Business English Grammar = Грамматика английского языка. Часть 1. Практикум

Example: My bag has been stolen.

1.Someone _____ it while I was in a shop.

2.I _____ by an assistant and ...

3. ... suddenly it _____ by someone.

4.I shouted ‘I _____’ but it was too late.

5.In a few minutes you _____ by one of my colleagues.

6.You _____ to give a description of this person ...

7. ... and a report _____.

8.I don’t know what he looked like and the incident _____ by anyone else.

9.The thief simply _____ ...

10. ... and then he _____ away.

11. My colleague _____ you ...

12. ... and you _____ more that you think.

13.My bag _____ my passport but no money.

14.Perhaps the thief _____ it away ...

15. ... and it _____ by somebody.

16.Yes, it’s possible that it _____ to you by a member of the public.

17.That kind of thing _____ before.

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Exercise 141. Correct sentences 1–6.

Example: 1. Deliveries are make three times a week. made

2.The invoice sent yesterday.

3.Over a thousand guests was invited to the event.

4.The post collects at 10 a.m. every day.

5.The software is wrote by our engineers.

6.The meeting was cancel because of the strike.

Exercise 142. Complete sentences 1–8 with the correct passive form of the verbs from the list.

Example: 1. When there is a problem, the machinery is repaired by our own technicians.

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2.The training course _____ by an online sales expert.

3.The staff _____ to work overtime last week.

4.Orders _____ in the call centre.

5.Interviews _____ every year in January and September.

6.The new software _____ by our IT team yesterday.

7.The shipment _____ last Tuesday.

8.The magazine _____ weekly.

Exercise 143. Rewrite sentences 1–6 in the passive form, starting with the words given. Omit the agent.

Example: 1. They serve hot meals in the staff canteen. — Hot meals are served in the staff canteen.

2.The HR department sent an email to all employees. — An email _____.

3.Someone stole the money. — The money _____.

4.The heads of department informed the staff about the decision. — The staff

_____.

5.We discuss salaries with employees individually. — Salaries _____.

6.He keeps the key to the safe in his desk. — The key to the safe _____.

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FIRST CONDITIONALS

Exercise 144. Match the sentence beginnings (a–j) with the endings (1–10).

a)If you don’t leave now, ...

b)You’ll be late ...

c)If I get a promotion ...

d)I’ll buy a better car ...

e)If people are rude to the ground staff, ...

f)If we make a good offer, ...

g)It’ll take longer to get to the airport ...

h)I’ll put on weight ...

i)If you don’t have any plans for tonight, ...

j)They’ll get more work done ...

1. ... they won’t be able to get on the plane.

2. ... if I go to so many business lunches.

3. ... you’ll miss your flight.

4. ... if you don’t keep interrupting them. 5. ... if you don’t call a taxi now.

6. ... if we don’t coincide with the rush hour. 7. ... I’ll earn more money.

8. ... if they increase my salary.

9. ... will you have dinner with me?

10. ... we’ll get the contract.

Exercise 145. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box in the correct

form.

Example: a) If I see John, I will tell him what you said.

b)If anyone _____ to contact me, tell them I’ll be back at four.

c)We _____ able to get the 10.14 a.m. train if we hurry.

d)If you _____ my keys, will you let me know?

e)Your English _____ if you spend some time in the USA.

f)I _____ you if there’s any news.

g)If we _____ within 30 days, will you drop the price?

h)If BA’s policy on rude passengers is a success, other airlines _____.

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i)If he checks in late, he _____ his seat assignment.

j)You _____ to hurry if you want to catch your flight.

Exercise 146. Write a sentence using a conditional with ‘will’ based on each piece of advice.

Example: a) You should confirm your booking or you won’t get a good seat.

If you confirm your booking, you’ll get a good seat.

b)You should pretend you’re not interested in buying from them or they won’t drop the price.

c)You should apologize to the boss or you will have problems.

d)You shouldn’t drink too much on the flight or you’ll have to keep going to the toilet.

e)You should leave for the airport now or you’ll miss your flight.

f )You shouldn’t be rude to airport ground staff or they won’t let you on the plane.

g)You should study something practical or you won’t get a job.

h)You shouldn’t work too hard or you’ll get ill.

i)You should take the client out to lunch or you won’t get his business.

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Exercise 147. Match the beginnings and ends of these sentences.

1.If they increase their prices,

2.If you don’t know what to do,

3.Customers will buy more

4.The shop won’t survive

5.When they see the results,

6.If our performance doesn’t improve,

7.You will discover how people live

8.If we contact Louisa,

a)if you examine their rubbish.

b)they will be pleasantly surprised.

c)they will lose many of their customers.

d)we will have to consider redundancies.

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e)will she be able to help?

f)if the shop has a friendly atmosphere.

g)unless it improves its layout.

h)I’ll help you.

Exercise 148. Re-order the words to write sentences.

Example: 1. call / you / I / when / I / arrive / will — I will call you when

Iarrive.

2.studies / pass / won’t / exams / she / she / more / her / unless

3.her / reply / write / to / I / if / you / she / will / sure / am / I

4.unless / image / our / harder / we / won’t / improve / try

5.you / if / market / your / use / business / research / improve / will

6.figures / aren’t / the / they / do / if / what / good / will ?

7.look / promoted / I / if / I / will / for / not / another / job / am

8.if / help / know / don’t / staff / what / to / will / you / our / buy

Exercise 149. Complete the dialogues with the correct form of the verbs. Use short forms where possible.

Example: I’m afraid she isn’t in the office, but if you want (want) to leave

a message, ...

1. ... I _____ (see) that she gets it.

2. What _____ (you, do) ...

3. ... if you _____ (not, get) a pay rise?

4. If you _____ (be able to, get) here by 10.30, ...

5. ... I _____ (meet) you at the station.

6. Well, unless you _____ (enjoy) working under pressure, ...

7. ... you _____ (not, like) this position.

8. ... And they _____ (only, increase) ...

9. ... when we _____ (improve) the quality of our products.

Exercise 150. Choose the correct words in italics to complete sentences 1–10. Choose one variant.

Example: 1. If they won’t reduce / don’t reduce their running costs, they lose /

‘ll lose money.

2. If more employees agree / will agree to use public transport, we’ll have / won’t have more space in the car park.

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a)If more employees agree to use public transport, we’ll have more space in the car park.

b)If more employees agree to use public transport, we won’t have more space in the car park.

c)If more employees will agree to use public transport, we’ll have more space in the car park.

d)If more employees will agree to use public transport, we won’t have more space in the car park.

3.What does he say / will he say if the company asks / will ask for another quotation?

a) What does he say if the company asks for another quotation?

b) What does he say if the company will ask for another quotation? c) What will he say if the company asks for another quotation?

d) What does will he say if the company will ask for another quotation?

4.If we don’t improve / won’t improve our product range, we lose / ‘ll lose some of our customers.

a) If we don’t improve our product range, we lose some of our customers. b) If we don’t improve our product range, we’ll lose some of our customers. c) If we won’t improve our product range, we lose some of our customers. d) If we won’t improve our product range, we’ll lose some of our customers.

5.My boss don’t accept / won’t accept the idea if she won’t know / doesn’t know all the details.

a) My boss don’t accept the idea if she won’t know all the details. b) My boss don’t accept the idea if she doesn’t know all the details. c) My boss won’t accept the idea if she won’t know all the details. d) My boss won’t accept the idea if she doesn’t know all the details.

6.If we don’t print / won’t print so many emails, we’ll use / won’t use less paper. a) If we don’t print so many emails, we’ll use less paper.

b) If we don’t print so many emails, we won’t use less paper. c) If we won’t print so many emails, we’ll use less paper.

d) If we won’t print so many emails, we won’t use less paper.

7.They’ll use / use a lot more energy if they leave / don’t leave their windows open in the winter.

a) They’ll use a lot more energy if they leave their windows open in the winter.

b) They’ll use a lot more energy if they don’t leave their windows open in the winter.

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c) They use a lot more energy if they leave their windows open in the winter. d) They use a lot more energy if they don’t leave their windows open

in the winter.

8.He doesn’t pay / won’t pay the lower price if he’ll wait / waits any longer. a) He doesn’t pay the lower price if he’ll wait any longer.

b) He doesn’t pay the lower price if he waits any longer. c) He won’t pay the lower price if he’ll wait any longer. d) He won’t pay the lower price if he’ll wait any longer.

9.How long does it take / will it take if we go / will go by train?

a)How long does it take if we go by train?

b)How long does it take if we will go by train?

c)How long will it take if we go by train?

d)How long will it take if we will go by train?

10. If we don’t increase / won’t increase carbon emissions, global temperatures will continue / won’t continue to increase.

a)If we don’t increase carbon emissions, global temperatures will continue to increase.

b)If we don’t increase carbon emissions, global temperatures won’t continue to increase.

c)If we won’t increase carbon emissions, global temperatures will continue to increase.

d)If we won’t increase carbon emissions, global temperatures won’t continue to increase.

Exercise 151. Two managers are talking about hybrid electric cars for their sales reps. Complete the conversation with an appropriate form of the verbs in brackets.

Example: 1–2. If we replace (replace) our old company cars with hybrid electrics, we will reduce (reduce) our carbon emissions significantly.

3. Yes, but how much _____ (it / cost) us ...

4. ... if we _____ (decide) to buy hybrids?

5. And if we _____ (not / sell) the cars for at least three years, ...

6. ... we _____ (save) money because hybrids consume less petrol.

7. I think our sales reps _____ (consume) less fuel ...

8. ... if they _____ (do) most of their driving in cities.

9. But I think it _____ (not / be) cheaper ...

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10. ... if they _____ (drive) a lot on motorways. 11. Well, if you _____ (look) at the figures, ...

12. ... you _____ (see) that fuel costs are a lot lower for all drivers, even when they do more than 25,000 km a year.

13. And this saving _____ (increase) even more ...

14. ... if the price of petrol _____ (rise) again.

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Exercise 152. Music Lessons. A music teacher is talking to a group of students in their first lesson. Rewrite what he says, using ‘unless’.

Example: You won’t improve if you don’t practise regularly. You won’t improve unless you practise regularly.

1._____, you won’t learn.

2.You won’t enjoy the lessons _____.

3._____, I won’t tell you to stop playing.

4.You won’t be able to join the orchestra _____.

5._____, you’ll have to borrow one.

6._____, lessons will always start at 2.30.

Exercise 153. Exam Advice. Some parents are talking to their children before they take an exam. Complete what they say, using ‘as long as’ or ‘even if’.

Example: _____ (you / concentrate), you’ll be fine. — As long as you concentrate, you’ll be fine.

1.As long as you don’t panic / even if you don’t panic, you’ll be OK.

2.As long as you don’t pass / even if you don’t pass, you’ll be OK.

3.As long as you write clearly / even if you write clearly, everything will be fine.

4.As long as you don’t know all the answers / even if you don’t know all the answers, you’ll pass.

5.As long as some of the questions are hard / even if some of the questions are hard, you’ll do well.

6.As long as you do your best / even if you do your best, I’ll be proud of you.

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Exercise 154. Packing for the Trip. Carl and Rick are packing their suitcases before they go on holiday to another country. Complete their conversation using

‘in case’ and the words in the box.

we / need we / not be one of us / start we / spend we / have it / get

Example: I’ve put in all my beach things in case we spend a lot of time sunbathing.

1.But I’ve also put in a raincoat _____ lucky with the weather.

2.And I’ve put in a jumper _____ cold at night.

3.Now, I’m going to take various things _____ problems during the trip.

4.I’m putting in various medicines and tablets _____ to feel ill.

5.And I’ve made a list of various phone numbers _____ to contact someone in an emergency.

Exercise 155. Kathy’s Party. Complete this email about a party, using ‘unless’, ‘as long as’, ‘even if’ or ‘in case’ and the words in brackets. You will need to use some negative verbs.

Example: My Dad says I can go as long as I don’t go (I / go) on my own, so will you come with me?

1.He also says that I can’t go _____ (I / get) a taxi home, so could you come back with me and stay at our house.

2.He’s going to give me plenty of money for the taxi _____ (it / be) very expensive late at night, so you won’t have to pay for it.

3.Oh, and my Dad also says it’s OK for me to go _____ (I / get) home by midnight.

4.Kevin says he doesn’t want to go, so ______ (he / change) his mind, he won’t be there.

5.She’s been ill, but _____ (she / get) better, she won’t be able to go because her parents won’t let her.

6.And Robin won’t go _____ (his girlfriend / agree) to go too — and she doesn’t like night clubs.

7.But _____ (we / know) many people, I’m sure we’ll have a great time.

8._____ (the music / be) good, we’ll be able to dance and enjoy ourselves.

9.I’m going to phone you tonight _____ (you / see) this message before then.

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TIME CLAUSES

Exercise 156. Match the sentence halves to make appropriate sentences.

1.Could you check the departure time

2.As soon as interest rates rise,

3.We need to stay

4.The Finance Director needs to speak to you

5.She will move to Frankfurt

6.We won’t open our new office

7.I think you should save some money

8.We can set up in that country

a)until the meeting has finished.

b)as soon as you get to the office.

c)until we’ve saved enough time.

d)while you are still working.

e)when the conditions are right.

f)when she finds a good job.

g)before we leave for the airport.

h)the economy will slow down.

Exercise 157. Complete these sentences with ‘when’, ‘while’, ‘before’, ‘after’, ‘until’ or ‘as soon as’. More than one answer may be possible in each case.

1.We won’t buy anything new _____ we’ve paid off all our debts.

2.They’ll start the meeting _____ the manager arrives.

3.I was finishing the report _____ my boss went out with clients.

4.It’s urgent so I’ll phone you _____ I get home.

5.Can you check the figures _____ you go home?

Exercise 158. Birgit Scheider is writing to her previous boss, a successful American businesswoman. Read her questions about starting a new business and choose the most appropriate option in each case.

1. I remember _____ I first thought about quitting my job.

a)before

b)as soon as

c)when

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