II. Expressing the Past Action. Reported Speech

Assignment 5. Put the verbs in brackets in either the present perfect or present perfect continuous.

Assignment 4. Put the verb in brackets in either the present simple or present perfect.

Assignment 3. Complete the sentences using the verb in brackets either in the present simple or present continuous form.

1. He (major) in the economy of enterprises. 2. If they (work) at weekends, they (be paid) compensation. 3. You (hear) that noise? They still (work). 4. She always (make) well-grounded decisions. 5. We (make) a new model right now. 6. When we (deal) with this customer we always (take) a big risk: he never (pay) in time. 7. Nowadays this trend (increase). 8. Where (be) Ann? – She (hold) a meeting with shareholders in the conference hall. 9. Students’ union (hold) meetings once a month. 10. These days more and more young people (choose) economics as their future occupation.

1. We (operate) all over Central Ukraine. We (recently set up) several new branches in Poltava and Vinnitsya. 2. I (just meet) Mike from the Sales department. …you (know) him? 3. … you (hear) the latest news? Our management (plan) to launch a new production line. 4. (Not, enter) the room. The meeting (just begin). 5. They (already create) a new team for this project. They (demand) the best workers to realize it. 6. We (prefer) to go on holidays in summer. This year we (decide) to take our holidays in August. 7. He (learn) three foreign languages already and he (take) every opportunity to practice them. 8. The company (want) to expand its activities in this region. They (just start) their advertising campaign.

1. How long you (study) English? – For about 6 years already. I (take) an advanced course at the institute recently. 2. We already (finished) collecting this information. We (do) this for the last two weeks. 3. The consumer prices (fall) by 2% this quarter. The government (predict) this trend since the beginning of the year. 4. They (discuss) the sales contract in detail for the whole week and eventually (agree) to sign it. 5. You look so happy! What’s the matter? – The management (approve) the project which our team (work at) for the last two months. 6. He (not decide) yet which profession to choose: marketing or accounting. He (talk) about this since autumn. 7. … Lora (come) back? – No, she (consult) with our lawyers for 2 hours already but they (not reach) any decision yet. 8. Everybody is pleased with his report. He (conduct) his research for three months and (communicate) his results at the conference this week. 9. They (establish) their sales network for years and (gain) leadership in this region – now they sell the best products and provide the best services. 10. The writer just (finish) the second part of the book which his readers (wait) for so long.

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