Fakultet za poslovne studije i pravo

SAMOSTALNI RAD

ENGLESKI JEZIK
IV

Profesor:
MA Biljana Vasev

Student:
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Smer, broj indeksa:
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Datum izrade samostalnog rada:
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kolska 2014/2015. godina

OPTA NAPOMENA:
Studenti koji se prelaskom sa drugih visokokolskih ustanova upisuju na Fakultet na etvrtu
godinu studija sa ostvarenih 180 ESPB poena (i nemaju diferencijalne ispite iz jezika), za
prelaznu ocenu 6 (dovoljan), mogu polagati ispite iz stranih jezika (Engleski jezik IV, Ruski
jezik IV i Francuski jezik IV) po skraenom programu polaganja koji podrazumeva izradu
samostalnog rada.
Studenti koji ele da polau ispite iz gore navedenih stranih jezika za vee ocene od prelazne,
u obavezi su da polau iste po redovnom programu polaganja.

UPUTSTVO ZA IZRADU SAMOSTALNOG RADA

1. Student je obavezan da ovaj dokument u vidu vebanke sa zadacima samostalnog rada

odtampa i zadatke svojeruno popuni.
2. Uraeni samostalni rad se dostavlja elektronskim putem u vidu skeniranog
dokumenta predmetnom nastavniku putem elektronske pote u rokovima koji su
objavljeni na elektronskom indeksu studenata.
3. Nastavnici stranih jezika po pravilu formiraju ocenu na bazi kvaliteta samostalnog
rada.
4. Samostalni radovi koji ne zadovoljavaju standarde, ili kriterijume, odnosno koji
ostvare manje od 55 poena, smatraju se da nisu zadovoljili i vraaju se kandidatu uz
obrazloenje i zahtev da rad dorade.
5. Student je obavezan da ispit prijavi u prvom predstojeem ispitnom roku i da u
terminu ispita popuni ispitnu Molbu u kojoj e navesti da ispit polae za prelaznu
ocenu, kao i datum kada je rad poslat predmetnom nastavniku.
6. Nastavnici su duni da uvaju samostalne radove najmanje 7 dana od dana
saoptavanja rezultata, kao i da omogue studentu uvid u svoj samostalni rad i
primedbe koje je naveo predmetni nastavnik.

PREDMETNI PROFESOR:
Biljana Vasev
biljana.vasev@fpsp.edu.rs

ZADATAK 1:

Complete these sentences with a present form of the verb to be.

1. There ________ three other people in my office.
2. Michael ________ not the manager; Pamela ________.
3. The invoices ________ not on my desk. Where ________ they?
4. I ________ not late, ________ I? No, but the others ________.
5. ________ there a post office near here?
6. We ________ ready to start the meeting. ________ you?
7. ________ she new here? Yes, she ________.
ZADATAK 2:

Complete the conversations using the present simple or the present continuous
form of the verbs in brackets.
1.
A: Someone ________________ (shout) in the conference room.
What ________________ (happen)?!'
B: Mr. Haynes ________________ (argue) with the Sales Manager again.
2.

A: I ________________ (wait) for that report you promised. Where is it?

B: I ________________ (finish) it right now. Just give me ten more minutes.

3.

A: What ________________ (you, usually, do) at lunchtime?

B: I generally ________________ (bring) a sandwich and eat it in the park.

But today I________________ (have) lunch in the canteen.

4.

A: Goodness me! What ________________ (Maxine, do)? She

________________ (look) really angry.

B: She ________________ (try) to fix the photocopier. She always
________________ (get) angry when she ________________ (do) that.
5.

A: How often ________________ (you, travel) overseas on business?

B: I _____________________ (go) abroad for work just once or twice a year.

6.

A:

Where

________________

(you,

generally,

stay)

when

you

________________ (come) to London?

B: Well, I usually ________________ (stay) at the Ramada Lodge, but this

time I ________________ (stay) at the Hilton.
7.

A: Why ___________________________ (Mrs. Henderson, sit) in reception?

B: She _______________________ (want) to see Tony Pearce.

8.

A: What _______________________ (your job, involve)?

B: Well, I _______________________ (check) each item for quality. When it

________________ (arrive), I ________________ (pick) it up and examine it. Today

_______________________

(examine)

an

order

of

components;

we

_______________________ (send) them to our factory in Ireland.

ZADATAK 3:

Complete the text with the past simple or the present perfect form of the verb in
brackets.
FRANK: I'm going to the New York office next week, Megan.
______________________ (you / ever / be) there?
MEGAN: Yes, I ________________ (be) there lots of times. My last
trip________________ (be) in December. I ________________ (manage) to do
my Christmas shopping after the meetings all finished! ________________
(you / book) your flights yet?
FRANK: No, I ______________________ (not / book) anything yet, but I
________________ (see) some good deals on the Internet when I
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(look)

earlier.

What's

the

farthest

distance

______________________ (you / ever / fly) on business, Megan?

MEGAN: Well, we ________________ (go) to Australia for a sales conference
last year.
FRANK: Australia! And ______________________ (you / suffer) from jet-lag?
MEGAN: Yes, it ________________ (be) terrible!

ZADATAK 4:

Choose the correct alternative in these sentences.

1. How much did you pay / pay for your car?

2. We should pay / pay for this bill.
3. We paid / had paid a lot of money for this.
4. Who paid / did pay for the tickets?
5. How much this costs / does this cost?
6. It costs to me / me three hundred euros a month to rent this office.
7. The cost / spend of commuting to London keeps going up.
8. The meal costed / cost sixty euros per person.
9. Don't go to that shop, the costs / prices are too high.
10. I can't spend/ pay it, it's much too expensive.
11. The firm can't afford paying / to pay higher wages.
12. I'll see you later. I'm going/doing shopping.
13. Have you done the shopping yet/just?

ZADATAK 5:

Complete these sentences by combining the beginnings of words in italics with

endings: -ment, -ees, -ing, -ship, -ion, -ive.
1. I am going to study business manage_________ in the States.
2. She is a top execut_________ in a soft-drinks company.
3. Can you tell the train_________ on this list that their certificates have
arrived.
4. Leader_________ courses are a waste of time; either you're a leader or you're
not.
5. All new staff go on a sales train_________ course.
6. Employees need some motivat_________ to work well.
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ZADATAK 6:

Complete these sentences by putting one verb into the past simple and the other
into the past continuous.
1. She ________________ (meet) her fianc while she ________________
(work) in the Auckland branch.
2. We ________________ (find out) that a lot of money was missing while she
________________ (do) the accounts.
3. I ________________ (talk) to the Sales Manager about the problem while
you ________________ (have) lunch.
4. Hannah ____________________ (come up with) a clever idea while we
______________________ (discuss) the packaging.
5. When you ________________ (ring) we ___________________ (already
look into) the problem.
6. Although our competitors ________________ (still have) technical problems,
we ________________ (go ahead) with our new generation of mobile phones.

ZADATAK 7:

Choose the correct alternatives.

Next month education experts will try / try to find out why the English are
being / are so bad at foreign languages. A table which compares / is comparing
how well different European teenagers speak foreign languages is showing /
shows Britain at the bottom. Educational experts are fearing /fear that the
widespread use of English make / will make even more people believe that a
knowledge of foreign languages will be / is unnecessary. They believe / are
believing this view damages / has damaged British business prospects over the
last few years. Entrepreneur Richard Branson had welcomed / has welcomed the
enquiry. He has never studied / didn't study a foreign language properly when
he had been / was younger and he is still regretting / still regrets it. While he
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established / was establishing Virgin's businesses in Japan he had noticed /

noticed the positive effect that learning just a few words of Japanese had / was
having.

ZADATAK 8:

Choose the correct or more appropriate alternative.

1. The next train to Canterbury is leaving / leaves at 17.05.
2. What will you do / are you doing for your summer holidays?
3. Look at these reports; the market will / is going to crash.
4. Don't worry about the tickets; I'll / I'm going to phone straightaway.
5. I'm going to / I'll get a job with a multinational company when I graduate.
6. I can't speak now; I'm leaving / I'll leave in a few minutes.
7. In three years' time we will grow / will be growing plastics from specially
developed plants.
8. I'll let you know on Thursday; I'll speak / I'll have spoken to everyone by
then.
9. Give the letter to me; I'll see / I'll be seeing him next week.
10. If he's late again this month, he'll / he's going to lose his job.

ZADATAK 9:

Change the verbs in brackets to make first or second conditional sentences.

1. What ________________ (you, say) if I ________________ (offer) you 90
for the dress?
2. Hold on! If you ________________ (not negotiate) the ________________
asking price, you ________________ (pay) too much.

3. If I ________________ (can) see into the future, I ________________ (be) a

very rich man.
4.

Supposing

we

________________

(double)

our

offer;

how

______________________ (she react)?

5. If I ________________ (be) you, I ________________ (think) twice before
buying that car.
6. You ________________ (trust) her more if you ________________ (know)
her better.
7. OK. I ________________ (let) you use my car provided you
________________ (drive) very carefully.
8. Just imagine what we ________________ (can do) if we ________________
(start) our own website.
9. Unless you ________________ (ask) for a discount, you ________________
(not get) one.
10. I know you don't want to, but if you ________________ (put) the picture in
an auction, you ________________ (get) a much better price for it.

ZADATAK 10:

Match the words 1-6 to definitions a-f.

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

chunk
daunting
portfolio
pithy
flippant
quirky

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

lacking seriousness for an important or

serious matter
something unusual and fun
discouragingly difficult or challenging
a large thick piece cut from a larger piece
a collection of examples of work or
achievement
short, memorable and to the point

ZADATAK 11:

Rewrite these sentences in the passive.

1. We are exporting more and more of our goods to South East Asia.
2. They'll have finished the paperwork by this evening.
3. Before we supplied the goods, someone should have checked their bank
references.
4. Officials from Customs examined the container's contents.
5. With the Internet you can track your consignment every kilometre of the way.
6. Port officials made our ship wait three weeks for permission to dock.
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Knowledge
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international economic crisis from my point of view

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