1. garcia is a middleman (represented / representing) a newly independent country. 2. explain the possible problems (associating / associated) with countertrade. 3. it’s natural that coburn will be reluctant to ship $400,000 worth of gears without first having some assurance they will actually get (paying / paid). 4. you will agree this is a most (encouraging / encouraged) proposal. 5. an export transaction usually requires a lot of (complicating complicated) documentation. 6. the price (quoting / quoted) always indicates the terms of delivery. 7. if you are spelling a word to an english-(speaking / spoken) person on the phone, use the official post office alphabetical code. 8. when an investment is made, capital enters a country, enabling it to import (manufacturing / manufactured) materials to build a new (manufacturing / manufactured) plant and to pay workers to build it. 9. 70 members concluded a deal (covering / covered) more than 95% of trade in banking, insurance, securities and financial information. 10. numerous (specializing / specialized) committees and (working / worked) groups deal with the individual agreements and other areas. 11. (imported / importing) japanese cars accounted for almost one-forth of all cars (selling / sold) in the united states in the early 80s. 12. mr. thompson’s (approving / approved) smile let the agent know that he was one hundred per cent right when he presented the middleman with a (hand-making / hand-made) briefcase. 13. the sales representative offered the (approving / approved) specs to the partner. 14. a sentence in which some information is unnecessarily (repeating / repeated) is (calling / called) redundant. 15. (giving / given) here are some quotations that are always (sending / sent) first and thus should be (keeping / kept) ready. 16. i am deeply honoured by the invitation (extending / extended) to me. 17. (contributing / contributed) to the view of (declining / declined) competitiveness is the united states deficit in merchandise trade, especially the imbalance in trade with japan. 18. between sixty and fifty per cent of the gains in productivity (making / made) in the west in the last half-century spring from better (training / trained) minds, from more research, and more systematic use of the economy’s brain power. 19. the secretary opened the door to find colonel usman (standing / stood) to attention, (waiting / waited) to escort eduardo to the bank. 20. that position (establishing / established), he went on to check the bank’s reserves, long-term deposits, overseas commitments, and (estimating / estimated) oil revenues for the next five years.
2. Associated
3. Paying
4. Encouraging
5. Complicated
6. Quoting
7. Spoken
8. Manufactured
9. Covering
10. Specialized, working
11. Importing, sold
12. Approved, hand-made
13. Approving
14. Repeating, called
15. Giving, sending, kept
16. Extending
17. Contributing. declined
18. Made. training
19. Stood, waiting
20. Established, estimating