Ex.1. Complete the sentences using the correct passive (continuous) form of the verbs in brackets

1. I can do nothing when I know I (watch).

2. Close the door please, the matter just (discuss).

3. We watched how this information (collect).

4. President’s speech (translate) for the foreign guests.

5. When I came to my native town two years ago, this supermarket still (build).

6. When my father was a worker at this plant this work still (do) by hand.

7. My car (repair) now.

8. Don’t enter the room. My friend (interview) there.

9. The runways (lengthen) at all the main airports.

10. My proposal just (consider) when I came.

11. My office (redecorate) when I moved there.

12. I couldn’t give you our daily program, it still (work out).

Ex.2. Open the brackets, using the Passive Voice.

1. As I entered the office, I had the feeling that I (watch).

2. A lot of new experiments (make) in my husband’s laboratory now.

3. I am sure a lot of questions (ask) when I finish speaking.

4. This report (send) at once.

5. This money (spend) on market research next year.

6. Service (include) in the bill.

7. Don’t enter without invitation. A very important problem (discuss).

8. The program (work out) many years ago, but it still (use) with great success.

9. When the market (segment) last?

10. Market share often (use) as an indication for the success of a business.

11. The new method (show) to the young specialist today.

12. If we hurry with the work, it (spoil).

Ex.3. Translate into English.

1. Контракт саме тоді підписували, коли ми приїхали.

2. Листи зараз друкуються.

3. Про його новий експеримент сьогодні багато говорять, чи не так?

4. Зараз виконується мій улюблений концерт. Послухайте його, будь-ласка.

5. Він не виявив великого інтересу, коли це питання обговорювалось.

6. Він увійшов до залу в темряві і не одразу зрозумів, який фільм демонструвався.

7. Я здивований, що його слухають з такою зацікавленістю.

8. Вона відчувала, що на неї дивляться.

9. Сьогодні проводиться дослідження ринку для того, щоб зрозуміти що потрібно споживачу.

10. Коли я прийшов в супермаркет, там продавалися відеокасети з фільмами мого улюбленого режисера.

11. Новий проект нині розглядається Радою Директорів.

12. Саме зараз всі замовлення доставляються клієнтам нашим кур’єром.

Speech and Discussion

Ex.1. Imagine you are setting up your own business. What target market would you choose? Why?

Ex.2. Discuss with your groupmates the situation in the Ukrainian consumer markets.

Ex.3. Do you think that Ukraine can be called a market-oriented country? Prove your point of view.

Ex.4. Familiarize yourself with the following idioms. Consult your dictionary and translate the sentences into Ukrainian. Think of situations where you could use them.

1. We can ask any price we like for our product; we have a captive market.

2. Once a government has cornered the market, as for instance in gas or electricity, there is always a huge rise in price.

3. The fees you are charging are so high that you are in danger of pricing yourself out of the market.

4. The dishonest advertising agencies will spoil the market for the good ones.

5. We are not in the market for diamonds at present.

Ex.5. Comment on:

“Necessity never made a good bargain” (B. Franklin)

Lesson 3

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