III. Grammar Exercises. 5. Form the Past Indefinite Tense of the following verbs:

5. Form the Past Indefinite Tense of the following verbs:

to involve, to be, to precede, to concentrate, to buy, to get, to make, to have, to select, to contribute, to try, to assume, to spend, to give, to increase.

6. Put the verbs in brackets in the Past Indefinite Tense and translate the sentences:

1. Aristotle and Plato in ancient Greece (to write) about problems of wealth, property, and trade.

2. The Romans (to borrow) their economic ideas from the Greeks and (to show) the same contempt for trade.

3. In ancient and medieval times dire scarcity of resources (to be) common and (to affect) the lives of most human beings.

4. In England, Parliament (to pass) a Statute of Monopolies (1624).

5. The Second development (to be) the expansion of production that (to follow) the Industrial Revolution.

6. Cartels (to originate) in Germany during the 1870s.

7. As business (to become) more competitive, new and more complex corporate combinations (to come) on the scene.

7. Put all possible questions to the sentence:

1. During World War II the government of Germany utilized domestic cartels to produce armaments.

8. Translate into Russian paying attention to the emphatic construction «it is... that...»:

2. It is the planners who decide what goods and services will be produced.

3. It is the planners, too, with guidance from the country’s political leadership, who decide who will receive the goods and services produced.

4. It was at this time (1936) that Keynes’ work was published.

5. Indeed, it is from the early 1970s, when détente began to take shape.

9. Write in words these numbers:

11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 20, 30, 40.

10. Use hundred, thousand, million with the words in brackets:

300 (dollar); 400 (pound); 10,000 (rouble); 500,000 (woman); 2,000,000 (man); 6,700 (child); 1,000 (computer).

11. Read the dates:

March 8, 1991; June 22, 1941; May 9, 1945; April 12,1961; January 1, 2000.

12. Translate English jokes:

A: Did the play have a happy ending?

B: Yes, everybody was happy when it ended.

A: A telegram from George, dear.

B: Well, did he pass the examination this time?

A: No, but he is almost at the top of the list of those who failed.

Unit 4

Grammar: 1. Future Simple.

2. Модальные глаголы