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Words
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Differences
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First
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Complain
- Quejarse
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Complaint
- Queja
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Second
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Oneself
- Uno mismo
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Herself
- Ella misma
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Yourself
- Tu mismo
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Itself
- Sí mismo
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Third
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Customer
- Regular people
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Client
- Where company offer its products (support)
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Fourth
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Attend
- Asistir
- A un lugar
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Assist
- Atender
- De soporte
- Atenderte con tu problema
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Fifth
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Server
- Mesero
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Waitress
- Mesera
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Vent
- Liberar
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Awful
- Espantoso
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Appliance
- Electrodomestico
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How to Make
a Complaint
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Steps
- Get your emotions out before you complain
- Be clear about the result you want from making the complaint
- Be prepared to back up your complaint
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Make your complaint to the right person
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Example Questions
- Who do I need to talk to in order to resolve this situation?
- I'm not at all sastified with this situation. Who do I speak to resolve this issue?
- Who is the right person for me to speak to about my dissatisfaction?
- Who on your team has the authority to resolve this problem?
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Be clear, succint (little), and polite in your complaint
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Examples
- There is a problem with out room. I reserved the junior suite as you can see here from my reservation. However, the room provided is a double room. How can this be amended? We'd like to have a junior suite as we reserved and paid for
- I'm not sastified with the haircuit I received. Not only is it not flattering but I can also see that one side is longer than the other. At the very least, I'd like to have this fixed for no extra charge
- Use the sandwich method for goodwill
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Structure
- My family and I were looking forward to visiting your restaurant this evening. And of course I understand your restaurant has just opened and you're still adjusting, however, we've had a number of negative experiences including receiving the wrong food order, then waiting an additional 60-minutes for the order to be corrected, and then when our food finally arrived it was cold. We'd like to give your restaurant a second chance in the future but to do that, we'd like to request a refund on our dinner tonight.
- Sandwich method applied
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Various
- Lista de verbos regulares e irregulares
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Pronombres posesivos
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By them
- Por ellos
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By her
- Por ella
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By him
- Por el
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By us
- Por nosotros
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By you
- Por ti
- Por ustedes
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By me
- Por mi
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Practice
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Passive Voice of Course Material
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John collects money
- Money is collected by him
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Anna opened the window
- The window was opened by her
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We have done our homework
- Our homework has been done by us
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Tiempos en los que se utiliza been en la voz pasiva
- Presente perfecto
- Pasado perfecto
- Futuro perfecto
- Presente progresivo
- Pasado progresivo
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I will ask a question
- A question will be asked by me
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He can cut out the picture
- The picture can be cut out by him
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The sheep ate a lot of grass
- A lot of grass was eaten by the sheep
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We do not clean our rooms
- Our rooms are not cleaned by us
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William will not repair the car
- The car won't be repaired by him
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Did Sue draw this circle?
- Was this circle drawn by her?
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Could you feed the dog?
- Could the dog be fed by you?
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Some exercises
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Differences
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First
- Hundreds of people read the online complaint
- The online complaint is read by hundred of people
- El primero hace enfasis en "Hunders of people" y el segundo en "The online complaint"
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Second
- He wrote several books about employees complaints in 10 languages
- Several books about employees complaints in 10 languages were written by him
- El primero hace énfasis en "He" y el segundo en "Several books"
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Third
- Gabriel García Márquez published "100 Years of Solitude" in 1967
- "100 Years of Solitude" was published in 1967
- El primero hace énfasis en "Gabriel García Márquez" y el segundo en "100 Years of Solitude"
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Complete
- The SUV ___ (sell) at car dealerships
- Some mistakes ___ (make) in that article
- is sold
- were made
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Prezi
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The bank __ ____ yesterday (rob)
- The bank was robbed yesterday
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$1.00.000 __ ____ from the bank (steal)
- $1.00.000 was stolen from the bank
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No customers __ ____ in the robbery (hurt)
- No customers were hurt in the robbery
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One robber __ ____ by a police officer (shoot)
- One robber was shot by a police officer
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Many clues __ ____ at the bank (find)
- Many clues were found at the bank
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The robbery __ ____ by security cameras (film)
- The robbery was filmed by security cameras
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Videoconference
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Active to Passive
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Sarah baked the cake yesterday
- The cake was baked by Sarah yesterday
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John will submit the report tomorrow
- The report will be submitted by John tomorrow
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I had read the book by the time I arrived
- The book had been read by the time I arrived
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The mechanic is repairing the car right now
- The car is being repaired by the mechanic right now
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Thousands of fans attended the concert last night
- The concert was attended by thousands of fans last night
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Someone in the office misplaced the documents
- The documents were misplaced by someone in the office
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They will discuss the proposal at the meeting next week
- The proposal will be discussed at the meeting next week by them
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The choir was singing the song when I entered the church
- When I entered the church, the song was being sung by the choir
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People have hidden the treasure for centuries
- The treasure has been hidden for centuries
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The cat killed a mouse
- The mouse is killed by the cat
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Passive to Active
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The project has been completed ahead of schedule
- The team has completed the project ahead of schedule
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The letter will be mailed by the end of the day
- By the end of the day, she/he will mail the letter
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The movie was being watched when the power went out
- Someone was watching the movie when the power went out
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The new law is being considered by the government
- The government is considering the new law
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The building was demolished by the construction company
- The construction company demolished the building
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Passive Voice
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Description
- Ese tiempo para darle énfasis en algo y dejar de lado algo que es poco importante
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Identificar
- Verb to be acompañado del participio pesado
- The carrot was eaten by the horse
- Sam writes the book
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More explain
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Definition
- Passive voice is used when the subject is unknown or not important
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Examples
- The bank was robbed
- Many clues were found
- We don't know who did it
- It's not important who found them
- The focus is on the object
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We make Passive Voice by
- Moving the object to the beginning of the sentence and deleting the subject
- Changing the verb - add a form of BE in front of it and use the past participe
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Examples
- Passive Voice in articles
- The BE verb should be in the tense you want the sentence to be in
- In these examples, BE is in past simple, so the sentence are passive voice past simple
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Notes
- The object is the thing or person that involved in the action of the verb, but does not carry it out
- The subject is usually the thing or person who performs the action of the verb
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Some structures
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Key vocabulary
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To make a complaint
- Hacer una queja
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To be disappointed
- Estar decepcionado
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To pride oneself
- Enorgullecerse de uno
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A reasonable price
- Un precio razonable
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To meet a deadline
- Cumplir un plazo
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Cutting-edge technology
- Tecnología de vanguardia
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To be aware of something
- Ser consciente de algo
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To be deceived
- Ser engañado
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To claim
- Reclamar
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To reduce profit
- Reducir el beneficio
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To be assigned
- Ser asignado
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Quality standards
- Estandares de calidad
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Quality control
- Control de calidad
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Consumers' requests
- Solicitudes de los consumidores
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To beat your competitors
- Vencer a los competidores
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To deliever a promise
- Cumplir una promesa
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To train new staff
- Capacitar al nuevo personal
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Risk Management
- Gestión de riesgos
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Employee redundancy
- Reducción de empleados
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An aggresive goal
- Una meta agresiva