Упражнение 1. Вставьте слова из списка в настоящем времени: assist, attend, call back, deserve, get through, look up, make, pick up, print out, put through.

Пример: Normally she calls back straight away.

1. His secretary always _______ the phone first. 2. This year we ________ to get a pay rise. 3. This week he _______ the Personnel Director with the interviews. 4. She ________ the number in the phone book at the moment. 5. Today I _______ a training session on quality control. 6. Once a week the computer ________ the sales figures. 7. We hardly ever _______ to Bombay so easily. 8. Please hold on. I ________ to the Sales Department. 9. I _______ some notes now and I’ll make the call in a few minutes.

Упражнение 2. Вставьте глоголы из списка в соответствущем времени: go, have, make, open, post, receive, search, send, start, stop, use, visit, work.

Пример: She’s been trying to get through to head office all morning.

1. Our company ________ computers in its offices now for a long time. 2. We’re very busy today. The phone ________ hardly ________ ringing since I arrived in the office this morning. 3. ________ you________ Madrid before? Yes, I ________ there last year on business. 4. In 1986 our enterprise ________ a factory in South America. 5. I ________ working here when I left school. 6. “Is your secretary still looking for the file?” “Yes, she ________ for it for the past twenty minutes.” 7. I’m sorry to keep you waiting. I __________ a phone call to Paris. 8. While you ________ lunch, Mr. Casagrande phoned. 9. We ________ the letter to our parent company a week ago, but we ________ a reply yet. 10. His firm ________ him to their New York office and he ________ there ever since.

Упражнение 3. Вставьте слова из списка в нужной грамматической форме: arrive, ask, fly, leave, phone, put, see, sneeze, work, write.

1. Will you be able to find out when the first plane to Paris ________ 2. Tomorrow I ________ the boss for a rise and that’s definite! 3. By the time I retire, I ________ here for 10,000 working days. 4. She ________ to Spain on Tuesday to meet our clients in Seville. 5. I ________ the documents in the post to you first thing tomorrow. 6. Please don’t disturb me for the next half hour, I ________ Tokyo. 7. Excuse me Mr. Grey, when ________ you ________ to our Norwegian clients ? 8. While you ________ in Stockholm, ________ you ________ Mr. Olsson? 9. Stand back, everyone, it looks as if he ________ 10. Don’t worry, I’m sure the spare parts ________ soon.

Упражнение 4. Вставьте слова в скобках в форме present perfect или past simple, обращая внимание на неправильные глаголы.

Пример: William Colgate founded (found) the Colgate Company in 1806 as a starch, soap and candle business in New York City.

For the first hundred years, the company ________ (do) all its business in the United States. However, in the early 1900s, the company ________ (begin) an aggressive expansion program that ________ (lead) to the establishment of Colgate operations in countries throughout Europe, Latin America and the Far East. In more recent years it ________ (set up) operations in Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Eastern Europe, and China. Colgate-Palmolive ________ (become) a truly global consumer products company, worth $8.7 billion and selling in more than 200 countries. Colgate-Palmolive’s five main sectors of business are: Oral Care, Body Care, Household Surface Care, Fabric Care and Pet Nutrition and Health Care. In the area of Oral Care, Colgate-Palmolive is the world leader in toothpaste. As a result of the company’s heavy investment in research and technology, it ________ (develop) many successful toothpastes, rinses and toothbrushes. To strengthen its presence in professional products, Colgate-Palmolive ________ (buy) the Oral Pharm Company of Australia and the dental therapeutics business of Scherer Laboratories USA in 1990. For many years, the company ________ (have) a strong dental education program in schools throughout the world and ________ (maintain) a close partnership with the international dental community. Recently it ________ (create) a web site for dental professionals. The company ________ (always pay) close attention to the environment. It ________ already (make) great progress in the use of recyclable bottles and packaging materials.