First of all, read and study the following drills mentioned during the
conversation. Then, click on PLAY to listen and repeat them aloud.
What's the average retail
price for this type of file?
Wholesale prices are about twenty-five per cent off retail prices.
The agents suggest we should patent it at once.
We're applying for a patent.
We're hoping to break into the market.
We've had the report in from the patent agents.
STEP 7
Activities with Answers
A.
Rewrite the following sentences
beginning with "IF"
and changing the sentence as necessary.
ANSWERS
Example:
To safeguard a new invention, an
inventor must patent it.
Your sentence:
If an inventor wants to safeguard a
new invention, he must patent it.
1.
Wishing to patent a new invention, an
inventor must register it at the Patent
Office.
2.
Unless the annual patent fee is paid,
the patent will lapse.
3.
Selling a product without a trade
mark means that it can be copied by
rival firms.
4.
To get information about the chances of
selling a new stapling machine, Harper &
Grant must ask for a marketing report.
B.
Make
questions
to which
the
following
sentences
can be
answers.
ANSWERS
1.
It (the
new box-file)
works
like
this.
?
2.
Yes, I
have
seen
something
like
this
before.
?
3.
Yes, he
(Mr.
Wentworth)
has
arrived.
He's
here now.
?
4.
You
can
apply to
the
Patent
Office
to
register
it (your
new
invention).
?
5.
You can
get them
(copies
of these
drawings)
photostatted
quickly.
