Exercise 126

Write sentences in the Present Progressive Tense about what people are doing, like this:

The managers (have) a meeting. The managers are having a meeting.

1. He (think). _________________________________________________

2. They (visit) customers. _______________________________________

3. Luisa (greet) a visitor. _______________________________________

4. Mary (take) shorthand. ______________________________________

5. You (have) lunch. __________________________________________

6. You (write) a letter. _________________________________________

7. I (speak) on the phone. ______________________________________

8. Helen (sit) in the office. ______________________________________

9. He (read) a report. __________________________________________

10. She (get) on the bus. ________________________________________

Exercise 127

Read the text and translate.

It’s seven in the morning. Tessa Saunders works in an advertising agency. She’s having breakfast and reading a newspaper. There’s a radio on the table, so she’s listening to music.

Richard Knight is Tessa’s boss. He’s having a shower.

James Chen is dressing. He’s from Hong Kong. He’s having an interview for a job at ten o’clock in the morning.

Now Richard Knight is driving to work. He isn’t going very fast because the traffic is very heavy this morning.

Now Tessa is talking to Richard Knight. They are in his office. He’s smoking.

James is talking to a policewoman. He’s asking the way to Blake Street. James Chen is in Tessa’s office at the moment. She’s interviewing him.

At present time James is waiting for a bus. It’s cold and it’s raining, but he’s happy because he has the job now.

New words:

• advertising - реклама

• agency- агенство

• to have breakfast - завтракать

• to have a shower - принимать душ

• to dress - одеваться

• to drive - вести машину

• traffic - транспорт

• fast - быстро

• heavy - (зд) интенсивный

• cold - холодный

• wait - ждать

Exercise 128

Write sentences with a present continuous negative.

1. I/not/visit/a customer/in Rome – I’m not visiting a customer in Rome.

2. We/not/spend/much time/in Milan

3. The company/not/look at/new markets in southern Europe

4. At the moment many companies/not/invest/in new products

5. Our marketing experts/not/change/our present sales strategy

6. You/not/stay/in a hotel

Exercise 129

Read and translate. Ask questions.

We are not increasing our prices this year. The market is not strong enough. We are launching new products for the domestic market. Most of our products are selling well at home.

At present, we are not planning any new products for export. Sales are not increasing in our export markets. The company is not expecting improved sales this year.

Exercise 130

Make questions to complete the dialogue below. Use the words in brackets.

1. What is Mary doing? (What/Mary/do?) She is telephoning Signor Fini.

2. ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­________________? (Why/call/him?) To invite him to the meeting on Friday.

3. ________________? (Why/we/have a meeting?) To talk about the La Paz report.

4. ________________? (You/work on/the report now?) Yes, I’m still working on it.

5. ________________? (Anyone/help/you?) No, I’m doing it alone.

6. ________________? (Kim and James/come/to the meeting?) No, they aren’t.

Exercise 131

Match the headlines on the left to the newspaper extracts on the right.

1. Virgin Book	a) THE MUSIC industry giant is aiming to be the number one company in its field.
2. EMI HIT	b) The fast food retailer is opening its 25,000th restaurant in Chicago.
3. Financial Times online	c) The information and news provider is launching a new multi-media news service via the internet.
4. Virgin Atlantic Offer	d) ft.com is providing financial data on more than 10,000 companies.
5. Reuters Expansion	e) As part of its competitive battle with other airlines it is offering free Internet access to its presenters.
6. McDonald’s groundwork	f) The group’s financial services company is providing a free book to help its customers choose a personal pension.

Exercise 132

Are these statements true (T) or false (F)?

1. Virgin Atlantic prices are coming down. ……

2. McDonald’s is closing down an outlet in Chicago. ……

3. Virgin is helping people to make financial decisions. ……

4. Reuters is developing its online news services. ……

5. The Financial Times is increasing its newspaper production. ……

Exercise 133

Read the article. Mark the sentences in Continuous form.

When customers call you “on the phone” they often aren’t calling you from a telephone on their office desk. More and more, people are calling you when they’re walking down the street or riding in a car. And they are making their calls on their cell phones.

In the early 1990s, the cell (mobile) phone market was small. Makers sold 10 million units. Personal computer makers sold about 40 million units in the same period. In 1997, the picture changed. Consumers bought 100 million cell phones, compared to 80 million PCs. In 1998, over 160 million cell phones were sold. By 1999, about 300 million people owned PCs, but 400 million had cell phones.

Sales of cell phones are continuing to grow each year. Cell phone makers Nokia and Motorola believe that one billion people will own at least one cell phone by 2003.

And the cell phone of the future will be more that a mobile telephone. It will be a pocket-sized computer that can do everything a personal computer can do. In fact, Nokia thinks that by 2004, more people will connect to the internet by cell phones than from PCs.