Essential English Phrases for Business and Daily Life
Common Actions & Terms: (accept, broken, confirm, in stock, form, keep in stock, Pay in monthly installments, reduced, reduction, transfer, transport) collect a Parcel – recoger un paquete, deliver an order – entregar un paquete, deliver point – punto de entrega, enquire – preguntar/consultar, enquiry – consulta, give a quotation – dar una cita, goods – bienes/mercancías/productos, Grow in popularity – ganar popularidad, Guarantee – garantizar, in advance – por adelantado, include – incluir, instalment – plazo, Limited Selection – selección limitada, maximize – maximizar, meet demand – satisfacer la demanda, parts and Labour – piezas y mano de obra, Pay in monthly instalments – pagar en cuotas mensuales, place an order – realizar un pedido, process an order – procesar/tramitar un pedido, quote – cita, quote a price – indicar un precio, retailer – minorista, ship – enviar, shipment – envío, shipping date – fecha de envío, track – rastrear, transaction – operación, free transaction – libre de operaciones, courier – mensajero, customer – cliente, quote – cita, fee transaction – tarifa de transacción
Example Sentences:
The item was delivered yesterday, but it was broken. / I’ve come to collect a parcel. / Delivery was confirmed by the courier. / When will you deliver our order? / The order is sent to a local delivery point for the customer to collect. / A customer phoned to enquire about one of our products. / What forms of payment do you accept? / I’ll give you a quotation and I can place the order immediately if you agree. / We make sure we have enough goods in the warehouse. / Click and Collect delivery is growing in popularity. / We guarantee next-day delivery. / Do you offer a discount for payment in advance? / Can I pay in monthly instalments? / We don’t keep that product in stock in our store. / We don’t have enough stock to meet the demand. / We offer different payment methods to maximize sales. / The guarantee is for parts and labour. / I can give you a quote if you want to order today. / On Black Friday, retailers offer reduced prices on many of their products. / For online retailers, Black Friday presents a particular challenge. / We can ship the product to you in the next 48 hours. / The next shipping date is in two weeks.
Passive Voice Examples
Pasivas: verbo participio (3a columna)
- Present Simple: I brush my hair everyday – my hair is brushed everyday
- Present Continuous: I am playing piano – The piano is being played by me
- Past Simple: Yesterday I bought a car – a car was bought (by me) yesterday
- Past Continuous: I was playing with my cat – my cat was being played by me
- Present Perfect: I have got a new phone – a phone has been got (by me)
- Present Perfect Continuous: I have been studying English – English has been being studied by me
- Future Simple: I will eat fish for dinner tomorrow – fish will be eaten by me for dinner tomorrow
- Future Perfect: I will have finished the work by then – the work will have been finished by then (by me)
Tiempos continuos: being / tempos perfectos: being / futuro y modales: infinitive
Will – won’t: decisiones instantáneas, oferta (ofrecerse, prometer (casarse), amenaza, rechazo – suele utilizarse mas)
Going to: planes ya preparados con anterioridad, evidencias/simbolos de que algo suceda