1. Transform the following sentences into the Passive Voice;

2. Fill in the blanks with the proper words;

3. Put questions to the underlined words;

4. Give definitions;

5. Answer the question (based on one of the topics).

DO THESE TASKS:

1. Transform the following sentences into the Passive Voice:

1. This retailer had sold all the goods by that time.

2. The employer promises me an interesting job.

3. The director will sign the treaty tomorrow.

4. The manager has just sent the contract to this firm.

5. The employee shipped those commodities last year.

2. Fill in the blanks with the proper words:

collect, attention, become, important, bank, secondary, mutual, various, investors

Loans have ………….. increasingly packaged for resale, meaning that an investor buys the loan (debt) from a …………. or directly from a corporation. Bonds are debt sold directly to …………… from corporations, while that investor can then hold the debt and …………. the interest or sell the debt on a ………… market. Banks are the main facilitators of funding through the provision of credit, although private equity, ………. funds, hedge funds, and other organizations have become …………. as they invest in …………… forms of debt. Financial assets, known as investments, are financially managed with careful ………… to financial risk management to control financial risk.

3. Put questions to the underlined words:

   1. This retailer had sold all the goods by that time.

   2. The employer promises me an interesting job.

   3. The director will sign the treaty tomorrow.

   4. The manager has just sent the contract to this firm.

   5. The employee shipped those commodities last year.

4. Give definitions:

• Tax Code

• State Treasury

• Financial manager

• Indirect taxes

5. What is financial management? What functions of FM do you know? Characterize each of them.

1. Match the words in column A with the words in column B (max. 10)

A B

1. entrepreneurship a) товари та послуги

2. unemployment b) прибуток

3. loan c) обмінювати

4. goods and services d) зарплата

5. income e) науковий

6. supply f) для того, щоб

7. to exchange g) позика

8. wages h) безробіття

9. scientific i) підприємництво

10. in order to j) пропозиція

2. Insert the appropriate words into the text (max. 20).

Interest rate; exchange rate; inflation rate; labor force; tax incentives; government bureaucracy; GDP (gross domestic product); unemployment rate; foreign investment; balance of trade.

The economy is stable following the problems of the past two years. By following a tight monetary policy the government has reduced the …₁ to 2%. After going up dramatically, the …₂ is now down to 8%. The last six months has seen a slight improvement in the … ₃ against the dollar. The … ₄ has grown by 0,15%. Exports are increasing and the …₅ is starting to look much healthier. The …₆ continues to be a problem as it is still 16%. In order to stimulate the economy and attract …₇ the government is offering new …₈ as well as making a renewed effort to reduce …_9. Finally, a large skilled … ₁₀ means there could be attractive investment opportunities over the next five years.