda, sestavljena iz zaetnic besed v zvezi, ki najvekrat
nadomea neko poimenovanje. Primer akronima je NATO. akronim, okrajava.
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4. Ali Ameriani resnino napiejo dvopije za Dear Sir v pismih in elektronskih

sporoilih (e-mailih)?
Ameriani piejo dvopije takoj za Dear Sir oz. Dear Mr Johnson (e gre za znanega
loveka) in nato prinejo pismo oz. sporoilo z veliko zaetnico.
PRIMER:
Dear Mr Johnson:
Thank you for your e-mail
5. Ali lahko napiemo Dear Mr Peter Jones?
Ne. Kadar prinemo pismo z Dear Mr ali Dear Ms, potem vedno sledi priimek.
6. Ali lahko piemo slash (/ - poevnico) v primeru: Dear Sir / Madam?
Lahko.
7. Ali je nujno da glava pisma vsebuje tudi telefonsko tevilko?
Nujno in priporoljivo.
8. Kaj napiemo v zaetku pisma, e piemo priporoilo?
V tem primeru v zaetek pisma z velikimi tiskanimi rkami napiemo: TO WHOM IT
MAY CONCERN
9. Kako oznaimo na prvi strani pisma, da sledi e ena oz. ve strani?
Strani ne oznaujemo. Ker ni zakljuka je razvidno, da stran ni konana in ji sledi e
nadaljevanje. Torej: ne oznaujemo posebej, oz. ne omenjamo, da e nekaj sledi.
10. e napiemo na zaetku pisma: For the attention of Mr John Fox, ali lahko
zanemo pismo z Dear Sirs?
Takno pravilo je veljalo vasih. Sedaj piemo: Dear Mr Fox.
11. Kje se podpiemo, ko zakljuimo pismo:

Yours faithfully
M. tros
Marina tros

PRAVILNO

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Yours faithfully
Marina tros
M. tros

NEPRAVILNO

12. Ali Encs pomeni isto kot Enc ?

Da, obe besedi sta kratici za enclosures (priloge).
13. Ali je pravilno?
a.
b.

Yours Sincerely ali

Sincerely Yours

14. Ali so okrajave st, nd, rd, th pri tevilkah izginile?

Izginjajo zelo hitro, predvsem pri datumih zaradi uporabe elektronskih medijev.

15. Katera je najbolj pogosta oblika pisanja datumov po vrstnem redu?

Najbolj pogoste oblike pisanja datumov, po vrstnem redu, so:
5 January 2004
January 5, 2004
5/1/2004
16. Ali je mono, da namesto funkcije npr. Managing Director, pod imenom in
priimkom napiemo oddelek, npr. Sales Department ali Documentary Credits?
Pod podpisom vedno itljivo napiemo ime in priimek in pod imenom in priimkom
funkcijo, lahko pa tudi oddelek, kjer delamo.
17. Ali je Dear Sir / Madam isto kot Dear Sir or Dear Madam?
e ne poznamo imena naslovnika, potem je bolje, da napiemo Dear Sir / Madam,
besedna zveza Dear Sir or Dear Madam pa je popolnoma nepravilna.
18. Kaj pomeni izraz covering letter?
Izraz covering letter pomeni spremno pismo, spremni dopis, ki ga napiemo, ko na
primer prosimo za zaposlitev, ter ga odpoljemo skupaj z ivljenjepisom in izpolnjenim
formularjem.

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19. Ali pomeni izraz Resume isto kot C. V.?

Da. Kratica C. V. pomeni curriculum vitae, in torej ivljenjepis, namesto nje pa
uporabljamo tudi angleke izraze Resume, Biography in Life Story. V Evropi je bolj
pogosta raba kratice C. V., v Ameriki pa Resume.
20. Kako zapisujemo izraz za odgovor na poslano elektronsko pismo, to je izraz
Re? Katera loila uporabimo? Ali ima besedilo za izrazom Re veliko ali malo
zaetnico?
Izraz Re piemo brez pike, samo z dvopijem. Besedilo za dvopijem piemo z malo
zaetnico.
Primer:
Re: meeting at the Faculty
21. Kako naj ravnamo, e poznamo ime in priimek osebe, ne vemo pa, ali gre za
mokega ali ensko? Ali uporabimo Ms ali Mr?
V takem primeru je najbolje, da uporabimo le ime in priimek.
Primer:
Dear Hui Qin!
22. Kaj napiemo, e piemo celotnemu oddelku ali skupini ljudi?
Tako pismo naslovimo s frazo Dear All.
23. V elektronskih sporoilih in pismih naj bi uporabljali kratke odstavke. Kaj
to pomeni?
Kratek odstavek pomeni najve tri kratke stavke.
24. Ali naj mesec piemo z besedo ali s tevilko?
Da se izognemo dvoumnosti, raje piemo ime meseca z besedo (July).
25. Kateri izraz je primerneji za sklep: Kindest regards ali Kind regards?
Pred letom 2000 so v pismih in elektronski poti zelo pogosto uporabljali Kindest
regards, zdaj pa je pozdrav Kind regards pogosteji tako v navadnih kot v elektronskih
pismih.

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5.7

PRIPOROILA (REFERENCES)

Priporoilo je pismo oz. dokument, ki ga na vao eljo napie oseba, ki bo za vas napisala
pozitivno mnenje o vaem delu in o vas samih.
Ponavadi je ta oseba eden izmed profesorjev na fakulteti, lahko tudi nekdo, ki vas je poueval v
srednji oli, va portni trener, predsednik tudentske organizacije, tutor.
Priporoilo je lahko napisano za natanno doloen primer (tipendijo, potovanje, del.mesto),
lahko je dano za doloen as ali pa trajno.
Vsebovati mora podatke o kandidatu (ime, priimek, rojstni podatki in kontaktni podatki) in
podatke o osebi (ime, priimek, naziv oz delovno mesto, naslov oz email in telefonsko tevilko),
ki je napisala priporoilo.
Pred vami je nekaj uporabnih primerov v slovenini in angleini, ki si jih lahko e sami
pripravite kot osnutek.
PRIMER PRIPOROILA V SLOVENINI
PRIPOROILO
(ime priimek tudenta), rojen (datum) je tudent Fakultete za elektrotehniko. Ves as tudija je s
svojim delom na vajah in prisotnostjo na predavanjih dokazoval natannost in marljivost, kar
potrjujejo ocene in priznanja, ki jih je v asu tudija prejel na fakulteti. Poleg tudija je bil
aktiven tudi v izventudijskih dejavnostih. Glede na to, da si elimo imve vsestransko
usmerjenih mladih strokovnjakov z dobro strokovno podlago in obvladanjem vsaj enega tujega
jezika, menim, da moramo narediti vse za poveanje tevila taknih mladih strokovnjakov in
(ime, priimek tudenta) je eden izmed njih. Zato njegovo pronjo za podelitev tipendije toplo
priporoam.
Marina tros-Brako
lektorica za angleki jezik

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PRIMER PRIPOROILA, KI GA LAHKO NAPIE LAN VAE TUDENTSKE

ORGANIZACIJE
To Whom It May Concern
I have known Petra since the winter of 2004, when she began working for our union. Her work
in the Union has been outstanding. She worked in the area of educational courses for students.
She ran up to three courses/ workshops at a time. Her class sizes ranged from f5-25 students,
aged 19-26 years. She was also responsible for designing course structure, selecting materials
and determining the classes syllabus.
She has also successfully run a student summer camp, and various other classes with focus on
telecommunications.
I appreciate not only her diligence and discipline at work but especially her enthusiasm for the
job she is doing. She helps improve the students' ability to implement and broaden their
knowledge of the subject. Her approach to them is very individual even in a big class.
At all times here students were asked to complete questionnaires and all expressed not only
satisfaction with her work but also appreciation of her excellent personal qualities.
It is a pleasure to write this reference letter for Paula. She is thorough, reliable, enthusiastic,
works co-operatively with people, and has a cheerful disposition.
I have no hesitation in recommending Paula as a candidate for studies or employment. I wish
her success in her next career.
Yours Faithfully
Mira Grai,
Member of Student Union at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering
PRIMER PRIPOROILA, KI GA NAPIE ASISTENT
March 7, 1992
To Whom It May Concern:
I have been asked to write a letter of recommendation on behalf of Prof.Marjan Kova. Joe
Porenta completed a BSc program at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in 2004 and has
subsequently added to his extensive educational experience. This includes responsibility for lab
practice at almost every level of the respective subjects. He was responsible for first year
students in our lab and was a very consciences member of the lab staff. This vast experience
has given him a sense of education in its broadest sense.
My own work with him is related to his life as a student. In this capacity I was able to work with
him as a researcher. Joe is extremely careful in his work and insists on exceptional quality. His
writing style is good, flowing, and of the highest standard.
Joe Porenta is presently seeking a position which would allow him to express his skills and
talents in the most productive manner. I support his desire and hope you will give his serious
consideration.
Sincerely
Miha Potonik, PhD
Associate Professor
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GRAMMAR

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GRAMMAR A

6.1

ALPHABET ABECEDA

EI BI SI DI I EF I, EI AI EJ KEJ EL EM EN OU PI KJU AR ES TI JU
VI DABLJU EKS WAI ZED

Aei Bbi Csi Ddi Ei Fef Gi Hei Iai Jej Kkej

Lel Mem Nen Oou Ppi qkju Rar Ses Tti Uju
Vvi Wdablju Xeks Ywai Zzed
o Vaje: Na glas preberi abecedo. rkuj svoje ime in priimek, nato pa e ime in
priimek soseda.

o rkuj svoj email naslov. Pozor: @ se v angleini prebere kot 'at', pika pa je v
angleini 'dot', podrtaj = underscore

6.2
6.2.1

ASI
ASI ZA IZRAENJE SEDANJOSTI

1. Present simple
Present simple je sedanjik, ki oznauje navado, ponavljanje, stanje oz. neko ugotovitev in
splono veljavno resnico.
1. stanje oz. ugotovitev in trditev
Where do you come from?
I come from Ljubljana
2. ponavljanje
When do you drink coffee?
We drink coffee at 11.00.
3. navada
When do you get up?
I get uo at 7.00.
4. splono veljavne resnice
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5. vnaprej doloeni urniki, narti
When does your plane leave?
My plane leaves at 12.45.
Tvorba
I / you /we / they work
He / she / it works
I / you / we / they don't work
He / she / it doesn't work
Do I / you / we / they work?
Does he / she / it work
Prislovi rabljeni s asom Present Simple
always, often, sometimes, hardly ever, never, yearly, half yearly, quarterly, monthly, weekly, daily, every
year, twice a week, once a month, three times a day

Nekatere glagole vedno uporabljamo v Present Simple asu

be, have in njihove sopomenke (need, own, possess, exist)

glagoli, ki izraajo zaznavanje, mnenje, miljenje (understand, believe, think, taste, smell)
glagoli, ki izraajo obutke (like, hate, wish, want, hope)

2. Present continuous

'Present continuous' je sedanjik, ki oznauje trajajoe dejanje, ki poteka v trenutku govorjenja

(dejanska sedanjost) ter opisuje dejanja, ki potekajo v doloenem obdobju v sedanjosti, vendar
ne ravno v trenutku govorjenja (splona sedanjost). Ta glagolski as oznauje tudi blinjo
prihodnost, ki je vnaprej dogovorjena (sestanki, sreanja).
1. dejanje v trenutku govorjenja
What are you doing at the moment?
Right now I'm writing an e-mail.
2. splona sedanjost
What are you doingthese days?
I'm working on a new project.
3. dogovorjena prihodnost
When are you going to Maribor?
I'm going to Maribor on Friday.
Tvorba
I'm (not) leaving
You're / we're / they're not leaving
He / she / it's not leaving
Am I / Are you / Is she leaving?
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Prislovi rabljeni s asom Present continuous

at the moment, at present, currently, for the moment

POZOR!
I work for Media Market. = sem uslubenec podjetja Media Market
I'm working for Media Market. =sem na zaasnem delu pri podjetju Media Market
I'm going to Maribor tomorrow. = vse je e dogovorjeno, imam vozovnico
I'll go to Maribor tomorrow. = ravno sem se tako odloil, ni e ni dogovorjeno

6.2.2

ASI ZA IZRAANJE PRETEKLOSTI

1. Past simple

'Past simple' je preteklik, ki oznauje dejanje, ki se je zgodilo v tono doloeni preteklosti in je

zakljueno. Uporablja se tudi za opisovanje preteklih dogodkov oz. zgodb in za izraanje
preteklih navad.
I visited my mother last Saturday.
Prejnjo soboto sem obiskal mamo.
I didn't visit my mother last Saturday.
Prejnjo soboto nisem obiska mame.
Did you visit your mother last Saturday? Ali si prejnjo soboto obiskal mamo?
Tvorba
Trdilne povedi s pravilnimi glagoli: glagol + ed
Nauite se nepravilne glagole!
Nikalne povedi: didn't + glagol
Vpraalne povedi: did + glagol

Prislov rabljeni s asom Past simple

yesterday, a year ago, at the weekend, last night, in the morning, on Tuesday

Pogovor z gosti
When did you come in Ljubljana?
I came yesterday evening.

Kdaj ste prispeli v Ljubljano?

Prispel sem veraj zveer.

How was your stay?

It was very nice.

Kako vam je bilo ve?

Zelo mi je bilo ve.

Did you have any problems?

No, we didn't have any problems.

Ste imeli kakne teave?

Ne, nobenih teav nismo imeli.

What did you do last night?

We went for a drink.

Kaj ste poeli veraj zveer?

li smo na pijao.

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2. Past continuous

'Past continuous' je preteklik, ki oznauje trajajoe dejanje, ki se je vrilo v nekem doloenem

obdobju v preteklosti. Najvekrat gre za trajajoe (nedovrno) dejanje, ki ga potem prekine neko
drugo trenutno (dovrno) dejanje. Ta as tvorijo nedovrni glagoli, ki zaznamujejo trajajoa
dejanja.
1. Trajajoe dejanje
I was working all the afernoon.
Celo popoldne sem delal.
2. Prekinjeno trajajoe dejanje
I was talking with the manager when the phone rang.
Pogovarjal sem se z direktorjem ko je zazvonil telefon.
Tvorba
I / he / she / it was working
We / you / they were working
I / he / she / it wasn't working
We / you / they weren't working
Was I / he / she / it working?
Were we / you / they working?
Prislovi rabljeni s asom Past continuous
all day yesterday, all the morning, all the time
3. Past perfect tense

'Past perfect tense' je preteklik, ki oznauje dejanje, ki se je zgodilo v tono doloeni preteklosti
pred nekim drugim dejanjem v preteklosti.
I didn't have any money because someone had stolen my wallet.
Nisem imel denarja, ker mi je bil nekdo ukradel denarnico.
Tvorba
I / you / we / they /he / she / it had worked
I / you / we / they /he / she / it hadn't worked
Had I / you / we / they/ he / she / it worked?

Pri predlogih AFTER in BEFORE uporaba predpreteklika ni potrebna, saj e predloga

sama izraata predhodnost.

After we had lunch we went back to work. (After we had had lunch...)
Before I went home I went to the supermarket. (I had gone to the supermarket)
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AS, KI POVEZUJE PRETEKLOST IN SEDANJOST

1. Present perfect simple

Present perfect simple tense na razline naine povezuje preteklost s sedanjostjo.

1. nedokonana dejanja, ki so se zaela v preteklosti, se nadaljujejo v sedanjost in morda tudi
v prihodnost
How long have you worked for Mobitel? Kako dolgo e dela za Mobitel?
I have worked for Mobitel for 5 years.
Za Mobitel delam e pet let.
2. izraanje posledice oz. rezultata dejanja, ki se je zgodilo v preteklosti
Who has closed the window?

Kdo je zaprl okno? (posledica: okno je zaprto)

3. izraanje izkunje
Have you ever been to Australia?
No, I haven't been to Australia yet.

Si e bil v Avstraliji?
Ne, nisem e bil v Avstraliji.

4. izraanje novic, napredka

Have you finished the report yet? Si e konal poroilo?
Yes, I have just finished it.
Ja, ravnokar sem ga dokonal.
Tvorba
I / you / we / they have worked
He / she / it has worked
I / you / we / they haven't worked
He / she / it hasn't worked
Have I / you / we / they worked?
Has he / she / it worked?

Prislovi rabljeni s asom Present perfect simple, ki izraa posledico in izkunjo

recently, lately, yet, already, just, never, ever
Predloga FOR in SINCE
Predlog since oznauje zaetek dejanja
since 1990, since January, since Monday
I've worked here since October.

Tukaj delam od oktobra.

Predlog for oznauje trajanje dejanja

for ten years, for a month, for a week
I've worked here for six months.

Tukaj delam est mesecev.

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ASI ZA IZRAANJE PRIHODNOSTI

1. Urniki Present simple

Kdaj se jutri zane sestanek?
Sestanek se zane ob devetih.

What time does the meeting start tomorrow?

The meeting start at nine o'clock.

2. Dogovorjena prihodnost Present continuous

Kaj bo jutri poel?
Zjutraj grem v Maribor.

What are you doing tomorrow?

I'm going to Maribor in the morning.
3. Narti, odloitve

Going to future (trdna namera v prihodnosti)

Any plans for tonight?

I'm going to plan my presentation.

Ima za danes kakne narte?

Pripravil bom svojo predstavitev.

Future simple/ Will future (odloitev v trenutku govorjenja)

We've run out of copying paper.

I'll get you some when I go out.

Zmanjkalo nam je kopirnega papirja.

Prinesel ga bom, ko bom el ven.

4. Predvidevanja, napovedi

Going to future (nekaj, za kar predvidevamo, da se bo vsak hip zgodilo)

Look at the clouds. It's going to rain.

Poglej te oblake. Gotovo bo deevalo.

Future simple/ Will future (nekaj, za kar predvidevamo, da se zgodilo enkrat v prihodnosti)

I think the weather will get better.

Mislim, da se bo vreme izboljalo.

5. Izraanje gotovosti
Will = 100% This will create a problem.
To bo povzroilo problem.
Should = 80% This shouldn't create a problem.
To ne bi smelo povzroiti problema.
Likely to = 80% This is likely to create a problem.
To bo prav lahko povzroilo problem.
May
= 40% This may create a problem.
Might
= 40% This might create a problem. To lahko povzroi problem.
Could
= 40% This could create a problem.
Tvorba asa Future simple
Trdilne povedi: will + glagol
I will help you.
Nikalne povedi: won't + glagol
I won't help you.
Vpraalne povedi: will + glagol
Will you help me?
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Tvorba asa Going to future

I am going to help you
He / she / it is going to help you
We / you / they are going to help you
I am not going to help you
He / she / it isn't going to help you
We / you / they aren't going to help you
Am I going to help you?
Is he / she / it going to help you?
Are we / you / they going to help you?

6.3

POLNOPOMENSKI GLAGOL BITI ' TO BE' V SEDANJIKU

o Polnopomenski glagol 'be' (am, is, are) uporabljamo v trdilnih, nikalnih in
vpraalnih povedih. 'Am' stoji poleg osebe 'I', 'is' poleg oseb 'he, she, it' in 'are'
poleg oseb 'we, you, they'.
Torej: I am = jaz sem
You are = ti si
He is = on je
She is = ona je
It is = ono je

We are = mi smo
You are = vi ste
They are = oni so

o Negativne oblike: I am not

He/She/It is not
We/You/They are not
o Vse tri oblike glagola (am, is, are) imajo tudi okrajave.
In sicer za pozitivne oblike: I am Im
He/She/It is He/She/its
We/You/They are We/You/Theyre
In za negativne oblike: I am not Im not
He/She/It is not He/She/It isnt ali He/She/its not
We/You/They are not We/You/ They arent ali We/You/Theyre not
o Questions - vpraanja
1.) Yes/No questions vpraanja na katera dobimo da/ne odgovor
Da/ne vpraanja z glagolom biti tvorimo tako, da postavimo ustrezno obliko glagola na
prvo mesto, sledi mu osebek/predmet in nato preostanek vpraanja.
Primer: Are (ustrezna oblika glagola biti na prvem mestu) they (oseba) ill?
Is the dinner (predmet) ready?
Da/ne vpraanja z glagolom biti zahtevajo torej kratke (da/ne) odgovore.
Kratke odgovore tudi tvorimo s pomojo pomonega glagola biti.
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Primer: Is she ill?

Odgovor: Yes, she is. ali No, she isnt./no she is not.

Pozor: za Yes/No obvezno stoji vejica.

Pozor: pri pozitivnih kratkih odgovorih nikoli ne uporabljamo okrajanih
oblik glagola biti!!! Primer: Yes, he is. In ne Yes, hes.
2.) Wh- questions vpraanja, ki se zanejo z eno od vpraalnic (where, what, who,
why, how,) in zahtevajo cel odgovor.
Wh- vpraanja tvorimo tako, da na prvem mestu stoji vpraalnica, na drugem glagol in na tretjem
oseba oz. predmet.
Primer: Who (wh- vpraalnica na prvem mestu) is (ustrezna oblika
pomonaga glagola biti na drugem mestu) he (oseba na tretjem mestu)?
When are the lectures (predmet; lectures so po slovensko predavanja)?
NA WH- VPRAALNICE NE ODGOVARJA Z DA/NE!

6.4

POMONI GLAGOL BITI TO BE V SEDANJIKU

Pomoni glagol 'be' (am, is, are) uporabljamo za tvorbo sedanjka (present continuous)
in sicer v trdilnih, nikalnih in vpraalnih povedih. 'Am' stoji poleg osebe 'I', 'is' poleg
oseb 'he, she, it' in 'are' poleg oseb 'we, you, they'.
o Nekaj razlinih primerov rabe pomonega glagola biti v sedanjiku:
I'm writing the report right now.
Trenutno piem poroilo.
I'm not writing the report at the moment.
Trenutno ne piem poroila.
Are you writing the report right now?
Ali trenutno pie poroilo?
We are going to move to new premises.
Preselili se bomo v nove prostore.
We aren't going to move to new premises. Ne bomo se preselili v nove prostore.
Are you going to move to new premises? Ali se boste preselili v nove prostore?
o Ta pomoni glagol se uporablja tudi za tvorbo trpnika (oz. pasiva) v glagolskem
asu present simple.
The office is cleaned every week.
The books are sold everywhere.

Pisarno pospravijo vsak teden.

Knjige prodajajo povsod.

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6.5
POLNOPOMENSKI IN POMONI GLAGOL BITI ' TO BE' V
PRETEKLIKU
Pomoni glagol biti ima v pretekliku dve obliki WAS in WERE. Was je pretekla oblika
glagola biti, ki se uporablja za tvorbo preteklika (past simple) v trdilnih, nikalnih in vpraalnih
povedih pri osebah I, he, she, it. Was uporabljamo tudi kot pomoni glagol za tvorbo
preteklika (past continuous) v trdilnih, nikalnih in vpraalnih povedih pri osebah 'I, he, she,
it'.
'Were' pa se uporablja v trdilnih, nikalnih in vpraalnih povedih za tvorbo istih dveh
asov (past simple in past continuous), vendar za osebe 'we, you, they'.
Torej:

I was = jaz sem bil

You were = ti si bil
He was = on je bil
She was = ona je bila
It was = ono je bilo

We were = mi smo bili

You were = vi ste bili
They were = oni so bili

o Negativne oblike: I/He/She/It was not

We/You/They were not
o Obe obliki polnopomenskega glagola biti v pretekliku imata okrajavi za negativni
obliki:
was wasnt
were werent
o Pozor: pozitivni obliki glagola biti v pretekliku nimata okrajav! Vedno piemo celi
besedi (was oz. were).
o Tvorba vpraanj pri polnopomenskem in pomonem glagolu biti v pretekliku je
povsem identina tvorbi vpraanj polnopomenskega in pomonega glagola bitiv
sedanjiku. Tudi tu poznamo dva tipa vpraanj: 1.) yes/no questions in 2.) whquestions. Edina razlika je, da pri pozitivnih (oz. pritrdilnih) kratkih odgovorih v
pretekliku ni bojazni, da bi storili napako in uporabili okrajano obliko, ker glagola
was in were v pozitivni obliki okrajav sploh nimata.
o Nekaj razlinih primerov rabe polnopomenskega glagola biti v pretekliku:
Mary was at work yesterday.
Mary je veraj bila v slubi.
Mary wasnt at work yesterday.
Mary veraj ni bila v slubi.
Was Mary at work yesterday?
Ali je bila Mary veraj v slubi?
They were on holiday last week.
They werent on holiday last week.
Were they on holiday last week?

Prejnji teden so bili na poitnicah.

Prejnji teden niso bili na poitnicah.
Ali so bili prejnji teden na poitnicah?

o Nekaj razlinih primerov rabe pomonega glagola biti v pretekliku:

The manager was telephoning when I came in. Direktor je telefoniral, ko sem
vstopil.
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The manager wasn't telephoning when I came in. Direktor ni telefoniral, ko sem
vstopil.
Was the manager telephoning when you came in?
Ali je direktor telefoniral, ko
si vstopil.?
They were working when the light went out. Delali so, ko je ugasnila lu.
They weren't working when the light went out.
Niso delali, ko je ugasnila lu.
Were they working when the light went out?
Ali so delali, ko je ugasnila lu?

Exercises

Complete the questions.

A: _______________ your name?
B: Campo.
A: _______________ your first name?
B: Maria.
A: _______________ English?
B: No, Im not. Im from France.
A: _______________ your flight number?
B: Its AA4583.
A: _______________ here on business?
B: Yes, I am.

Complete the sentences with am, are and is.

a) Jule __________ English.
b) __________ you Korean?
Yes, I__________.
c) Sarah __________ Canadian and her husband__________ French.
d) __________ you are on vacation?
No, I __________ on business.
e) Excuse me. __________ I in the departure lounge for the flight to Detroit?
f) Yes, maam, you__________.

Ask and answer questions with have.

a) Visa
______________________________________?
______________________________________
a) Landing card
______________________________________?
______________________________________
b) Passport
______________________________________?
______________________________________
c) Ticket
______________________________________?
______________________________________
d) Pen
______________________________________?
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Mach the beginning and the end of these instructions.

Step
Stand behind
Go
Pick
Show
Walk through

up your baggage.
your landing card.
this way.
ahead.
customs control.
the yellow line.

Read the information and write sentences about the people.

a) Emma Austin, Cambridge, Great Britain
She ___________________________________________________
b) Hang Ming, Shanghai, China
He___________________________________________________
c) Jutta Stern, Berlin, Germany
She___________________________________________________
d) Tsuyoshi Ono, Tokyo, Japan
He___________________________________________________
e) Emmanuelle Lemoine, Paris, France
She___________________________________________________
f) Dae-Yung Kong, Seoul, Korea
He___________________________________________________
Write the verbs in the present continuous.
g)
h)
i)
j)
k)
l)

Pablo ________________ (stay) in England.

Joya ________________ (travel) from London.
How long ________________ (stay) in England?
Mario ________________ (arrive) from Italy.
The passenger ________________ (pick) up her baggage.
He ________________ (walk) through to customs control now.

Complete the sentences with to, of, in, on or from.

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

Welcome __________ England.

Were here __________ business.
Whats your date __________ birth?
He works__________ Toronto.
Are you__________ Spain?

Write if you can or cant do these things.

a) I _____________ speak Spanish.
b) I _____________ ski.
c) I _____________ swim.
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d) I _____________ draw.
e) I _____________drive.
f) I_____________ use a computer.
Write each sentence in the correct order.
a) follow / Just / signs / the
___________________________________________________?
b) I / you / help / maam / Can
___________________________________________________?
c) much / is / shuttle / How / the / bus
___________________________________________________?
d) are / many / How / busses / there
___________________________________________________?
e) mean / downtown / What / does
___________________________________________________?
Write questions with How much? and How many?
a) ___________________________________________________?
A taxi is $20.
b) ___________________________________________________?
There are five suitcases.
c) ___________________________________________________?
There are three people.
d) ___________________________________________________?
The shuttle bus is $7.50.
e) ___________________________________________________?
There are a lot of baggage.

Complete the conversation at hotel reception. Use the verb have.

Guest:____ you _____a room for one night?
Reception clerk:
______ you ______ a reservation, maam?
Guest:No, I _________.
Reception clerk:
Just a moment, please. Yes, I _______ a single room.
Guest:______ it ______ a bath or a shower?
Reception clerk:
It ______ a shower, but it ________ ________ a bath.
Guest:And _______ it _______ a TV?
Reception clerk:
Yes, maam. All the rooms ______ a TV.
Complete the table with the verb have.
You have

You dont have

Do you have?
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I
She
We

Correct the mistakes on the guest registration form.

Room number: Dunlap
Family name: English
First name: MasterCard
Nationality: 330
Date of arrival: May 15th
Date of departure: May 10th
Method of payment: Bill

Room number: _________________

Family name: __________________
First name: ____________________
Nationality:____________________
Date of arrival: _________________
Date of departure: _______________
Method of payment: _____________

Put the conversation in the correct order.

a)

Im sorry, but shes busy all day Tuesday.

b)

Im sorry, but shes in a meeting at the moment.

c)

Yes, Wednesday is fine.

d)

Id like to speak to Ms Gonzalez, please.

e)

Certainly. What day would you like?

f)

Oh, well, can I see her the day after? On Wednesday?

g)

Well, can I make an appointment with her?

h)

Thank you.

i)

Is Tuesday possible?

Look at Kirk Bells timetable. Write what hes doing next week.
________________________________________
Monday:
fly to New Orleans
________________________________________
Tuesday:
meet Ms. Davel
________________________________________
Wednesday: have lunch with Barry
Lesage
________________________________________
Thursday:
visit New Orleans with Ms. Davel
________________________________________
Friday:
come home
a) ________________________________________
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________________________________________
b) ________________________________________
________________________________________
c) ________________________________________
________________________________________
d) ________________________________________
________________________________________
e) ________________________________________
________________________________________

Match the times.

a

4:00

four thirty

3:55

a quarter to four

3:45

four oclock

4:05

a quarter after four

4:15

five to four

1:25

nine thirty

4:30

five after four

7:40

twenty after three

11:55

twenty-five to eleven

8:15

ten after two

2:10

a quarter to two

3:20

twenty to eight

6:00

twenty-five after one

10:35 a quarter after eight

9:30

five to twelve

1:45

six oclock

Put the time expressions in the correct chronological order.

a

tomorrow afternoon

next week

c
d

tomorrow morning
this afternoon

tonight

Imagine you are with Ms May Lin and Mr Kenji Ridley. Write suitable sentences.
a) Introduce yourself to May Lin.
____________________________________
b) Say youre pleased to meet her.
____________________________________
c) Ask her to call you by your first me.
____________________________________
d) Say what you do.
____________________________________
e) Introduce May to Kenji, and Kenji to May.
____________________________________
f) Welcome May to your company.
____________________________________
g) Show May to the meeting room.
____________________________________

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GRAMMAR B

7.1

PRESENT TIME

Use a suitable form of the verbs in red to complete these questions and answers.
go
1

start

How much sugar do you

I

cost

take

work
take

take

understand

mean

in your tea?

two spoons, please.

How much .................... this ....................

It .................... 5 plus VAT.

What .................... VAT ....................?

It .................... Value Added Tax.

When .................... your boss .................... work in the morning?

She usually .................... at 7:30.

.................... Mr Green .................... at home today?

Yes, he usually .................... at home on Mondays.

When .................... you usually .................... for lunch?

I normally .................... at 12:30, but today I .................... at 12.

Use a suitable form of the verbs in red to complete these sentences.

1

When .................... you .................... not to take phone calls?

prefer

Im sure she .................................... to be interrupted this morning while she

want, finish
.................................... the report.

We usually .................... about fifty calls a day, but we .................... a lot more at the moment.
receive, get

Each box .................... 20 packets.

It ...................................... late .................... you .................... shes going to phone today?

get, think

I ...................................... to get in touch with Mr Brown .................... you .................... when

hell be available?
try, know

contain

Underline the correct words.

1

Peter: What do you do / are you doing?

Mary: Im looking for the June figures.

Peter: What do you do / are you doing?

Mary: Im an accountant.

My names James Spader, and I come / Im coming from Newcastle.

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We come / are coming to Boston next week.

John: Where does she work / is she working?

Chris: In R&D.

Put the verbs in the brackets into the present simple or present continuous.
1 Hans .. (stay) at the Ritz while he is in London.
2 Hans .. (stay) at the Ritz when hes in London.
3 They .. (look) at the sales figures right now.
4 They .. (look) at the sales figures every month.
5 We . (be) very flexible if we need to change the order.
6 We . (be) flexible about giving clients credit for a few more weeks.

Correct the sentences if necessary.

1. Are you looking for someone?
2. I need to speak to Mr Miller.
3. They are wanting some more time think it over.
4. Im agreeing. I think its a good idea.
5. Helen deals with Johns clients whlile hes on holiday.
6. I think about changing my job.
7. He cant answer the phone. He has a shower.
8. Which beer are you preferring?
9. Thats ridiculous were not believing it.
10. Im sorry, I dont understand what you say.
11. Im having a list of suggestions with me.
12. I dont know exactly where she lives.
13. How long do your visitors stay? Till Monday.
14. Apparently you are expecting a visit by Chinese representatives of Tao Wang Ltd.
15. Who deals with this conference Jenny or Mary?
16. TinCup Ltd. already owns five companies in the US.

Finish the sentences.

a) The production line doesnt ..
b) Who are you going to the ..
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c) It normally takes .
d) We always try .
e) They spend a lot of money ...

Use a suitable form of the verbs in red to complete these sentences.

1

It was raining

when I left home this morning.

rain

We had time to go out for coffee while he ............................. on the phone. talk

He ....................................... for the missing documents all evening.

It was hard to understand what he ................. because it was a very bad line.say

She ................................. a magazine when I entered the office.

When ............ you .................... not to go to the conference?

I .................... Mr Brown today. Is he in the office?

It ........... still .................... when I .................... work.

look
read
decide
not see
rain, finish

Use a suitable form of one of the verbs in red to complete each sentence.
be
read

Finish
see

go
send

graduate
Work

leave
write

live

.................... you .................... writing your report yet? How many words .................... you
.................... so far?

She ...................... for the same company ever since she .................... from university.

She ....................... in the same house in London for five years. Now she lives in Boston.

I .................... you an e-mail yesterday. .................... you .................... it yet?

.................... you .................... Mr Brown today?

Yes, but I think he .................... just .................... the building.

have been

to France several times. Last year I .................... there twice.

Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into either the past simple or
past continuous.
a) What ............................................ (eat) when they ......................................... (be) Berlin?
b) While Gary .................................................. (negotiate) the contract, his boss
.......................................... (call) him to say that he wanted completely different conditions.
c) Fiona .................................... (explain) her proposal when Hans ...................................... (interrupt)
her.
d) When she ........................................ (finish) reading the report, she .................................. (give) it to
me.
e) They ....................................... (find) the missing file while they ......................................... (look) for
some other documents.

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f) The last time something like this .................................... (happen), she ........................ (call) pree
conference immediately.

Correct the sentences if necessary.

1. When David was seeing Mary at the conference, he knew that there was something wrong.
2. While I looked for the contracts, I suddenly remered I had left them at home.
3. Ive spoken to your Customer Services manager on Monday.
4. Ive seen him last week.
5. She worked in an office for sixteen year.
6. She has worked in an Office when she was sixteen.
7. I finally managed to persuade him.
8. She didnt come yet.
9. I met him before.
10. We knew our present CEO for years.
11. Did you have a chance to read the report yet?
12. I was very busy today.
13. I have received the file two hours ago.
14. Ive joined the company in March.
15. He has gone out a few minutes ago.
16. Hes not in. He went out.
17. Is Peter here? - No, youve just missed him.
18. Ive been to England a couple of times.

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7.2

FUTURE TIME

Future time words

Put the verbs in brackets into the will future or the present simple.
1. Sally's working on the sales forecast at the moment. I __________ (give) you the figures as soon
as I _________ (get) them.
2. Most people expect that there _________ (be) trouble when the G7 meeting _________ (take)
place next month.
3. The shipment isn't in yet, but the agent _________ (phone) us as soon as it _________ (arrive).
4. Give me the report and I ______ (show) it to the lawyers before they ______ (leave).
5. Because of the bad publicity, I expect our share price __________ (fall) when the Stock Market
___________ (open) again on Monday.
6. When the company __________ (move) production to Malaysia, most of the workers here
___________ (lose) their jobs.
7. I ___________ (give) you a ring next time I ____________ (come) to Helsinki and maybe we can
arrange dinner.
8. When the strike ___________ (be) over, everyone ___________ (feel) happier.
9. We can't avoid a rise, but our sales ___________ (fall) when we ___________(put) our prices up
next year.
10. Don't worry about the office. I ___________ (tidy) it up before Mr Kosser ___________(get) back.

Rewrite the following sentences using will or won't.

1. Has anyone offered to collect you from the airport?
_______________________________________________________________________
2. I promise not to be late again.
_______________________________________________________________________
3. The finance group 3i has agreed to loan us $18m for the project.
_______________________________________________________________________
4. The company has offered a 5% pay rise in return for a no-strike deal.
_______________________________________________________________________
5. I promise not to discuss this information with anyone.
_______________________________________________________________________
6. They have refused to increase our discount.
_______________________________________________________________________
7. The company has offered to pay my relocation expenses.
_______________________________________________________________________
8. The cash machine is refusing to take my card.
_______________________________________________________________________
9. Let me give you a hand with those boxes.
_______________________________________________________________________

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Arrangements
Two managers of an engineering company are trying to arrange a meeting. Put the verbs in brackets into
the present continuous.
Jack: Anne, Jack here. Could we arrange a time tomorrow to talk about the new freight schedules? Say,
er... 9.15?
Anne: I'm a bit busy first thing because I ___________ (have) a meeting with one of the new drivers.
But would 10 o'clock suit you?
Jack: I'm afraid not. I ___________(go) over to the factory, and after that I ___________ (see) Mr
Cowell for lunch.
Anne: What time ___________ (you/come) back?
Jack: At about 2.30 I suppose, but I ___________(not/do) anything special after that. Would you be
free then?
Anne: No, I don't think so. I ___________ (see) a sales rep from Mercedes from 2.00 until about 3.30.
So shall we say 3.45?
Jack: Fine. I think Valerie ought to be there too. She ___________ (come) along to lunch with me at
Cowell tomorrow, so I can tell her about it then.

Decisions and intensions

Re-write these sentences using going to.
1. I have decided to accept the job.
_______________________________________________________________________
2. You have heard my complaint. What do you intend to do about it?
_______________________________________________________________________
3. We have decided to go ahead with clinical trials of the new drug.
_______________________________________________________________________
4. They have decided not to go abroad this year.
_______________________________________________________________________
5. This is where we are planning to build the new offices.
_______________________________________________________________________

Will or going to?

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the future, using will or going to.
1.

A: I'm afraid the fax machine isn't working.

B: Don't worry, it's not a very urgent letter. I ___________ (post) it.

2.

A: We've chosen a brand name for the new biscuits.

B: Really? What ___________ (you/call) them?

3.

A: Why are you taking the day off on Friday?

B: I ___________ (look) at a new house.

4.

A: I'm afraid there's no sugar. Do you want a coffee without any?

B: No, I ___________ (not have) one, thanks.

5.

A: Have you decided what to do about improving the circulation of the magazine?
B: Yes, we ___________(cut) the cover price by 10% as from October.
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6.

A: I'm afraid I can't take you to the airport. Something important has just come up.
B: Never mind. I ___________ (take) a taxi.

7.

A: Do you need help?

B: Oh, yes please. ___________ (you/carry) the display stand for me?

8.

A: Could you make sure Mr Wilson gets my message?

B: Yes, I ___________ (tell) him myself when he gets in.

Questions
_______________________________________________________________ ?
It was built in 1923.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
No, she didnt tell me anything.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
Peter telephoned Emma.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
Bus 14 goes to the city centre.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
No, I didnt hear the bell.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
Yes, very much.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
Carol lives in Cardiff.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
No, I cant. I dont have any money on me.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
Yes, there is a bank near the post office.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
Its about 12 miles to the airport.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
He has gone to Boston.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
I paid $ 2000 for it.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
He went with Gary to the party.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
The banks close at 12 oclock.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
Ive been working till midnight.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
No, nobody saw me.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
That woman is Davids sister.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
We are going to the zoo.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
He was elected in 1986.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
No, Mr. Miller is abroad.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
Yes, I have. But its very old.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
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In 1939.
_______________________________________________________________ ?
Since 1976.

EUROPASS IVLJENJEPIS

Europass
ivljenjepis

Priloite fotografijo (neobvezno).

Osebni podatki
Ime / Priimek

Ime Priimek

Naslov

Ulica, hina tevilka, potna tevilka, kraj, drava

Telefon

e rubrika ni bistvena, jo odstranite

(glejte navodila).

Telefaks

e rubrika ni bistvena, jo odstranite (glejte navodila).

E-pota

e rubrika ni bistvena, jo odstranite (glejte navodila).

Dravljanstvo

e rubrika ni bistvena, jo odstranite (glejte navodila).

Datum rojstva

e rubrika ni bistvena, jo odstranite (glejte navodila).

Spol

e rubrika ni bistvena, jo odstranite (glejte navodila).

Zaelena zaposlitev /
zaeleno poklicno
podroje

e rubrika ni bistvena, jo odstranite (glejte navodila).

Prenosni telefon: (e rubrika ni

bistvena, jo odstranite.)

Delovne izkunje
Obdobje

Loeno vnesite vsako bistveno delovno izkunjo. Zanite z zadnjo.

e rubrika ni bistvena, jo odstranite (glejte navodila).

Zaposlitev ali delovno

mesto
Glavne naloge in
pristojnosti
Naziv in naslov delodajalca
Vrsta dejavnosti ali sektor
Izobraevanje in usposabljanje

Obdobje

Loeno vnesite vse izobraevalne programe, ki ste jih zakljuili.

Zanite z zadnjim (glejte navodila).

Naziv izobrazbe in/ali

nacionalne poklicne
kvalifikacije
Glavni predmeti/pridobljeno
znanje in kompetence
Naziv in status ustanove, ki
je podelila diplomo,
sprievalo ali certifikat
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Stopnja izobrazbe po
nacionalni ali mednarodni
klasifikacijski lestvici

e rubrika ni bistvena, jo odstranite (glejte navodila).

Druga znanja in
kompetence
Materni jezik(i)

Navedite materni jezik (po potrebi navedite ve maternih jezikov, glejte

navodila)

Drug(i) jezik(i)
Samovrednotenje
Evropska raven

(*)

Razumevanje
Sluno
razumevanje

Govorjenje
Bralno
razumevanje

Govorno
sporazumevanje

Pisanje
Govorno
sporoanje

Jezik
Jezik
(*)

Skupni evropski referenni okvir za jezike

Socialna znanja in
kompetence

Opiite te kompetence in navedite, kje ste jih pridobili. e rubrika ni

bistvena, jo odstranite (glejte navodila).

Organizacijska znanja in
kompetence

Opiite te kompetence in navedite, kje ste jih pridobili. e rubrika ni

bistvena, jo odstranite (glejte navodila).

Tehnina znanja in
kompetence

Opiite te kompetence in navedite, kje ste jih pridobili. e rubrika ni

bistvena, jo odstranite (glejte navodila).

Raunalnika znanja in
kompetence

Opiite te kompetence in navedite, kje ste jih pridobili. e rubrika ni

bistvena, jo odstranite (glejte navodila).

Umetnika znanja in
kompetence

Opiite te kompetence in navedite, kje ste jih pridobili. e rubrika ni

bistvena, jo odstranite (glejte navodila).

Ostala znanja in
kompetence

Opiite te kompetence in navedite, kje ste jih pridobili. e rubrika ni

bistvena, jo odstranite (glejte navodila).

Vozniko dovoljenje

Navedite, ali imate vozniko dovoljenje, in dodajte, za katero kategorijo

motornih vozil velja. e rubrika ni bistvena, jo odstranite (glejte navodila).

Dodatni podatki

Vkljuite druge koristne podatke, npr. kontaktne osebe, priporoila itd. e

rubrika ni bistvena, jo odstranite (glejte navodila).

Priloge

Natejte morebitne priloge. e rubrika ni bistvena, jo odstranite (glejte

navodila).

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8.1

EUROPASS JEZIKOVNA IZKAZNICA

Europass jezikovna izkaznica

Del Evropskega jezikovnega listovnika, ki ga je razvil Svet Evrope

Ime in PRIIMEK
Datum rojstva (*)
Materni jezik(i)
Drug(i) jezik(i)

JEZIK
Samoocenjevanje
jezikovnih znanj
Evropska raven

(**)

RAZUMEVANJE
Sluno
Bralno
razumevanje
razumevanje

GOVORJENJE
Govorno
Govorno
sporoanje
sporazumevanje

PISANJE

Diplome, sprievala ali

certifikati (*)
Ustanova podeljevalka

Naziv diplome, sprievala ali

certifikata

Obdobje

Evropska raven
(***)

Jezikovne izkunje (*)

Opis

Od

Do

JEZIK
Samoocenjevanje
jezikovnih znanj
Evropska raven

(**)

RAZUMEVANJE
Sluno
Bralno
razumevanje
razumevanje

GOVORJENJE
Govorno
Govorno
sporoanje
sporazumevanje

PISANJE

Diplome, sprievala ali

certifikati (*)
Ustanova podeljevalka

Naziv diplome, sprievala ali

certifikata

Obdobje

Evropska raven
(***)

Jezikovne izkunje (*)

Opis

Od

Do

JEZIK
Samoocenjevanje
jezikovnih znanj
Evropska raven

(**)

RAZUMEVANJE
Sluno
Bralno
razumevanje
razumevanje

GOVORJENJE
Govorno
Govorno
sporoanje
sporazumevanje

PISANJE

Diplome, sprievala ali

certifikati (*)
Ustanova podeljevalka

Naziv diplome, sprievala ali

certifikata

Obdobje

Evropska raven
(***)

Jezikovne izkunje (*)

Opis

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Od

Do

1.1

Bralno
razumevanje
Govorno sporazumevanje
Govorno
sporoanje
Pisno sporoanje

Razumevanje
Govorjenje
Govorjenje
Pisanje

Sluno razumevanje

8.2

EVROPSKE STOPNJE SAMOOCENJEVCALNA LESTVICA

A1

A2

B1

B2

Pri poasnem in
razlonem govoru
razumem
posamezne pogosto
rabljene besede in
najosnovneje
besedne zveze, ki
se nanaajo name,
na mojo druino in
neposredno
ivljenjsko okolje.

Razumem besedne
zveze in pogosto
besedie, ki se nanaa
na najbolj temeljne rei
(npr. najosnovneji
osebni in druinski
podatki, nakupovanje,
neposredno ivljenjsko
okolje, zaposlitev).
Sposoben/sposobna
sem ujeti glavno misel
kratkih, jasno
oblikovanih sporoil in
obvestil.

Pri razlonem govorjenju v

standardnem jeziku razumem glavne
toke, kadar gre za znane rei, s
katerimi se redno sreujem na delu,
v oli, prostem asu itd. e je govor
razmeroma poasen in razloen,
razumem tudi glavne misli mnogih
radijskih in televizijskih oddaj, ki se
ukvarjajo s sodobnimi problemi in
temami, ki me osebno ali poklicno
zanimajo.

Razumem dalje govorjenje,

etudi ni natanno razlenjeno in
razmerja niso izraena jasno,
temve so samo nakazana.
Brez posebnega napora
razumem televizijske oddaje in
filme.

Nimam teav pri razumevanju

jezika, govorjenega v ivo ali
posredovanega preko medijev,
etudi je tempo govorjenja hiter.
Potrebujem zgolj nekaj asa, da
se navadim na nareje.

Razumem
posamezna pogosto
rabljena
poimenovanja,
besede in preproste
povedi, npr. na
obvestilih, plakatih in
v katalogih.

Sposoben/sposobna
sem brati zelo kratka,
preprosta, vsakdanja
besedila, kot so
reklame, prospekti,
jedilniki in urniki. V njih
znam poiskati natanno
doloen, predvidljiv
podatek. Razumem
kratka in preprosta
osebna pisma.

Razumem besedila, katerih jezik je

preteno vsakdanji ali povezan z
mojim delom. Razumem opise
dogodkov, obutij in elja/ tudi v
osebnih pismih.

Razumem dalje
govorjenje in
predavanja in sem
sposoben/sposobna
slediti celo bolj
zahtevnim
pogovorom, pod
pogojem, da je tema
dovolj splona.
Razumem veino
televizijskih poroil in
oddaj o aktualnih
zadevah. Razumem
veino filmov v
standardnem jeziku.
Berem in razumem
lanke in poroila, v
katerih pisci
zastopajo doloena
stalia ali poglede.
Razumem sodobno
literarno prozo.

Razumem dolga zahtevna

besedila z veliko podatki, pa tudi
literarna besedila ter zaznavam
slogovno razlinost. Razumem
strokovne lanke in dalja
tehnina navodila, etudi se ne
nanaajo na moje strokovno
podroje.

Z lahkoto berem vse vrste

zapisanih besedil, tudi ko gre za
abstraktna, po jeziku in zgradbi
zahtevna besedila, npr. prironike,
strokovne lanke in literarna dela.

Znam se preprosto
pogovarjati, e je
sogovornik
pripravljen svoje
izjave ponoviti
poasneje ali jih
pojasniti in e mi je
pripravljen pomagati
pri izraanju misli.
Znam postavljati in
odgovarjati na
preprosta vpraanja,
ki se nanaajo na
trenutne potrebe ali
splone teme.

Sposoben/sposobna
sem se sporazumevati v
preprostih situacijah,
kadar gre za
neposredno izmenjavo
informacij o splonih
vsakodnevnih stvareh.
Znajdem se v krajih
druabnih pogovorih,
eprav ponavadi ne
razumem dovolj, da bi
se lahko samostojno
pogovarjal-a.

Znajdem se v veini situacij, ki se

pogosto pojavljajo na potovanju po
deeli, kjer se ta jezik govori.
Sposoben/sposobna sem se tudi
nepripravljen-a vkljuiti v pogovor,
povezan s splonimi temami,
temami, ki me osebno zanimajo, ali
takimi, ki se tiejo vsakdanjega
ivljenja (npr. druine, hobijev, dela,
potovanj in aktualnih dogodkov).

Sposoben/sposobna
sem se precej tekoe
in spontano izraati,
tako da se brez vejih
teav sporazumevam
z rojenimi govorci.
Lahko se vkljuim v
razprave o splonih
temah in z
utemeljitvami
zagovarjam svoje
stalie.

Sposoben/sposobna sem se
tekoe in naravno izraati, ne da
bi pri tem preve oitno iskal-a
primerne izraze. Jezik znam
uporabljati uinkovito in
prilagodljivo tako v druabne kot
tudi poklicne ali une namene.
Znam natanno izraati svoje
misli in poglede ter svoj prispevek
spretno povezovati s prispevki
drugih.

Z lahkoto sodelujem v vsakem

pogovoru in razpravi. Dobro
poznam pogovorni jezik in
besedne zveze. Govorim tekoe in
znam natanno izraziti tudi majhne
pomenske odtenke. e pri
sporazumevanju naletim na
kakno teavo, jo znam spretno
zaobiti in preoblikovati teavno
mesto tako, da sogovorniki to malo
verjetno opazijo.

Uporabljati znam
preproste besedne
zveze in povedi, s
katerimi lahko
opiem, kje ivim, in
ljudi, ki jih poznam.

Uporabiti znam vrsto

besednih zvez in povedi,
s katerimi lahko na
preprost nain opiem
svojo druino in druge
ljudi, ivljenjske pogoje
ali svojo izobrazbo in
predstavim svojo
trenutno ali prejnjo
zaposlitev.
Sestavljati znam kratka,
preprosta obvestila in
sporoila, ki se nanaajo
na trenutne potrebe.
Pisati znam zelo
preprosta osebna pisma,
npr. se komu za kaj
zahvaliti.

Tvoriti znam preproste povedi iz

besednih zvez, s katerimi lahko
opiem svoje izkunje in dogodke,
sanje, elje in ambicije. Na kratko
znam razloiti svoje poglede in
narte. Sposoben/sposobna sem
pripovedovati zgodbo ali obnoviti
vsebino knjige oziroma filma in
opisati svoje odzive.

Jasno in natanno
znam opisati mnogo
stvari s podroij, ki
me zanimajo.
Razloiti znam svoj
pogled na doloen
problem in podati
prednosti in
pomanjkljivosti
razlinih monosti.
Pisati znam jasna in
natanna besedila v
zvezi s tevilnimi
temami in vpraanji,
ki me zanimajo. Pisati
znam eseje ali
poroila, v katerih
moram podati
informacije ali
zagovarjati oziroma
zavraati doloena
stalia. Pisati znam
pisma, v katerih
moram poudariti
pomen doloenih
dogodkov in izkuenj.

Sposoben/sposobna sem jasno in

natanno opisati zahtevne
vsebine, pri tem smiselno
povezati tematske toke, razviti in
poudariti posamezne vidike ter
napraviti ustrezen zakljuek.

Sposoben/sposobna sem jasno in

tekoe podajati tudi dalje opise ali
razlage. Govoru znam dati logino
obliko, ki poslualca opozarja na
pomembna mesta. Slog govorjenja
znam prilagoditi situaciji in
poslualcem.

Sposoben/sposobna sem tvoriti

jasna, slogovno dobra besedila in
obirneje izraziti svoja stalia. V
pismih, esejih ali poroilih znam
natanno razloiti zahtevne
vsebine in pri tem primerno
poudariti tista dejstva, ki se mi
zdijo najpomembneja. Oblikovati
znam razline vrste besedil v
prepriljivem in osebnem slogu,
primernem za bralca, ki mu je
tako besedilo namenjeno.

Tvoriti znam jasna, tekoa,

slogovno primerna besedila.
Sestaviti znam zahtevna pisma,
poroila in lanke v zvezi z
zahtevnimi vsebinami, ki morajo
imeti logino zgradbo in bralca
voditi tako, da dojame pomembne
toke. Pisati znam povzetke in
kritike strokovnih in literarnih del.

Pisati znam kratka,

preprosta sporoila
na razglednice, npr.
s poitnikimi
pozdravi.
Izpolnjevati znam
obrazce, ki
zahtevajo osebne
podatke, npr. vnesti
ime, dravljanstvo in
naslov na hotelski
obrazec.

Pisati znam preprosta, povezana

besedila v zvezi s splonimi temami
ali temami s podroja osebnega
zanimanja. Pisati znam osebna
pisma in v njih opisati izkunje in
vtise.

EVROPSKE STOPNJE

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C2

8.3

PRIMER: CIRRICULUM VITAE

Address
99 Newlands Park London
SE30 8Uj
Tel: 0171 25650

Personal Details
Melanie Henderson
Date of birth
3.11.1978

Education
1997 - present
Degree in French and Film Studies, University of London
Degree performance to date: 2.1
Specialist subjects: British Cinema, The Narrative Technique
1992 - 1997
Royal Latin School, Aylesbury
4 A Levels: French (8), German (C), English (B), Film studies (A)
7 GCSEs: French (A), German (A), English (A), History (B), Art (A), Maths (8),
Economics (8)
Work experience
1999
Information Officer, Futuroscope, France
Responsible for dealing with enquiries in a busy office, responding to 2,000 enquiries a
week. This demonstrated my ability to retain a professional approach and a sense of
humour while working under pressure.
1998
Customer Services Assistant
Provided support for customer enquiries. Dealing with customers' complaints
demonstrated my ability to remain calm under pressure. Explaining complex issues
simply and clearly helped me to develop my communication skills.
Positions of responsibility
In my final year at school, I helped organise a careers fair for all final year students.
Skills
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel Spreadsheets Working
knowledge of French and Italian
Current clean driving licence
Interests
Travel: I have travelled extensively and independently in Europe.
Music: I play the guitar in a semi-professional band and have done a number of 'gigs' for
school and student clubs.
Referees
Hamish Roberts
(Tutor at University of London) 17
Woodland Avenue
Oxford
OXll 7GGR

Richard Gayle
(Customer Services
Manager/DAT) 31 Pleasant Street
London
Sb8 3LSR
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8.4

PRIMER: COVER LETTER

March 25,1997
Mr. Donald Park
Manager, Human Resources
Shoreline Industries
100 Lake Blvd.
Toronto, Ontario M4M 1M4
Dear Mr. Park,

(Introduction) This is in reply to your advertisement for an Accounting Representative which

appeared in the Sunday Toronto Star on March 20, 1997. As the following
comparison shows, my experience and background match this position's
requirements.
YOUR REQUIREMENTS
Three to five years
accounting expenence.
(Interest
Builder)

Strong communication skills

Knowledge of accounting
systems

MY QUALIFICATIONS
Five years in-depth accounting experience.
Results achieved in reducing costs and
improving inventory control for three years,
responsible for administration of staff of 5
individuals.
Proven excellence in ongoing oral and
written communication with clients and
staff. Developed and presented
operational procedures and accounting
manuals.
Experience in day-to-day processing of
complex accounting system. This includes
generating input and analyzing output.
Updated existing system to provide greater
operational flexibility.

(Next Step)

As additional information, enclosed is a copy of my resume. I would like an

opportunity to personally discuss the position with you. You may call me at
home or leave a message at (416) 423-8700.
Your sincerely,
Susan Bedford
5460 Kent Street, Apt. #9
Toronto, Ontario M3M 9T5
(416) 863-5767

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8.5

EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS PROFILE

MANAGEMENT SKILLS

POSITIVE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS

Self-esteem and confidence

Honesty, integrity and personal ethics
A positive attitude toward learning, growth and personal health;
Initiative, energy and persistence to get the job done.

RESPONSIBILITY
The ability to set goals and priorities in work and personal life;
The ability to plan and manage time, money and other resources to achieve goals;
Accountability for actions taken.
ADAPTABILITY
A positive attitude toward change;
Recognition of and respect for people's diversity and individual differences;
The ability to identify and suggest new ideas to get the job done - creativity.
TEAMWORK SKILLS
WORK WITH OTHERS
Understand and contribute to the organization's goals;
Understand and work within the culture of the group;
Plan and make decisions with others and support the outcomes;
Respect the thoughts and opinions of others in the group;
Exercise "give and take" to achieve group results;
Seek a team approach as appropriate;
Lead when appropriate mobilizing the group for high performance.

ACADEMIC SKILLS
COMMUNICATE
Understand and speak the languages in which business is conducted;
Listen to, understand and learn;
Read, comprehend and use written materials, including graphs, charts and displays;
Write effectively in the languages in which business is conducted.
THINK
Think critically and act logically to evaluate situations, solve problems and make
decisions;
Understand and solve problems involving mathematics and use the results;
Use technology, instruments, tools and information systems effectively;
Access and apply specialized knowledge from various fields (e.g., skilled trades,
technology, physical sciences, arts and social sciences).

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APPENDIX

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APPENDIX

1 Ask about distances like this:

How far is Regents Park from here?
It's about four and a half kilometres.
2 Ask about public transport:
A
B
A
B
A

Excuse me, how do I get to Madame Tussauds?

Take a number 2 bus to Baker Street.
Where's the bus stop?
Just outside the station.
Thank you.

Take the underground to Green Park. Then change on the Jubilee

Line.
Where do I get off?
At Baker Street.
And where's the underground station, please?
It's just over there.
Thanks.

(or)

A
B
A
B
A

3 Practise dialogues like this:

A
B
A
B
A
B

Excuse me, can you help me? How do I get to Harrods?

I'm sorry, I don't know.
Ohhave you got a map?
Yes, I have.
May I borrow it for a moment?
Yes, of course.

N.B.:
get onto a bus/train/plane
get off a bus/train/plane
but
get into a car
get out of a car

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REVISION

1.
Translate:
a) ob 14.00
b) pred pol ure
c) med 18. in 20. uro
d) po 14. uri
e) med sestankom
f) tono
g) za veliko no
h) 29. januarja
i) 2007
j) ob koncu feb.
k) na opovi 15
l) v 3. nad.
m) v sejni sobi
n) brez zamude
o) v Celju
2.

Answer:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)

3.

What's the time?

What's the date today?
What's the day today?
What do you do?
Where do you work?
How long have you been working here?
What are you doing at the moment?
How are you?
What is your citizenship?
Where do you come from?
Write at/on/in

1.................6 June 7......................24 September

13.................Friday morning
2................the evening
8......................Thursday
14.................Saturday night
3.................half past two 9.......................11.45
15.................night
4...............Wednesday
10...................Christmas Day 16..................the end of the
day
5.................1987
11.....................Christmas
17...................the weekend
6.................September
12.....................the morning
18.................winter
4.

Too many words:v vsakem stavku je ena beseda odve. Poiite jo.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Would you like a coffee?

ithank you for meeting me.
Did you have had a good journey?
Can I to go to my hotel first?
I'm sorry I'm in late.
To what time did you arrive?
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7. How long was your flight?

8. My name is Peter Bell.
5.

Vstavite ustrezno vpraalnico.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

6.

.........................are you going?

..........................are you visiting?
..........................are you going to do?
...........................are you leaving?
...........................are you staying?
...........................are you traveling?
...........................are you returning?

To Paris.
Our main French client.
To discuss prices.
On Monday.
Two days.
By train.
On Tuesday.

Uporabite vljudneji nain

(pogovor po telefonu)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

7.

Who are you?

What do you want?
He is not here.
Wait.
What?
What's your name?
Uporabite Present Contiuous za dogovorjena dejanja v prihodnosti:

Peter Brown and his colleague Anna work for Euro Hotels. They................ (visit) the
Canary Islands next month for a four-day business trip.
They ........................( arrive) in Grand Canaria at 10.15 a.m. and ......................(give)
presentation on the company's plan to local managers in the afternoon. On day two
Peter .................... ( travel ) to Tenerife and ................... (visit) the company's hotel
there. Anna ....................... (not accompany) him.
8.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
9.

Explain:
c/o
Attn.
a.m.
cc
encl.

j) OSCE
VAT
R.S.V.P.
i.e.
e.g.

Translate:

exchange rate
unemployment rate
interest rate
a fare
signature
to sign
10.

contract
most convenient
premises
a break
to remind

Translate
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a) Z veseljem vam sporoam, da . . .

b) Na alost vam moram sporoiti, da . . .
c) Prosim, da potrdite rezervacijo pisno.
d) V zvezi z najinim pogovorom vam sporoam, da . . .
e) elela bi povratno vozovnico za London, 14. februarja 2006.
f) Piem vam, da vam sporoim na novi naslov.
g) V roke nabavnemu oddelku.
h) V priakovanju vaega odgovora vas lepo pozdravljamo.
11.

Write at/on/in
1. Goodbye! See you ....on.........Friday.
2. Where were you ..................28 February?
3. I got up....................8 o'clock this morning.
4. I like getting up early ............. the morning.
5. My sister got married.....................May.
6. Diane and I first met ...............1979.
7. Did you go out.....................Tuesday?
8. Did you go out.....................Tuesday evening?
9. Do you often go out.....................the evening?
10. Let's meet......................7.30 tomorrow evening.
11. I often go away.........................the weekend.
12. I'm starting my new job...........................3 July.
13. We often go to the beach........................summer.
14. George isn't here...............the moment.
15. Julia's birthday is .........................January.
16. Do you work ............................Saturdays?
17. The company started.............................1969.
18. I like to look at the stars........................night.
19. I'll send you the money.........................the end of the month.

12.

Underline the correct word in each sentence.

a
b
c
d
e
f
g

Jan and Karmen live/lives in Madrid.

Joe watch/watches television every evening.
I usually go/goes to school by bus.
It never snow/snows in this city.
Suzana live/lives in that house.
Katja get/gets up early every day.
All the buses leave/leaves from this bus-stop.

13.

Write a question or a negative sentence.

Jan get up at 7.00..................Does Jan get up at

7.00..................................................?
.Ana in Miha - walk to
work................................................................................................?

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c
d
e
f
g
h

Jan- leave home at

8.00........................................................................................................?
Ana in Miha relax in the
evening.......................................................................................?
Ana in Miha not/like tennis .............Ana in Miha don't like
tennis........................................
Jan not/where school
uniform...........................................................................................
Ana in Miha not/use
computers..........................................................................................
Jan not/do his
homework.................................................................................................

14.
Ana in Bojan meet in a bar. Bojan usually says the wrong thnig. Correct his
mistakes.
ANA:
BOJAN:
ANA:
BOJAN:
ANA:
BOJAN:
ANA:
BOJAN:
ANA:
BOJAN:
ANA:
BOJAN:

Good evening.
Good day.
How are you?
Terrible. I've got a bad cold and ...
It's my birthday today.
Congratulations.
Would you like a drink?
No, thank you. Coke.
With ice?
No, please.
Here you are. Cheers.
Bless you.

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9.2

MOCK EXAM

A. Translate the following sentences.

1. Rad bi govoril z g. Millerjem, prosim.
........................................................................................................................................
2. Gospoda Millerja trenutno ni.
.......................................................................................................................................
3. Lahko me veete z g. Adamsom, prosim?
........................................................................................................................................
4. Torek mi ne ustreza.
........................................................................................................................................
5. Podpiite tukaj, prosim.
........................................................................................................................................
6. Opraviujemo se za morebitne nevenosti.
.......................................................................................................................................
7. elela bi potrditi naroilo t. 25/B.
......................................................................................................................................
8. V zvezi z vaim dopisom z dne 15. feb. 2003 vam sporoamo...
.........................................................................................................................................
9. Poslali vam bomo nao podrobno ponudbo.
.......................................................................................................................................
10. Kaken poseben popust lahko ponudite za veja naroila?
........................................................................................................................................
11. To je naa najnija ponudba.
.......................................................................................................................................
12. Opraviujemo se zaradi zamude v odgovoru na va dopis.
........................................................................................................................................
13. Z obalovanjem ugotavljamo, da je v nai fakturi napaka.
........................................................................................................................................
14. Prosimo navedite koliine, ki jih potrebujete.
........................................................................................................................................
15. elel bi nekaj informacij o vaih izdelkih.
........................................................................................................................................
16. Sem tudent/ka VK Celje.
......................................................................................................................................
17. Ali si moral delati sprejemni izpit?
......................................................................................................................................
18. Ne, ni mi bilo treba.
......................................................................................................................................
19. Koliko je olnina ?
......................................................................................................................................
20. Angleino imamo v predavalnici 210.
......................................................................................................................................
21. Katere tuje jezike se ui?
......................................................................................................................................
22. Kje so prostori VK Celje?
......................................................................................................................................
23. Ali so predavanja obvezna?
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B. Correct the mistakes.

1. Mr Brown works in Intereuropa.
2. He is doctor.
3. Catherine live in London.
4. How often you travel to Germany.
5. I call to arrange a meeting with Mr Smith.
6. Thank you for your letter from 4 April.
7. I work here for 5 years.
8. I'm writing to place an order for . . . .
9. We would be appreciate it if you could . . .
10. This is owing to the government has increased sales tax.
11. Are you looking for someone?
12. I need to speak to Mr Miller.
13. They are wanting some more time think it over.
14. Im agreeing. I think its a good idea.
15. Helen deals with Johns clients whlile hes on holiday.
16. I think about changing my job.
17. He cant answer the phone. He has a shower.
18. Which beer are you preferring?
19. Thats ridiculous were not believing it.
20. Im sorry, I dont understand what you say.

C. Find the prepositions.

1) ............. the afternoon

5) ................ a business trip

2) ............. night

6) ................ a meeting

3) ............. Thursday

7) ....... Friday at the latest

4) ............. May 1

8) ................ 3 o'clock

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D) Form questions .
1) Mr Collins is writing a letter of complaint.
...................................................................................................................................................
2) We started our business 5 years ago.
...................................................................................................................................................
3) On Monday he called twice.
...................................................................................................................................................
4) Mr Miller signed the contract.
...................................................................................................................................................
5) I didn't call you back, because I was too busy.
.........................................................................................................................................................

E) Fill in the missing words.

1) The ........................................ leads the meeting.
2) During the meeting the secretary keeps the .............................................. .
3) Could you please tell me the date and .............................. of the meeting?
4) The meeting will take place on 15 May instead of 13 May. It has been
..............................
5) Today there are five items on our .................................... to discuss.
6) Ms Brown will contact you directly to arrange a ................................ time for her
visit.
7) I look forward to ................................. from you soon.
8) Thank you for your enquiry ............... 12 June.
9) With ................................... to your recent advertisement in PC HIT, I would be
grateful if you could send me details of your business software.
10) We ............................. receipt of your order dated 17 September 2001 for . . .

F) Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.

1) We are delighted / friendly to hear that the conference as a success.
2) Please find the attached / enclosed euro prices as requested.
3) This is Peter Smith speaking / talking.
4) He is in charge of / for receiving visitors.
5) Would / Could I have your name again, please?
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6) Excuse me / Sorry for being late.

7) I would like to apologise about / for the delay.
8) Please let me know if you want / need any further information.
9) Most of the items are on / in stock.
10) I just / I have just finished the report.
G) Telephoning. Fill in the missing expression.
Assistant:

Galaxy Computer Supplies.

Caller:

............................................. 277, please.

Assistant:

...................... on. I'll ......................... you .............................. .

Sales:

Overseas Sales. Linda Noon .............................................. .

Caller:

Good morning. I'm interested ............. your firesafe cabinets. you have
a sales office in Spain?
I'm ............................... we don't, but I can arrange for a sales visit from our

Sales:

agent.
Caller:

No, no. That's not necessary. ......................... you quote me a price for 20 BZ11
cabinets?

Sales:

Could you ..................... your name, please?

Caller:

Oh, Jose Rosales.

Sales:

.................................................................................. , please?

Caller:

That's R-O-S-A-L-E-S.

Sales:

....................................................................... ?

Caller:

My fax number is 1 430 6687.

Sales:

................................................................................. ?

Caller:

It's Telefonica Espania.

Sales:

Telefonica Espania.

Caller:

Right.

Sales:

I'll work out the price and fax it ........... you.

Caller:

............................................................................................ .

Sales:

Bye.

H) Synonyms. Find another expression for:

1) connect you

....................................................................

2) postpone

....................................................................

3) forthcoming

....................................................................

4) further details

....................................................................
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5) shipment

....................................................................

I) What is the English expression for:

provizija

udeleiti se

dobavitelj

oklevati

predstavnik

v imenu

blago

imprej

prejeti

zaseden

J) Choose the best responses.

1. I'd like to speak to Mr Gibbs, please.
a. Yes.
b. I'm afraid he's not here at the moment.
c. Well, you can't.
2. Can I speak to Mr Gibbs, please?
a. Hold on, please.
b. Don't go away.
c. All right.
3. Miss Lucas asked me to call this morning.
a. Sorry, your number is the wrong one.
b. Do you know the area code?
c. But there is no person of that name here.
4. Could I speak to Mr Gibbs, please?
a. Who's calling?
b. Who are you?
c. What's your name?
5. Can I ring you back later?
a. Yes, ring me.
b. Yes, please do.
c. Of course ring, yes.

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K. Letter writing
Fill in the prepositions.
ALL SPORTS LTD

St Patrick's Rd. 32
Amsterdam 5AG

NEDERLAND
S
23 March 2001
The Sales Director
VELA ITALY
Corso Vannucci 46
Pisa
ITALY
Dear Sir
We read your advertisement ................. the current edition ........... Sailors for fun and
are interested ............ your products, particularly ............. sailing boats' equipment.
We are a large retail company ................ shops throughout Northern Europe and would
like your catalogue and price list, quoting Amsterdam prices.
Please let us know your terms ................ trade, including quantity discounts, delivery
dates, and any credit facilities you are prepared to offer ............. large orders.
We look forward ................ hearing ................ you soon.
Yours faithfully
Herman DeGoor
Managing Director

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b) Write a short letter of reply.

Thank Mr DeGoor for his letter, quoting the date

Give him the following information:
- Discounts quantity discounts on orders over $15,000
- Delivery time usually 2 months after receipt of order
- Credit facilities only after trading for at least one year with the company

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9.3

MOCK EXAM

A.Translate the following sentences.

Rad bi se dogovoril za sestanek z g. Millerjem.
..............................................................................................................................................
Gospod Miller pride ez 10 minut.
..............................................................................................................................................
Lahko pustim sporoilo za g. Millerja?
..............................................................................................................................................
V torek bom v Bostonu.
..............................................................................................................................................
al vaega plaila e nismo prejeli.
..............................................................................................................................................
Opraviujemo se zaradi zamude pri dobavi blaga.
..............................................................................................................................................
elela bi potrditi svojo rezervacijo.
..............................................................................................................................................
Piem vam v zvezi z vaim oglasom v Delu z dne 24. marca.
..............................................................................................................................................
al vas moramo obvestiti, da . . .
..............................................................................................................................................
Potrjujemo prejem vaega dopisa in se vam elimo opraviiti zaradi poznega odgovora.
..............................................................................................................................................
Poudariti moramo, da . . .
..............................................................................................................................................
Ugodili bomo vai elji.
..............................................................................................................................................
To je vse, kar lahko naredimo v tem trenutku.
..............................................................................................................................................
Poiljamo vam cene za . . .
..............................................................................................................................................
al nae podjetje ne more sprejeti tega znianja.
..............................................................................................................................................
B. Correct the mistakes.
1. Mr Brown is calling you back in 20 minutes.
2. You have to pay on advance.
3. Jill Hopkins is on a meeting.
4. We are apologise for any . . .
5. I call to cancel the meeting with Mr Smith on Monday.
6. I write in connection with your advertisement . . .
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7. I didn't see him for two years.

8. I have checked the data yesterday.
9. We would regret to tell you that . . .
10. This is owing to the fact that the fall of the dollar.

C. Find the prepositions.

1) ............. the evening

5) ................ holiday

2) ............. night

6) ................ a conference

3) ............. Wednesday

7) ......... the time being

4) ............. the summer

8) ................ the weekend

D) Form questions.
Mr Big wrote the report.
.........................................................................................................................................................
John starts work at 9 a.m.
.........................................................................................................................................................
I'm writing a letter.
.........................................................................................................................................................
Mr Miller informed our representative in Prague.
.........................................................................................................................................................
I didn't attend the meeting, because I was late.
.........................................................................................................................................................

E) Fill in the missing words.

1) The chairman leads the ....................................... .
2) ................................ to our telephone conversation this morning. . .
3) I ......................... to tell you that the spare parts you ordered haven't arrived yet.
4) We are extremely sorry ............... losing your order.
5) With .................................... once again.
6) If you require any further information, please do not ....................... to get in touch with us.
7) Thank you for your letter and ............................... in our products.
8) .............................................., we have not yet received the goods.
9)

I would be ................................ if you could send us details of your software.

10) The mistake was .................. to a clerical error.

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F) Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.

1) This is owing to the fact that a network breakdown / a network breakdown.
2) We require payment in / within 30 days.
3) That's inconvenient / unconvenient.
4)

The parcel will arrive in at last / at least two days time

5) Should / Could you sign here, please?

6) Could you please inform me of what kind of instruments you are interesting / interested
in?
7) They refused / denied to pay for the goods.
8) What's on / at the agenda?
9) We have to do / make a decision.
10) We deal / are dealing with your order now.

G) Telephoning. Fill in the missing expression.

Assistant:

Royalty Shops. Alison Jones .............................................

Caller:

This is Jon Hayes. ............................. I speak to someone in Customer Service.

Assistant:

...................... on. I'll ......................... you .............................. .

C.S:

Customer Service. Jane Roul. Can I ........................... you?

Caller:
C.S.:

Good morning. I bought a lamp at your store three weeks ........................ .

It worked for 2 days and then it broke.
I'm ..............................., but it's not our responsibility if it broke after being used.

Caller:

Could I ............................. to your manager, please.

C.S.

Just a ....................................... .

Manager:

Hello. Ken Sikes .......................................... .

Customer:

I bought a lamp which worked for two days and then broke.

Manager:

No problem. ............................. you like a refund?

Customer:

Yes, please.

Manager:

............................. you give me your name please?

Customer:

It's John Hayes.

Manager

Could ............................................................ surname , please?

Caller:

That's Hayes.

Manager:

.......................................................................................... ?

Caller:

My telephone number is 536790.

Manager:

............................................................................................................... ?

Caller:

I bought it at your store in Brighton Street.

Manager:

Please bring the lamp back and we will give you a refund.

Caller:

Thank you very .....................................

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H) Synonyms. Find another expression for:

1) call off

....................................................................

2) further details

....................................................................

3) convenient

....................................................................

4) in reply to

....................................................................

5) consignment

....................................................................

I) What is the English expression for:

znianje cene

obvestiti

naroilo

razloiti

faktura

zanimati se za

zamuda

biti odgovoren za

odziv

zadovoljen

J) Choose the best responses.

1. Can you give me a quotation?

d. We haven't got any more available.

e. This price is very competitive.
f. They cost $ 23.50 each.
2. Can we have a higher discount?
d. It depends on the number you order.
e. The prices are our lowest.
f. It's not so much.
3. We are thinking of buying your products.
a. Then take advantage of our introductory offer.
b. Business is good at present.
c. Share prices have been falling lately.
4. Can you offer the large size at the same price?
d. No, it's cheaper.
e. No, it's more expensive.
f. No, the price is unchanged.
5. Are those your most favourable prices?
a. Yes, we have plenty available.
b. No, we can reduce them.
c. Yes, they are very important.

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K. Letter writing
a) Fill in the prepositions.

SILVER OFFICE SUPPLIES

14 North Street
London EC1 7AD
5 May 2002

Mr. A. Suzuki
Sales Manager
1-33 Kitashinjuku 7-chome
Tokyo 160
Japan
Dear Mr Suzuki
We thank you ............... your letter ............... 17 April, ............... which you enclosed your
catalogue and price list. Your offer ............... 10 % cash discount is quite satisfactory.
We have contacted Mr Nixon and we need ............... least four processors.
We are therefore, placing an order ............... 4 SCROLL 2000 word processors.
We would be grateful if you could deliver the processors ............... 30 May. We are
sending you a copy of our order ............... fax. We ask you ............... confirm receipt of
the order ............... soon as possible.
We look forward ............... receiving the shipment and doing business ............... you in
the future.
Yours sincerely
Mark Twain
Managing Director

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b) Write a short letter of reply to this fax enquiry. Use the notes given.

FAX
To:
Books Inc.
From: Leo Trone

Date: 28 April
Re:
Book Availability

Could you let me know if you have twenty copies of The Effective Manager in stock? I
need them for a course I'm running next month. If you have, can you get them to me by
7 May? It would also be useful if you could send me your latest catalogue.
Regards,
Leo Trone

Notes:
only 18 copies in stock
will get some more by 25 May
will send by DHL
18 copies will be there by 4 May
need address
enclose catalogue

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9.4

MOCK EXAM

A. Translation.
1) Lahko govorim z gospodom Stevensom, prosim?
.........................................................................................................................................................
2) Prosim pokliite nazaj ez pol ure.
.........................................................................................................................................................
3) Kdaj je rok za oddajo poroila?
.........................................................................................................................................................
4) Sestanek se zane ob petih popoldne.
.........................................................................................................................................................
5) Pravkar sem poklicala taksi.
.........................................................................................................................................................
6) elite skodelico kave?
.........................................................................................................................................................
7) al Vam ne morem pomagati.
.........................................................................................................................................................

B. Correct the mistakes.

1) Mary go to work by bus.
2) I'd like make an arrangement.
3) Excuse me, we can't help you.
4) Could you tell that again, please?
5) I'm afraid but Friday don't suit me.
6) We work together since 1988.
7) Will I send you a copy of the contract?
8) I pleased to hear that.

C. Fill in the prepositions.

1) ............. the afternoon

5) ................ a business trip

2) ............. delay

6) ................ a meeting

3) ............. the latest

7) ............... 10 minutes

4) ............. April 17

8) ................ 9 o'clock

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D) Form questions
1) Mr Potter wrote the report.
....................................................................................................................................
2) John starts work at 9 a.m.
..........................................................................................................................................
3) I'm writing a letter.
..........................................................................................................................................
4) Mr Miller informed our representative in Vienna.
..........................................................................................................................................
5) I didn't attend the meeting, because I was tired.
................................................................................................................................................

E) Fill in the missing words

1) The chairman leads the ....................................... .
2) ................................ to our telephone conversation this morning. . .
3) I .................................. to tell you that the spare parts you ordered haven't arrived yet.
4) I am extremely sorry ............... losing your order.
5) With .................................... once again.
6) If you require any further information, please do not ......................... to get in touch with us.
7) Thank you for your letter and ............................... in our products..
8) .............................................., we have not yet received the goods.
9) I would be ................................ if you could send us details of your software.
10) The mistake was .................. to a clerical error.

F) Choose the correct word to complete each sentence.

1) This is owing to the fact that a network breakdown / a network breakdown.
2) We require payment before / within 30 days.
3) That's inconvenient / unconvenient.
4)

The parcel will arrive in at last / at least two day's time.

5) Should / Could you sign here, please?

6) Could you please inform me of what kind of instruments you are interesting / interested
in?
7) They refused / denied to pay for the goods.
8) A note / notice is a piece of information on public display.
9) We have to do / make a decision.
10) We deal / are dealing with your order now.
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G) Telephoning. Fill in the missing expressions.

Operator:

GTS Motors. .?

Mr Black:
Operator:

Good morning. DELphi Brighton here. I'd like to speak

............................................... .......................... an order.
Right. . to Mr Green.

Mr Black:

Thank you.

Mr Green:

Green . .

Mr Black:

CPS Industries. Mr Black . Good morning Mr Green. Err

can I ask you to forward our order?

Mr Green:

Well, we'll see. What's the , please?

Mr Black:

Ah yes, I've got it. Err TR / 7721.

Mr Green:

Right. You 72 KS pump motors and a series of spare parts.

Mr Black:

That's it. Could could you possibly bring forward delivery next month?
We need them . than we . .

Mr Green:

Next month. And umm you originally specified delivery ........... the end of
May. I'll see what ................................... . Can ................................... you back,
Mr Black?
Yes, I'd be very . if you would. We thought May would be OK, but

Mr Black:

we've been given shorter deadlines ourselves. We'd very much like to have the
order in April .. at all possible.
Mr Green: Right. me your phone number? Or is it the one on
the order?
Mr Black:

Yes, that's the number. Let me give you my , too. It's 433.

Mr Green:

OK. You'll be hearing from me tomorrow at the latest.

Mr Black:

Ah, that's . Thanks very much. Goodbye.

H) Telephoning. Find another expression for:

1) consignment

....................................................................

2) immediately

....................................................................

3) put off

....................................................................

4) put through

....................................................................

5) pleased

....................................................................

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I. Letter writing
a) Fill in the prepositions.

Plextor & Fressange

1146 Belle Rue
C-7633 Marseilles
France
16 April 2001
Gimpex Ltd.
125 St.Michael Rd
Stratford 5BS 3TY
ENGLAND
Dear Sir or Madam
We were impressed by the selection / exhibition of sweaters that were displayed on your
stand at the "Fashion 2002" trade fair held in Milan last month.
We are a large chain of retailers and are looking for a production / manufacturer who
could supplier / supply us with a wide range of sweaters for the teenage market.
As we usually place / offer very large orders, we would expect a large / quantity
discount. Our condition / terms of payment are normally 30-day bill of exchange,
documents against acceptance.
If these conditions interest you please send us your current catalogue and a price-list. We
hope to hear from you soon.
Yours sincerely / faithfully

Jacques Maurice
Sales Manager

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b) Write a short letter of reply.

Thank Mr Maurice for his letter, quoting the date

Give him the following information:
- Discounts quantity discounts on orders over $50,000
- Delivery time usually 3 months after receipt of order
- Accept his terms

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9.5

VOCABULARY

A. verbs glagoli
write

pisati

suggest

predlagati

read

brati

require

zahtevati

offer

ponuditi

priti

deliver

dostaviti

call

klicati

confirm

potrditi

send

poslati

cancel

odpovedati

go
come

ask

iti

vpraati, prositi

postpone

preloiti

inquire

poizvedovati

supply

dobaviti

receive

prejeti

forward

dati naprej

enclose

priloiti

reply

odgovoriti

know

vedeti

apologise

arrive

prispeti

lose

izgubiti

hope

upati

accept

sprejeti

contact

kontaktirati

cause

povzroiti

need

potrebovati

check

preveriti

visit

obiskati

give

dati

tell

povedati

get

dobiti, pridobiti

say

rei

inform

obvestiti

pay

plaati

arrange

urediti, dogovoriti se

talk

govoriti

express

izraziti

sell

prodati

operate

delovati

want

hoteti

take

meet

sreati

forget

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opraviiti se

odnesti, odpeljati
pozabiti

A. verbs glagoli nad.

assure

zagotoviti

report

produce

proizvajati

stay

stati, ostati

resolve

razreiti

think

misliti

pritoiti se

spell

rkovati

complain

poroati

explain

razloiti

eat

jesti

improve

izboljati

drink

piti

increase

naraati

understand

reserve

rezervirati

see

videti, sreati

book

rezervirati

cost

stati (cena)

attend

udeleiti se

hesitate
intend

oklevati
nameravati

look
watch

razumeti

gledati

provide

nuditi

change

spremeniti

establish

ustanoviti

begin

zaeti

become

postati

start

zaeti

appoint

imenovati

end

konati

sign

podpisati

finish

zakljuiti, konati

fill in

izpolniti

spend

porabiti, preiveti

submit

gledati TV (film)

predati, izroiti

have

imeti

show

pokazati

leave

zapustiti, oditi

type

tipkati

work

delati

deal

ukvarjati se

travel
use

potovati
uporabljati

speak
purchase
make
connect

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govoriti
kupiti, nabaviti
narediti
vezati

B. Synonyms sopomenke
call

ring, telephone (phone)

klicati

connect

put sb through

vezati

cancel

call off

odpovedati

postpone

put off

preloiti

reserve

book

rezervirati

delivery

consignment, shipment

poiljka

busy

engaged

zaseden

suitable

convenient

primeren, ustrezen

C. phrases fraze
be interested in

zanimati se za

be satisfied with

biti zadovoljen z/s

hold the line, hold on

ostati na zvezi

I would like to . . .

Rad/Rada bi . . .

as soon as possible

imprej

with reference to . . .

v zvezi z/s . . .

call back

poklicati nazaj

on behalf of

v imenu

in stock

na zalogi

find out

ugotoviti

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D. Nouns - samostalniki
letter

pismo / rka

copy

izvod

date

datum

goods

blago

address

naslov

conference
business trip

konferenca

addressee

naslovnik

company

podjetje

business

reply

odgovor

post

answer

odgovor

invoice

order

naroilo

application

product

izdelek

form

obrazec
asopis

information

informacija

newspaper

question

vpraanje

magazine

price

cena

conversation

slubeno potovanje
posel
delovno mesto
faktura
prijava (del. mesto)

revija
pogovor

catalogue

katalog

price list

cenik

brochure

broura

payment

plailo

branch

podrunica

delivery

poiljka, dobava

meeting

sreanje, sestanek

appointment
discount
range (of products)
advertisement
customer
market
problem

sestanek (1to1)
popust
paleta izdelkov
oglas
stranka
trg
teava

tax

davek

value added tax

DDV

shipment

poiljka

consignment

poiljka

staff

osebje

apology
inconvenience

opraviilo
nevenosti

office

pisarna

reason

razlog

passport

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potni list

representative

predstavnik

venue

kraj, lokacija

distribution

distribucija

airport

letalie

sales
service
terms
bulk orders
stand
trade fair
commission

railway station

prodaja
storitev, usluga

hotel room

hotelska soba

pogoji

single room

enoposteljna soba

naroilo vejih koliin

double room

dvoposteljna soba

stojnica

breakfast

zajtrk

sejem

half board

polpenzion

provizija

full board

polni penzion

details

podrobnosti

confirmation

replacement

nadomestilo

reservation

complaint
inquiry

eleznika postaja

pritoba

accommodation

potrditev
rezervacija
bivanje, noitev

poizvedba

contract

pogodba

error

napaka

signature

podpis

delay

zamuda

area code

klicna tevilka

mistake

napaka

extension

interna tevilka

explanation

razlaga

arrangement

supplier

dobavitelj

dogovor

report

proilo

plant

tovarna

equipment

oprema

loss

izguba

spare parts

nadomestni deli

postage

potnina

moment

opportunity

prilonost

flight

ticket

vozovnica

surname

priimek

sejem, razstava

message

sporoilo

switchboard

centrala

exhibition
call

klic

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polet

E. Adjectives & adverbs pridevniki in prislovi

good

dober

grateful

hvaleen

well

dobro

urgently

nujno

bad

slab, slabo

directly

neposredno

nadaljni, dodaten

wrong

narobe

further
available

na razpolago

latest

najnoveji

convenient

dissatisfied

zadovoljen
nezadovoljen

primeren, ustrezen

different

drugaen, razlien

neprimeren

difficult

teko

easy

lahek

big

velik

inconvenient
suitable

satisfied

primeren, ustrezen

successful

uspeen

happy

sreen

unhappy

small

majhen

nezadovoljen

usually

ponavadi

expensive

drag

cheap

poceni

interesting

zanimiv

boring

dolgoasen

List of irregular verbs

#

infinitive

past simple

past participle

prevod

write

wrote

written

pisati

read

read

read

brati

go

went

gone

iti

come

came

come

priti

send

sent

sent

poslati

know

knew

known

vedeti

tell

told

told

povedati

say

said

said

rei

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pay

paid

paid

plaati

10

sell

sold

sold

prodati

11

meet

met

met

sreati

12

lose

lost

lost

izgubiti

13

give

gave

given

14

get

got

got

15

take

took

taken

16

forget

forgot

forgotten

17

begin

began

begun

zaeti

18

spend

spent

spent

porabiti, preiveti

19

have

had

had

imeti

20

leave

left

left

zapustiti, oditi

21

deal

dealt

dealt

22

think

thought

thought

23

eat

ate

eaten

infinitive

past simple

dati
dobiti, pridobiti

past participle

vzeti
pozabiti

ukvarjati se
misliti
jesti

prevod

24

drink

drank

drunk

25

understand

understood

understood

26

see

saw

seen

videti

27

cost

cost

cost

stati (cena)

28

become

became

become

postati

29

speak

spoke

spoken

govoriti

30

make

made

made

narediti

31

do

did

done

delati, narediti

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piti
razumeti

9.6

SAYING NUMBERS

We say

OH

after a decimal point

in telephone numbers
in bus numbers
in hotel room numbers
in years

We say

NOUGHT

before the decimal point

We say

ZERO

for the number 0

for temperature

We say

NIL

in football scores

We say

LOVE

in tennis
-------------------------------------

10.66
0.325
0.001
0.05

ten point six six

nought point three two five
nought point oh oh one
zero point oh five
oh point oh five

$13.50

hirteen dollars fifty

PER CENT
0.5 %

a half of one per cent

0.25 %

a quarter of a percentage point

30 %

thirty per cent

by 30 %

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hundreds, thousands, and millions

BE

123

a hundred and twenty-three

AE

123

a hundred twenty-three

1,999

one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine

1999

nineteen ninety-nine

2000

the year two thousand

2001

two thousand and one

2015

two thousand and fifteen

1,000,000

a million

1,000,000,000

a billion

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ten to the power six

109

ten to the power nine

102

ten squared

103

ten cubed

the square root of six

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9.7

PREVODI
1. Recite nekomu, naj vstopi.
2. Povejte, da bo g. Brako takoj priel.
3. Recite naj si postreejo.
4. Vpraajte, e bi kaj popili.
5. Vpraajte, e pokliete taksi.
6. Vpraajte, e lahko uporabite njihov telefon.
7. Vpraajte, koliko je klicna tevilka za Maribor.
8. Vpraajte, od kod je va gost.
9. Vpraajte, e je zadovoljen s hotelom.
10. Vpraajte, e bi kaj popil.
11. Vpraajte, e mu petek ustreza za sestanek.
12. Vpraajte, e lahko plaate z euri.
13. Vpraajte, koliko je ura.
14. Vpraajte, kateri dan je danes.
15. Vpraajte, kako je nekomu ime / kako se pie.
16. Vpraajte, od kod je.
17. Vpraajte, kje je v slubi.
18. Vpraajte, e je zaseden v ponedeljek.
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19. Vpraajte, e je sestanek v torek.

20. Vpraajte, koliko nekaj stane.
21. Vpraajte, kaj je nekdo po poklicu.
22. Sestanek je na Bledu v hotelu Park.
23. Delati zanem ob 8. uri zjutraj.
24. Delo konam ob 4 popoldan.
25. Pozimi grem smuat na Krvavec.
26. Tajnica je na sestanku.
27. Nai prostori so na Akerevi.
28. Sejna soba je v 2. nadstropju.
29. Banke so zaprte ob sobotah.
30. V oli sem od 16.30 do 20.00.
31. Koncert se zane od 20. uri.
32. Alenka Eren pri telefonu.
33. Ali lahko govorim z gospo Peterson?
34. al je ni v pisarni. Ali elite pustiti sporoilo?
35. Trenutek, prosim. Pogledala bom, e je v sosednji pisarni.
36. Povedala ji bom, da ste klicali.

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37. Ali lahko ponovite vae ime.

38. Prosim, pokliite ez eno uro.
39. al mi je, vendar je v petek na slubeni poti.
40. Prosim, pokliite centralo.
41. Ali je vaa interna tevilka 392?
42. Koliko je klicna tevilka za Maribor.
43. Kliem, da potrdim rezervacijo za enoposteljno sobo na ime Alenka Eren.
44. Kliem, da odpovem rezervacijo za enoposteljno sobo na ime Alenka Eren.
45. Kliem, da bomo prili v ponedeljek zjutraj.
46. Kliem v imenu gospoda Potonika, da odpovem sestanek za petek, 13.2.2005.
47. Kliem iz firme IBM, da preverim, e bi gospod Novak lahko priel e v etrtek.
48. Poii njegovo tevilko v imeniku.
49. Poakajte trenutek, prosim.
50. Koliko je klicna tevilka za Avstrijo?
51. Samo trenutek, vezal vas bom s centralo.
52. Oprostite, bila sva prekinjena.
53. Ali lahko zopet pokliete v sredo?
54. Kliem, da vam sporoim dan naega prihoda.

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55. Ali elite, da vam podrobnosti prihoda gospoda Novaka faksiram oziroma (vam) poljem
po e-mailu?
56. Samo trenutek, dala vam bom gospoda Kvasa.
57. al mi je, trenutno se pogovarja po telefonu. Prosim, pokliite ez 10 minut.
58. Kdaj so trgovine zaprte?
59. Kako izgleda delo v vaem podjetju?
60. Opraviujermo se za zamudo zaradi napake v proizvodnji.
61. Opraviujemo se za zamudo zaradi zamude delovne obveznosti.
62. Piem vam, da se vam zahvalim za vao gostoljubnost.
63. Rad bi se naroil na revijo Mladina.
64. Ali mi lahko poljete podrobnosti v zvezi z naronino.
65. V primeru dodatnih informacij me prosim pokliite po telefonu.
66. Vaega plaila e nismo prejeli.
67. V roke finanne slube.

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9.8

PREDLOGI
68. Ob dveh
69. Pred 10 minutami
70. ez 10 minut
71. Od leta 1995
72. Med 8. in 12. uro.
73. Po 14. uri
74. Pred 4. uro
75. Med sestankom
76. Med dvema sestankoma
77. Najkasneje do petka
78. Tono
79. Pravoasno
80. Ob polnoi
81. Za boi
82. V Ljubljani (za veja mesta)
83. Na Bledu, v Portrou (manja mesta)
84. Ulica
85. Ulica + t.
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86. 3. nadstropje
87. V slubi, v oli, v cerkvi
88. Z vlakom, z avtom
89. V asu kosila
90. V poletju
91. Preernov dan
92. Brez zamude
93. Zveer

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