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For January 23:
last tests of the semester

(1) Irregular verbs conjugation
(2) Photo description parameters for maturita exam

(1) Irregular verbs conjugation:

ONLY these will be tested. I might leave a blank and u must fill in present form, past tense form, or past participle form.

example

present tense	past tense	past participle
	hit	hit
drive	drove	Driven
sing		sung
catch	caught

present tense	past tense	past participle
hit	hit	hit
drive	drove	Driven
sing	sang	sung
catch	caught	caught
choose	chose	chosen
dig	dug	dug
drink	drank	drunk
eat	ate	eaten
feel	felt	felt
fall	fell	fallen
hang	hung	hung
have	had	had
tell	told	told
think	thought	thought
win	won	won
write	wrote	written
run	ran	run
make	made	made
let	let	let
sit	sat	sat
know	Knew	known

(2) Photo description parameters for maturita test

They maturita test asks you to state the descirption using these parameters.

Description of photos
Use these parameters for your descriptions

Details	weather
	people
	clothes
	location
	event

Atmosphere	mood
	- happy, sad, solemn
	feeling
	- what it makes the observer feel

Dictation practice.	good websites with practice phrase and longer texts
1	https://dailydictation.com/lessons/university-orientation-program.349/listen-and-type
2	https://dailydictation.com/courses
3	https://www.englishclub.com/listening/dictations-medium.htm
4	https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/search/dictatio
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Final Semester Exam UP1 January

Test subjects	details
(1) Adverbs and Adjectives	Know the definition of each. Know how to identify them in sentences. Understand the differences.
(2) Answering questions for text that I will read	I will dictate text and then give you questions like in the maturita exam.
(3) Description of photos	Details and Atmosphere
	weather
	people
	clothes
	location
	event
	feeling of the photo
	mood indvidual
(4) irregular and regular verbs	I will give you some five irregular verbs. Please be able to indentify the past tense and the past participle.

Tips:

(1) Adverbs and Adjectives: one modifies verbs and one modifies nouns (and pronouns).

(2) Text Reading - Describe not only details, but what type of text is it (news report, instructions, recipe, advertisement???)

(3) Description of Photos:

Remember these qualities:

Details:

weather
people
clothes
location
event

Atmosphere

group
individual (mood)

Example of photo to describe and textbook exercises from the maturita exam book.

https://www.supersummary.com/atmosphere/

(4) only Irregular verbs. From the list below.

url

Look at these statements url

url

100 most common English verbs https://literacyforall.org/docs/100_Most_common_in_American_English.pdf

With conjugation link https://www.linguasorb.com/english/verbs/most-common-verbs/1

50 most common irregular verbs https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQDzgbyMHy7vUmYpbvUbyFHU4dyVssggH3N48FO0wFFnT-MYBSS9O6jLXVhkjLDXDpA_HdbjjJVrLbS/pubhtml

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November 28, 2022

Dictation: Listening, Note-taking, and Reporting :

Preparation for graded activity in the next two days.

Instructions - Please keep in mind these things:

Listen for keywords
Get a sense for the type of recording.
- It may be a discussion between people.
- It may be a news article.
- It might be simply a topic that someone else is reporting.
- It might remind you of something else. (*)
Your description of the sound recording is important if you were to report to a friend what you heard, so that they will understand what you heard.

Review of the exercise:
After today's exercise: Many of the class got the details correct. However, what was missing was a description of the TYPE of thing they heard. In the maturita, you might be given a * dialogue - two or more people speaking * a news report - like evening news * a story, fable or poem

And so, please start with the type of thing you are hearing, and then fo from there. This is my writing of what you heard. I just heard a description of a profession; almost like a warning or a job advertisement. It was a description of the work that animal carers must perform and what the life is like for these people. The description stated that many interested people (interested in this profession) might not realize how taxing (how much effort) is involved in this work.

November 24

esl listening exercises.

important

I will choose one, and you will answer the questions for a grade. It means, you need to listen carefully. And answer the questions correctly.

https://jimmyesl.com/esl-listening-worksheets/

November 22 Irregular verbs list

[ Irregular Verb list] (http://simp.ly/publish/R03hFT)

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Note: PLease read this pages:

Using the verb "use" :

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/used-to/

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/b1-b2-grammar/used-to-infinitive-and-be-or-get-used-to-ing

Vali words

Cz	Eng
je to pravdu	It is true/that's right
spěchat	to rush
zvědavý	curious
popsat	to describe
obtížný	difficult
zvědavý	curious
použit	to use
budoucnost	future
Odpovědět	to answer
názor	opinion
porovnat	to compare
jídlo	meal
klid (buď klidný)	calm (be calm)
vysvětlit	to explain
zapálit	to ignite (to light fire)
matoucí	confusing

I use red pens.

But a different meaning of the phrase "used-to"

"I used to go swimming," it means I did something in the past.

example: "I used to eat meat, but now I do not."

Používám červené pero.

Ale jiný význam fráze „used-to“

„I used to go swimming“ znamená, že jsem v minulosti něco dělal (plavani).

"I used to eat mean, but now I do not", means \Dříve jsem jedl maso, ale teď už nejím.\

[ November 8, 2022 ] for UP1

bit.ly/50018092 Vocaulary

Tomorrow, November 9, we look at bit.ly/8091

Shopping Experiences

Homework.!!!

You will buy ten items at the grocery store. Tell why you bought these (fiction is okay; to make dinner, to make soup, etc). Was something at a good price, or too expensive?? Tell your thoughts. (Where did you go; was it crowded; were there long lines at the cash registers; were people rude?)
Class work today, Nov 8:
Group 2
You will tell of your experiences shopping where you are able to describe your
a) happiness or anger
b) your ease of business or frustration (could not find something)

What was your mood. What was the location like? What was the atmosphere? Where was it (and describe it for people who do not know the place).

Tell me of a good experience, and a bad one.

(+) One time you purchased something at a great price (bargain). - (-) Or something that you paid for that was poorly made and broke soon after.

(-)A purchase you took to return and the shop gave you a difficult time. They would not a) give you your money back (refund) or b) give you a new item.

(+) Tell me of a place where the salespeople were very helpful. (or waiters at a restaurant). (-) Tell me of a place where they were rude and you could not believe they could be working there.

Group 1 Learning shopping words and phrases. Group 2 will tell their stories and group 1 will listen for terms in the lists below.

Use these words? - [ ] Bargain, sale price, cheap - [ ] Refund, exchange, replace, faulty - [ ] salesperson - [ ] management - [ ] rude - [ ] helpful - [ ] complaint, to complain - [ ] satisfied, dissatisfied - [ ] fashion, designer - [ ] changing room, fitting room - [ ]

2022-11-02

Study Guide for Employment Topic - TEST

ON >>>>> WED 2022-11-09

also review VOCABULARY below on this page

UP1	Study guide
Link to bit.ly/50018055

Homework 2022-10-20

Business Words, 19.1 and 20.3

The full book is here:: bit.ly/busvocabmouss

starts on page 46.

Homework 2022-10-18

Business Words p 43, 17.2 and 17.3

Do assignments 17.2 and 17.3

The full book is here:: bit.ly/busvocabmouss

Or see these separate pages we discussed today.:

p40

p41

p42

p43

2022-10-15

Too many did poorly on this test.

It was either because:

a. you didn't pay attention.
b. you didn't read the material that I posted on this page (the definitions as well as some pages from my text book).
c. I am teaching it poorly.

All three may be the case.

Corrections for test. Please re-read these:

Working World terms	meanings


Page 1	[n[n[n[n[n[n
union	helps workers, but sometimes connected to
workers walk off job	Strike
White collar job	usually educated office workers
human resources	hiring department
swing shift	like restaurant workers
example of benefit	day-care
best on cv	accomplishments
description on resume	responsibilities
trademark	only owner can use it
vacancy	open job position
carbon offset	a way to help environment

Page 2
ceo	can pay money, buy companies
cfo	head of finance and accountants
to fire someon	vyhodit
zadatel	applicant
pracovni pohovor	job interview
nabor	job offer
c-suite	top management usually with chief in title
applicant tracking system	computer program readinjg CVs
najmount	to hire
nabidka prace	job offer
salary	office worker like robot

2022-10-14

SLOVNÍ ZÁSOBA ZAMĚSTNÁNÍ		EMPLOYMENT VOCABULARY
accomplishments
agenda		A list of topics to discuss in daily, weekly meetings, usually run by superior of section or higher.
benefits		Things to entice you to work for a company but are not a larger paycheque. Such as Children's day care, health club, car, etc.
blue collar job		Means non-university educated, or someone who works with hands. (*This used to be a "distinction amount the intelligentsia or universtity educated class and the laborer such as a mechanic. However, these days the craftsman, such as plumber, or wood worker, can earn much more than the "white collar" worker. Blue collar stems from the workshirt of the past 100 years. White collar meant the office working in suit and tie.
brand		The company mark, such as addidas, but also the intellectual property or ethic of the company.
carbon offsets		Companies that pollute greenhouse gases into the atmosphere can buy these to offset the carbon emissions that they themselves pollute. It migh be cheaper than installing more moder, less carbon intensive technology.
CEO		Chief Executive officer (managing director) only he can pay money, buy big items, choose new partners. Maybe he needs another director to sign.
CFO		chief Financial officer (higher than accountant, more like banker accountant)
CIO		Chief Information officer in charge of security of computer databases, computer systems, and other intellectual property
COO		Chief Operations Officr - manages all the section heads that do marketing, delivering, logistics, etc
commodity		The raw material meant to be manufactured in combination to form, for example, stainless steel.
curriculum vitae		Zivotopis, with Contact details, experience, education, special training and shows your past responsibility as well as accomplishments
day job		A nine to five job, or daytime job.
day-care		The babysitting organizaiton, private or public, that can be arranged by the emplioyer as a benefit.
day-shift		Shift meaning period of work as in day, swing, graveyard, roughly separating 24 hours into 8hour periods.
debt		An amount of money owed, but usually in the sense of bonds (Dluhopisy) that are issued to borrow money from investors. Debt (DET withoug the b sound) is usually referring to debt of the company that they have to pay back to the investor community.
deficit		A negative projected or realized value of the company based on lower sales, but higher costs of production. Sold 800 million EUR but the other costs were 850 million.
dirty work		Can be manual labor, but also unethical work such as spreading false rumors.
distribution		The value of some companies is their large network of buyers or sales agents, and thus their distribution is large. A partner, or buyer, of a comapny likes and values highly, companies with hight distribution so they can get their product in front of new potential buyers.
feedback		Feedback is some information that comes back to a person or department that can give that entity a sense of success or not.
full-time		Usually means working the fully demanded hours of any job.
goals
graveyard-shift		This means the overnight, late night start (around midnight) at factories or other 24 hour businesses (such as all night grocery stores).
growth		Company growth can mean more sales, wider distribution, more retail locations, or larger employment to gind more customers. It is perceived as a very positive sign, UNLES it is done by taking on too much debt. (Means borrowing more than can be paid back.
HumanResources		Oddeleni personalni - The person in charge of hiring and negotiating salaries.
industry (job sector)		This means not the mechanical industtry of say, coal mining or metallurgy, but the sectors of business such as engineering, energy, banking, chemicals, advertising, etc.
interview (job)		This is the face-to-face meeting of the potential employer (usually human resources) and the candidate.
inventory		As a a noun, it means stock on hand or that is registered on the accounting books. As a very it means to 'do inventory' which is a checking of twhat was sold so it agrees with the accounting books.
invoice		Faktura. The document or electronic document, that reflects accurately the purchase of goods or services, and the full qualificaions, usually with the bank payment details, the tax number of both buyer and provider, and other information.
launch		To issue a new product, a revised or updated product, like an iPhone. This could also refer to a marketing campaign.
loan		To borrow money is deemed worthwhile in that it is a productive use of capital. If all companies did not borrow money, or act on debts and time to pay, then money supply would not grow.
lucrative		Means profitable, a business, a trade, a service offered by an entity or individual.
manual labor		Working with hands, or not in an office.
market (generally)		Gernally it means the larger esoterical market place, where demand and supply meet. It is normally used in the sense to describe the healthof a particular sector. (The market for shoes. Themarket for accounting services. The market for software)The 'market' for soap, shampoor, and laudnry detergent rarely suffers in a downturn.
maternity leave		This is the legally required time off given to people who have had a child. It is by law in most moder countries, but not all global countries. It could be enhanced as an additional "benefit".
mission statement		A neologism that is supposed to give a company a large amount of cultural esprit de corps. By stating a missions statement the whole company should abide by these lofty goals.
mogul		Usualy it means a person who is a giant of industry, a well known personin one industry, who is successful. Movie mogul, social media mogul, etc.
nine-to-five		The typical and standars workday from the 1960s.
offer		The opportunity that is shown to a buyer that may be attractive for the buyer to act on. But it could also mean a job-offer.
order		The act of asking for a product or services, that is usually legally binding.
output		The amount of goods and/or services produced by a firm, machine, or similar, that has a currency value.
part-time		Working not full time.
permanent job		A job that has a never-ending contract, which is different from 'Casual' work, or hourly work. This is usually a monthly paid, salary job.
petty cash		The amount of literal cash (paper and coins) in a company since some items must be paid for in cash.
promotion (job)		A reward that is a higher level of authority that mostly comes with a higher salary or higher hourly wage.
qualifications		This refers to a person's ability or acumen to do a job. Usually these qualifications are the way that an employer can feel certain the new employer has the skills to perform a job.
reference		This means, in America, a person that will say or write good things about your past work. It can be considered a soft guaratee since the person giving the reference does not wish their reputaion to be harmed but wants also to help the previous employee.
retail		Maloobchod.
risk		See whiteboard notes about varioius risks.
salary		Monthy payment that is steady as opposit to hourly or gig jobs.
salary-man		Japanes origin. Robotic office workers that are misstreated and seem to have given up personality and freedom to the company as loyalty to ensure long term employment.
securitization		When a copmany is turned into a public holding, with shareholders, this ownership is transfered into shares (or securities). Securitation can be many thngs about transfering ownership, rights, debt or even small things into pieces of paper or digital 'securities'.
stock		Stock can me an akcie. Pieces of paper that show small ownership of the company. Means there are rights to argue (collectively) for changes. But itis a way of investing through securitization
strike		When workers stop work to argue for better conditions or pay. Usually the Union organizes this.
trademark		Patent and trademark are similarly about intellectual property. But where Patent protects processes, or technology, or software, Trademark prevents others from getting sales by using a similar logo or other slogan type marketing.
union		A collective bargaining organization to represent workers' rights. Long history. Even Starbucks seeks to unionize which means that Starbucks is perceived to treat workers poortly.
vacancy		Job vacancy: means they have a spot or multiple roles, to fill.
white collar job		The worker who goes to work with a suit and tie. To contrast with blue collar that gets his hands dirty. No longer applicable.
wholesaler		Velkoobchod
work experience		History of ork that shows capability, dependability, skills (hard and soft)
Job offer		Nabídka práce
accept the job offer		Přijměte pracovní nabídku
to accept the job offer		přijmout
Employee		Zaměstnanec
Employer		Zaměstnavatel
CEO		výkonný ředitel
COO		Hlavní operační důstojník
CFO		finanční ředitel
C-Suite		C-Suite
to hire		najmout
to fire		Vyhodit ?
job interview		pracovní pohovor
recruitment		nábor
shortlist		užšího výběru
to recruit		naverbovat
applicant		žadatel
job application		žádost o práci
online application		online aplikace
applican tracking system (ATS)		applican sledovací systém (ATS)
curriculum vitae		životopis
resume'		životopis
turn down' the offer		odmítnout nabídku

2022-10-12

Comments on your cv examples.

Keep to sections (important because the ats programs need it to find the information)
Capitalize the start of each point (but ending period not necessary)
Avoid using the pronound "I" , just say "Responsible for 4 employees"
Contact details were fine. Instagram, or website are useful if you have visual work thatyou like to show.
in job description:
- you should list responsibilities
- and ACCOMPLISHMENTS (because they want to see your good work).

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