B) Choose the correct option a-c to complete the sentences. a) have you worked b) have you been working c) were you working

1. How long.......in sales?

a) have you worked b) have you been working c) were you working

2. By the time I came back from my business trip, a lot of things........

a) had changed b) has changed c) changed

3. The company is huge. It........ a thousand new jobs since the beginning of last year.

a) created b) has created c) had created

4. We....... this product since the beginning of the year.

a) have produced b) have been producing c) had produced

5. I'm afraid the company is going bankrupt. It........big problems lately.

a) had b) has had c) was having

6. So, what........ since I last saw you? What's new'?

a) have you been doing b) have you done c) were you doing

7. The number of employees cycling to work.........

a) increased b) have increased c) has increased

8. Mary left work very late. She........letters all day.

a) was typing b) has been typing c) had been typing

V. Rewrite the sentences in the passive.

1. We will employ several workers.

Several workers........by us.

a) will employ b) will be employed

2. When I arrived at the office the secretary had sent the letter.

When I arrived at the office the letter........

a) had sent b) had been sent

3. The fashion magazine sponsored the exhibition.

The exhibition........by the fashion magazine.

a) was sponsored b) is sponsored

4. I have invested my money in real estate.

My money........ in real estate.

a) has been invested b) has invested

5. Investors are putting a lot of money into China.

A lot of money.......... by investors into China.

a) is put b) is being put

VI. а) КОПР № 1

B)) Complete each sentence with a verb in the correct form, - ing or to...

1. I am interested in........more about your special offers.

a) to hear b) hearing

2. I like........colleagues if they come to me with a problem.

a) helping b) to help

3. The buyers want....... our terms of payment.

a) knowing b) to know

4. You don't need........ into an argument over this.

a) to get b) getting

5. We should........ the software before giving it to users.

a) testing b) test

6. Did the company promise.......you a permanent job?

a) to give b) giving

VII. Translate the sentences from English into Russian.

1. Governments receive revenues from different sources with taxation as the

main one.

2. Through taxation governments achieve different goals. They decrease the

income gap between the rich and the poor, they discourage people from

consuming harmful products and they control overall supply and demand.

3. Most taxation revenues go on public goods which include national defence,

street lighting, healthcare, education and others.

VIII.

A. Read this text.