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

– Yes, the pump ( to be ) really out of order.

– Anyway, It ( to be ) necessary to check it again.

I think we need extra hands. There ( to be ) something wrong

with a forklift.

– There (to be) any urgent work there?

– Yes. The warehouse number 3 had to be cleaned

out as soon as possible.

Exercise №3.3

– I saw Nelly, She ( to be ) so tired that couldn’t move.

It ( to be) a very hard day. There ( to be ) a lot of work

at the office yesterday. We ( not to be) ready for

the talks with the Customer. Necessary documents

( not to be ) prepared.

– You ( to be ) nervous?

– No, I ( to be) angry! My assistant ( to be ) out. I was

said that she ( to be ) ill, that‘s why she ( to be) absent.

– I am sorry! It ( to be ) really hard day yesterday.

Exercise №3.4

– What’s the problem? I was said that some of

workers had no gas sensor devices. As I know there

( to be ) a number of similar sensors at the warehouse.

– In fact, we ordered only definite quantity of the devices.

Probably Safety Engineer ( to be ) right and there ( to be ) no

sensors any more.

– Why you didn’t think of it before?

– We didn’t expect that we would have to attract so many

workforces for the Shutdown.

(+)I shall be – I’ll be / We’ll be/He will be – He’ll be /

She’ll be / It’ll be / They’ll be / You’ll be

– I’ll be busy tomorrow.

(-)I shall not be – I shan’t be / We shan’t be /

He will not be – He won’t be / She won’t be /

It won’t be / They won’t be / You won’t be

– They won’t be ready by that time.

(?) Shall I be? / Shall we be? / Will he be? / Will she be? /

Wil l it be? Will they be? / Will you be?

– Shall I help you? Will you help me?

В современном английском will используется со всеми лицами,

так что можете, смело сказать – I will be happy!

We will be at the plant in a half an hour.

Gas Processing Plant

Exercise №4

– I hope, I ( to be ) on holiday next month. I ( to be)

in the country. It (to be) country-holiday…..

– Oh, there ( to be) a lot of interesting for you I think.

As I understand it ( to be ) your first trip to the country.

– I am sure it ( not to be ) boring there. And where

you ( to be ) this summer?

– Unfortunately. I ( to be ) in town because I have much

work to do this summer.

Exercise №4.1

– He ( to be) at the plant tomorrow?

– I am afraid he won’t . He is leaving tonight. He ( to be)

on business till the end of the next week.

– What a pity! Who ( to be ) instead him?

– I suppose Peter. He ( to be ) in the office tomorrow.

– Well, I ( to be ) in your office tomorrow afternoon.

– Ok, we’ll be waiting for you.

Exercise №4.2

– They ( to be ) busy after lunch? I’d like to discuss

some things.

– Perhaps, they will . They ( to be ) on the object.

– By the way, when ( to be ) the meeting?

– The meeting ( to be ) at 11a. m. Managers of all departments

( to be ) there.

– You ( to be ) there too?

– Of’ course!

– They say there ( to be ) some changes in work schedule.

– Yes, we are planning to complete works till the end of the

year so we will have to work overtime.

– It ( to be ) hard month. But from other hand salary ( to be )

more. Isn’t it good news?

– It’s all the same to me, I work on rotation. I hope

I ( not to be ) at work on New Year Holiday as usual.

– Don’t you work on New Year Holiday?

– Yes, three years in row.

– It’s just your luck!

Exercise №4.3

– Hello, Paul Do you remember me? We studied together.

I’m Lena. I’ll be working with you.

– Oh, I remember you, of’course! How are you?

Come in. It ( to be ) your work place. Make

yourself comfortable! Believe me, you ( to be ) very busy

all this week. There ( to be ) too much work in the office.

– I ( to be ) hardworking, I’ll do the best.

– If you do it, it ( to be ) right. I’m sure you ( to be )

one of the best specialists.

– I hope you ( not to be ) a crazy boss…

– Don’t worry I ( to be ) a wise boss.

– We ( to be ) a good team. You can trust in me.

– I also happy that you ( to be ) one of us. I know you are

а reliable person.

– Nice to hear it. Thanks a lot.

– You are welcome.

Exercise №5

– Hello Sofia, there ( to be ) any letters for me?

– Yes, there ( to be) some letters from our Providers.

They ( to be ) here. And here ( to be ) our invoice for a Customer.

Could you sign it, please?

– That ( to be ) ok, I’ll look and sign it a little later.

The meeting ( to be ) at 9 a.m., isn’t it?

– Yes, it ( to be ) at 9 sharp.

– When the memorandum ( to be ) ready?

– It ( to be ) ready yet.

– I hope it ( to be) on my table after the meeting?

– Ok, anything else?

– No thanks. Tell everybody I ( to be ) busy till 9 a.m. And

print out all reports for previous month. They must be

on my table as soon as possible.

– I’ll do everything.

Exercise №5.1

– Mr. Douglas ( to be ) in?

– No, I’m afraid, he ( not to be ) in office till the end

of the month. He ( to be ) on business.

– When exactly he ( to be ) back?

– I suppose, on the 10 thof April, but I ( not to be ) sure.

May be he ( to be ) available a little bit earlier.

– By the way, where he ( to be) now?

– He (to be) in Rom.

– Oh, I ( to be ) in Rom last year in September. It ( to be )

wonderful.

– You ( to be ) there on business?

– No, it ( to be) my holiday. I traveled with my family.

Exercise №5.2

– How do you do! We ( to be ) very glad to know that

you ( to be ) interested in our goods.

– How do you do! Yes, we‘ve got your catalogue already.

There ( to be ) a lot of different goods which

we ( to be ) interested in. We (to be ) ready to place an order.

– That ( to be ) a good news! We ( to be )

happy to cooperate with you again.

– Nice to hear that!

– Frankly speaking, you always ( to be ) reliable partners.

Your goods ( to be ) always in great demand.

– Because the quality of our goods ( to be ) high. We control it.

– I hope, our cooperation ( to be ) successful. We are

going to make a big order.

– No doubt! We are looking forward to our cooperation.

Vocabulary:

План работ – job plan /

На месторождении (здесь) – in the field

Подпись – signature / На отдыхающей вахте – off shift

Объем работ- scope of work / Инспекция – inspection

Я боюсь что… – I’m afraid …

Вы ошиблись номером – you dialed a wrong number

Предложение- an offer /

Контрактный отдел – contract department

На улице- outside

Сильный мороз — bad cold

Exercise №6

Я в отделе кадров. Менеджера здесь нет.

Менеджер был здесь вчера до обеда?

Нет, его не было. Я не уверен, но может быть он в отделе ТБ.