Complete these sentences using the correct form of one of the words above. Make sentences of your own to show that you understand the difference in their meaning.
1. The president has enormous … to make decisions.
2. I don’t have the … to move that table alone.
3. She has the … to help us with our problems.
4. We have the … to stop the deal at any time.
5. The illness has left her with very little … .
6. The British royal family has very little … these days.
7. She has a very … character.
8. He made a … speech asking the government to take measures.
9. As a manager, she has the … to hire employees.
10. We need someone who has the inner … to take on a difficult job.
Exercises in Comprehension
Ex.1. Answer the following question:
1. What is a job interview?
2. Who interviews the candidates?
3. What will the interviewers follow up after the interview?
4. What document is signed when the person has been officially appointed?
5. What does an employment contract agree?
6. What should an interviewee do in advance?
7. Have you applied for any jobs?
8. Have you been interviewed? How did it go?
9. What's the usual process for getting your first job in Ukraine?
Ex.2. Sum up what the text says about:
s interviewees and interviewers
s an employment contract
s job interviews
Grammar Revision
| Future Continuous, Future Perfect We use the Future Continuous to talk about: s actions or events that will be in progress at a specific time in the future This time next week I’ll be flying to London. s something that will definitely happen in the future, either because it is already planned or because it is part of a normal routine We’ll all be using the Internet in ten years’ time. We use the Future Perfect to talk about actions or events that will be finished before a certain time in the future I’ll have written the report by Sunday. |
Ex.1. Choose the correct variant.
1. I won’t have time to solve this problem tomorrow because I’ll be working/ I’ll have worked all morning.
2. The interviewers will be finishing/will have finished the selection of the best candidates for this job by 6 o’clock.
3. Don’t come to the office at eight because we won’t have arrived/we won’t be arriving by then.
4. This time next week I’ll be taking /I’ll have taken my entrance exams.
5. By the time I retire I’ll be working/ I’ll have worked here for thirty years.
6. Will you be using/will you have used your computer this evening?
7. I expect the meeting will be starting/will have started by the time we get to the conference hall.
8. We won’t have finished/ won’t be finishing this work by the end of the month.
9. By the time we get to the stadium, the game will be starting/will have started.
10. We’ll have held/we’ll be holding our annual meeting soon, so we can make a decision then.
11. We will make/will have made the last payment by the end of the month?
12. This time next week I'll attend/I'll be attending a seminar in London.
Ex.2. Complete these sentences using the correct form to express future meaning of the verbs in brackets.
1. Wait for me. I … ready in a moment. (be)
2. In ten years time I expect I … in this company. (work)
3. By the time we reach office, the rain …. (stop)
4. He … the employment contract by the end of this week. (sign)
5. The representatives of the company … my friend from 3 to 5 tomorrow. (interview)
6. I’ll give him your message. I can do it easily because I … him tomorrow. (see)
7. This time next Sunday I … in a London cafe reading a newspaper. (sit)
8. I … this article by tomorrow morning. (finish)
9. By next summer the company … new offices in Kyiv. (open)
10. By the end of the month 2, 000 visitors … this exhibition. (see)
11. By the end of the year the company … all our debts. (pay off)
12. You … to your boss at the meeting tomorrow? (speak)
13. I wonder what I … this time next year. (do)
14. – I am going to Netherlands next week.
– You are lucky. The tulips just … out. (come)
Speech and Discussion
Ex.1. Imagine you have to interview a candidate for a vacant position. Draw up a list of questions you would like to ask each person applying for this job. After the interview discuss the candidate with your partner. Would you employ him/her? Why? Why not?