Two friends meet in Paris. Read the dialogue and put the verbs into the present continuous.

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Exercise 3

Temporary situations

Two friends meet in Paris. Read the dialogue and put the verbs into the present continuous.

PIERRE: Hello, Jason. What ⁽¹⁾ are you doing (you/do) over here?

JASON: Hello, Pierre. I’m just here for a few days. I ⁽²⁾ ______ (attend) the conference at the Pompidou Centre.

PIERRE: Where ⁽³⁾ ______ (you/stay)?

JASON: At the Charles V.

PIERRE: Very nice. And how’s business?

JASON: Not that good. The recession ⁽⁴⁾ ______ (affect) us. People ⁽⁵⁾ ______ (not/spend) very much and we ⁽⁶⁾ ______ (not/get) many new orders, but it could be worse. How about you?

PIERRE: It’s much the same over here. Interest rates are still very high, so everyone ⁽⁷⁾______ (try) to cut down on expenses. Not many companies ⁽⁸⁾ ______ (buy) new equipment, so it means that our Training Division ⁽⁹⁾ ______ (not/do) very well. Still, our Financial Services Division ⁽¹⁰⁾ ______ (manage) to get new customers, because in the current climate there are a lot of people who ⁽¹¹⁾ ______ (look) for good financial advice.

Exercise 4

Slow changes

Read the following passages about changes that are taking place in the software industry. Fill in the blanks with the verbs from the box, using the present continuous.

spend  come  sell  shrink

After two years in which the price of PCs has fallen by half, the price of software ⁽¹⁾ is coming down too. The big software houses ⁽²⁾ ______ software at lower and lower prices, and a price war looks inevitable. The profit margins of major companies like Borland, Lotus, and Microsoft ⁽³⁾ ______. In the last quarter Borland were down to a mere 2.6%. In addition, they ⁽⁴⁾ ______ less and on R&D, which may affect their long-term product plans.

become begin take over turn

Now the major software companies ⁽¹⁾ ______ their attention to the less profitable home computer market, and software packages for children, such as Microsoft’s “Creative Writer” ⁽²⁾ ______ from business software. Specialist computer shops are ⁽³⁾ ______ less popular, as families are unwilling to spend their weekends there, and computer ⁽⁴⁾ ______ to appear in supermarkets such as Wal-Mart and Costco.

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