UNIT 4

Franchising

• Franchising business system where two parties are involved, the franchisor and the franchisee and the contract binding them is franchise. Franšizing, kupovina franšize/ licence

• Franchisor is the person who grants the license or permission to the various franchisees. Osoba koja daje franšizu

• Franchisee is the person or the entity which has acquired the rights of conducting the business from the franchisor Osoba koja ima franšizu

• Franchise fee (front end fee) A franchise fee is the upfront cost of entry when purchasing a franchise business. provizija za kupovinu franšize/licence

• Franchise agreement – ugovor o franšizi

• Royalty (management services fee) payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property –autorska prava, patentna prava

• Advertising fee is the annual fee that is paid by the franchisee to the franchisor as his share of the corporate advertising expenditures.

• Operations manual guidelines for the franchisee on how to operate the franchised business uputstvo za rad

• Master franchisee contract under which a franchiser grants a franchisee the right to appoint sub-franchisees within a specified geographical area. Glavna osoba koja ima franšizu za određenu teritoriju

Speak up

• List the principal advantages and disadvantages of a franchise system for a franchisee…

• List the principal advantages and disadvantages of a franchise system for a franchisor…

Listening

Suffixes

The position of these adverbs is:

• before the main verb

I always get up at 6.45.

Peter can usually play football on Sundays.

Mandy has sometimes got lots of homework.

• after a form of to be (am, are, is - was, were)

  Susan is never late.

Position of adverbs of frequency - Exercise

1) He listens to the radio. (often)2) They read a book. (sometimes)3) Pete gets angry. (never)4) Tom is very friendly. (usually)5) I take sugar in my coffee. (sometimes)6) Ramon and Frank are hungry. (often)7) My grandmother goes for a walk in the evening. always8) Walter helps his father in the kitchen. (usually)9) They watch TV in the afternoon. (never)10) Christine smokes. (never)

Used to do; be used doing

Past Continuous - Form

FORM

[was/were + present participle]

Examples:

You were studying when she called.

Were you studying when she called?

You were not studying when she called.

Past Continuous - Use

• USE 1 Interrupted Action in the Past

I was watching TV when she called.

When the phone rang, she was writing a letter.

• USE 2 Specific Time as an Interruption

Yesterday at this time, I was sitting at my desk at work.

Past Continuous - Use

USE 3 Parallel Actions

I was studying while he was making dinner.

While Ellen was reading, Tim was watching television.

USE 4 Atmosphere

When I walked into the office, several people were busily typing, some were talking on the phones, the boss was yelling directions, and customers were waiting.

Exercise

• When I phoned my friends, they ……. monopoly. • Yesterday at six I ……….. dinner. • The kids………… in the garden when it suddenly began

to rain. • I …….. the guitar when he came home. • We ………. all day. • While Aaron ……… in his room, his friends….. in the

pool. • I tried to tell them the truth but they ……………. . • What …………..yesterday? • Most of the time we …………… in the park.

Verbs that do not have continuous forms

1) a. Look, I (have) two tickets for the circus.

b. Look, I (hold) two tickets for the circus.

2) a. Sam (sit) in the seat next to me when the clown threw a bucket of water at me.

b. Sam (be) in the seat next to me when the clown threw a bucket of water at me

Verbs that do not have continuous forms

3.a. One clown was juggling while he (balance) a glass of wine on his head.

b. One clown was juggling while he (have) a glass of wine on his head.

4.a. Right now, I (see) two elephants doing tricks in the ring.

b. Right now, I (look) at two elephants doing tricks in the ring.

Listening

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