Hi Pres1dent
You should break up long posts such as this one into several short posts. That way it's
much easier for other people to comment.
I've made suggestions. Some of the sentences in these exercises don't sound terribly natural, so there are also suggestions in places where there were no asterisks (**).
I. Grammar Exercises
1 Articles
1. *
(The)* equipment
of from Blake & Co is very good. They sell it to **
various different companies
2. Where are *the* newspapers? They are on *the* desk.
3. There
is **
much a lot of built
-in furniture in our kitchen. *The* furniture makes *the* kitchen comfortable.
4. We are interested in buying **
the/ - machines from British companies.
5.
*The* tools of Blake & Co
tools are
of ** high quality.
6. We
’ve received *
the an* enquiry for ** three machines
lately recently.
7. ** Last month our manager went to St. Petersburg by train. He
went there by took *an * express train. *The* train had no stops.
8. If you want to get
accommodation(s) at *a *hotel in Nice in
the summertime
you must reserve *the*
room in advance. ** Nice hotels are
full during
the summer time.
9. The
seller didn’t agree to give us *
a* discount as their goods were in *
a* great demand at that price.
10. We are interested in buying ** compressors for *a* new shop
in *
the*
a large plant in Siberia. *The* shop is already under construction
and
the customer
s require
s the goods urgently, as they must complete the
construction of the shop by the end of the year.
2 Prepositions
1. She is sitting *
on at* the table and
speaking talking *
on* the phone. She is making an appointment
on for Friday.
2. They met Mr. Black *in* his office. The meeting began at 10 o’clock and lasted **
(for?) two hours.
3. *The* other day Rossexport received an enquiry for the motors of Johanson & Sons.
4. The train will arrive with a delay
for of 40 minutes. Will you go to the departure lounge and wait for the announcement?
5. -Can you give us a discount *
for/on* a large order?
- As we have done a lot of business with you
, we can give you a small discount.
- In
that case
, we’d like to have a discount of 7%.
6. The charge for a room in this hotel is not very high.
7. They offered to deliver the pumps *in*
(of?) four lots
of 12 pumps each
in at regular intervals of 5 months.
(at regular 5-month intervals)8. You’ve reserved a single and a double room
for you for two
nights on the fourth floor. These are modern rooms with private baths.
They don’t face the street.
9. -I’d like a suit for office wear.
-Try *
on/-* this one
in for size.
(OR: Try this one on for size.)10. The
seller offered the goods *at* CIF terms and payment collection.
(This sounds clunky. I'd just say this: The seller offered the goods CIF.)
3 Degrees of comparison
1. The Sony TV set is more expensive than the Akai TV set. It’s one of the most expensive TV sets.
2. Are our cars as
convenient as German cars?
(In my opinion, reliable would be a more logical choice of words.)3. This is the busiest airport I’ve ever seen.
4. I come
later on Monday
s later than on other days.
5.
*More often* we give
a discount to buyers
most often if we have known them for a long time.
4Verb times
1. Now you *see* Mr. Black in his office. During the day he *looks*
through English newspapers
and *discusses* business matters. Now he is
reading a letter.
Later, he *is going to phone* the manager of the company.
2. -What model are you interested in?
-Model BC5 *meets* our requirement.
3. The fact *is* I sent you our offer last week. In my letter I
asked you to study it and give us your answer but we haven’t received
it yet.
4. -*
Will* the plane
to Moscow leave
s on time?
/Will the plane to Moscow be leaving on time?-There is a delay but it probably *won’t be* over 30 minutes
5. Good morning, Mr. Black. I’m glad to see you. I haven’t seen you since we met in London
6. How long *
it takes* (
will it take?) me to get there?
-It’ll take you about half an hour to get there at this time of the
day. There is a lot of traffic now. Look, bus 79A *is coming.*
7. Have you discussed the terms of delivery yet?
8. Jack arrived at the theatre about 7 o’clock. Ten minutes later he was sitting in the stalls and watching the performance.
9. Rossexport started shipping the goods nine months after we *
(had) signed* the contract.
(Past perfect is OK, but not necessary.)10. I don’t know when our accountant
comes will be back
5Reported speech
It's often difficult to judge reported speech without also knowing what the direct speech was.
1. Mr. Black said it hadn’t taken
us? long to discuss the price.
(It sounds as though the sentence need 'them' rather than 'us'.)2. The office manager said you would go
on business to London
on business soon.
3. Mr. Black asked if Mr. Taylor was staying with us.
4. Mr. Black wants to know what discount Mr. Smith can give
us(?).
5. Mr. Black said your prices were very high and they couldn’t accept them.
6. Mr. Black asked who Mr. Brown was waiting for.
7. Mr. Black wanted to know if Nancy had translated the letter.
8. Mr. Black says to look through the quotation from Dunn & Co.
9. Mr. Black said not to send the fax to Smith & Co.
10. Mr. Black asked if their goods met Mr. Smith’s requirements.
6Modal verbs
1. Can I offer you a cup of tea?
2. -
Must Do I have to go to the office every day?
-No
, you
mustn’t don't.
3. -
May Can I invite businessmen to the conference room?
-No, you
mustn’t (or mightn’t?) can't. It
must has to be cleaned.
4. When can you look through it?
5. -Why are you so late?
-Because I had to phone the British company.
6. -Why did Mr. Smith go to London last month?
-He was
/had to sign a contract there.
7. If the manager doesn’t have to stay late at the head office today
, he will be able to meet Mr. Smith
8. We received your offer 5 days ago
wand but we
couldn’t haven't been able to study it
(yet).
9. Who can make good coffee?
10. You are to contact Black & Co next Monday.