I. Подчеркните сказуемое предложений, определите его видовременную форму, переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. I work for a design company.

2. They are closing down the Liverpool factory.

3. We first got the idea for the new product a year ago.

4. The manager will phone you back within the hour.

5. Since the 1980s they have been extremely successful.

6. They were still talking about the problem when I left.

7. He studied the contract he had signed a day before.

II. Соотнесите видовременную форму страдательного залога в первой колонке с соответствующим названием во второй колонке.

1. had been invested	a. Past Continuous Passive
2. was invested	b. Present Simple Passive
3. was being invested	c. Past Simple Passive
4. has been invested	d. Future Perfect Passive
5. is invested	e. Past Perfect Passive
6. will be invested	f. Present Continuous Passive
7. is invested	g. Future Indefinite Passive
8. will have been invested	h. Present Perfect Passive

III. Подчеркните сказуемое предложения, определите его видовременную форму и залог, переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. All the financial information was thoroughly checked.

2. The components for Ford cars are manufactured in fifteen countries.

3. The project will soon be completed.

4. This solution has been long waited.

5. This meeting is being held to discuss last month’s sales figures.

IV. Раскройте скобки и поставьте глаголы в Present, Past или Future Simple Passive, переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Hundreds of calls (to receive) every day.

2. The new trend (to discuss) yesterday.

3. The information (to e-mail) tomorrow.

4. Look! This message (to address) to you.

5. The product (to develop) last year.

V. Поставьте следующие предложения в Passive Voice. Начните предложения с указанных слов.

Model: We discussed a lot of problems.

A lot of problems were discussed by us.

1. The company changed tariffs. The tariffs...

2. They will send the catalogue and price-list. The catalogue and price-list ...

3. All the staff attends our presentation. Our presentation ...

4. They often serve cheese after dessert in France. Cheese...

5. The will purchase new equipment. New equipment ...

VI. Переведите предложения на английский язык, обращая внимание на сказуемое в Passive Voice.

1. Его предложение было отклонено.

2. Новый офис будет открыт в следующем году.

3. Собрания проводятся по средам.

4. Все мнения были обсуждены.

5. Эти решения принимаются директором.

VII. Определите функции причастия настоящего времени (Participle I) в предложении, переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Being tired he refused to continue negotiations.

2. They demonstrated the figures showing considerable rise in sales.

3. Having poor English he didn’t participate in the discussion.

4. They are planning to decrease production.

5. The trail of missing funds finally led to Simon’s department.

6. They are still demanding free delivery.

VIII. Определите функцию причастия прошедшего времени (Participle II) в предложении, переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Unfortunately the goods offered do not satisfy our requirements.

2. Employers are legally obliged to pay the minimum wage.

3. Have you ever experienced similar problems?

4. Most e-mails are badly planned.

5. There was an attachment with the detailed breakdown of costs.

6. The partners looked convinced.

IX. Переведите предложения на русский язык, обращая внимание на многозначность слов that, it, one.

1. Advertising is expensive and companies must consider it.

2. Bigger companies have more efficient marketing strategy than small ones.

3. We can solve the problem. We’ll let Finance to think about that.

4. It’s difficult to discuss several subjects at once.

5. The survey shows that managers spend 50% of the time speaking on the phone.

X. Подчеркните подлежащее и сказуемое в сложноподчиненных предложениях (определительных, дополнительных, обстоятельственных), переведите предложения на русский язык.

1. Investors want to invest because they think they will make a profit.

2. Imports become cheaper when a currency gets stronger.

3. A truly free market economy cannot exist as all governments control the economy to some extent.

4. This curve shows how income is distributed in the market economy.

5. Capital includes everything that is used in the manufacturing process.

XI. Заполните пропуски в предложениях соответствующими союзными словами: who, that, which, when, where, why, how...

1. The market ... employers buy workers’ service is called the labour market.

2. Microeconomics studies ... companies run business.

3. Fixed costs don’t change ... production increases.

4. It’s necessary to understand ... we failed.

5. The manager said ... they don’t have job vacancies.

XII. Переведите следующие бессоюзные предложения на русский язык.

1. The main service any bank provides is lending money.

2. The interest rate the government sets influences the rate commercial banks set.

3. People on low income spend all the money they have on daily necessities.

4. Income is the amount of money a person receives over a period of time.

5. We think we must predict the demand.

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