Complete the passage using the verbs in the box.

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Exercise 4

Scientific facts

Complete the passage using the verbs in the box.

go have make rise

Cuts in interest rates ⁽¹⁾ have a number of good effects on the economy. Firstly, they ⁽²⁾ _______ it easier for companies to make profits, because the cost of repaying loans ⁽³⁾_______down. As a result, share prices usually ⁽⁴⁾ _______.

feel help   lead spend

The second reason is that consumers ⁽⁵⁾ _______ more confident, so they ⁽⁶⁾ _______ more in the shops. This also ⁽⁷⁾ _______ manufacturers and retailers to increase their turnover. However, if interest rates are too low, this can sometimes ⁽⁸⁾ _______ to higher inflation.

Exercise 5

Programmes and timetables

Read the following dialogue. Make any necessary changes to the verbs in brackets.

Laura: I need to be in Birmingham for a meeting tomorrow by 3.15. Have you got a train timetable?

Claere: Yes, here it is. Right, there (1) is (be) a train at 12.47, and that ⁽²⁾ _______ (arrive) at 2.50, but it ⁽³⁾ _______ (stop) at most of the main stations on the way.

Laura: Is there another one that ⁽⁴⁾ _______ (get) there before 3.00?

Claire: No, but there ⁽⁵⁾ _______ (be) an Intercity Express that ⁽⁶⁾ _______ (get) in at five past.

Laura: And when ⁽⁷⁾ _______ (it/leave)?

Claire: It ⁽⁸⁾ _______ (go) at 1.15.

Laura: ⁽⁹⁾ _______ (be) there any buses to East Street?

Claire: Oh, yes, there's a bus that ⁽¹⁰⁾ _______ (run) every ten minutes and it only ⁽¹¹⁾ _______ (take) about five minutes to East Street.

Production

Task 1

Choose a word from box A and a word from box B to describe what these people do, making any necessary changes to the verbs.

                          A                                                     B

Personnel officers     Management consultants invest advise

An architect              A stockbroker                      design look after

A journalist              An air steward                      write  arrange

Venture capitalists   Auditors                                check buy and sell

1 An air steward looks after passengers on a plane.

2___________________________ stocks and shares.

3___________________________ houses.

4___________________________ in small, high-risk companies.

5___________________________ the accounts of a company.

6___________________________ companies on how they should be run.

7___________________________ articles for a newspaper.

8___________________________ interviews.

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