Элла Маркина - Business English. Textbook №1. Сборник упражнений в диалогах

Pliers / Glasses / Shorts

Существительные, имеющие форму только ед. ч .

Business / Hair / Information / Progress

Luggage / Furniture / Knowledge // Love

Fruit / Money / News / Advice

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Exercise №1

– Are there many ( copy, copies )?

– I suppose about hundred or more.

– It’s a lot of. I don’t know how to manage it.

– The (information, informations ) in those ( copy, copies ) is

important, isn’t it?

– I don’t think so. The ( document, documents ) are very old.

– Then put all ( paper, papers ) into the ( box, boxes ) and carry

them to the archive.

Exercise №1.1

– These ( table, tables ) are very nice and not expensive.

– Yes, you’re right. Look at those ( chair, chairs ), aren’t they

well-designed? Let’s buy them.

– How many ( chair, chairs ) do you want to take?

– Four I think. Please, ask shop assistant where we can buy

( dish, dishes )?

– She told me that everything for kitchen we could buy

at section10. It’s upstairs. There’s a big choice of ( dish/dishes,

cup/cups, pan/pans, teapot-teapots ) and many other things.

– Do you have cash?

– Sure, don’t think of it.

– I wonder if they have ( box, boxes ) to pack all these things.

Exercise №1.2

– What’s up? Frankly speaking you look very bad!

– I didn’t sleep all night. I have a toothache. My ( tooth, teeth )

is terribly ill. I visited the dentist and he checked all

my ( tooth, teeth ) last month. Everything was ok.

– You should go to the dentist right now.

– I can’t, I must finish translation of these

( contract, contracts ).

– Bay the way, did you see ( scissorses , scissors )?

– Yes, look on my table, over there next to

my ( glasses , glass ).

– I didn’t know that you wore ( glass, glasses ).

– You see, I always wear eye-lens. But now I have

a little problem with my ( eyes, eye ), so temporary wear

( glass, glasses ).

Exercise №1.3

– I want to have my ( hairs, hair ) cut. I fed up of long ( hairs,

hair).

– It’s not my ( business, businesses ), if you want you can

do it any moment.

– You know Pamela, don’t you? She cats her ( hair, hairs ) every

month and always looks beautiful.

– Do you have any ( informations, information ) regarding

to that case?

– I know just that a lot of ( fornitures, furniture ) was

stolen from their office.

– We left our ( luggages, luggage ) at the entrance. Could you

please bring it here?

(я есть /я являюсь)

(+)I am ( I am a translator. – Я переводчик)

He isan attractive man. She isour secretary. It istime to have

a break. They arebusy.

(-)I’m not /He isn’t /She isn’t /It i sn’t

They aren’t /We aren’t /You aren’t

(?) Am I? / Is he? / Is she? / Is it?

Are they? / Are we? / Are you?

Exercise №2

– Hello! How ( to be ) you? You ( to be ) free now?

– Sorry, I ( to be ) very busy at the moment.

– By the way, where ( to be ) Mark? He ( to be ) in office?

– No, he ( to be ) out. He ( to be) in the field

(на месторождении)

– There ( to be ) anything wrong?

– Yes, there ( to be ) some problems with contractors.

– I hope they ( not to be ) very serious.

Exercise №2.1

– Could you tell me, where ( to be ) your manager?

– I ( not to be ) sure, maybe he ( to be ) at the

account department. Shall I phone him?

– No, thanks. This ( to be ) my card. Give it to your

manager and ask him to call me back.

– Ok. I’ll do it.

– And these ( to be ) the tables he wanted to see.

Tell him I ( to be ) ready to discuss any questions he has.

Exercise №2.2

– What’s the matter? You ( to be) so excited.

It (to be) your first day at work?

– Yes, today ( to be ) my first day at work. I ( to be )

nervous a little.

– Don’t worry so much. I ( to be ) Oliver. I ( to be ) ready

to help you if you need.

– Thanks a lot! How many people ( to be) in our department?

– Actually five. That tall man ( to be ) Alex. He ( to be ) our

IT engineer. He ( to be ) a very good specialist.

– Well, who ( to be) that nice young woman?

– This ( to be) Nelly. She ( to be ) our Section Head’s assistant.

As I know she ( to be ) skilled and knows four languages.

– Frankly speaking, I ( not to be ) experienced.

This (to be ) my first job.

– No problem. Everyone felt just like you on his first day at work.

Exercise №2.3

– I know that Transport Service ( to be ) a big company

and their chances and ours to win this tender ( to be ) equal.

– I think you ( to be ) mistaken. They have

some problems with Tax Inspection so they have no chances.

– Probably you ( to be ) right. The customer doesn’t

like to have dealt with a company which has such problems.

I don’t know if they ( to be) successful; however, they

will certainly try.

– Unfortunately, the reality ( to be ) completely different. Hardly

any serious Customer will have any dealings with them.

– Don’t be so sure. I know that after a short interruption

they proceeded with their work. I ( to be ) sure they

will certainly try.

Exercise №2.4

«Good afternoon! We regret to inform you that we ( to be ) not at all satisfied with your service. You can imagine our disappointment when we discovered that the quality of the received goods was worse than we expected. We tried to get in touch with you by phone but didn’t get anyone who knew anything about how this matter could be solved. We ( to be ) interested to know if you can offer any explanation for this poor quality of your goods».

(+)I / He / She / It – was /I was in my office

They / We / You – were /They were right

(-)I / He / She / It – was not = wasn’t

They / We / You – were not = weren’t

(?) Was I? / Was he?/ Was she? Was it?

Were they? / Were we? Were you?

Whowas in the office yesterday?

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Exercise №3

– You ( to be ) at our new cinema yesterday? There (to be)

a very interesting film on.

– I remember I ( to be ) there a few weeks ago. There ( to be)

a lot of people.

– You ( to be) there alone, ( not to be ) you? Who (to be )

with you?

– No, I ( to be ) there with my friends.

– The film ( to be ) interesting?

– I advise you to watch this movie. It ( to be)impressive.

– Thanks

Exercise №3.1

– Who ( to be) in the office yesterday after 6p.m.?

– As I know, Mike ( to be ), why?

– There ( to be ) very important documents on my table,

but now they aren’t.

– Which documents ( to be) there?

– First of all, there ( to be) a draft contract for delivery

of equipment. In addition, there ( to be) some reports.

– I really don’t know. I remember some documents (to be)

in that red folder. Mike brought them and put them in.

– Probably somebody took them and misplaced as usual.

Exercise №3.2

– You (to be ) right! It ( to be ) a waste of time.

– From the other side, you ( to be ) right too, because you

( not to be ) sure in result but now you know for sure.