• The Present Continuous Tense.

• The Structure to be going to do smth.

• Classes of Pronouns (Interrogative Pronouns, Negative Pronouns).

Exercise 12. Put each verb in this email into the Present Indefinite or Present Continuous:

1. Hello Viktor – How are you? Busy as always, I … (imagine)! 2. Thanks for your last email – I … (agree) completely with your comments about the situation in the market. 3. Currently we … (make) a reasonable profit, but it may not last. 4. Actually, I … (write) to you about something different. 5. We … (do) some market research at the moment – I … (remember) that I mentioned it to you when we met last week. 6. We … (want) to find out what our customers think about our company name. 7. We’re probably going to change it. I’ve attached a document with some ideas – it won’t take long to read. We … (try) to find a name that is more modern and more European. Can you let me know what you think? 8. I … (need) your comments by the end of the month, if possible. I … (appreciate) your help on this.

Exercise 13. Complete the sentences by putting each of the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the Present Indefinite or Present Continuous:

1. She … (work) at home trying to finish an urgent report. I … (think) she’ll be back at her office tomorrow. 2. He … (prepare) for the negotiations now. He … (prefer) face-to-face communication. 3. We usually … (take into account) the consumers’ wants and needs. Now we … (discuss) the results of our work at the meeting. 4. We … (make) our advertising better and we … (try) to use other promotional tools at the moment. 5. The profit from our campaign … (be) very high. But now we … (work) to reach better results. 6. I … (work) for Microsoft corporation. We … (organize) research of global market. 7. Kim asked me to call in and give her some information on our service. I … (have) a list of suggestions with me. It … (give) you information on where you could take your visitors.

Exercise 14. Write the following sentences with short forms of be going to and the words in brackets:

1. (I / hear / about the merger this evening). 2. (She / display / new goods tomorrow). 3. (They / work / hard this year). 4. (They / not / catch / that train!). 5. (Paul / not / drive / to Scotland in business.) 6. (We / not / finish / storage agreement today.) 7. (She / not / buy / our services.) 8. (you / have / a holiday this year?) 9. (Mary / leave / her job?) 10. (you / take / the vacancy in June?)

Exercise 15. Choose the correct tense-form for each sentence:

1. I (work / am working) as sales manager until the position of general manager is not vacant. 2. (Are you preferring / Do you prefer) publicity or advertising in your company? 3. How much (it is costing / does it cost) to place the advertisement materials on the front page of the newspaper? 4. We (schedule / are scheduling) our advertising campaign to stimulate consumer purchasing. 5. To make the work of our firm better we (improve / are improving) corporate communication now. 6. Please, be quiet, I (am preparing / prepare) annual report at the moment. 7. He (gather / is gathering) the information about our competitors during three months. 8. Would you like to look through the transportation license? – No, thank you, I (am not working / do not work) with transport sector.

Exercise 16. Insert one of the interrogative pronouns: “how”, “what”, “who”, “whose”, “why”, “whom” or “which”. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian:

1. ... is the consumer right of the first importance? 2. ... is responsible for the consumer protection? 3. ... presented the Consumer Bill of Rights in America? 4. ... lead her business to the failure? 5. ... of the points did you choose to discuss at the debates? 6. ... completed the assignment? 7. ... is the highest ranking official in the United States? 8. To ... did Mark lend his money? 9. … did you send inventory of our products? 10. ... is the main attraction in London, Buckingham Palace, the Tower, or Westminster Abbey? 11. … expend great efforts to attract and please consumers? 12. … information do you need to make a choice? 13. … does it mean to be protected from harmful goods and services? 14. …do we guarantee the level of quality of our goods?

Exercise 17. Insert one of the negative pronouns: nobody, nothing, and nowhere:

1. Suddenly the manager appeared out of … . 2. There is … for us to think about. 3. It is very dark in the office. I see … . 4. Our new colleague communicates with … . 5. The secretary gives … her documents. 6. I know … about the last shareholders meeting. 7. … helped him in his research. 8. What are you doing there? - … special. 9. My chief finds … the copy of the contract. 10. … in the department did this task in time.

Exercise 18. Translate into English:

1. Я збираюсь працювати на посаді менеджера у великій компанії. 2. Ціни на ринку піднімаються декілька разів протягом року. 3. Він не працює зараз в цій компанії, його посада залишається вакантною. 4. Ми збираємося прийняти багато нових рішень, щоб змінити нашу ринкову стратегію. 5. Я працюю над новим рекламним проектом вже другий рік. 6. Ви очікуєте на візит делегації з Шотландії наступного місяця? 7. Я не знаю нічого про зниження ціни на нову продукцію. Поговоріть з менеджером з продажу, вона постійно має справу з гнучкістю цін для оптових торговців. 8. Ви завжди ризикуєте коли виробляєте нові товари та послуги. 9. Багато випускників нашого інституту збираються працювати у сфері торгівлі. 10. В даний момент наші партнери отримують інформацію про деякі зміни в контракті.

UNIT 8

“The purpose of business is to create a customer”

(Peter Drucker. November, 19 1909 – November, 11 2005

American professor and Management Consultant)