Лекция: EXCERSISES

1 Match the equivalents:

1. applicant	a. требовать
2. asset (for the company)	b. напряженный
3. skills	c. рекомендации
4. references	d. срочный
5. polite	e. должность
6. to be confident	f. убеждать
7. responsibilities	g. вежливый
8. immediate	h. обязанности
9. to require	i. ценное приобретение
10. position	j. напряженный
11. tense	k. быть уверенным
12. to persuade	l. претендент
13. demand	m. навыки, умения

Say if the following sentences are true or false. Correct the false statements.

An interview is an introduction on the way to a new position.

You should squeeze in a hair appointment just before an important job interview.

As you sit down, tell the interviewer you are really nervous.

You go to the interview with some notes on how you would develop their product or some idea of improving customer service.

You shouldn't ask the interviewer of his/her immediate answer.

GRAMMAR. Present Perfect Simple

Form: have/has + verb + ed (past participle)

Positive and negative

I We You They	‘ve (have) worked haven’t worked	in the factory
He She It	‘s (has) worked hasn’t worked	in the factory

Question

Have	I we you they	been to the United States?
Has	he she it	been to the United States?

Short answer

“Have you been to Egypt?”

“Yes, I have.”/ “No, I haven’t.”

“Hasshe ever written poetry?”

“Yes, she has. / No, she hasn’t.”

Use

The Present Perfect relates past actions and states to the present. It looks back from the present into the past, and expresses what has happened before now.

I’ve met a lot of famous people. (before now)

She’s livedhere all her life. (up to the present, and probably in the future)

Here are two main uses of the Present perfect:

1to express an action in the past. We are interested in the experience as part of someone’s life.

I’ve travelled a lot in Africa.

They’ve linedall over the world.

Everand neverare common with this use.

Have you ever beenin a car crash?

My mother hasneverflownin a plane.

2 to express an action or state which began in the past and continues to the present.

I’ve known Alice for six years.

How long have you worked as a teacher?