USE OF ENGLISH

1. Directions: Complete the text with the present simple form of the verbs in brackets.
I (0) work (work) in the head office of a foreign currency exchange agency. The company (1) _________
(have) offices all over the world, in airports and in city centers. My job (2) ________ (be) a bit boring at
times, especially the routine tasks. On the other hand, it’s a responsible position – we all (3) ________
(deal with) large sums of money every day. A lot of our work (4) ________ (be) automatic: a machine
(5) ________ (count) the money, for example. I prefer that, because I (6) _______________ (not like)
to make mistakes. We (7) ______________ (not often have) problems with false money: I think
everybody (8) ________ (know) that our machines (9) ________ (be) very sophisticated. However,
people occasionally (10) ________ (try) to use false credit cards to buy foreign currency.

2. Directions: Rewrite each sentence with the time expressions in the correct positions.
Example: 0 Do you drive to work? Usually Do you usually drive to work?

11. He doesn’t work late. usually _________________________________________________________

12. I work at weekends. never ___________________________________________________________

13. He visits clients. twice a weekend _____________________________________________________

14. I am at my desk by 8am. normally _____________________________________________________

15. Do they give press conferences? often _________________________________________________

3. Directions: Read about events in the business world over the last 100 years and complete the
sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in the box.
begin buy crash develop end force form launch invent merge sign

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 4. Directions: Write the questions in past simple about some of the information in the text above
using the prompts below.

36. What / Henry Ford / produce? ________________________________________________________

37. When / be / the Wall Street Crash? ____________________________________________________

38. Where / colour TV broadcasts / begin? _________________________________________________

39. Be / “New Coke” / a success? _________________________________________________________

40. How long / the dot-com boom / last? __________________________________________________

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5. Directions: Read the extract from a company newsletter and complete the text with the
present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

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