Variant № 5

1 Translate the following text in written from using a dictionary:

Pricing

All products and all services have prices. He price depends on different things such as credit terms, delivery, trade-in allowance, guarantee, quality and other forms of service. A perfect price should produce the biggest possible profit during a long period of time. It’s hardly possible to determine such a price. The price may be too high to produce a large volume, or too low to cover costs. No other area of marketing operations has been a subject to bad practice. Many businesses pursue unsound price policies for long periods of time and are not aware about it.

Prices can be determined in different ways. For example, the prices of meat, cotton and other agricultural produce can be decided in large central market where forces of supply and demand exist. This is pure price competition. The prices on industrial products (iron, steel, etc.) are usually decided by large companies. As a rule the amount and price of goods sold to large number of buyers is controlled by a few rival sellers. Prices also can be set by the government, usually for different public services – railroads, electricity, manufactured gas, bus services, etc.

2 Answer the following questions :

1. Why is it difficult to determine the right price?

2. In what way are agricultural prices decided?

3. How are industrial products usually priced?

3 Change the following statements to questions beginning with the question words given:

1. You go to work every day. (Where)

2. He passed his examinations well.(What, how)

3. They will translate this text next week/ (Who, what, when)

4. Tom was reading the whole evening.(What, when)

5. The radio set was hidden in the book-case. (What, where)

4 Translate the following sentences into English and state their these and voice:

1. Наш багаж был осмотрен таможенниками вчера.

2. Её не было дома прошлым вечером.

3. В этом магазине тысячи людей перевозятся эскалаторами каждый день.

4. Наша бабушка будет жить с нами в будущем году?

5. Он не будет студентом в будущем году.

5 Use the verbs in brackets in the correct forms:

1. The newspapers (to bring) in the morning.

2. Everybody (to see) the picture soon.

3. These goods (to carry) in a lift.

4. This article (to translate) tomorrow.

5. Water to (boil) at 100 degrees Centigrade.

6 Change each of the following sentences into interrogative and negative forms:

1. Tomorrow breakfast will be served at eight.

2. They have a black cat.

3. This book was bought by father yesterday.

4. Nick will spend his summer holidays in Riga.

5. They came to see us yesterday.

7 Change the following sentences from Active to Passive. Do not change the tense:

1. We sent for the doctor.

2. They listened to her with interest.

3. Heavy storms affected shipping.

4. His friends helped him.

5. These circumstances hindered their work.

8 Translate the following sentences into Russian and state their tense and voice.

1. We shall have a dictation tomorrow.

2. Do you live on the ground floor?

3. Marry did not write a letter yesterday.

4. The captain was instructed to discharge the cargo in Odessa.

5. The buyers were allowed 10 per cent discount.