typical mistakes
is it correct or wrong to use "females/males" instead of women/men
correct...in statistics
Give two meanings of sentences in the Present Perfect Tense
either: an action started in the past, stops now and a result
or. an action started in the past and goes on into the future
er besucht seit 4 Jahren diese Schule
he has been attending that school for four years
ballpark figure
an acceptable, roughly accurate approximation
(if you cannot tell exactly)
which party does President Trump belong to and what's their symbol
Republicans
the elephant
give the plural of "person"
people
Continue the sentence:
If he had known her number, ...
e.g...he would have called her.
es ist nicht nur praktisch sondern auch zeitsparend
it isn't only convenient but also time-saving
to corner the market
to dominate the market/to be the biggest player
who is Boris Johnson and what`s his position towards Brexit
he is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
(and the leader of the Conservative Party)
no-deal Brexit strategy
what's the difference between "personnel / personal"
personnel: staff
personal: dealing with the "person" him-/herself
change the sentence into Passive:
she has been writing emails for the last three hours
emails have being written for the last three hours
die Atmosphäre am Arbeitsplatz ist entscheidend für...
the atmosphere at work(in the workplace) is decisive for...
to get in on the ground floor
to invest in a company at an early stage
according to the documentary"An Inconvenient Truth", melted water from Greenland causes what:
a) local cooling
b) halting of currents
c) greenhouse effect
d) death of living organisms
b) halting of currents
give an example showing the different use of "like" and "as"
e.g. she behaves like him
he wants to organize a meeting as
as he has promised
Put into Reported Speech:
she asked him, "Did you have to be on time yesterday?"
she wanted to know if he had had to be on time the day before
meiner Meinung nach sollst du deine Daten bis mittags sichern
in my opinion you should save your data by noon
return on investment(ROI)
what investors get for their investment
in which year were the 9/11 terror attacks and which buildings were attacked
2001
the WTC
the Pentagon(headquarters of the US Department of Defense)
Give the difference: "helpful" / "supportive"
helpful: friendly, pleasant, kind
supportive: encouraging, caring, sympathetic
fill in the Modal Verb and negate:
Why did you come early? (must/not)
Why didn't you have to come early?
trotz viel weniger Angestellter kann man von einander lernen
despite far fewer employees you can learn from each other
to drop the ball
if sth is too hard for you and you can't continue it
Give the capitals:
New York
California
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Albany
Sacramento
Edinburgh
Belfast