• The Present Perfect Tense

Exercise 12. Open the brackets using the Present Perfect Tense:

1. It is obvious that you (not / to read) this report. 2. I (to think), and I (to decide) that you need to give up your job. 3. I (to work) in this company since I was 25. 4. Our foreign partners (not / to send) us an answer yet. 5. The Canadian two dollar coin (to be) in circulation since 1996. 6. I (already / to show) them the report of our monthly profit. 7. You (to invite) our partners to the trade show? 8. How much money you (to earn) up to now?

Exercise 13. Replace the infinitives in brackets by the Present Perfect or the Past Indefinite:

1. We (to start) a new business that is keeping us very busy. 2. You ever (to be) to London? – Yes, I (to be) there three years ago. 3. We (not / to finish) the project yet. 4. I already (to send) the fax to our wholesalers. 5. We (not / to receive) any information from our marketing department lately. 6. I (not / to see) them since our last meeting in Chicago. 7. It’s ages since I (to see) them. 8. I (to know) our bookkeeper since I finished the Institute. 9. Several businessmen (to try) to sign the contract, but nobody (succeed / ever). 10. The situation at the terminal market (to change) a great deal in the last five years.

Exercise 14. Make the following interrogative and negative:

1. In fact, they have just come back from the business trip. 2. Janet has worked for Smith & Brothers since our company was sold. 3. The president of the company has signed all contracts for the meeting. 4. Staff manager has worked in the financial department for five years in Germany. 5. I have already finished my annual report for the chief accountant. 6. Our employee has just informed us about some changes in the agreement. 7. The secretary has written the e-mail in the letters to our partners.

Exercise 15. Do as you are told and say what you have done:

Model: Finish your report. – I have finished my report.

1. Analyze the situation of the economic crisis. 2. Come back from your business trip to Greece. 3. Discuss the purchasing behaviour at the meeting. 4. Be aware of the personnel problems in the Production Department. 5. Improve the productivity of our firm. 6. Complete your research on market segmentation. 7. Write the letter to our competitors. 8. Improve the quality standards of the product.

Exercise 16. Use the affirmative form of the Present Perfect instead of the negative form of the Present Continuous:

Model: I’m not distinguishing these two concepts. – I have distinguished these two concepts.

1. Companies are not embracing target marketing. 2. They are not spending much time working at the project. 3. Manufacturers are not producing enough goods. 4. Our competitors are not increasing their prices. 5. Our marketing department is not identifying new trend. 6. Our team is not following the innovations. 7. We are not testing new products. 8. He is not clarifying our promotional strategies.

Exercise 17. Extend the following sentences as in the model:

Model: We are not going to sell our pioneer product. – We are not going to sell our pioneer product because we have done it already.

1. We are not going to negotiate with them. 2. Our financial director is not going to increase our salary. 3. He is not going to repair our fax machine. 4. We are not going to adopt his advertising method. 5. She is not going to follow the rules of the executive manager. 6. They are not going to make this product better. 7. I’m not going to incentive the work of the staff. 8. He is not going to promote our company abroad.

Exercise 18. Translate into English:

1. Нажаль, я залишив копії угоди вдома. 2. Які види реклами ви використали для просування своєї продукції? 3. Працівники нашої фірми побували на торговій виставці у Німеччині цього року. 4. Нарешті, я закінчив роботу над своїм проектом. Тепер я можу продемонструвати його на зборах. 5. Мене ще не прийняли на роботу на постійній основі. 6. Ми зібрали дані про потенційних споживачів до того, як директор повернувся з ділової поїздки. 7. Ми отримали ваш електронний лист вчора, але не встигли його прочитати. Ми прочитали його сьогодні. 8. Чому контракт ще не готовий? – Хтось видалив файл з комп’ютера. 9. Я знаю віце президента цієї компанії з 2004 року. 10. Чому фінансовий директор не проаналізував дані про сегментацію ринку?