26 Unit2 Review Review Grammar Past Simple; Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous Form Past Simple verb +-ed* I started my company in 2007. He didn't goto univers Where did she grow up? Present Perfect Simple have/has + past We've bought anew car. participle Finish Mee — you been toa fashion show before? Present Perfect Coninuvus | druve/tue-+ny form | ve been working un Us of the verb | project for three years. ‘of irregular verbs, see Pocket Book pages 40-48. Past Simple ‘We tise the Past Simple to talk about finished actions and situations in the past Example | lived in Shanghai from 2008 to 2012. Present Perfect Simple ‘We use the Present Perfect Simple to talk about situations that link the past with the present in the following ways. ‘We talk about situations that began in the past and continue to the present. Feamples She's been an architect since 1994. She’ been an architect for more than 10 years. ‘We use for to talk about periods of time and since to talk about the point when a situation started. We talk about past actions that are relevant to the present Example She has designed five office buildings. (We are looking for someone with experience in office design.) ‘The actions may be finished or not depending on the sentence. Examples She has designed five office buildings. (The buildings are complete.) She has completed most of the design for a sixth office. (The building is not complete.) If we specify the time, we use the Past Simple. Example She designed six office buildings last year. ‘We use the Present Perfect Continuous to talk about situations that began in the [past and continue to the present. The focus is on the activity and the period of time rather than the result, Example I've been trying to get through to David all morning, (It taking a long time.)PRACTICE 1 Choose the correct verb forms to complete the sentences. 1 Thave grown / grew up in Chicago, but I didn't go / haven't been back there since my brother’s wedding. My parents emigrated / have emigrated to Chicago in the 1960s. My brother lived / hus livedt Uhere all his life: lies still sere now, He opened / has opened his first pizza shop in 1990. In the early days, he didn't employ / hasn't employed any stat. Since then, he opened / has opened ten pizza shops across the city. He opened / has opened his most recent shop last year. He gave / has given work to more than 500 people over the years. He didn't have / hasn't had a holiday for five years, but yesterday he booked / has booked a world cruise for next summer. 2. Write the questions for each of the sentences in 1. Where did you grow up z 1 2 When a 2 3. How long 2 4 When ae 5 How many 6 Howmany 2 7 When + AN Fit aay eee Be TS ME a 9. How often in the last ten years? 3. Complete the conversation using the verbs next tu each line, ‘A. _Have you heard ' the news about Manuel? hear B No, what _ - » happen A He______? the company. leave B Really! When this ” happen A He his notice yesterday. give B That'sa shock. He _*here for years. be A know. I > hin site he frst started. know B When you a find out A Rene * meat lunch today. Apparently he tell. speak to Manuel yesterday. B What he ats say A He_____"anew job. He__ the interview last week find, have and they___"*him the job already. offer R That’ great news for Manuel Vocabulary Starting a new business; phrasal verbs 11 Match 1-8 with a-h. 1 setup = a they 2 puttogether — _ bnew staff 3. carry out a © aproblem 4 find out = d achild 5 sort out research 6 look afer a fnew information 7 take on a g areport 8 tumon es h anew company mummm Review Unit2 2728 Unit2 Review m 2 Replace the words in italics in the sentences with these phrasal verbs. Change the form of the verb if necessary. lookinto pointout putmeoff sortout takeover tumoff tunup tumitdown She arrived | late for the meeting. Can you shut down | the computer? Tim investigating / the complaints from our customers. She discouraged me from | seeing the film. She said it ‘was awful! A large multinational bought / her company. ‘We made them an offer but they rejected it/ 5 He managed to solve / the problem with the printer. She drew my attentton 10 / a few mistakes in the report. 2.6 Listen to the conversation and answer the questions. ‘What did Mila discuss with a financial advisor? ‘What is the problem with Mila’s business plan? as Mila done any research into other websites? ‘What does Mila need to do before her next meeting? ‘What problem does she have with her web designer? ‘Who is Claudia meeting? What is she going to do while she waits? ©) 2.6 Complete the sentences with these phrasal verbs. Listen again and check. breakitdown carryout —_lookedinto pointed out puttogether —putyouoff —sortout = turnsup 1 need to ‘more research into existing fashion websites. 2 You've already —_ ____ the competition. 3 She that my idea is easy Lo copy. 4 Donttlet that T thought your idea was great. 5 Ineed to __a marketing plan. 6 She wants me to into markets. 7 Lalso need to a few problems with our web designer. 8 He always halfan hour late! Work skills Team meetings 1. Match 1-8 with a-h to make sentences from a team meeting. 1 T'mafraid Junko cant __ a meto help? 2 The first item on = b tothenext point. 3. Would you like - they want to discuss? 4 Doce anyone have _ on what’s happening with anything else es the marketing campaign? 5 Could you be = the agenda is the sales conference. 6 Lets move on s £ make the meeting today. 7 Sotosumup,weve g abit more specific? 8 Can you fill usin = h agreed that Tom is going to write a report. 2.7 Listen to the beginning of a team meeting. Answer the questions. Is there anyone who cant attend the meeting? Ifso, who? ‘What two things is Jay working on? ‘Why did they choose Radio 6 and Jazz FM for their adverts? ‘What has Jay done recently for the radio campaign? ‘Why is he confident that the writers are good? ‘What is Virginia working on?Functions Checking progress; delegating tasks In meetings, we use these phrases to check progress of projects, etc, Examples How are we doing with (project)? Have we covered everything? Have we done (job / task) yet? ‘We use these phrases when we want to delegate tasks. Examples Can you deal with (task)? Who's going to look after (task)? ‘Who's responsible for (+ noun or verb -ing)? Td like you to handle that. / Can I leave this with you? Isanyone free to (do a job)? ‘We use these phrases to agree to do something, Examples Yes, I can do that. / Yes, we can handle that. Leave it with me. We use these phrases to say we can't do something. Examples Tm not fee, I'm afraid. Twon't be able to da that hecause / Td rather nat because PRACTICE 1 Put the words in the right order to complete the conversations. 1 A (go/free/to/ anyone /is) to the conference B A B A wpe B A B next week? Yes, Antonio is, Ask him, Lukas, can you meet our visitors at the airport, please? (@hat /1/ yes (do (can) : (doing / are / with / we / how) 7 the new product range? Everything’ fine. Well get final approval from Head Office next week. Otto, can you put the data on the website today? Sorry, (t0/ 1/ be / that / able / do / won't) oid Es because I don't have all the figures yet. | think that’s the end of the meeting. (everything / covered / we / have) 2 Yes, that’s it. We can finish there. Eric, can you organize the shifts in the factory for the next six months¢ (handle /can/yes/that (1) 2 ©) 2.8 Listen to four conversations. Tick V ifthe people can do the job. Cross x if they can't do the job. 10 eis 3 i ter 3 ©) 2.8 Complete the sentences with a word in each gap. Listen again and check. 1 a b a cheese Have we paid the staff bonuses ‘ Can this with you, Barry? Who's going to after the lighting for the photo shoot tomorrow? Mit 1a not because I have a doctor's appointment in the afternoon. Gordon, Iai like you to that. Tomorrow? No, 'm not free, I'm Who's responsi itwith me. le ‘organizing the cars? m Review Unit? 29