Grammar: Appendix 8; Appendix 5

v The Past Indefinite Tense.

v Numerals.

Exercise 12. a) Read and write in words the following cardinal numbers:

54, 87, 21, 90, 143, 205, 4040, 414, 2003, 974, 96754, 54937, 10608, 552331, 1343, 87769, 874766, 986009, 6547340

b) Form, read, and write in words ordinal numbers of the following:

12, 1, 11, 10, 15, 29, 24, 40, 52, 75, 80, 98, 1001, 122, 135, 2010, 263, 5636, 892

c) Read and write in words the following dates:

9/III.1814, 22/VI.1941, 9/V.1957, 12/IV.1999, 27/XI.2002, 28/X.2010, 1/XII.2009

Exercise 13. Read and write in words the following common and decimal fractions:

a) 1/7, 1/5, 1/9, 1/3, 1/12, 1/15, 1/25, 3/8, 2/5, 4/7, 9/23, 3/4, 5/9, 1 3/40, 1 3/5, 2 1/3, 2 5/7, 5 1/3, 4 1/6

b) 3.5, 2.34, 12.3, 52.51, 0.1, 0.25, 0.302, 132.054, 5.37, 6.4

Exercise 14. Read a sentence about the present and then write a sentence about the past:

Example: Carol usually gets up at 7:30.

Yesterday she got up at 7:30.

1. Our meeting usually starts early. Yesterday morning.... 2. Carol usually walks to work. Yesterday …. 3. My partner is usually late for work. Yesterday.... 4. Our general director often dictates his letters. Yesterday …. 5. We usually make these transactions automatically in the evening. Yesterday evening …. 6. The vendor usually opens his shop in time. Yesterday morning …. 7. Middle line manager as a rule executes the same set of tasks. The day before yesterday.... 8. At the end of the year we change our prices. Last year …. 9. Sometimes we make a phone call in the morning. Yesterday morning …. 10. He usually affects the process of new mass media campaign. During the previous campaign....

Exercise 15. Put the verb in the correct tense form (Past Indefinite):

1. Last year we (spend) … our holiday in Ireland. 2. The secretary (not/come) … this morning because she (not/have) … time. 3. Most futures markets (be) … outside the countries that produce the goods. 4. I (travel)... around by car with two assistants and we (inform)... people about our new goods. 5. We (not/participate) because we (not/be) … ready. 6. We (buy) … goods from a producer at the commodity market. 7. She (not/be) … interested in the contract because she (not/agree) …. 8. Where (hold / you)... your last meeting?

Exercise 16. Mix and match:

She lost his phone number so she didn’t do the presentation

He had a lot of work so they didn’t have lunch

The meeting ran over so he didn’t get the message

He missed his train so she didn’t call him

He only spoke Portuguese so we didn’t understand

She forgot her laptop so he didn’t come

I made a mistake with his e-mail address so they didn’t make the plan

They were stuck in traffic jam so he didn’t drive home

Exercise 17. Choose and insert one of the verbs in brackets in the past form:

1. He … (to study, to do, to read ) the market. 2. Staff manager... (to write, to send, to wait) for his fax several days ago. 3. I … (to buy, to do, to write)everything to get this job. 4. They (to sell, to react, to promote ) to the new prices very strangely. 5. The secretary (to write, to offer, to ask) a lot of questions at the meeting. 6. Two friends (to start, to produce, to consume ) their small business. 7. I ( to spend, to be, to do ) at the business negotiations in Sofia last weekend. 8. My business partners (to sign, to understand, to pay ) the contract willingly. 9. He (to promote, to research, to analyze ) new product to the market. 10. We (to satisfy, to promote, to execute ) all wants and needs of our customers.

Exercise 18. Translate into English:

1. Що ви робили в неділю? 2. Де ви були вчора ввечері? – Ми брали участь у обговоренні нового проекту. 3. Вам сподобався наш лозунг? – Так, лозунг був дуже цікавий. 4. Я увійшов до офісу, увімкнув комп’ютер і почав працювати над завданням. 5. Вчора ми не надіслали їй телеграму тому, що не знали її адреси. 5. Які іноземні мови ви знаєте? – Я знаю англійську і французьку мови. У школі я вивчав також німецьку, але знаю її погано. 6. Коли ви приїхали з відпустки? – Вчора о восьмій. 7.Наші працівники зробили все можливе, щоб досягти мети. 8. Менеджер хотів запитати мене про щось важливе, та вирішив не турбувати. 9. Тепер ми знаємо, що хтось відправив факс після дев’ятої нашим партнерам. 10. Центральний ринок нашого міста був створений ще у 17 столітті.

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