I. Match the direct and reported questions

1. Do you always make an appointment in the office at 12? 2. You always make an appointment in the office at 12, don’t you? 3. Do you always or sometimes make an appointment in the office at 12? 4. What do you always make at 12? 5. What appointment do you always make at 12?

a) I wondered if you always made an appointment in the office at 12. b) I wanted to know what appointment you always made at 12. c) I was interested if you always or sometimes made an appointment in the office at 12. d) I asked what you always made at 12 in the office.

II. Put “+” if it is a correct reported question or statement and write “-“ – if it is wrong.

1. He wanted to know if did I often look through the mail myself. 2. I wondered what equipment we had ordered from them the previous week. 3. He suggested buying the goods from their competitors. 4. The director wants to know when that firm had opened L/C. 5. The bookkeeper offered pay against shipping documents. 6. The Seller was interested the Buyers will get the goods by separate lots? 7. The client inquired what prime rate the Bank had. 8. The visitor asked the clerk if he would take in cash or by cheque in that case. 9. The chief demanded to let him know in case of the delay in delivering the goods. 10. The director ordered do not give any discounts to that firm.

III. Translate and report the speech of the director applying to the manager.

“ Good afternoon. Take a sit, please. Let’s talk about your business trip. I recommend you not to show them our interest in this model of the power equipment and offer you to look through all technical documents first. Do it slower than you usually do and do not hurry. Let me know at once if you find any faults in the machines during the tests. Please, find out the answers to the following questions. Do they give any discounts? Didn’t their firm sell to Baltpromstroi the machines at the price of $ 1500 per unit last quarter? If it is so, we may hope for a future discussion of the terms of payment, may not we? Who has been their constant Buyer till the moment? What are they improving in isolation now? Good luck to you, Mr Sornby. Good bye!”

IV. Translate and restore the direct speech.

“Good afternoon, Mr Mc Konnor. I am calling to pass you the questions they are interested in. First of all, they asked if we had been getting a large profit from trade abroad for the previous 3 years and, of course, they wondered if we had suffered some losses the year or 3 years before. Their director told me to send you their catalogues with my notices by mail as soon as I could and was interested if our firm would have got the samples of the production by the following Wednesday. He would also like to know what terms were particularly suitable to us. Besides, Director suggested having talks the following month and inquired what model we were greatly interested in then.”

Test 8

I. Match the direct and reported questions.

1. Mr Smith eliminated all the defects in the motor design yesterday, didn’t he? 2. Did Mr Smith eliminate all the defects in the motor design yesterday? 3. Has Mr Smith eliminated all the defects in the motor design? 4. What did Mr Smith eliminate yesterday? 5. What defects has Mr Smith eliminated?

a) I asked whether Mr Smith had eliminated all the defects in the motor design the day before. b) I inquired what Mr Smith had eliminated the day before. c) I wanted to know what defects Mr Smith had eliminated. d) I was interested if Mr Smith had eliminated all the defects in the motor design.

II. Put “+” if it is a correct reported question or statement and write “-“ if it is wrong.

1. The manager asked the worker why he hadn’t shipped the goods yesterday. 2. The chief was greatly interested what had the manager chosen of the models the day before. 3. The bookkeeper inquired if the firm would open a L/C with the Moscow-Minsk bank the following Monday. 4. The competitors wonder whether their advertisement campaign would be more expensive, but more efficient than ours the following week. 5. The Buyers ask if we can give a 5 % or 7 % discount. 6. The Sellers wondered who shipped the goods 2 days before. 7. The clerk inquired if the client was opening an account for a year, wasn’t he? 8. The engineer asked when the motors would be ready for shipment. 9. The test controller wanted to know who had been improving the isolation for the previous some months. 10. The director asks the manager could go on business to Berlin himself soon.

III. Translate and report the speech.

“ Good morning, Mr Mc Kurnell. Glad to hear you. Write down, please, the questions that are very important to be answered. Well, let’s start with the tests. Will the equipment have been ready for the tests by next Friday? Who was the chief constructor of the previous model last year? What changes has the engineer made in the design of the machine? You can’t write so quickly, can you? Don’t worry, I am going to repeat all once again… Ok and now let’s talk about the delivery and shipment. Didn’t you get our offers by mail yesterday? Yes. It’s very well. Please, let us know as soon as possible what terms of delivery are suitable to you. Wish you good luck with the preliminary tests. Good bye.”