Letter of order

Exercise 1 Put questions to the orders.

Men's Clothes Dealers Ltd.

142 South Road

Sheffield S20 4НL

England

21st March, 2004

Dear Sirs,

Our Order for Silk Shirts

In response to your letter of 17^th March, we thank уоu for sending us your catalogues of men's silk shirts. We are sure there will bе а great demand for them in Ukraine.

We are enclosing our Order No.l42, and would ask you to return its duplicate to us, duly signed, as an acknowledge­ment.

Yours faithfully,

Vladimir Smurov

Export-Import Manager

Enc. Order No.142

ORDER No.142 (please refer to this number on all correspondence)

Men’s Clothes Dealers Ltd. 142 South Road Sheffield S20 4HL England 21st March, 2004 Please Supply 400 men’s silk shirts in the colours and sizes (collar) specified below: Size Colour Quantity 14 white 70 14 blue 30 15 white 70 15 blue 30 16 white 70 16 blue 30 17 white 70 17 blue 30 Price: $ 10.53 each (total - $ 4,212) Delivery: air freight, CIF Kiev Payment: by letter of credit Packing: standard p.p. Chief Buyer Alexey Postnikov Visteria Ltd. Please send us the copy of this order, duly signed, as an acknowledgement.

The Manager,

Date Palm Hotel

Djemsa, ABRACA

15^th July, 2002

Dear Sir,

Our Sales Manager, Mr. John Martin, will be in Djemsa on business for ten days. We would like to reserve for him a single room, with bath, from 30^th October to 9^th November inclusive.

We should be glad if you would confirm this booking as soon as possible.

Yours faithfully,

Sally Langley

Secretary to John Martin

HARPER & GRANT LTD.

Exercise 2 Rewrite the following using in the event of...

Model: If you do not like the pastel shades, you may order the same model in black and write. – In the event of your not liking the pastel shades, you may order the same model in black and white.

1 If you do not need the goods immediately, we can easily postpone delivery until next month. 2 If you are not interested in the offer, please return the enclosed catalogue and order form. 3 If you urgently require an additional consignment, we can arrange it through our agents. 4 If you should find the quality unsatisfactory, we are prepared to accept return of the rejected pieces within fourteen days. 5 If they do not happen to be right, you may return them.

Exercise 3 Choose the most appropriate explanation:

manager (order from a superior command given with authority; person who controls a business; person who contributes)

to book (record a charge against a person; make deep, hollow sounds; give or receive an order for, e.g. tickets for a journey)

to confirm (admit to full membership of the Christian church; make (power, opinions, etc.) firmer or stranger, provide proof; take possessions of without compensation or payment)

to reserve (place in position again; secure possession of, or the right to use, e.g. by advance payment; make safe from danger).

Exercise 4 Give you agreement or challenge the following statements:

1 Mr. John Martin will be in Djemsa on vacation for two weeks.

2 The firm would like to reserve for him a double room with bath.

Exercise 5 Rewrite the following pairs of sentences using ... so that ... can or ... so that ... may.

Model: We should like you to give us 5% on this order. We are interested in selling at the lowest possible price. – We should like you to give us 5% on this order so that we can (may) sell at the lowest possible price.

1 We should appreciate a prompt reply. We wish to put the offer out in the event of your not being interested. 2 We are sending in our quality order now. We want to take advantage of your special offer. 3 We are offering this line on exceptional terms this month. We want to clear our warehouse to make way for new lines coming from Italy. 4 They have stepped up production this month. They want to take advantage of the present demand. 5 Mr Fawcett will be coming to visit you at the factory next week. He wants to see how you are progressing with our order.

Exercise 6 Arrange the given words in the proper order to make up sentences:

a) will, our, ten, for, days, manager, be, sales, in, business, Djemsa.

b) if, confirm, you, booking, should, we, glad, this, be, possible, as soon as, would.

Exercise 7 Arrange the given sentences in order to make a letter:

1 16 Oakleaf Avenue, London, W. 22, 2^nd October, 2002

2 My present salary is 2.000 a year.

3 I should very much like the opportunity to work in industry and I hope you will feel able to give me an interview.

4 I am 27 years old and I graduated from Leeds University with an honours degree in English.

5 Dear Sirs,

6 For the past three years I have been with the agency Thrust, William and Knox.

7 I should like to apply for the position of Advertising and Public Relations Manager which you advertised this morning.

8 Yours faithfully, J.P.Harvey

Exercise 8 Rewrite the following sentences using as.

Model: You have often pointed out that delays are becoming increasingly more frequent. – As you have often pointed out, delays are becoming increasingly more frequent.

1 You know that we have a substantial financial interest in the Benfield Lock Co. 2 You will have noticed from the frequency and size of our recent orders that demand for your products is growing. 3 You can see from the enclosed catalogue that our range of equipment is appreciably wider than last year. 4 We have often commented in our letters that you should not be discouraged by seasonal fluctuations in the market. 5 You will understand that we cannot tolerate such continual bad service.

Exercise 9 Rewrite the following pairs of sentences using although.

Model: We have sold very few XL computers. Our sales of XX are well up on last year, though. – Although we have sold very few XL computers, our sales on the XX are well up on last year.

1 The use of this material was not specified on your drawing. Nevertheless, we think that it is worth your consideration. 2 Our factory will be closed for two weeks in August. We have sufficient stocks in our warehouse to keep our customers supplied, though. 3 Cadmium is not often used for plating. We find it an excellent substitute for nickel, though. 4 It is not our custom to grant a discount on this type of order. Nevertheless, we are prepared to make an exception on this occasion. 5 The rotary air compressor we have at the moment is air-cooled. Nevertheless, we are quite willing to change over to the water-cooled model.

Exercise 10 Write the beginning and the end of the letter. Use the words and phrases given below in brackets.

(to receive an application for, to leave your firm two months ago, the past of, to give us your name as a reference, assistant director of, to be grateful, our Research and Development Department, to give us some information).

The Personnel Manager

Harper & Grant Ltd.,

Great West Road,

London, W.25

9^th January,2002

Confidential

Dear Sir,

We should like to know how long Mr. Glover worked for you; whether you were satisfied with his work; the reasons for the termination of his employment with you and, above all, whether he is trustworthy. We have had some trouble in the past with some of our research secrets being sold to rival firms so the letter is naturally, of the most importance to us.

Any other information you can give us about Mr. Glover would be very gratefully received.

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