- •U n I t 8
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. State the part of speech and say how the words are formed:
- •II. Find equivalents:
- •III. Substitute the words in bold type by their synonyms:
- •IV. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •V. Match the antonyms:
- •VI. Complete the following sentences:
- •VII. Answer the following questions:
- •VIII. Translate into English:
- •IX. Retell the text a using the following words and
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •I. Give the English equivalents for:
- •II. Fill in the blanks below with the most appropriate terms
- •III. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •IV. Complete the following sentences:
- •V. Answer the following questions:
- •Reading drills
- •1. Practise the pronunciation of the following words:
- •Comments
- •Vocabulary exercises
- •II. Fill in the blanks below with the most appropriate terms
- •III. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
- •IV. Match each term in Column a with its definition in Column b:
- •V. Define which of the following items best completes the statement:
- •VII. Answer the following questions:
- •VIII. Translate into English:
- •IX. Replace the Ukrainian words and phrases by suitable English
- •X. Memorise the following proverbs with the word «business».
- •Communicative situations
- •Grammar exercises
- •IV. Ask how long the action has been taking place:
- •V. Change the sentences according to the patterns:
- •VI. Ask your groupmate:
- •VII. Put questions to the italicized words:
- •VIII. Complete the sentences in your own way:
- •IX. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Continuous
- •X. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect
- •XI. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •The Past Perfect Continuous Tense
- •XIII. Put questions to the italicized words:
- •XIV. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •XV. Change the sentences into the Past Perfect Continuous:
- •The Future Perfect Continuous Tense
- •XVII. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •XVIII. Put questions to the italicized words:
- •XIX. Translate into English:
- •Indefinite Pronouns: much, many, few, little
- •XX. Fill in the blanks with many, much, a lot of, lots of,
- •XXI. Translate into Ukrainian:
- •XXII. Fill in the blanks with many or much:
- •XXIII. Translate into English:
- •Exercises for individual work
- •I. Fill in the blanks with for or since:
- •II. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect
- •III. Put the verbs in brackets into the Perfect Continuous tense forms:
II. Fill in the blanks below with the most appropriate terms
from the list:
a corporate charter; corporation; stock certificates; the corporate profits; the number of shares of stock; the owners; shareholders; expansion; financial resources; corporate income.
1. A business _________ is an institution established for the purpose of making profit. 2. People, who would like to form a corporation, must apply for ________ . 3. The charter specifies _________ , or ownership parts of the firm. 4. The stockholders are ______ of the corporation. 5. To attract greater ______ the company issues _________ . 6. Dividend represents a portion of ________ to shareholders. 7. Corporations have great capacity for growth and ________ . 8. The government taxes ________ in addition to the taxes paid by _______ on their dividends.
III. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs if necessary:
1. Nearly 90 per cent ... all business is done ... corporations. 2. They are established ... the purpose ... making profit. 3. There are several advantages ... the corporate form ... ownership. 4. Corporations have great capacity ... growth and expansion. 5. Corporations face ... some ... major disadvantages. 6. The government taxes corporate income ... addition ... the taxes paid ... shareholders ... their dividends.
IV. Match each term in Column a with its definition in Column b:
Column A Column B
1. organization |
a. A business that is owned by two or more people. |
2. sole proprietorship |
b. People or groups working for a common purpose and whose tasks are often divided into specializations. |
3. partnership |
c. Payments made from the earnings of a corporation to its stockholders. |
4. corporation |
d. Owner of stock in a corporation. |
5. charter |
e. A business organization created under a government charter. |
6. stockholder |
f. A document issued by a state government granting a corporation permission to operate. |
7. dividends |
g. Owners of the partnership have unlimited liability. |
8. general partnership |
h. A business that is owned by one person. |
V. Define which of the following items best completes the statement:
1. Proprietorships are
a. difficult and costly to organize.
b. the most numerous kind of business organization.
c. business with more than one owner.
d. mostly used by large business organizations.
2. One advantage of a partnership is that
a. adding partners brings in more capital to the business.
b. each partner is subject to unlimited liability.
c. partners get along well together.
d. the business continues even if one partner dies.
3. A corporation is an «artificial person». This means the corporation
a. is difficult to organize.
b. can raise only limited capital.
c. is the most numerous form of business organization.
d. can sue or be sued, enter into contracts, and must pay taxes.
4. In a large corporation
a. stockholders run the company.
b. the board of directors owns the corporation.
c. ownership and management are separated.
d. there is no need to operate under a charter and bylaws.
VI. Say whether these statements are true or false and if they are
false say why:
1. Nearly 90 per cent of all business is done by corporations. 2. Because they involve so few people, sole proprietorships and partnerships are not true business organizations. 3. Corporations are better than any other organizational form. 4. There are no real advantages to any of the three main forms of business organizations. 5. Corporations have a lot of owners called stockholders. 6. They can buy and sell their shares without ending the business. 7. Stockholders don’t have to pay a special tax on profits. 8. Stockholders must pay corporate income tax. 9. You have to hire a lawyer to organize a corporation. 10. Corporations have great capacity for growth and expansion.