1. We should note that nobody actually recorded the emergence of money. 2. If a trader could not find a desired match or did not need goods for immediate consumption, some good with a ready market would be accepted instead. 3. So traders began to accept certain goods not for immediate consumption but because these goods would be acceptable to others and therefore could be retraded later. 4. As we will see, anything that is used as money serves three important functions: a medium of exchange, a standard of value, and a store of wealth. 5. If a community, by luck or by design, can find one commodity that everyone accepts in exchange for whatever is sold, traders can save much time, disappointment, and sheer aggravation. 6. The price of shoes or pots could be expressed in bushels of corn.
1. I have already signed the agreement. b. Present Perfect 2. We are working on a new project now. c. Present Continuous 3. He will open an account with this bank. a. Future Simple 4. Cash flow was the main problem. c. Past Simple 5. She has just invited me to the presentation today. b. Present Perfect
II. Соотнесите видовременную форму страдательного залога в первой колонке с соответствующим названием во второй колон 1. is changed i) Present Simple Passive 2.will change d) Future Simple Active 3. was changed j) Past Simple Passive 4. has been changed h) Present Perfect Passive 5. is being changed f) Present Continuous Passive 6. have changed e) Present Perfect Active 7. is changing a) Present Continuous Active 8. will be changed g) Future Simple Passive 9. change b) Present Simple Active 10. changed c) Past Simple Active
2. If a trader could not find a desired match or did not need goods for immediate consumption, some good with a ready market would be accepted instead.
3. So traders began to accept certain goods not for immediate consumption but because these goods would be acceptable to others and therefore could be retraded later.
4. As we will see, anything that is used as money serves three important functions: a medium of exchange, a standard of value, and a store of wealth.
5. If a community, by luck or by design, can find one commodity that everyone accepts in exchange for whatever is sold, traders can save much time, disappointment, and sheer aggravation.
6. The price of shoes or pots could be expressed in bushels of corn.