Match sentences 1-8 below with uses a-h.

1 We’re going to launch the new model at the Frankfurt Show.

2 OK, I understand what the problem is now.

3 I’m working in our customer services department this month.

4 Next year will be the tenth anniversary of our company.

5 I was going to visit the exhibition but I went to the football match instead.

6 What are you doing on Friday afternoon?

7 I didn’t know their phone number because they had moved to new premises.

8 British Telecom has cut the price of peak rate phone calls by 20%.

a) events planned in the past which did not take place

b) future fact

c) temporary situations

d) present results of past actions

e) future plans and intentions

f) events that happened before other events

g) verbs of thinking and feeling

h) fixed future arrangements

Put the verbs in brackets into their correct form.

1. Every time inflation ________ (go up), people ________ (demand) higher wages.

2. After Michael ________ (make) some notes, he ________ (start) writing.

3. We ________ (send) the goods on the fifteenth. ________ (you not/receive) them yet?

4. This is the first time I ________ (be) to the United States.5. They _____________ (operate) as joint directors since the

company _________________ (be started).6. I’ve just heard the weather forecast, and it ________ (be)

sunny tomorrow.7. This product ________ (not sell) as well as we hoped.8. “Could you lend me $50? I ________ (pay) you back

tomorrow.”

goes up demand

had made started

sent

Haven’t you received them yet?

have been

have operated

was started

is going to be

isn’t selling

will pay

Put the verbs in brackets into their correct form.

9. “You look tired!” “I am. I ________ (work) on the report all day.”

10. ________ (you discuss) the problem at last week’s meeting?

11. The Amazon rainforests ________ (be destroyed) at an alarming rate.

12. This time next year I ________ (lie) on a beach in the Bahamas.

13. We ________ (not begin) until everyone ________ (arrive).

14. The computer ________ (crash) while I ________ (load up) the new software.

15. By the end of January we ________ (demolish) the old building.

16. We ________ (be) very busy on the stand this morning. So far we ________ (give away) over 200 brochures.

have been working

Did you discuss

are being destroyed

will be lying

won’t begin arrives

crashed was loading up

will have demolished

have been

have given away

PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS INTO THEIR CORRECT FORM:

1. If I’d known she was at home, I (drop by) .

2. If you’d been in my place, you (accept) the offer?

3. If you (DRAW) the contract, they would probably sign it.

4. If prices (RISE) the company would have sold more goods.

5. If we (GIVE) more information, we wouldn't have lost so much money.

6. The system (not break down) if they had installed a new computer.

would have dropped by

would you have accepted

drew

had risen

had been given

wouldn’t have broken down

I. Supply the correct form of these verbs: RISE, ARISE, RAISE:

• Our sales ........................................... recently.• The Government ....................................... taxes

last week.• If the need ......................., please contact us.• Prices constantly .........................• When inflation ..................., the value of people's

savings goes down.• If the demand ......................., prices

also ...................• The Management ................................. our

salaries a week ago.

have risen

raised

arises

are constantly rising

rises

risesrise

raised

III. Make these words plural:

• analysis ________________

• criterion ________________

• datum ________________

• basis ________________

• medium ________________

• index ________________

ANALYSES

CRITERIA

DATA

BASES

MEDIA - MEDIUMS

INDEXES - INDICES

V. Supply the missing prepositions:

• At the moment the bank is considering our request _____ a larger overdraft.

• Have we received a reply ______ that letter we sent them two weeks ago?

• Is there any difference _______ these two shredders. They look the same to me.

• We have a lot of trouble _____ one of our customers.• I can't find a solution ______ this problem.• I'm calling ______ reference ______ the letter I sent you last

week.• Who is _____ charge ______ the sales?• There was a rise ______ inflation ______ 3 % last year.• _____ spite _____ bad weather, the goods arrived in time.• ______ accordance ______ the contract, you have to pay by

May 4.• I've managed to get _______ touch _______ our supplier.• These computers are really ______ _________ date.

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VI. Complete the blank with the suitable forms of DO or MAKE:

• It's been great ________________ business with you.

• They ________________ a loss last year and are likely ________________ people redundant as a result.

• If they ________________ that new product well, it should ________________ really well.

• I want ________________ a complaint. Can I speak to the manager, please?

DOING

MADE

TO MAKE

MAKE

DO

TO MAKE

I Insert the appropriate forms of AFFECT (v.) or EFFECT (n., v.):

1. The pollution is having an adverse ____________ on the environment.

2. Changes should _____________ until the appointment of the new MD.

3. Do you think interest rates ______________ mortgages?

4. We wanted ____________ payment as soon as possible.

5. His research focuses on ___________ of TV-series on elderly women.

EFFECT

BE EFFECTED

WILL AFFECT

TO EFFECT

EFFECTS

II Insert the appropriate forms of COST (n.), COST (v.), COSTING or COSTLY:

1. They ______________ the initial campaign at $10m.

2. He admitted that the mistake he’d made _________ us a lot in both time and money.

3. It was a _____________ mistake.4. We did several ______________ but none

allowed us to make a profit.5. He had to pay a $1,000 fine and $150

__________.

COSTED

COST

COSTLY

COSTINGS

COSTS

VIII Re-write these sentences so that the meaning stays the same but the emphasis changes:

1. You shouldn’t under any circumstances sign this contract!• Under__________________________.2. I rarely go out these days.• Rarely _________________________.3. I had hardly gone out when the phone rang.• Hardly ____________________________.4. Something like this could happen nowhere else but in this

country!• Nowhere __________________________.5. We began to show a profit only last year.• Not until ___________________________________.

NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU SIGN…

DO I GO OUT THESE DAYS.

HAD I GONE OUT WHEN THE PHONE RANG,

ELSE BUT IN THIS COUNTRY COULD SMTH. LIKE THIS HAPPEN

LAST YEAR DID WE BEGIN TO SHOW A PROFIT

VI Make these words negative by adding a suitable prefix:

1. perceptible ___________2. equality ___________3. profitable ___________4. complete __________5. stable ___________6. stability ___________7. equal __________8. divisible __________9. accurate ___________10. tangible ___________11.experienced ________12. limited ______________

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