Kommunikation – Schreiben

 

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Einen Fragebogen ausfüllen

• Meist starten Fragebögen so:

“Please, take the time to fill in this questionnaire and send it to Mr/Mrs/Ms …”
Und enden so:
“Thank you for your time”

• Im Fragebogen müssen Sie oft folgendes ausfüllen:

Your name
Your address
Your e-mail address
Your phone

• Und dann gibt es die offenen und geschlossenen Fragen.

Kurze Notizen schreiben

Wenn Sie eine Nachricht schreiben, müssen Sie präzise vorgehen. Die Nachricht muss klar und einfach zu verstehen sein. Am besten verwenden Sie kurze Sätze.
Short notes regarding a meeting:
I arrived at 6 o’clock. There was nobody in the office. I then realized that the meeting was at 7 o’clock. I read a newspaper and drank a cup of coffee.
A message which you leave to your child:
Hi, my dear. I had to go to an important meeting. Don’t wait for me. You find something to eat in the fridge. Do your homework and go to sleep at 10 o’clock. I’ll be back as soon as possible.
6.3. Kurze Briefe oder e-mails schreiben lernen – mit Bitten, Danken, Grüßen und Anreden
Eine kurze Gratulation schreiben
Beispiel:
Date
(Name and address of the receiver)
25 Riverside Street
Denver
(post code)

Dear Mr/Mrs/Ms …
Allow me the pleasure of congratulating you on your new job/ on your 10th anniversary/ on your buying a new house etc.
I am certain it is a great achievement and I look forward to congratulating you in person.
Best regards,
(Your name)

Einen Beschwerdebrief schreiben

• In the first paragraph you must identify what the problem is and you must specify any particular information you believe it useful.
• In the second paragraph you should say what you would like to be done about it.
• In the third paragraph, you should thank the reader for his/her time.
• Finally, mention your phone number and e-mail address in order to be contacted.

Sample:
Date
(Name and address of the receiver)
25 Riverside Street
Denver
(post code)

Dear Mr/Mrs/Ms …
I am writing on a matter which I am sure it will be of interest to you. The attitude of some of your employees is not something that honors you.
I am not asking to punish/fire them, but I would like to talk to them in order to revise their attitude towards customers.
Thank you for your time and I do believe in your fair judgement.
Sincerely,
(your name and e-mail address)

Grammatik: Zeiten – Past Tense (Vergangenheit)
Form
Verb +ed oder unregelmäßige Verbform
positiv: I worked on the computer until midnight.
negativ: I didn’t see him when he arrived.
Frage: Did you take the papers?
Die Vergangenheit (Past Tense) wird für abgeschlossene Handlungen in der Vergangenheit verwendet.
Unregelmäßige Verbformen müssen gelernt werden.
List of common irregular verbs in English (there are many more but these are most commonly used):

V1 Base Form	V2 Past Simple	V3 Past Participle	Translation
awake	awoke	awoken	aufwachen
be	was, were	been	sein
beat	beat	beaten	schlagen
become	became	become	werden
begin	began	begun	beginnen
bend	bent	bent	biegen
bet	bet	bet	wetten
bid	bid	bid	bieten
bite	bit	bitten	beissen
blow	blew	blown	blasen
break	broke	broken	brechen
bring	brought	brought	bringen
broadcast	broadcast	broadcast	übertragen
build	built	built	bauen
burn	burned/burnt	burned/burnt	brennen
buy	bought	bought	kaufen
catch	caught	caught	fangen
choose	chose	chosen	wählen
come	came	come	kommen
cost	cost	cost	kosten
cut	cut	cut	schneiden
dig	dug	dug	graben
do	did	done	tun
draw	drew	drawn	zeichnen
dream	dreamed/dreamt	dreamed/dreamt	träumen
drive	drove	driven	fahren
drink	drank	drunk	trinken
eat	ate	eaten	essen
fall	fell	fallen	fallen
feel	felt	felt	fühlen
fight	fought	fought	kämpfen
find	found	found	finden
fly	flew	flown	fliegen
forget	forgot	forgotten	vergessen
forgive	forgave	forgiven	vergeben
freeze	froze	frozen	frieren
get	got	gotten	erhalten
give	gave	given	geben
go	went	gone	gehen
grow	grew	grown	wachsen
hang	hung	hung	hängen
have	had	had	haben
hear	heard	heard	hören
hide	hid	hidden	verstecken
hit	hit	hit	schlagen
hold	held	held	halten
hurt	hurt	hurt	verletzen
keep	kept	kept	behalten
know	knew	known	wissen
lay	laid	laid	legen
lead	led	led	führen
learn	learned/learnt	learned/learnt	Lernen
leave	left	left	verlassen
lend	lent	lent	borgen
let	let	let	lassen
lie	lay	lain	liegen
lose	lost	lost	verlieren
make	made	made	machen
mean	meant	meant	meinen
meet	met	met	treffen
pay	paid	paid	zahlen
put	put	put	setzen, legen, stellen
read	read	read	lesen
ride	rode	ridden	reiten, fahren
ring	rang	rung	läuten
rise	rose	risen	aufstehen, aufgehen
run	ran	run	rennen
say	said	said	sagen
see	saw	seen	sehen
sell	sold	sold	verkaufen
send	sent	sent	senden
show	showed	showed/shown	zeigen
shut	shut	shut	schließen
sing	sang	sung	singen
sit	sat	sat	sitzen
sleep	slept	slept	schlafen
speak	spoke	spoken	sprechen
spend	spent	spent	ausgeben
stand	stood	stood	stehen
swim	swam	swum	schwimmen
take	took	taken	nehmen
teach	taught	taught	lehren
tear	tore	torn	reissen
tell	told	told	erzählen
think	thought	thought	denken
throw	threw	thrown	werfen
understand	understood	understood	verstehen
wake	woke	woken	aufwachen
wear	wore	worn	tragen
win	won	won	gewinnen
write	wrote	written	schreiben

For practice, go to the following links:
http://www.cartoonenglish.tv/index.php/lessons/begginnig/530-irregular-verbs-1.html
http://www.cartoonenglish.tv/index.php/lessons/begginnig/530-irregular-verbs-2.html
http://www.cartoonenglish.tv/index.php/lessons/begginnig/530-irregular-verbs-3.html
http://www.cartoonenglish.tv/index.php/lessons/begginnig/530-irregular-verbs-4.html

Über Alltagsfakten schreiben

• Writing about parking areas

As in all big cities, parking in inner city (or downtown) can be limited. In some parking areas, there are coin operated parking meters with maximum time limit.

• Writing about the public transport

The town has an efficient bus system which offers you comfort and support. You can rely on it. Besides, there are a lot of taxi companies which have a very quick response when calling them.

• Writing about banks in a city

Most banks are open from 8 o’clock until 4 o’clock, Monday to Friday. On Saturday, they are open until 1 o’clock. On Sundays, all the banks are closed.

Chronologische Ordnung beschreiben

Um eine zeitliche Abfolge zu beschreiben, müssen gewisse Worte verwendet werden:
In the morning/in the afternoon/in the evening/at night
In the very morning = early in the morning
From 8 o’clock until 11 o’clock ….(or any other periods of time)
Then…
After that…
Subsequently…
Previously…
In the end…
Finally…

Sätze verbinden

Um Sätze zu verbinden, werden Floskeln verwendet:

• Um etwas zu erklären, kann man folgende nutzen:

I mean
Actually
In fact
As a matter of fact
In other words

• Um Ideen zu nummerieren:

First of all
To begin with/ to start with
Second
Then …/ next…
After that… / Later …
Lastly … / finally

• Etwas zu einem Gedanken hinzufügen:

Moreover
Furthermore
In addition
And
Also
As well as that
Besides
On top of that
Another thing is

• Um Beispiele einzuleiten:

For example
To illustrate
For instance
In particular

• Um zusammen zu fassen und Schlussfolgerungen zu ziehen:

On the whole
In general
Broadly speaking
In summary
To summarize
To conclude
In conclusion

• Um unterschiedliche, gegensätzliche Standpunkte darzulegen:

But
On the contrary
On the other hand
However
Even so
Still
although

Exercises

• Describe, chronologically, five activities you do every day. Use: in the morning,  then, after that, from (hour) to (hour), finally
• Continue the following sentences:
• On the whole, we …
• For example, some of our colleagues …
• As a matter of fact, he …

• Write the past simple and the past participle forms of the following irregular verbs:

Make
Spend
Let
Grow
Sit
Write
Read
Give
Break
Choose

• Now, try to make a sentence with the above verbs in the simple past form.
• Write a short complaint letter regarding the lack of playgrounds in your town (addressed to the mayor of the city), according to the above given model.

 

 

 

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