Practice Drills

I. How would you answer these questions?

1.Tell us about your company.

2. Tell us about yourself.

3. Tell us about your city.

4. What is the first thing you do at a business lunch?

5. What can you say to make the transition between small talk and

business discussions?

6.How can you end a business lunch? How do you «close» the meeting?

Give two examples.

7.when s it proper to introduce your guests and exchange cards?

8.make a reservation for four people at a restaurant for lunch, at 12:00 noon, and make sure it is for quiet table.

9.Give a few introductory sentences to open a business lunch.

Include a few introductions of guests.

10. If you have to end a meeting even though people are still discussing business, how could you end it tactfully?

Interrogative sentences. Question types. Вопросительные предложения. Типы вопросов

В английском языке, задавая вопрос, недостаточно просто сделать интонацию вопросительной, как в русском языке,- для этого следует изменить порядок слов. Сперва следует найти в предложении подлежащее и сказуемое. Английское утвердительное предложение имеет следующую схему:

Подлежащее + сказуемое + дополнение + обстоятельство

С точки зрения построения вопроса все глаголы делятся на две группы:

Табл . 3.

1. Глаголы, образующие вопрос путем простого изменения порядка слов, – выдвижения глагола на место перед подлежащим.
Am, is, are, was, were Have, has, had*( только для Perfect Tense) Can, could, may, must, will, would, shall, should	He is a student. – Is he a student? We are working. – Are we working? They have finished work. – Have they finished work? He can swim. – Can he swim?

• Глагол have в значении иметь, вынужден, придется и в составе устойчивых сочетаний типа have dinner, have a rest и т. д. oбразует вопрос с помощью вспомогательных глаголов do, does, did.

Do you have any questions?

Does he have a business?

Did you have any meetings yesterday?

2.Все остальные глаголы для образования вопроса требуют вспомогательный глагол.
I, we, you, they work - do She, he, it works - does Все лица worked- did	We work. – Do we work? He works. - Does he work? They worked. - Did they work?

Табл. 4. Порядок слов в вопросительном предложении

Вопросительное слово	Вспомогательный глагол	Подлежащее	Сказуемое в начальной форме	Второстепенные члены предложения
Who What When Where Why How	do did does	you they your father	have arrive work? make	for breaskfast? to Moscow? it?

Типы вопросов

1. Общий вопрос требует ответа да или нет.

Is he studying at the Academy? – Yes, he is./ No, he is not.

Do you work for Nestle? – Yes, I do.

2. Альтернативный вопрос образуется из 2-х частей, соединенных союзом or, первая часть образуется точно так же, как общий вопрос, после or дается выбор.

Is he studying at the Academy or in the Institute?

Do you work for Nestle or Johnson& Johnson ?

Альтернативный вопрос = Общий вопрос +or…?

3. Специальный вопрос образуется путем постановки на 1-е место вопросительного слова, которое показывает к какому члену предложения относится вопрос.

Специальный вопрос = Вопросительное слово +Общий вопрос?

Вопросительные слова:

Where-где

When- когда

Why-почему

How-как

How many-сколько(исчисл.)

How much-сколько(неисчисл.)

What for - за что

What - что и т. д.

Where is he studying?

What company do you work for?

4. Разделительный вопрос(хвостовой) состоит из 2-х частей, разделенных запятой. 1-я часть представляет собой повествовательное предложение, во 2-й части ставится краткий вопрос( подлежащее, выраженное существительным, заменяется соответствующим по смыслу личным местоимением ) Если 1-я часть утвердительная, то 2-я отрицательная и наоборот.

He is studying at the Academy, isn’t he?

You work for Nestle, don’t you?

5. Вопрос к подлежащему является исключением: для его образования не нужно изменять порядок слов в предложении, следует лишь заменить подлежащее Who?(Кто?) What? ( Что?)

Who is studying at the Academy?

Who works for Nestle?

Ex.1. Ask question to the words underlined

1. Janita is from Finland.

2. She was born 150 kilometres north of Helsinki.

3. She studied in Helsinki University from 2001 to 2004.

4. She is an accountant.

5. He works for Nokia.

6. Nokia produces and sells mobile phones all over the world.

7. Janita has been working for Nokia for 5 years already.

8. Her boss told her that she can be promoted soon.

9. Janita hopes that her salary would be increased.

Ex.2. Choose the right variant

1. What … at now?

1. you are working

2. are you working

2. “When … this file?” – “Yesterday”.

1. you have read

2. have you read

3. What … tomorrow?

1. will you do

2. you will do

4. “ … the documents already?”

1. Have you seen

2. You have seen

5. …your bill ?

a) Have you paid

b) Have you pay

6. … at the hotel two hours ago?

1. Did you arrive

2. Did you arrived

7. … a single room?

1. Could I book

2. Could I booked

8. (at the hotel) “Excuse me. ….?”

1. Service is included

2. Is service included

9. (at the restaurant) “Right, madam. … to order?”

1. Are you ready

2. You are ready

10. … checked in the reception when you arrived at the hotel?

1. Has he already

2. Had he already

3. He has already

4. You had already

Ex. 3. Ask your friend who has a job if these statements true for him (her) at work. (=Make sentences interrogative)

1. You work at a computer a lot of time.

2. You use e-mail a lot.

3. You have to do a lot of paperwork.

4. You arrange meetings.

5. You attend quite a lot of meetings.

6. You show people around your workplace.

7. You send invoices.

8. You deal with customer complaints.

9. You are responsible for promotion.

10. Your manager is pleased with your work.

11. Your manager works a lot.

12. You have been promoted from the time you started my job.

13. You can finish work early on Fridays.

14. You have to take the minutes during the meetings.

15. You got paid holiday last year.

16. You are satisfied with your salary.

17. You have been on training courses.

18. You will be promoted soon.

Ex.4. Write the questions (general, special) to these answers.

1. Sales rose by 10% last year

2. The stock market value fell from 240 to 225 in two days.

3. There was a rise of 5% in the value of the shares.

4. The shares were 2.5$ last week.

5. The value of the shares has just gone up 1$ to 3.5$

6. There has been a steady increase in the profit.

7. We had to pay over 5000$ in interest.

Ex.5. Define the type of question

1. What is the inflation rate in your country?

2. Is the economy of your country in the state of recession?

3. How much money did you borrow from the bank last year?

4. Sales dropped by 5% last year, didn’t they?

5. Did the sales rise by 10 or 15% last year?

Ex.6. Choose the right question tags

1. They used to work here, …?

a) don’t they

b) didn’t they

c) did they

2. Let’s see what we have, …?

1. shall we

2. will you

3. shan’t we

3. You haven’t got this information, …?

1. don’t you

2. haven’t you

3. have you

4. This is my pen, …?

1. isn’t this

2. isn’t it

3. is it

5. The printer is broken, …?

1. isn’t it

2. is it

3. did it

6. The hotel has got a pool, …?

1. isn’t it

2. has it

3. hasn’t it

7. It stopped working, …?

1. didn’t it

2. isn’t it

3. hasn’t it

8. You know Henry, …?

1. didn’t you

2. don’t you

3. aren’t you

9. You can give me the information, …?

1. can you

2. can’t you

3. don’t you

10. You can’t speak German, …?

1. can’t you

2. can you

3. are you

4. don’t you

11. They are on holiday, …?

1. are they

2. aren’t they

3. don’t they

12. He was not at home, …?

1. was he

2. wasn’t he

3. not was he

13. You’ve been to Paris, …?

a) don’t you

b) haven’t you

c) have you

14. You speak English, …?

a) aren’t you

b) didn’t you

c) don’t you

15. Mr Drayton won’t come back tomorrow, …?

1. won’t he

2. willn’t he

3. will he

16. Martin works very hard, …?

1. doesn’t he

2. does he

3. isn’t he

17. Ms Black will be here soon, …?

1. will he

2. is he

3. isn’t he

4. won’t he

18. You are ready, …?

1. aren’t you

2. do you

3. don’t you

4. are you

19. You are staying in the same hotel, …?

1. are you

2. aren’t you

3. do you

4. don’t you

20. The service is included, …?

1. is it

2. isn’t it

3. does it

4. doesn’t it