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

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

– 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 up? 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.

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 ) very 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

They / We / You – were

(-)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?

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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?

– Yes, I advise you to see it.

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.

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.

– 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’ll be / We’ll be/ He’ll be / She’ll be / It’ll be / They’ll be

You’ll be

(-) I shan’t be / We shan’t be / He won’t be / She won’t be /

It won’t be

They won’t be / You won’t be

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

Wil l it be?

Will they be? / Will you be?

В современном английском will используется со всеми лицами, так что можете, смело сказать – I will be happy!

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

– How do you do. I’m Le. I’ll be working with you.

– How do you do. Come here. 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.