Exercise 229

Write the conversation between Simon and Charlie about the stationery for the sales department. Simon looks at his order and Charlie looks at his stocktaking list. Begin your conversation like this:

Simon: Hello, Charlie. How are you today?

Charlie: Fine, thank you, Charlie. Can I help you?

Simon: Yes.........

Exrecise 230  (We Mean Business ex 72, p 40)

Listen to the conversation on the tape. Charlie Alexander is talking to Janet Elvin at the warehouse. He is ordering some stationery. Fill in a copy of this order form with the information on the tape.

Exrecise 231

Translate from Russian into English.

1. Я хочу заказать две коробки больших скрепок и одну – маленьких.

2. Саймон всегда покупает твердые и мягкие карандаши.

3. Печатная бумага фрмата А4 пользуется спросом.

4. Александр позвонил на склад, чтобы подтвердить заказ на канцелярию для своего отдела.

5. Чарльз следит за тем, чтобы у сотрудников всегда на столе были шариковые ручки, карандаши, скрепки.

6. Я приступаю к новой работе в офисе и мне понадобятся: бумага, файлы, скотч.

7. Мне нужно 6 рулонов широкого скотча и 12 – узкого скотча.

8. У Анны на столе совсем нет писчей бумаги.

9. Вам нужны файлы и бумага формата А4?

10. Вам нужны скрепки?

11. Вам нужны синие или черные ручки?

REVISION 1 ПОВТОРЕНИЕ 1

Exercise 1

Put the verbs in brackets in the right form.

1. I (read) now. I (read) every day.

2. We (drink) tea now. We (drink) tea every morning.

3. They (go ) to school now. They (go) to school every day.

4. We (not watch) TV now. We (not watch) TV in the morning.

5. Peter (not work) now. Peter (not work) on Sunday.

6. I (not type) now. I (not type) after lunch.

7. You (work) now? You (work) every day?

8. He (write) now? He (write) to his friends?

9. What you (do) now? What you (do) every day?

10. What she (read) now? What she (read) at home?

Exercise 2

Underline the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

Joy is very bad-tempered today. Usually she 1 (works/is working) in a large office, but today she 2 (works/is working) in a small office. The decorators 3 (redecorate/are redecorating) room 102. Joy does not like anything in the small office. She 4 (types/is typing) on a manual typewriter, but usually she 5 (has/is having) an electric one. Her filing cabinet is in room 102, so she 6 (goes/is going) through to the big office every hour to do the filing. The decorators are not very happy either. Usually they only 7 (paint/are painting) the walls and ceilings, but here they 8 (paint/are painting) all the doors and window frames too. Luckily the room is nearly finished.

Exercise 3

Put the verbs in brackets into Present Simple or Present Continuous.

Every summer Tonia and her family 1) go (go) on holiday. They usually 2) ........................ (stay) in England but at the moment they 3) ......................... (travel) by plane. They 4) ............................ (go) to America! Tonia 5) ................. (be) very excited. She 6) .....................(look) out of the window and she 7) ..................................... (laugh). Her brother 8) ................................. (play) a game. He 9) .............................. (like) aeroplanes. He 10) ............................ (want) to be a pilot when he grows up.