Friday, May 8th

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FUTURE been noted that some employees are spending a lot of time on social networks during work hours,
and productivity has gone down. We really need everyone to be focused right now because we (1) are
The managers of a design magazine have noticed an increase in the number of employees who use social
about to / are considering launch our new website, and we (2) plan to get / anticipate getting a lot of
networking sites at work. Read the blog post and employee comments about the issue. Circle the correct words
new business as a result. Because of this, management (3) is likely to block / is considering blocking
and phrases to complete the sentences.
Internet access to social networking websites from the office. However, we'd like to hear what you all
think about this. We welcome your comments. We (4) anticipate having / will have a meeting next Friday
at 2:00 to discuss this issue. All employees are welcome. We (5) plan to / hope to see all of you there.

COMMENTS:

Marta G.: Not everyone spends a lot of time on the sites. Most of us check the sites a couple of times a
day. Why punish everyone? It (6) should be / seems likely that people who waste time (7) should / will
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Erin W.: I like this idea. It's frustrating when my team members don't complete their work because they
have spent too much time online. This change (8) would / is going to prevent them from spending half
the workday online. And my team's productivity (9) intends to / could increase.

Tomas K.: I use a social networking site to update my clients on the latest design trends. Some of my
clients contact me during the day on this site. If I couldn't use the site at work, I (10) should / might lose
some of my clients. I (11) intend / am not likely to protest this policy if it goes through.

Kevin L.: Friday’s a bad day for this meeting. A lot of people (12) don't plan / are not likely to attend
because they telecommute that day. You should change the day.