Complete the sentences with be + certain to, likely to, or unlikely to.
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- Complete the sentences, using the present perfect to make it clear that the periods of time have not finished yet.
- A Stative verbs + for and since
- E Completed actions over a period of time
- Some of the following sentences are right and some are wrong. Put a tick [√] next to the ones that are right, and correct the ones that are wrong.
- Look at the chart and read through this extract from an advertisement about the Emerging Markets Fund. Put the verbs into the present perfect tense.
- Using the notes, write about what has happened in the recent past.
- C Finished and unfinished activities
- Complete the sentences by putting the verbs into the present perfect continuous.
- Finished and unfinished activities
- Write short paragraphs answering the questions, giving details about the activities that have been going on.
- Review: simple past, present perfect
- and present perfect continuous
- C Present perfect simple+ for and since
- D Present perfect continuous. Exercise 1. Simple past vs present Perfect (1). Read the sentences and pay attention to the underlined verbs. Put a tick next to the ones that are right, and correct the ones that are wrong.. Exercise 2. Simple past vs Presen
- Present perfect and Present perfect Continuous
- Translate these words and word combinations into Ukrainian.
- Find the English equivalents.. Translate into English.
- B Points of the time in the past
- Choose the correct tense, simple past or continuous.
- Read each set of sentences. Decide the order in which things happened. Begin each pair of answers with the same words.
- Explain what was happening up to the point when the following events took place. Use because + the past continuous.
- B Previous and subsequent events
- C Present perfect and past perfect
- Previous and subsequent events
- Complete the following sentences using the past perfect.
- Continue the sentences. Say what activities had been going on.
- C Future time words+ Present simple
- D Offers. Promises. Requests. Etc
- Rewrite the following sentences using will or won’t.
- Complete the sentences using a verb in the present tense.
- The future (2): the present continuous and going to
- Present continuous arrangements
- B Going to – decisions and intentions
- Two managers of an engineering company are trying to arrange a meeting. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous.
- Fill in the blanks with the correct from of the future, using will or going to.
- Write a short paragraph about the arrangements than been made for the CEO of a major American bank to open the new European HQ in London.
- Find the English equivalents.. Translate into English.
- The future (3): other future tenses
- C Will be doing. D Will have done. Exercise 1. Was going to – changed plans. Two colleagues are discussing the changes in the plans for a new office. Fill the blanks with was/were going to and is/are going to.. Exercise 2. Look through the notes about the
- Changed arrangements – problem solving
- Answer the following questions about yourself in 20 years’ time.
- The future (4): possibility and probability
- A Definitely, probably, etc.. B likely to, certain to. C I think, I doubt
- Complete the sentences with be + certain to, likely to, or unlikely to.
- B Match the sentences in column A with sentences in column B that have a similar meaning.
- Make predictions about what changes will happen in the next few years.
- Final business Grammar &vocabulary tests
- Complete the sentences by putting the verb into the necessary tense form.
- Translate the sentences into English.
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D Modal verbs
We can use may, might, and could + bare infinitive to refer to the future:
I believe that unemployment may/ might/ could fall over the coming months.
(For further information on modal verbs, see Units 23-26.)
Exercise 1
Definitely, probably
Look at the results of an opinion pool asking voters which party they will support at the next election. Complete the sentences about the likely results using definitely, probably, or maybe + will/ won’t.
LABOUR
| 49%
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
|| 21%
CONSERVATIVE
27%
GREEN PARTY || 1%
1. The Liberal Democrats will definitely do better than the Green Party.
2. The Labour party____________________________________ get the most votes.
3. _________the Labour Party _______________________ get an overall majority.*
4. The Conservatives _______________________________________come second.
5. The Liberal Democrats_____________________________beat the Conservatives.
6. The Green Party ______________________________ from the next government.
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* i.e. More seats in Parliament than all the other parties put together.
Exercise 2
Likely to, certain to
1. They have very little experience of the entertainment industry, so they are unlikely to win the contract for a national television network.
2. She ________ get the job. She has the experience and the qualifications, and none of the other applicants were any good.
3. I will offer them a 10% discount, but they ________ ask for more because they are sometimes very tough negotiators.
4. Of course the stock market goes up and down, but you ________ lose all your money in such a safe investment.
5. I can give Harriet the message. She ________ be here at some stage tomorrow, because she usually comes in to the office on Thursdays.
6. The consortium ________ need some extra finance for the bridge; they have spent all of their money and the project is only half-finished.
7. We are relocating to a site that is quite close, so most of the staff ________ stay with the company.
8. I have booked a hotel room in London for the 18th, because the dinner ________ finish before 11 p. m., and then it will be too late to get a train back to Liverpool.
9. The new manager ________ make a number of changes in the department; the only question is exactly what those changes will be.
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