Lesson 4

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences using the Present Continuous Tense

or going to.

1. We (to establish) a new subsidiary soon. 2. He (to proceed) with his

experiment. 3. The Personnel Manager (to give) instructions to new

employees. 4. He (to appoint) a new Quality Manager next month. 5. We

(not to departure) from our usual rules. 6. Our company (to look for)

creative workers at the moment.

Exercise 2. Make these sentences interrogative using the question words in

brackets.

1. We are waiting for the arrival of our suppliers (who). 2. We are going

to eliminate excessive workloads (what kind of). 3. They are offering

inexpensive consumer goods (what). 4. They are going to open three

retailer shops in this region (where). 5. Their department is conducting

a SWOT analysis now (what kind of). 6. They are going to install an

enormous information panel in front of the new department store next year

(when).

Exercise 3. Make up sentences according to the model. Use the word

combinations given below.

Model: to ask questions — She usually asks questions. She is asking

a question now. She is going to ask a question tomorrow.

to speak at the meeting, to increase the wages, to redesign the reception

room, to promote new products, to complain about low quality, to pay

debts, to appoint a new supervisor, to explain a new technology

Exercise 4. Underline the appropriate form in brackets to complete these

sentences.

1. Our director (goes, is going) on a business trip tomorrow. 2. We

(launch, are launching, are going to launch) a new sophisticated product

on our domestic market next month. 3. The receptionist (receives, is

receiving, is going to receive) our regular customers now. 4. Our employees

(struggle, are struggling, are going to struggle) against excessive paperwork

this week. 5. She usually (is complaining, complains, is going to complain)

about overwork. 6. They (expect, are expecting, are going to expect)

significant changes in the future.

Exercise 5. Find one mistake in these sentences and correct it.

1. Our competitors are study their target customer. 2. Our Marketing

Department is going change their time schedule. 3. What new products

they are going to launch on the market? 4. How long are they going stay at

this hotel? 5. We are waiting the arrival of the delegation from Japan. 6. Is

he work for McDonalds at the moment?

Exercise 6. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1. Мы собираемся послать группу сотрудников в наш филиал в

Германии в следующем месяце. 2. В настоящий момент она печатает

доклад. 3. Ваш начальник собирается уволить их? 4. Они не собира-

ются менять работу в ближайшем будущем. 5. Сколько дней вы со-

бираетесь провести в Париже? 6. В данный момент менеджер по

связям с общественностью дает интервью журналистам.

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