Практические упражнения. __________6 an intensive German course because the owner of Kayavis ___________7of opening a shop and a large restaurant in Munich

__________⁶ an intensive German course because the owner of Kayavis ___________⁷of opening a shop and a large restaurant in Munich. Sofia ________⁸ that she will have to work in Germany for six months, so she _________⁹ herself for her new assignment as best as she can.

B. Make questions for these answers. All the information is in the text in exercise A.

1. What does Sofia do? She co-ordinates the work of a team of three people.

2. ________________________ - Eleven.

3. _______________________ - Next week.

4. ______________________ - To visit their new retail outlet.

5. _______________________ - Greek, English and Danish.

6. _______________________ - Because she will have to work in Germany.

7. _______________________ - In Munich.

Exercise 63. Complete these sentences with either the present simple or the present continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1. We normally hold (hold) our sales conference in Spain, but this year we ___________ (hold) it in Poland.

2. Although we _______ (use) our own sales rep at the moment, we generally (use) agents in Japan.

3. It normally _________ (take) us two years to develop a new product.

4. We don't often __________ (raise) our prices more than 5%, but this time we ________ (raise) them 10%.

5. Usually our Sales Director _________ (deal) with important customers.

6. We usually ________ (recruit) from within the company, but this time we _________ (advertise) externally.

7. We _________ (rent) offices until our new headquarters are ready.

8. The company _________ (want) to achieve record sales this year.

Практические упражнения

Exercise 64. Correct the following sentences, according to the model.

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Model: Smithson's magnificent headquarters building is standing in Bloor Street in Toronto, Canada.

1. The head of Smithson, Carla Ferenzi, is wanting to make Smithson a world-class company.

2. When Carla is arriving at the office each morning, she is checking her schedule for the day with her personal assistant.

3. Carla Ferenzi travels in Asia at the moment. She visits important new markets there as she is needing to know more about them.

4. Carla is knowing a lot of important businesspeople in Asia.

5. Smithson usually recruits about 100 graduates every year, but this year it recruits 150.

6. Smithson expands fast: sales increased by 30 percent last year and the same figure is forecast for this year.

Exercise 65. Correct the sentences if necessary. Use the present simple or the present continuous.