Foscari - Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica

7. I ………………………..(work) for WorldCom now – I …………….(be) there for more than
five years …………………..(you/know) WorldCom?
8. I …………………..(work) for WorldCom since last year, but now I ……………..(want) to
change jobs …………………(you/hear) of any vacancies?
Exercise 6
Complete each mini-dialogue by putting the verbs in brackets into the correct form. One verb
will be in the present perfect and the other in the present perfect continuous. Use contractions
where possible.
1 A: What's the matter? You look worried!
B: Yes, I …………………………(look at) the contract in detail, and I .............
…………(notice) a lot of potential problems.
A: Oh, such as?
2 A: I ……………(phone) Carol all day, but there's no reply.
B: I expect she …………(go) to Head Office.
A: Oh, yes, I forgot.
3 A: 'Tosca' is coming to the Opera House …………….(you see) it?
B: No, not yet. Shall we go? I ………..(look forward) to it for ages.
A: So have I. What about next week?
4 A: How long ………………..(you produce) cars at this site?
B: About four years. We ……………….(invest) twenty million dollars in plant and
machinery.
A: Oh, and how long will it take to recoup your investment, do you think?
15 Present simple
I work -he works we try - she tries
you catch -she catches you go -she goes
1 We use the present simple:
a to describe states and situations that are permanent and always true.
The President lives in the White House.
The earth revolves around the sun.
b to talk about habits and things that we do regularly.
I work for an Internet service provider.
She leaves home at 6.30 every morning.
c in formal emails and letters to say why we are writing, what we are attaching, etc.
I write to complain about the poor service ...
I enclose the budget estimates you requested.
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