V. Read the sentences and correct them (the information is wrong). Write two correct sentences each time.

Example: Mice catch cats. - Mice don’t catch cats. Cats catch mice.

1. The Sun goes round the Earth.

2. Carpenters make things from metal.

3. The River Amazon flows into the Pacific Ocean.

4. The British Company Boots manufactures Ariel, a universal detergent.

5. IBM manufactures software and sells it all over the world.

6. Building companies provide insurance services.

7. People save money in shops.

8. Kangaroos come from India.

9. Vegetarians eat meat.

10. Managers work at home.

11. Teachers look after patients in hospitals.

12. A liar is someone who tells the truth.

VI. Put the verbs in brackets into the appropriate form.

Example: I … (play) the piano, but I … (not play) very well. - I play the piano, but I don’t play very well.

1. Britain … (have) very strict laws about bringing animals into the country, but every year many people … (try) to import animals illegally. 2. The swimming bath … (open) at 9.00 and … (close) at 18.30 every day. 3. I have a car but I … (not use) it very often. 4. How many cigarettes … (you/smoke) a day? 5. “Where … (your father/come) from?” “He … (come) from Wales”. 6. Water … (boil) at 100 degrees centigrade. 7. Nearly all farmers in this country … (care) about plant and wild animal conversation.8. If you need money, why … (you/not get) a job? 9. What time … (the banks/close) in Britain? 10. Rice … (not grow) in Europe. 11. “What … (you/do)?” – “I’m an electrical engineer”. 12. I … (not know) anybody who … (enjoy) filling in Value added Tax forms.

VII. Use the following sentences to make special questions. Begin your question with the word(s) in brackets.

Example: I go to the cinema. (How often?) How often do you go to the cinema?

1. The car breaks down. (How often?) 2. I write to my friends in Austria. (How often?) 3. People do stupid things. (Why?) 4. Tom works. (Where?) 5. They have dinner in the evening. (What time/usually?) 6. I need the missing suitcase badly. (How?) 7. These papers usually lie on the manager’s desk. (Where?) 8. The train for Bern leaves at 9.37. (When?) 9. People who go on business prefer to travel by air. (Who? How?) 10/ I usually go shopping to Marks and Spenser. (Where to?) 11. It takes the accountant a fortnight to make up the company’s balance sheet. (How much time?) 12. Bob Dilan prefers reading the Financial Times to the Observer. (Which newspaper?)

VIII. Choose a word from box A and a word from box B to describe what these people do, making any necessary changes to the verbs.

A B

Personnel officers Management consultants invest advise

An architect A stockbroker design look after

A journalist An air steward write arrange

Venture capitalists Auditors check buy and sell

1. An air steward looks after passengers on a plane.

2. _____________________ stocks and shares.

3. _____________________ houses.

4. _____________________ in small. High-risk companies.

5. _____________________ the accounts of a company.

6. _____________________ companies on how they should be run.

7. _____________________ articles for a newspaper.

8. _____________________ interviews.

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