Two managers of an engineering company are trying to arrange a meeting. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous.
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- 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
- Choose the correct tense, simple past or continuous.
- Read each set of sentences. Decide the order in which things happened. Begin each pair of answers with the same words.
- Explain what was happening up to the point when the following events took place. Use because + the past continuous.
- B Previous and subsequent events
- C Present perfect and past perfect
- Previous and subsequent events
- Complete the following sentences using the past perfect.
- Continue the sentences. Say what activities had been going on.
- C Future time words+ Present simple
- D Offers. Promises. Requests. Etc
- Rewrite the following sentences using will or won’t.
- Complete the sentences using a verb in the present tense.
- The future (2): the present continuous and going to
- Present continuous arrangements
- B Going to – decisions and intentions
- Two managers of an engineering company are trying to arrange a meeting. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous.
- Fill in the blanks with the correct from of the future, using will or going to.
- Write a short paragraph about the arrangements than been made for the CEO of a major American bank to open the new European HQ in London.
- Find the English equivalents.. Translate into English.
- The future (3): other future tenses
- C Will be doing. D Will have done. Exercise 1. Was going to – changed plans. Two colleagues are discussing the changes in the plans for a new office. Fill the blanks with was/were going to and is/are going to.. Exercise 2. Look through the notes about the
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- Complete the sentences with be + certain to, likely to, or unlikely to.
- B Match the sentences in column A with sentences in column B that have a similar meaning.
- Make predictions about what changes will happen in the next few years.
- Final business Grammar &vocabulary tests
- Complete the sentences by putting the verb into the necessary tense form.
- Translate the sentences into English.
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Arrangements
Two managers of an engineering company are trying to arrange a meeting. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous.
PETER: Jack, Peter here. Could we arrange a time tomorrow to talk about the new freight schedules? Say, er …9.15?
JACK: I’m a bit busy first thing because I (1) am having (have) a meeting with a new driver. Would 10 o’clock suit you?
PETER: I’m afraid not. I (2) _____ (go) over to the factory, and after that I (3) ______ (see) Mr. Henderson for lunch.
JACK: What time (4) ______ (you/come) back?
PETER: At about 2.30 I suppose, but I (5) ______ (not/do) anything special after that. Would you be free then?
JACK: No, I don’t think so. I (6) _____ (see) a sales rep from Mercedes from 2.00 unit about 3.00. So shall we say 3.45?
PETER: Fine. I’ll ask Janet to come along as well. I (7) ______ (have) lunch with her today, and I’ll tell her about it.
Exercise 2
Going to – decisions and intentions
Use the verb in brackets to say what the following people are going to do.
1. The Unions have been offered a 3.9% pay rise.
(not accept) They are not going to accept it.
2. We have ordered over £1.5m of new equipment for the factory.
(modernize) _______________________________________________________
3. Mrs. Mason has booked three weeks’ leave in October.
(have a holiday) ____________________________________________________
4. The engineers have finished the design for the new engine.
(build/prototype) ____________________________________________________
5. Our trials have shown that the new vaccine is commercially viable.
(produce)__________________________________________________________
Exercise 3
Going to – predictions
Use the words in brackets to make predictions with going to.
1. The stock market is very over-valued.
(be/correction) There is going to be a correction soon.
2. Demand for tin is rising, but supply is falling.
(price/rise) ________________________________________________________
3. The company is in serious financial difficulty.
(go bankrupt) ______________________________________________________
4. My boss is looking for another job.
(leave the company) _________________________________________________
5. We should have left much earlier.
(be late) ___________________________________________________________
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