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!

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

the documentation is not ready yet.

14. Some additional information from the practitioners.

14.1 Read and translate the extract

14.2 Analyze the function of –ing forms

14.3 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”

15. Home reading.

For further reading on the given topic we recommend Supplementary texts on pages 108-111.

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

16. Business crossword. Revise your professional vocabulary down

1. A synonym to the word “risk”.

2. A synonym to the word “objective”.

3. The person whose service an entrepreneur is always in need of.

4. What every person always needs to live on well.

5. A synonym to the expression “in fact”.

6. An entrepreneur must do that before starting his/her business.

7. What any businessperson develops before starting his/her business.

8. The goal of any entrepreneur.

9. A person an entrepreneur addresses to raise the funding.

10. A synonym to the word “deciding”.

ACROSS

1. The person who starts a business.

2. A synonym to the word “necessary”.

3. The colour that made one’s business successful.

4. How businesspeople act when they find the product or service they need.

5. What every person keeps in mind when starting a business.

6. Any businessperson needs this to be successful.

7. An entrepreneur must have it to get money for business.

8. Any entrepreneur must do with his business over time.

9. What entrepreneurs undertake in reaching their overall

objectives.

10. An entrepreneur must investigate it before starting his

business.

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