Open the brackets using Present Continuous or Present Indefinite in the following sentences

NAME USE EXAMPLE

A. Theory. Tense Review.

GRAMMAR

PRACTICE

D. Answer the following questions

1. What did most managers expect in the 70s and 80s?

2. How did the situation change in the beginning of the 1990s?

3. What is the reason for making managers redundant?

4. What factors caused many redundancies of the late 1980 and early 1990s?

5. What kind of contracts do many companies prefer now?

6. Did company prefer to hire old managers or not?

7. What is the result of company’s hiring younger managers?

8. What must every manager be ready for?

9. Does the situated described in the text exist in Ukraine?

10. Do you agree with the advice given at the end of the text?

11. Can you give any other advice?

Here is some advice for someone who is unemployed and looking for work. Decide whether you think each point is good or bad advice.

1. Take a holiday before you start looking for a new job.

2. Looking for a job is the same as doing a job – you need to work fulltime on it.

3. Give yourself a little free time every week to relax.

4. Exchange information and ideas with other unemployed people.

5. Apply for as many jobs as possible – even jobs you don’t really want.

6. Talk to friends and other business cotacts regularly – they are often the first to hear about a new job offer.

A reporter for the In Business programme is interviewing an American manager, Bruce Kulp, about his recent experience of unemployment. Listen to the dilogue. What does he think about points 1-6 above? Put (t) if Bruce agrees with the advice, and (f) if he disagrees.(dialogue 12.1D)

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Present Simple regular/repeated action I work for IBM.

or situations He travels to work by train.

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Present Continuous present actions taking The phone is ringing.

place now He’s looking for a new job.

future arrangements I’m arriving next Monday.

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Future with will predictions I think he will lose his job.

decisions I think I’ll go home now.

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Past Simple finished past actions I studied Law for two years.

I joined ICL two years ago.

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Present Perfect unfinished past actions I’ve worked here since 1990.

She’s lived here for ten years.

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Exercises

1. We (to read) business letters in the evening.

2. I (not to read) magazines and newspapers in the morning.

3. He (to sign) a contract now.

4. I (not to write) application form now.

5. They (to play tennis) in the gym now.

6. We (not to play football) in the gym now.

7. They (to have) negotiation in that room now.

8. Nikolai (to send) you all necessary documents by fax now.

9. Your assistant (to help) you every day?

10. He (not to help) them to translate documents into Russian every day.

11. You (to go) to the office on Sunday?

12. My friend (not to like) to play tennis in the gym.

13. I (not to type) his resume now.

14. He (to write) contract now?

15. She (to receive) a fax now.

16. My mother (to work) at Exsel Incorporated.

17. You (to work) at an office?

18. Your father (to work) at this factory.

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