Business English. Textbook 1. Сборник упражнений в диалогах - Элла Маркина 4 стр.


Tell him I (to be) ready to discuss any questions he has.


Exercise 2.2

 Whats the matter? You (to be) so excited.

It (to be) your first day at work?

 Yes, today (to be) my first day at work. I (to be)

nervous a little.

 Dont worry so much. I (to be) Oliver. I (to be) ready

to help you if you need.

 Thanks a lot! How many people (to be) in our department?

 Actually five. That tall man (to be) Alex. He (to be) our

IT engineer. He (to be) a very good specialist.

 Well, who (to be) that nice young woman?

 This (to be) Nelly. She (to be)) our Section Heads assistant.

As I know she (to be) skilled and knows four languages.

 Frankly speaking, I (not to be) experienced.

This (to (to) my first job.

 No problem. Everyone felt just like you on his first day at work.


Exercise 2.3

 I know that Transport Service (to be) a big company

and their chances and ours to win this tender (to be) equal.

 I think you (to be) mistaken. They have

some problems with Tax Inspection so they have no chances.

 Probably you (to be) right. The customer doesnt

like to have dealt with a company which has such problems.

I dont know if they (to be) successful; however, they

will certainly try.

 Unfortunately, the reality (to be) completely different. Hardly

any serious Customer will have any dealings with them.

 Dont be so sure. I know that after a short interruption

they proceeded with their work. I (to be) sure they

will certainly try.


Exercise 2.4

«Good afternoon! We regret to inform you that we (to be) not at all satisfied with your service. You can imagine our disappointment when we discovered that the quality of the received goods was worse than we expected. We tried to get in touch with you by phone but didnt get anyone who knew anything about how this matter could be solved. We (to be) interested to know if you can offer any explanation for this poor quality of your goods».

LESSON 3

Спряжение глагола to be в прошедшем времени. (я была, он был)

(+) I / He / She / It  (+) I was in my office

They / We / You  were / They were right


(-) I / He / She / It  was not = (-)

They / We / You  were not = werent


(?) Was I? / (?) Was he?/ (?) Was she? (?) Was it?

Were they? / Were we? Were you?


Who was in the office yesterday?

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Exercise 3

 You (to be) at our new cinema yesterday? There to be to be

a very interesting film on.

 I remember I (to be) there a few weeks ago. There (to be to be

a lot of people.

 You (to be) there alone, (to be)) you? Who to be))

with you?

 No, I (to be) there with my friends.

 The film (to be) interesting?

 I advise you to watch this movie. It (to be) impressive.

 Thanks


Exercise 3.1

 Who (to be) in the office yesterday after 6p.m.?

 As I know, Mike (to be), why?

 There (to be) very important documents on my table,

but now they arent.

 Which documents (to be) there?

 First of all, there (to be) a draft contract for delivery

of equipment. In addition, there (to be) some reports.

 I really dont know. I remember some documents (to (to

in that red folder. Mike brought them and put them in.

 Probably somebody took them and misplaced as usual.


Exercise 3.2

 You (to be) right! It ((to be) a waste of time.

 From the other side, you (to be) right too, because you

(not to be) sure in result but now you know for sure.

 Yes, the pump (to be) really out of order.

 Anyway, It (to be) necessary to check it again.

I think we need extra hands. There (to be) something wrong

with a forklift.

 There (to be) any urgent work there?

 Yes. The warehouse number 3 had to be cleaned

out as soon as possible.


Exercise 3.3

 I saw Nelly, She (to be) so tired that couldnt move.

It (to be) a very hard day. There (to be)) a lot of work

at the office yesterday. We (not to be) ready for

the talks with the Customer. Necessary documents

(not to be) prepared.

 You (to be) nervous?

 No, I (to be) angry! My assistant (to be)) out. I was

said that she (to be) ill, thats why she (to be absent.

said that she (to be) ill, thats why she (to be) absent.

 I am sorry! It (to be) really hard day yesterday.


Exercise 3.4

 Whats the problem? I was said that some of

workers had no gas sensor devices. As I know there

(to be) a number of similar sensors at the warehouse.

 In fact, we ordered only definite quantity of the devices.

Probably Safety Engineer (to be) right and there (to be) no

sensors any more.

 Why you didnt think of it before?

 We didnt expect that we would have to attract so many

workforces for the Shutdown.

LESSON 4

Спряжение глагола to be в будущем времени. (я буду, он будет)

(+) I shall be  Ill be / Well be/ He will be  Hell be /

Shell be / Itll be / Theyll be / Youll be

 Ill be busy tomorrow.


(-) I shall not be  I shant be / We shant be /

He will not be  He wont be / She wont be /

It wont be / They wont be / You wont be

 They wont be ready by that time.


(?) Shall I be? / Shall we be? / Will he be? / Will she be? /

Will it be? Will they be? / Will you be?

 Shall I help you? Will you help me?


В современном английскомwillиспользуется со всеми лицами,

так что можете, смело сказать  I will be happy!

We will be at the plant in a half an hour.


Gas Processing Plant


Exercise 4

 I hope, I (to be) on holiday next month. I (to be)

in the country. It (to be) country-holiday..

 Oh, there (to be) a lot of interesting for you I think.

As I understand it (to be) your first trip to the country.

 I am sure it (not to be) boring there. And where

you (to be) this summer?

 Unfortunately. I (to be) in town because I have much

work to do this summer.


Exercise 4.1

 He (to be) at the plant tomorrow?

 I am afraid he wont. He is leaving tonight. He (to be)

on business till the end of the next week.

 What a pity! Who (to be) instead him?

 I suppose Peter. He (to be) in the office tomorrow.

 Well, I (to be) in your office tomorrow afternoon.

 Ok, well be waiting for you.


Exercise 4.2

 They (to be) busy after lunch? Id like to discuss

some things.

 Perhaps, they will. They (to be) on the object.

 By the way, when (to be) the meeting?

 The meeting (to be) at 11a. m. Managers of all departments

(to be) there.

 You (to be) there too?

 Of course!

 They say there (to be) some changes in work schedule.

 Yes, we are planning to complete works till the end of the

year so we will have to work overtime.

 It (to be) hard month. But from other hand salary (to be)

more. Isnt it good news?

 Its all the same to me, I work on rotation. I hope

I (not to be) at work on New Year Holiday as usual.

 Dont you work on New Year Holiday?

 Yes, three years in row.

 Its just your luck!


Exercise 4.3

 Hello, Paul Do you remember me? We studied together.

Im Lena. Ill be working with you.

 Oh, I remember you, ofcourse! How are you?

Come in. It (to be) your work place. Make

yourself comfortable! Believe me, you (to be) very busy

all this week. There (to be) too much work in the office.

 I (to be) hardworking, Ill do the best.

 If you do it, it (to be) right. Im sure you (to be)

one of the best specialists.

 I hope you (not to be) a crazy boss

 Dont worry I (to be) a wise boss.

 We (to be) a good team. You can trust in me.

 I also happy that you (to be) one of us. I know you are

а reliable person.

 Nice to hear it. Thanks a lot.

 You are welcome.

LESSON 5

Раскройте скобки используя правило спряжения глагола to be в настоящем, прошедшем и будущем времени

Exercise 5

 Hello Sofia, there (to be) any letters for me?

 Yes, there (to be) some letters from our Providers.

They (to be) here. And here (to be) our invoice for a Customer.

Could you sign it, please?

 That (to be) ok, Ill look and sign it a little later.

The meeting (to be) at 9 a.m., isnt it?

 Yes, it (to be) at 9 sharp.

 When the memorandum (to be) ready?

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