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2 Choose the correct alternatives in italics.

1 We usually use the present simple / continuous with these expressions:

normally every day often sometimes frequently

2 We usually use the present simple / continuous with these expressions:

at the moment now this week currently

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3 Choose the correct verb forms in italics to complete the text.

We're all accountants and we work/ I are working for a telecommunications company in the finance department. We sit / are sitting at our PCs in the office every day and check / are checking the invoices and payments. But this week is different: we attend/ I are attending a training course. The company currently changes / is currently changing to a new accounting system, and this week, we learn / are learning all about it. So at the moment, we stay I are staying at a big hotel in the mountains. It's wonderful! When we're at home, we usually spend / are spending the evenings cooking and cleaning for our families. But here, there's an excellent restaurant and we can relax and have a laugh together.

4. Match each sentence with the meaning expressed by its verb.

1 TransChem employs 2,560 people.

2 Ms Dubois is replacing Phil as Sales Manager till October.

3 We are improving our services to meet the needs of a much wider range of customers.

4 We are opening our sixth subsidiary next month.

5 We need a different set of skills to address our company's challenges.

6 We observe our customers' reactions carefully.

a) temporary situation

b) future arrangement

c) ongoing situation

d) routine activity

e) factual information

f) verb usually used only

in the present simple

5 Correct the three sentences that use the wrong form of the verb.

1 Our company looks for a new Marketing Manager.

2 We rarely raise our prices by more than 3%.

3 We are bringing marketing and sales resources closer to customers.

4 Our largest subsidiary, based in Ottawa, is going through a difficult period.

5 This year, all our sales staff learn French.

6 At the moment, we are not knowing the profit figures.

6 Complete the text with verbs from the box. Use either the present simple or present continuous tense.

Co-ordinate attend go have know prepare speak think travel

Sofia Grammatopoulos is Marketing Manager at Kayavis Food & Wine S.A., an expanding medium-sized business in Thessaloniki. She -------------------- the

work of a team of three people. Kayavis ----------------------- distributors in eleven

countries in Europe and America, so Sofia often -------------------- abroad. Next

week, she ----------------------- to Canada to visit their new retail outlet. She--------------

Greek, English, and Danish. At the moment she -----------------------

an intensive German course because the owner of Kayavis ------------------------- of

opening a shop and a large restaurant in Munich.

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Sofia ------------------------- that she will have to work in Germany for six months, so she ------------------------ herself for her new assignment as best as she can.