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Find as many English words as you can. Food cornflakes Cosmetics Computer mouse Clothes Others

boots shopping

Answer. Whats your name? ________________________________________ Where are you from? ______________________________________ Whats your first name? ____________________________________ Whats your family name? ___________________________________ How are you today? ________________________________________ Who is this? This is. He is from. She is from Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too.
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Make a dialogue. Hello. Whats your ..? My names . . And your name? .. names John. Nice to you Chris. Nice to meet you, John. Where are you , Chris? Im London. And you? . From London, . . By the way, who is this? .. Susan. .. is from Manchester.

Match the correct sentences. Whats your name? 1 Where are you from? 2 Who is this? 3 Whats your family name? 4 Nice to meet you. 5 Do you speak English? 6 Where is Michael from? 7 Where is Susan from? 8 How are you today? 9 Nice to meet you, too. Yes, a bit. He is from Toronto. My names Anja. 1 Thanks Im fine. She is from London. I am from Germany. This is Michael. My family name is Thomson.

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Vocabulary list 1. Translate.

English name first name family name/ surname nice meet where who what how I am from Munich. he she He is from Frankfurt. She is from Magdeburg. Do you speak English? Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. German

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Nice to see you. Nice to see you, too. I work for Siemens.

Translate from German into English.

Ich heie . Ich bin aus Frstenwalde. Dies/ Das ist John. Er kommt aus New York. Mein Familienname ist ... Nett Sie kennen zu lernen. Auch nett Sie kennen zu lernen. Danke. Wie geht es Ihnen/ Dir? Danke, mir geht es gut. Woher kommen Sie/ kommst Du? Ich arbeite fr Reuther. Wie geht es Ihnen heute? machen Dialog

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Match the questions and the answers.

Do you like German television? 1 Does Thomas work for a computer company? 2 What time does the bank close? 3 Do Mark and Maria live here? 4 Does Anna play golf? 5 What languages do you speak? 6 Does she speak English? 7 What do they drink for breakfast? 8 When does Sally start work? 9 What does he do at the weekend? 10 What does Carol do on Sunday morning? 11 Do you usually get up early? 12 How do you come to the English class? 13 When does the next train to Cambridge leave? 14 Where does he live? 15 What do you usually do on Saturday? 16

Yes, he does. Yes, they do.

It leaves in five minutes. Yes, I do. 1 German and a bit of English. Tea with milk. She usually starts at 8.30 a.m. I always walk to the English class. He usually goes to a disco. She usually reads the newspaper. He lives in London.

I often go to a pub? She understands a bit.

No, she doesnt.

They usually close at 4.30 p.m. No, not very early. At 8 oclock.

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Check your vocabulary. What is in German? head office branch produce specialize in work employ sell company people business Find partners. telephone colleagues service car time partner room class class room mobile area people area number hotel bath atmosphere business business partner number room working

Answer the questions. Who do you work for? .. What business are you in? .. What is your position in the company? .. What do you do? .. Where is your company? How many people does your company employ? .

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What do you produce? . How many shifts do you work?

A tour of the company. Fill in: main entrance, production hall, training centre, canteen, changing rooms, warehouse, administration building, tool shop, reception, offices Produktionshalle Haupteingang Werkzeuglager Lagerhalle Verwaltungsgebude Schulungsgebude Kantine Empfang Bros Umkleiderume Write sentences. Use some of the following words. produce our solar systems, keep (aufbewahren) the tools and machines, greet and welcome guests, enter the company area, have lunch, change our clothes, train the people This is the production hall where we ...

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Fill in: a an for in from to I am __________ technician. I work ____________ Reuther ____________ Frstenwalde. We work __________ 8 _____________ 5 oclock. I am __________ engineer.

English customer branch factory specialize in What do you do? engineer accountant deputy head office research and development personnel produce subsidiary logistics department I am responsible for ... I am in accounting. I work for Reuther. position in the company business How are you? Nice to meet you. Nice to see you.

German

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capital employ employee employer

What is it in German? Fill in.

English Departments Management Logistics Distribution Customer Service Sales Service Finance and accounts Administration Personnel/ Human Resources EDP Organization Quality Buying/ Purchase Plant Manager Maintenance Store Production Automation Technical supplies
Match the words and the definitions. chain group headquarters plant joint venture subsidiary multinational parent company

German Abteilungen

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definition a factory, a production centre a company that operates in several countries the location where a company has its main offices a project started by two or more companies a company that belongs to another company a company that owns one or more other companies a number of companies that are part of the same organization a number of retail outlets which have the same name and sell the same product Word list. operate several belong to another own a number of same part of Answer the following questions. Whats your first name? Whats your family name? Where are you from? When were you born? Where were you born?

word from above

agieren, arbeiten, funktionieren mehrere gehren zu andere besitzen eine Anzahl, eine Vielzahl gleich Teil von

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Family Are you married? Whats your wifes/ husbands name? Have you got children? Have you got a sister or a brother?

Daily routine. A Answer the questions. When do you get up? When do you have breakfast? When do you start work? When do you have lunch? When do you finish work? When do you eat dinner? When do you go to bed?

Daily routine B Answer the questions. What do you normally have for breakfast? When do you go shopping? What do you like doing in your free time? Where do you eat lunch? Where do you like holidays?

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Whats your favourite colour? Where is your car from? Whats the capital of Great Britain? Where is Frstenwalde?

Business. Answer the questions. Who do you work for? Where is your company? How many people does your company employ? Do you have to do overtime? Do you have to wear safety helmets and shoes in the production? What does your company produce? Who are your customers? Do you work in shifts? Who are the managers?

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Business words: Fill in.

canteen

X You are here! The administration building is in the centre of the company area. It is opposite the canteen and between the canteen and the training centre. The main entrance is on the left, next to the canteen. The canteen is between the main entrance and the warehouse, so the warehouse is next to the canteen on the right and opposite the production hall. The medical centre is opposite the production hall. Our production hall is between the warehouse and the medical centre. The car park is opposite the main entrance and next to the administration building on the left. Our logistics centre is opposite the car park and next to the training centre. Write sentences. Example: This is the production hall where we produce the wind towers. This is the car park This is the canteen This is the warehouse This is the training room This is the main entrance This is the administration building These are the changing rooms

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Office vocabulary. electronic equipment computer office furniture chair documents papers tools stapler

Fill in the following numbers. one twenty-nine ten one thousand twenty-four sixty twenty-eight one hundred seven twelve thirty thirty-one sixty one fifty-two

There are _________ seconds in ________ minute and there are ________ minutes in one hour. A year always has ________ months, but they are differently long. February normally has got __________ days and sometimes ____________ days. All the other months have got _________ or __________ days. A day has got __________ hours and _______ year has got ________ weeks. ________ days are one week. There are _______ years in a decade, _____________ years in a century and __________ years in a millennium. Complete with words. FOOD FAMILY

COUNTRIES

JOBS

BUILDINGS

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Translate into English. Kunden Zweigstelle Firmensitz/ Hauptbro Gleitzeit Schichten berstunden Urlaub beschftigen Techniker Schweier Geschftsfhrer

Days of the week. Translate into German.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Am Montag = on Monday montags = on Mondays um 7 Uhr = at seven When is the ? Answer the questions. When is the meeting? The meeting is at 12.30 on Monday. When is the conference? When is the party? When is lunch? When is the English lesson? When is the flight? When is the briefing? When is breakfast? When is dinner? When is the presentation?

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When is the show? When is the trip? When is the video conference? When is the telephone conference? When is the visit? When is the Christmas party? Write 5 sentences. The Christmas party is at 8 oclock on Friday. ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________

How often do you ?

I go shopping once a week. (1x) I read my e-mails twice a day. (2x) I go skiing three times a year. (3x) I go to the gym four times a month. (4x) I never read a magazine. (0x) I read a newspaper every day. (once a day, seven times a week) How often do you ? Answer the questions?

read a newspaper? play the piano? make breakfast? work overtime? go on holiday? go shopping? clean the kitchen? clean the bathroom? work in the garden?

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have a lie-in? have an afternoon nap? cook for guests? go out for a meal? play cards? go on business trips? write Christmas cards? take your car to the garage? learn English? do your English homework? book a flight? drink coffee? smoke a cigarette? buy flowers for your wife? go to work? go to work by bus? write e-mails? make a cake? drink beer?

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The English Alphabet

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z /e /e/ /bi/ /si/ /di/ /i/ /f/ /d /di/ /e /et/ /a /a/ /d /de/ /ke /ke/ /l/ /m/ /n/ /o /o/ /pi/ /kju/ // /s/ /ti/ /ju/ /vi/ /d dblju /ks/ /wa /wa/ /z /zd/

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