Например.
Mr. Hill met the group at the airport.
They didn't go to London by taxi.
Did they have any problems?
Exercises
1. Read the following irregular verbs:
| Инфинитив | Простое прошедшее время | 3-я форма (причастие прошедшего времени) |
| • to be | was/ were | been |
| to come | came | come |
| to make | made | made |
| to speak | spoke | spoken |
| to meet | met | met |
| to see | Saw | Seen |
| to take | took | Taken |
| to keep | kept | Kept |
2. Write down the following regular verbs in Past Indefinite:
| • to fill | • to specialise |
| to fill in | to train |
| to distribute to work | to provide to study |
| to enjoy |
3. Underline the verbs in the following sentences and say in what tenses they are used:
• Are you on business in London?
How long have you been in London?
I was in London in 1996.
• We have just had lunch. They are still having lunch.
We had lunch at 8 o'clock.
• He works as a manager.
He is working at this company.
He worked at this company from 1990 to 1995.
• He speaks fluent French.
He is now speaking English.
He spoke for 3 hours at the conference.
4. Underline the answers true to the text:
| • On what floor was the conference room, where the participants met, located? | On the ground floor. On the first floor. On the second floor. |
| • Did Mr. Hill speak for a long time? | He said only two wolds. He said a few sentences. He spoke for two hours. |
| • About what did Mr. Hill speak? | About himself only. Only about his company. About his company and himself. |
| • What did the group do after Mr. Hill introduced himself? | They asked him a lot of questions. They introduced themselves. |
| • What paper did Mr. Hill distribute then? | The Programme. The Rooming List. The Timetable. |
| • What tour did the participants make then? | A panoramic tour of London. A tour of Madame Tussaud's. A tour of the Tower of London. |
| • Did the participants make any pictures? | Yes, they did. No, they did not want to. No, they did not have any cameras. |
5. Read the following:
word, words, to word, wording
to work, worked, work, works, worker, working
with me, with them, with us, with a camera, with their cameras
Many of them make pictures with their cameras.
6. Insert prepositions:
Let me say a few words... myself and the company who is the organiser... this Programme. I'm Doctor... Economics.... the recent past I worked... a foreign trade company and then... a bank. Now I specialise... business management and... training businessmen... East European countries.... some time I worked... Poland and Hungary. Now I'm closely cooperating... Russia.
7. Insert articles:
• I'm working for IMD. It's... well established company specialising in business training.... company also provides financial consulting. Here before you there are booklets on... history and scope of activities of our company. I'll be grateful if you could introduce yourself in just... few words.
• Thank you for... nice reception and for... good beginning of... Programme. I hope... Programme will be... success and we shall learn..lot of things.
• I'm... financial manager of... department in... commercial bank in Moscow.
8. Complete these short speeches and act out similar ones:
• Ladies and gentlemen! First let me say a few words about myself and the company. My name is David Hill. I'm.. In the recent past... Now I specialise.. For some time I worked...
• I'm working for.. It's a well established.. The company also provides... Here before you there are booklets... You... keep... Now I'll be grateful... introduce yourself...
• Let me first thank you for... I hope.... success... My name is Oleg Pilov. I'm..manager..bank... And I'm especially interested... foreign transactions for small...
ü speech — речь
9. Role play
• Imagine you are the Organiser of a training programme for foreign participants in Russia.
• Write down the main points of the opening speech.
• Make the opening speech.
ü role play — ролевая игра
ü to imagine — представить (себе)
Grammar:
Exercise 1.Put the verbs into the Past Simple Tense:
We … into a very small but comfortable room (to come). There …. much furniture in it: a bed, a small round table, a wardrobe and two chairs (not to be). The wash – stand and the shower …. in the garden. (to be). I usually …. at six o’clock in the morning, …., …. the bed and in some twenty minutes I ….on my way to the sea. (to get up, to wash, to make, to be) It …. me about ten minutes to go to sea-shore (to take). I …. my morning exercises and …. (to do, to bathe). Then I …. down on the sand and …. to the sun till 11 o’clock (to lie, to bash) At 11 sharp I …. My basket and …. to the nearest canteen to have breakfast (to take, to go) My breakfast …. not very substantial, for I can’t eat much after I’ve lain in the sun for several hours (to be). On the beach I often …. some of my friends, who sometimes …. a transistor radio set with them (to meet, to bring). It is very pleasant to listen in while you are lying in the sun. After dinner, which I ….rather late, I ….for a stroll along the sea – coast or to the tennis court to have a few sets of tennis (to have, to go). When it ….quite dark, I …. I to lathe for a second time together with my friends. (to be, to go). I …. to bed at 11 o’clock. (to go)
Exercise 2.