24/09/2012 Commerce Unit 3 - Notes Week 25 - 28 September

Commerce 1, Unit 3 Travel

 


Past Simple / Verleden tijd

Examples (the words in bold indicate the past):

> Did you book those tickets last month? 
< Yes, and so I went to the airport yesterday.

> So actually your flight was yesterday. Then why are you here?
< Well, the planes didn't depart last night because of the storm.

> Then what did you do?
< We got our money back. And I'm flying tonight, so I've got to go.

> Ok. Have a nice trip then!
< Thanks. See you!

 

Vorm: 1 werkwoord
            Regelmatige werkwoorden = +ed  (watch - watched, call - called)
            Onregelmatige werkwoorden (go - went - gone, see - saw - seen)

Let op: Bij vragen en ontkenningen soms 2 werkwoorden namelijk did of didn't + werkwoord in de basisvorm (didn't go, did you see?)

Tijdsaanduiding: Last year, last week, yesterday, a month ago

Gebruik: Iets vond in het verleden plaats en is inmiddels afgerond

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Exercises

1.Write positive sentences in simple past.

1. he / the question / answer 
2. you / a question / ask 
3. the dog / bark 
4. they / us / call 
5. we / a mountain / climb 
6. John / stamps / collect 
7. we / in London / live 
8. I / hungry / be 
9. they / a hamster / have 
10. he / to school / go 

 2. Write questions in simple past.

1. Anna / the window / open 
2. she / home / walk 
3. you / in the garden / work 
4. you / a song / sing 
5. she / on a chair / sit 
6. you / the castle / visit 
7. Jenny / the door / lock 
8. she / happy / be 
9. Greg / the ball / kick 
10. the car / at the corner / stop   

3. Put the verbs into the correct form (simple past).

1. Last year I (spend) my holiday in Ireland.
2. It (be) great.
3. I (travel) around by car with two friends and we (visit) lots of interesting places.
4. In the evenings we usually (go) to a pub.
5. One night we even (learn)  some Irish dances.
6. We (be) very lucky with the weather.
7. It (not / rain) a lot.
8. But we (see) some beautiful rainbows.
9. Where (spend / you) your last holiday?

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17/09/2012 Vocabulary Unit 1 & 2

VOCABULARY UNIT 1 & 2
Activity: 3 exercises
Goal: new vocabulary - putting it into practice
Test: part of the grammar test in the 1st quarter

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1. See if you know all these words. For the ones you don't know, find their translation.

to deal with customer negotiation to key in data challenging PA pressure exhibition to purchase doubtful to supply vacancy stressful  to fill in / fill out	challenge (un)suitable employer Human Resources gossip amount to describe to employ  manufacturer skills independent Executive department  to attend
responsible cheap to reveal appointment internship/work placement to manage Manager communicative expensive chain store to negotiate flexible division range	bank clerk to research economical representative supplier Market Researcher to prevent innovative employee to deliver Trainee to compare Executive competitive

 







2.  Make 10 sentences about jobs, companies and products, using as many as possible words from the list. 

Example: A supplier is responsible for delivering products to companies.


















3.  Extra: put the words into the 4 categories below.

VERBS	THINGS
(werkwoorden)	(dingen (the, a, an) )
ADJECTIVES	PEOPLE/JOBS
(bijv. Naamwoorden)

 
Finished? You can do the following tasks...

Commerce 1, Unit 2 page 14&15
- It's my job: exercise 2 & 3
- Writing: exercise 1 & 2

Commerce 1, Unit 3 page 16
- Start up: Exercises 1, 2 & 3