B. Answer the following questions:
1. What tips about business cards do you find interesting?
2. How to invest in new cards?
3. To your mind, which method of remembering about cards is better?
4. How can your business card cement a positive first impression?
5. Where would you keep your business cards?
C. Complete the sentences:
1. If it's because you dislike the cards, pitch them and ____________________.
2. If you haven't ordered business cards within the past two years, there's a good chance that ____________________________________________________.
3. Besides, the words and actions that accompany your business card when you give it to______________________________________________________.
4. If your last order was for 1000 cards and there are still 990 cards left, ask yourself ______________________________________________________.
5. Forgetting your business card is __________________________________.
GRAMMAR
PRESENT TENSES
Ex.1. Find the verbs in the sentences below, define their tense forms and translate the sentences into Ukrainian.
Model:
Every morning my grandfather reads a fresh newspaper. (Present Simple) He is reading his favourite newspaper now. (Present Continuous) He has been reading it for half an hour. (Present Perfect Continuous) Oh, he has read the newspaper, and is now discussing the news with my father. (1- Present Perfect; 2 Present Continuous)
1. The factory produces electric motors. The factory has been producing electric motors for 50 years. Recently, the factory has produced a new model. The factory is launching a new model these days.
2. Lucy is a florist. She works for Evelynes. She has been working there for two years. This week Lucy is working at the exhibition of flowers.
3. - Maggie, its time to go.
- Has it stopped raining?
- No, but it isnt raining heavily.
- Paul, it has been raining all day. I dont want to leave home and get wet.
4. - What are you watching?
- BBC weekly news.
- Do you know what is on after the news?
- A serial. This soap opera has been running for about a year. You wont believe this; my mom has already seen more than two hundred series.
Ex.2. Define what tense forms should be used in the following micro-situations. Refer to the Table of Present Tenses if necessary. You dont need to translate the sentences.
1. , ? ͳ, . , 䳿.
2. , ? ³ . a .
3. i, - ? ͳ. - . . ̳ , 3- .
4. , ? , , &S. .
5. . .
6. , . .
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7. , ? , 10 .
8. ? ͳ , . , .
THE PRESENT SIMPLE TENSE
Ex.3. Write the 3rd person singular of the following verbs. Classify the verbs into three groups as it is shown below.
Work, go, fly, destroy, do, pass, rush, buy, pay, try, sell, love, laugh, know, serve, clean, catch, manage, agree, buy, fix, brush, kiss, study, finish, wash, copy, watch, stay, wash, write, read, drive
| +s | works, destroys, |
| +es | goes, |
| +ies | flies, |
Ex.4. Put the verbs into three groups according to the reading rules and read them.
Start, begin, stop, stay, finish, close, open, make, catch, copy, say, like, put, miss, manage, mix, teach, type, try, laugh, fly, freeze, dry, crash, pass, push, lose, drop, fall, rise, save, wish, change
[s] starts, _________________________________________________________
[z] begins, ________________________________________________________
[iz] finishes, ______________________________________________________
Ex.5. Write and read the he/she/it forms.
1. I take he takes
2. I give he _________
3. we watch he _________
4. we buy she _________
5. you repair she _________
6. you work she _________
7. they cost it _________
8. they close it _________
9. I have all the necessary data on computer. - He _________________________.
10. Banks open at 9 a.m. - This bank ____________________________________.
11. You often leave a message on the answer phone. -Your friend _____________.
12. You look so much like your mum. - Susan ____________________________.
13. You actually do nothing on your day off. - She _________________________.
14. They spend a lot of time driving. - Michael ____________________________.
