recover losses                   - worker              - numerical control

- recover losses                   - worker              - numerical control

- means of production       - wages/salary     - economic growth

- productivity of labour      - tax                         - recyclable materials

 

GRAMMAR IN USE

These tasks can help you to practise The Present Continuous Tense (See Appendix 1 p. 214 - 221) and do the following exercises.

14. Underline the correct tense form in the following sentences.

1. Ukraine has / is having extremely rich mineral resources in high concentrations and close to each other.

2. Besides wheat, Ukraine is producing / produces such grains as barley, buckwheat and rice.

3. Rich iron ore reserves located near Kryvy Rih, Kremenchuk, Bilozerka, Mariupol, and Kerch form / are forming the basis of Ukraine's large iron and steel industry.

4. The industrial heartland of the country is / are the Donetsk Coal Basin.

5. Steppes and plains compose / are composing the most part of the territory of Ukraine.

6. For security purposes the employees change / are changing their passwords regularly.

7. The supervisor checks / is checking the delivery at the moment.

 

15. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

1. In this process, we always ….. (to heat) the mixture to 120°C.

2. These days we ….. (to use) plastic packaging.

3. We ….. (to work) on this project this month.

4. Next year we ….. (to build) a new depot.

5. We often ….. (to receive) raw materials from our suppliers.

6. He ….. (to take) a difficult course now.

7. He ….. (to want) to be a Civil Engineer.

16. Read the text and put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or the Present Continuous.

Michael is a politician. 1) He ….. (to be) a very busy man. Every morning he 2) ….. (to leave) home at 8 o’clock and 3) ….. (to go) to his office. He 4) ….. (usually / to have) meetings until lunchtime, and in the afternoon, he 5) ….. (often / to visit) the people of Madewell. He really 6) ….. (to enjoy) talking to people.

At the moment he and his team 7) ….. (to organize) his election campaign. There are elections in June and he 8) …..(to hope) to persuade lots of people to vote for him.

Next month he 9) ….. (to go) to London to meet the Prime Minister. They 10) ….. (to have) a meeting to discuss future plans for Madewell.