B&B for next class:

EXERCISE 1
Insert formal expression which correspond to the ones in brackets.
1. I ________ to ________ you that our prices have ________. (sorry - tell - gone up)
2. This is ________ to ________ ________ that costs have risen. (because)
3. Unfortunately, I have to ________ you that I ________ not ________ ________ to ________ the meeting. (tell
- can’t - come to)
4. ________ ________ ________ some brochures describing our products. (Here [in this letter] are)
5. We have ________ ________ to increase our prices. (had)
6. You are 90 days past due on invoice #2792, please ________ ________ ________ as soon as possible. (pay
up)
7. Please write ________ ________ ________ any ________ (if you’ve got - questions)
8. Your account is ________ . (in the red)


EXERCISE 2
Transform the following sentences from informal to formal English.
9. We are not going to renew the sole representative agreement again because you haven’t produced enough
business for us.
10. The machine should work because it has been tested.
11. Our bank has told us that you haven’t made this month’s payment.
12. We can’t send you the engineering blueprints on disk until the full joint-venture agreement is signed in full
next month.
13. We’re too busy to go to London for the meeting in this period. Can you come over here?
14. Your client didn’t complete the documents properly. Please get him to do it and then send them back to us
as soon as possible.
15. If you’ve got any problems give me a call.
16. There’s a problem on the computer system. It won’t work between 10 and 12pm tomorrow.
17. This is because we think it’s necessary.
18. We’ll help you if you need it.
19. If we don’t receive payment we’ll call our lawyers.
20. We’ll give you 8 days to solve this problem.