Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Kompetenzerweiterung II, Final Post

Answers to the remaining exercises from Unit 1 present time
A: is doing   don't see, doesn't   get, are getting, go   turn, does    float, are getting, doesn't eat, aren't listening, walks, are    phoning, Do order, are walking   spots, has, GIVES, is always telling, doesn't wear  does wear/wears
B: always, present, moment, being, rarely, every, most/much/some, never, time, right, time, days, whenever/when/if, for, It/That
C: are you doing, I'm just doing, How's it going, it's going well, I'm looking, I'm contacting, mum drives, she says, it doesn't, she doesn't need, What's happening, Do you have, I don't even have, I'm not really working, I'm trying, don't you do, I don't like, that focuses, That sounds, Do you think
D: means, only costs, doesn't matter, I'm ringing, I recognize, does the nut cake contain, I really don't agree, aren't you playing, doesn't concern, resemble, you're not watching, does not exist, includes, We're having, involves
E: am looking   Looks, do   feel   doesn't feel/isn't Feeling, are considering  do consider, are having  Do   have, appeals   are appealing, doesn't smell   are   smelling, am depending   depends, is   are being/are, do   think   is thinking, is seeing   see
F: has been, written, haven't, I've, broken, come, haven't you told, has lived/has been living
G: filled, been following    caught, seen, heard, been thinking, been driving, been standing, worked/been working
H: I've sent off, you've ever eaten, We've been waiting   have you been, Have you just received, we haven't got   We've been expecting   they haven't shown up, I've been drawing up   I haven't got   Have you had, mum's been meaning
I: just, recently, since, already, so, until, already/just, for, already, ever, yet, before, since, still, for, just, yet
J: have, Since, been, meant/involved, led, not, do, is, appears/seems, are, There, does, becoming, are, has

Answers to the exercises for Unit 3 past time:

A: told, Did you meet, had become, got, has been, had, have finished, were, gave, haven't worked, were never allowed
B: were passing, stopped, was reading, had, was getting, Was  thinking, did   swim, attracted, was put, was working, arrived, was created
C: started, were/had been working, was getting, was travelling, went, was waiting, saw, was wearing, reminded, opened, took, checked, looked, made, meant, pressed, appeared, have kidnapped, have completed, disappeared/was disappearing, raced
D: told, is/has been, knew, had never visited, put, rang, saw, passed
E: have been exercising, was chatting, have been practicing, have been seeing, wasn't sleeping, was thinking, have been digging
F: had left   got, met   had seen, was   had ever been, said    had had, had finished   asked, had just reached  told, had done   decided, didn't want   had just cleaned, was    had forgotten, got   had read
G: correct, seemed, correct, have become, correct, has spread, has been, correct, missed, have become, correct, correct
H: I had been working for, would often take us, has been learning Russian for about, soon got used to being, have been having the same dream, never used to enjoy
I: has, have, used, was, had, was, would, had, used, been
J: D A C C B A D B C B A A

Some extra exercises (please disregard any timers on these websites):
modals: http://eslgrammarpractice.blogspot.com/2009/09/modal-plus-present-perfect.html
gerund and infinitive: http://passivecausality.weebly.com/passive-infinitives-and-gerunds.html
some review of verb complements (including valency) with plenty of exercises: https://www.grammar-quizzes.com/verbcomp.html
word formation: https://www.ihbristol.com/node/954/take/1
key word transformation: https://www.ihbristol.com/node/971/take/1
open CLOZE: https://www.ihbristol.com/node/1022/take/1







Wirtschaftskommunikation

Here's the link to the infographic distributed in our last class: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/04/06/despite-a-strong-economy-american-states-are-desperate-for-Revenue

A link to the article distributed on tariffs: http://theconversation.com/what-is-a-tariff-an-economist-explains-93392

The following terms are fair game for the six definitions I will be asking for at the beginning of the exam:
Exam Terms
acquisition
asset
benchmarking
best practice
bubble
business model
capital
commodity
defend strategy
disposable income
economies of scale
equity
game theory
gig economy
incentive
liability
leverage
marketing
market share
merger
nepotism
risk
ROI
shareholder
sharing economy
stock market
sustainable finance
SWOT analysis
tariffs
Theory X and Theory Y
trade surplus