12. Change indirect speech into direct

1. He asked me why there were so few people in the street.

2. The colleagues told him not to worry and go home peacefully.

3. She said that she would like to sleep in the open air.

4. She asked if I was going to leave Moscow the next day.

5. He told me that he had bought the calculator the day before.

6. Ann says she has just had a telephone call from Europe.

7. My friend asked me to leave the key at the neighbours.

8. He said he could not get to sleep then.

Self-Study

cumulative Review Exercises

13. Translate the sentences

1. George said it was very difficult to pass that exam.

2. We realized that independent businesses were doing a better job serving their

customers.

3. Every manager at the jewelry store knows that most fine pearls will have been

housed in an oyster at least two or three years, and much longer for the bigger

South Sea pearls.

4. She has not visited us since she graduated from the University and went to the

Far East to work.

5. Deborah said that nothing would change her decision to leave for Washington

that night.

6. The old woman asked the boy if he knew where he lived.

7. When the engine had been examined the driver started the car.

8. I shall have bought that magazine before you come.

9. When the ATM had been invented the people didn't want to trust their money

to it.

10. My father had experience setting up distribution centers as the founder of

FedMart, a discount department store chain.

11. Increased integration occurs when a single product is both manufactured

and sold by the same company.

12. Public opinion is a force that has been reckoned with in all civilizations.

13. I can’t find that book anywhere – it’s melted in the thin air!

________________________________________________________Lesson 8. The main factors of successful business

14. We’ve invited them for negotiation but we’ll have to put them off because the

documentation is not ready yet.

18. Some additional information from the practitioners.

18.1 Read and translate the extract

18.2 Analyze the function of –ing forms

18.3 Retell the text using indirect speech

“We were clear on our basic concept: to bring collective buying power to independent small businesses. We realized that independent businesses were doing a better job serving their customers than chain store operations, but they lack the buying power of large companies. My father had experience setting up distribution centers as the founder of FedMart, a discount department store chain and we perceived that if we could bring the distribution center concept to independent businesses, it would give them significant financial advantages”.

Robert Price, Chairman of the Board, “The Price Club”

19. Home reading

For further reading on the given topic we recommend Supplementary

texts on pages 58-61.

Don’t forget to add the new words and expressions to your own vocabulary!