VOCABULARY. Unit 10. Working in the nineties

Unit 10. Working in the nineties

Exercise 6

Exercise 5

Exercise 4

Exercise 3

Exercise 2

Exercise 1

Make the following sentences negative and interrogative.

1. I’ve already posted the letter.
2. She has already started her new job.
3. He’s gone to America.
4. They have visited India twice.
5. He has smoked five cigarettes today.
6. My mother has always worked hard.
7. Tom has lost all his money.
8. Mr. Jenkins has just retired from his job.
9. They’ve always been too strict with their children.
10. I’ve written ten postcards.

Ask questions to the underlined parts of the following sentences.

1. I have read the book twice.
2. I have known himfor three years.
3. He has finished his work already.
4. She’s typed two letters since morning.
5. He has gone to the USA.
6. She hasn’t written to him for years.
7. I’ve been late several times this month, I think.
8. We haven’t heard from him since 1992.

Put for or since into each gap.

1. I haven’t seen Keith ____ a while.
2. He’s been in China ____ January.
3. He works for a company called KMP. He has worked for them ____ several years.
4. I’ve known them ____ many years.
5. We have been friends ____ we were at university together.
6. She has lived here ____ six months.
7. His wife, Carrie, is a designer. She has had her own studio ____ an year.
8. I'm looking after Tom today. He's been at my house ____ 8.00 this morning.

Choose the correct form.

1 a. What did you do last night?

b. What have done last night?

2 a. I went to many countries in my life.

b. I have been to many countries in my life.

3 a. She went to Greece two years ago.

b. She has been to Greece two years ago.

4 a. I study English for three years.

b. I have studied English for three years.

5 a. Where have you bought your shoes?

b. Where did you buy your shoes?

Complete the sentences with the Present Perfect or the Past Simple form of the verb in brackets.

1. I never (drive) a car in my life.
2. I (leave) my secondary school in 1999.
3. We not (meet) before. My name's John.
4. Where you (buy) your coat?
5. What you (pay) for it?
6. How long you (be) here now?
7. Last Sunday I (get up) at eleven.
8. You (see) the latest Harrison Ford film..

Translate the sentences into English.

1. Они еще не закончили обсуждение.

2. Я уже рассказал коллегам о своих планах.

3. Вы когда-нибудь пробовали выполнить эту работу?

4. Он перечитал документ дважды.

5. Она никогда не изучала английский язык.

6. Он только что пришел на работу.

7. Вы когда-нибудь слышали об этом?

8. Вы видели директора? – Да. Он только что пришел и сейчас у себя в кабинете.

9. Почему вы не сказали об этом мне? – Я не знаю, что теперь делать.

10. Я никогда не видел этого человека, но много слышал о нем.

See test 17 “Getting a Job”. Grammar.

to expect – ожидать

to retire– выходить на пенсию

redundant – лишний

redundancy - сокращение

recession- уход

to prefer – предпочитать

unemployed – безработный

to look for – искать

to exist- существовать

résumé – резюме

responsible – ответственный

competition – конкуренция

to suggest – предлагать

to develop – развивать

to employ – нанимать, предоставлять работу

immediately – немедленно

to select – выбирать

to sell – продавать

encyclopedia – энциклопедия

to resign - отказываться

to prepare – готовить

to complain –жаловаться

to hire – принять на работу

to fire- уволить

negotiations – переговоры

employment agency – агентство по трудоустройству

to be suitable for the position – соответствовать должности

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