Exercise 5 Rewrite the following using the Present Participle Construction.

Model: Thank you for your letter of 5^th April, in which you enclose a copy... – Thank you for your letter of 5^th April enclosing a copy...

1 Thank you for your letter of 10^th April, in which you state your terms for special deliveries. 2 Thank you for your letter of 4^th May, in which you give details of new designs for the storage depot. 3 Thank you for your enquiry of 23^rd March, in which you request information about our 208 mechanical digger. 4 Thank you for you postcard of 4^th September, in which you confirm the delivery date of Order 344. 5 Thank you for your letter of 21^st June, in which you set out your terms for the agreement.

 

Exercise 6 Choose the most appropriate explanation:

capacity (church law; possibility of containing; sudden change of mind)

possible (that can be done; powerful; concerned with practice)

sample (the firing of a number of guns together; young tree; specimen; part of a whole, taken to show what the rest is like)

to receive (give up an opinion; accept something offered; arrange in a different way)

reply (statement about something heard; exact copy; answer)

to be interested (depending on each other; showing good reasoning power; having an interest in; showing interest)

Exercise 7 Rewrite the following beginning with We are interested in...

1 We wish to increase our range of garden tools. 2 We wish to export to countries in Africa and Asia. 3 We wish to extend our field of operations to cover the south of Europe. 4 We wish to reach agreement as soon as possible. 5 We wish to open a new branch in the north.

 

Exercise 8 Give your agreement or challenge the following statements:

1 We are interested in new filing cabinets advertised by you in the current number of the Fortune magazine (issue № 1056, page 27).

2 We should like to know what is the size of each file.

3 Our present office furniture is a dark grey and we should like to match it as closely as possible.

 

Exercise 9 Combine the following pairs of sentences using the construction We are interested in... and should like to...

Model: We wish to import 20 of your “Dorset” tractors. We want to know the best terms you can offer us. – We are interested in importing 20 of your “Dorset” tractors and should like to know the best terms you can offer us.

1 We want to increase our range of kitchen furniture. We wish to visit your showrooms. 2 We want to export to Italy. We wish to act as our agents. 3 We wish to represent British textile firms. We want to know if you already have agents in this country. 4 We want to extend our field of operations to cover the north of Scotland. We wish to contract a well-established firm to act as our representatives. 5 We want to buy a consignment of tinned fruit at a special price. We wish to know if you could take 500 cases at 6 percent.

 

Exercise 10 Fill in the blanks using the following words: grateful, advertised, prompt, samples.

1 We are interested in new filing cabinets... by you in the current number of the Office Equipment magazine.

2 Could you let as see... of the colours available?

3 We should be... to receive a... reply as we are in process of replanning our filing system throughout the firm.

 

Exercise 11 Rewrite the following beginning with as soon as ...

Model: We shall inform you of our decision when we have heard from our suppliers. – As soon as we have heard form our suppliers, we shall inform you of our decision.

1 We shall begin placing orders when we have signed the contract.

2 We shall dispatch the goods when we receive your confirmation of the order. 3 When the goods arrive, we shall put them on sale immediately. 4 They will start production when the design has been approved. 5 We shall open an account with you when our contract with our present suppliers expires.

 

Exercise 12 Arrange the given words in the proper order to make up sentences:

1 are, the, type, at, using, cabinets, drawer, present, filing, we.

2 to know, how, stored, should, files, each, like, can, cabinet, we, be, many, in.

3 colours, let, of, see, the, us, available, could, samples, you.

 

 

Exercise 13 Combine the following pairs of sentences by using as at the beginning or in the middle.

Model: We are nearly out of stock of this line. We must urge immediate delivery. – As we are nearly out of stock of this line, we must urge immediate delivery.

1 We should be obliged if you would confirm the delivery date. We have several customers waiting for supplies. 2 It is our intention to double our production of plastic buckets next year. 3 We shall need correspondingly more polythene. 4 We are interested in importing chemical dyes. Very few are manufactured in this country. 5 We have considering exporting to Spain for some time. Your letter arrived at a very opportune moment.

 

Exercise 14 Arrange the given sentences in order to make a letter:

1 13^th June 2002

2 The Export Manager,

Arnold Mancini S.p.A.,

Piazza Piccapictra,

Milano.

3 Dear Sir,

4 Yours faithfully, S. Johnson Marketing Manager

5 We should be obliged if you would kindly book hotel accommodation for him for one night.

6 In receipt of your letter of 10^th June, we write to confirm that

Mr. T.Wells, our Overseas Buyer, will arrive in Milan 20^th June at 11.30 – flight B.E. 475.