D Practice

1. Look at the following chart which shows the history of a joint venture between two companies. Write a short paragraph which explains the main events.

Jan 1992	TELCO reports profits of $28m (increase of 25%)
June 1992	TeleResearch (TR) produces prototype of Linco Mobile Phone
Oct 1992	TR offers Telco a licence agreement
Nov 1992	Telco offers to buy Linco Mobile Phone for $2.5m
	TR rejects offer
Jan 1993	Telco suggests joint venture
	negotiations begin
June 1993	Telco and TR form a joint venture company, Linco.

2. Write six sentences describing your educational and/or professional background.

3. Below is an extract from a report on an accident at a construction site. Complete the text by choosing an appropriate form of each verb in brackets. Use either the past simple or the past continuous.

On Monday at 16.30 a construction worker was hurt at the Iribas plant. The foreman said that four men 1) (work) on a roof when a crane 2) (hit) the wall of the building. One of the men 3) (slip) and 4) (fall) to the ground. The crane driver 5) (try) to lift a metal pipe when he 6) (lose) control. A preliminary report identifies three factors which contributed to the accident: the injured worker 7) (not/wear) a safety harness. The crane 8) (work) in a prohibited area. It 9) (rain), so work should have been stopped.

4. Use either the past simple or the present perfect simple.

Last year our company 1) (report) a small increase in profits. This year we 2) (see) continued improvement and our turnover 3) (rise) by 15 per cent. This is very good news in a difficult world market. In fact internationally, the market 4) (fall). Naturally, our costs 5) (go up) and so the rise in profits is not so great. It is true that our domestic performance 6) (be helped) by the collapse of our competitor, Capra & Pecora, which 7) (go out of business) in January.

5. Write four examples of sentences describing events affecting your work/studies, in which a past tense is contrasted with a past perfect tense.

Example: I had already worked in marketing before I joined my present company.

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