Put the verbs in brackets into present continuous.
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- Для чего предназначена промывочная жидкость
- Complete the dialogue using the verbs in brackets.
- Permanent situations (company activities)
- Complete the passage using the verbs in the box.
- Look at the information about Berli Jucker on page 7, and write down some similar information about the business activities of your company.
- Task 6. Translate into English.
- W) am/is/are + S + Ving..? ? Who is Ving …?
- Put the verbs in brackets into present continuous.
- Two friends meet in Paris. Read the dialogue and put the verbs into the present continuous.
- Continue these sentences using a verb in the present continuous.
- Find the English equivalents.. Translate into English.
- Present simple vs present continuous
- A Routine vs moment of speaking
- Practice. Exercise 1. Routine vs moment of speaking. Decide if the speaker is talking about routine activities or activities going on at the moment of speaking. Put the verbs into the present simple or the present continuous.. Exercise 2. General activiti
- B Fill in the blanks with the verbs in the box, using the present simple or present continuous.
- Make up sentences using the following prompts. The first verb should be in the present simple and the second verb in the present continuous.
- Find the English equivalents.. Translate into English.
- Werewe/you/they…? (Yes,we/you/theywere. No,we/you/they weren’t.)
- D Time expressions with prepositions
- A Write in the missing form of each of the irregular verbs below. Each verb can be used with the expressions on the right.
- Time expressions with prepositions
- Translate these word and word combinations into Ukrainian.
- Present perfect. Key vocabulary. S + have/has +V3. S + have/has + not+V3. W) + have/has + S + V3. Who has + V3?. B Present result of the past
- C Specific and non-specific time
- Specific and non specific time
- Complete the sentences with one of the verbs in the box, using just and the present perfect.
- Complete or continue these sentences using just and the present perfect.
- present perfect (2): ever, never, already, yet
- A Ever and never + present perfect or simple past
- C Finished and unfinished periods of time
- Ever + present perfect or simple past
- Finished and unfinished periods of time
- Complete the sentences, using the present perfect to make it clear that the periods of time have not finished yet.
- A Stative verbs + for and since
- E Completed actions over a period of time
- Some of the following sentences are right and some are wrong. Put a tick [√] next to the ones that are right, and correct the ones that are wrong.
- Look at the chart and read through this extract from an advertisement about the Emerging Markets Fund. Put the verbs into the present perfect tense.
- Using the notes, write about what has happened in the recent past.
- C Finished and unfinished activities
- Complete the sentences by putting the verbs into the present perfect continuous.
- Finished and unfinished activities
- Write short paragraphs answering the questions, giving details about the activities that have been going on.
- Review: simple past, present perfect
- and present perfect continuous
- C Present perfect simple+ for and since
- D Present perfect continuous. Exercise 1. Simple past vs present Perfect (1). Read the sentences and pay attention to the underlined verbs. Put a tick next to the ones that are right, and correct the ones that are wrong.. Exercise 2. Simple past vs Presen
- Present perfect and Present perfect Continuous
- Translate these words and word combinations into Ukrainian.
- Find the English equivalents.. Translate into English.
- B Points of the time in the past
E Slow changes
The present continuous is used to describe current trends and slow changes that are taking place:
The latest economic statistics show that both unemployment and inflation are falling, and that the economy is growing at an annual rate of 2.6%.
Practice
Exercise 1
Moment of speaking
Put the verbs in brackets into present continuous.
1. Could I ring you back in a few minutes? I am talking (talk) to someone on the other line.
2. Jane’s upstairs with Anne and Roy. They _______ (have) a meeting about the catalogue.
3. What _______ (you/do) here? I thought you had gone to the airport.
4. Could you tell Mr. Ford that Miss Lee is here? He _______ (expect) me.
5. Oh no, the printer _______ (not work). I’ll call the Maintenance Department.
6. This is a very bad line. _______ (you/call) from your car phone?
7. I _______ (phone) to tell you that your account is overdrawn by £326.
Exercise 2
Current project
Read these newspaper extracts about various project that different companies are currently involved in. Match the extracts in column A with the extracts in column B.
A
1. Burmah Castrol has invested 1.3 million in a joint venture in China.
2. Air Lingus has leased four A330 aircraft.
3. First Leisure has moved into the health and leisure business.
4. British Coal is getting ready for privatization.
5. Reuters Holdings is a financial and news information group.
6. ICI, the chemicals giant, wants to sell off some of its noncore subsidiaries.
7. The US trade representative arrived in Japan last Thursday.
8. Canadian Occidental Petroleum is optimistic about in the Yemen.
B
a. It is currently developing a new financial television service for the UK and Europe.
b. It is shutting down mines and reducing the workforce in order to become more competitive.
c. It is looking for buyers for its coke, polypropylene and fertilizers businesses.
d. It is maintaining its exploration programme at al Masile and is testing a number of smaller sites near the main oilfield.
e. He is having talks with ministers about the liberalization of financial markets.
f. It is building a factory to manufacture products for the Chinese aluminum industry.
g. It is currently expanding its flights to New York and Boston.
h. It is setting up three new fitness clubs and hopes to expand further next year.
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