Lesson 8

Exercise 1. Give three forms of the following irregular verbs according to

the model.

Model: to bring — brought — brought

to buy, to sell, to make, to take, to give, to speak, to be, to find, to

become, to know

Exercise 2. Make up sentences using these words.

1. Product, manufactured, bought, Germany, in, we, a. 2. The book,

this, Peter Drucker, written, is, by. 3. Has, building, 2001, the company,

this, owned, since. 4. The, e-mailed, have, letter, yet, you? 5. Our, today,

haven’t, Transport, I, manager, seen. 6. Several, have, they, shops, retailer,

just, opened.

Exercise 3. Use the verbs given in brackets in the Past Simple or the

Present Perfect.

1. The Sales Manager (go) on a business trip yesterday. 2. We (complete)

the task two days ago. 3. The model (become) popular over the last few

years. 4. We (not receive) the order yet. 5. The fair (take place) in Singapore

last month. 6. Many new markets (emerge) in Eastern Europe recently.

Exercise 4. Find mistakes in these sentences and correct them.

1. The guests have arrived yesterday. 2. He has already wrote a business

plan. 3. Did you met the partners at the airport? 4. I haven’t talk to the

journalists yet. 5. When have you bought this exquisite thing? 6. The

entrepreneur have just arranged the production of new packaging for

accessories.

Exercise 5. Make up questions in the Present Perfect and the Past Simple.

1. I met a famous designer yesterday (when). 2. He invented a perfect

device last year (what). 3. They have already filled in the job application

form (what kind of). 4. The dean has been away for three weeks (how long).

5. The product cost $120 (how much). 6. He has presented the company’s

project successfully (how).

Exercise 6. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1. Они уже инвестировали несколько миллионов долларов в этот

проект. 2. Он недавно сделал крупное открытие. 3. Конвейерная ли-

ния только что остановилась. 4. Насколько я помню, он стал попу-

лярным совсем недавно. 5. Если память мне не изменяет, прибор,

установленный в цеху, очень дорогой. 6. Студенты, окрыленные но-

вой идеей, работают очень эффективно.

ADDITIONAL TEXTS FOR READING AND

RETELLING

BASIC COURSE

Lesson 1

Text 1

Conrad Nicolson Hilton is the founder of Hilton Hotels. He is one of

the richest businessmen in the world. His hotels are everywhere: in San

Francisco, Chicago and New York. He also has the College Hotel and the

University of Houston. Hilton is the great-grandfather of the famous Nicky

and Paris Hilton.

Text 2

Walter Disney is American. He is a self-made man. He is the inventor

of animated cartoons. He is a wizard. His cartoons are beautiful and

popular. His work is difficult but interesting.

Text 3

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, the son of a dentist and a psychiatrist, is an

American programmer and entrepreneur. He is a developer of Facebook,

a social network. His invention is popular in the world. Now he is the CEO

of Facebook. He is a philanthropist too.

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