D Practice. 1.Read the following list of questions

1.Read the following list of questions. Classify them according to the question types.

1 Are you agents for Fischer equipment? 2 Where can I find this type of product? 3 You're not serious? 4 Fischer are market leaders, aren't they? 5 So you believe they're expensive? 6 Do you think there are better goods available? 7 Can you tell me how reliable they are?

A Direct yes/noquestions B Direct wh-questions C Indirect questions D Statement questions with rising intonation E Statement questions + tag

2.The FUB Group is a drug research body. The group has worked for ten years and has massively exceeded its budget. A journalist asks a leading figure in the group some questions.

Are the questions correctly formed or not? If wrong, write the corrections.

Q: How long time have you been working on the research?

A: Ten years.

Q: Could you tell me who were the main partners in the project?

A: FRS, UBDuss A. G., and Bokal.

Q: And you didn't plan to spend so much money, didn't you?

A: Of course we didn't.

Q: You say the forecasts were inaccurate. Who did resign after these forecasts?

A: Karl Drew resigned.

Q: Was that a correct decision?

A: I don't know ‒ it was his decision.

3. Explo Corporation is an Australian oil company based in Sydney. One of their technical managers calls Bruck Engineering in Singapore for some information.

In the dialogue below the questions are incomplete. Write the complete questions.

Explo:	____ (1) me something about your company?
Bruck:	Yes, we're market leaders for joints for the pipeline business.
Explo:	And where ____ (2)?
Bruck:	Our manufacturing base is in Singapore but we have a distribution and sales network throughout Australasia.
Explo:	Can I ask ____ (3)?
Bruck:	Yes, we have an agent in Sydney.
Explo:	What ____ (4) agent's name?
Bruck:	Wall & Martin Joints Ltd.
Explo:	I see. And they ____ (5) Sydney?
Bruck:	That's right.
Explo:	And suppose I wanted to buy direct from you, the manufacturer?
Bruck:	No, sorry, you couldn't do that.
Explo:	I have to ____ (6)?
Bruck:	Yes, you do.
Explo:	And Wall & Martin are the only agents in Sydney, ___ (7)?
Bruck:	They are.
Explo:	How ____ (8) Wall & Martin?
Bruck:	You should write directly to them.

4. All of the following are grammatically wrong. How should they be said?

1 Is coming Mr Perez?	7 Do you be ready?
2 Did they sold the subsidiary?	8 We not met before?
3 What means 'price/earning' ratio?	9 Do you can help me?
4 Does she have completed the survey?	10 Why they came?
5 When it must be finished?	11 Why she is angry?
6 No possible to get here earlier? (2 variants)

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