English for Business Life Elementary

Practice
A visit to Riga
1 Listen to the recording and answer the questions,
a Has the visitor been to Riga before?
b Have things changed?
c
Has he spent any time in the other Baltic States?
d Does he have any free time this afternoon?
e What are they going to do?
f
W hen is she going to pick the visitor up?
Superlatives
2 Write superlatives (best, worst, etc.) and then
complete the sentences with information about
your company.
e.g. Our
V?r... (expensive) product is
The Present Perfect tense
3 Write examples using the table.
He (John)
She (Mary)
It
I
We
You
They (John
and Mary)
has
has not (hasn't)
have
have not (haven't)
been to ...
seen ...
worked in ...
visited ...
read ...
Has he (John)
she (Mary) been to ...?
it seen ...?
Have I worked in ...?
we visited ...?
you
they (John and Mary)
read ...?
e.g. I have not been to Athens.
Have you seen the new brochure?
a O u r............................................(cheap) product is
b O u r.......................................... (good) customer is
c O u r.......................................... (bad) competitor is
d O u r.......................................... (old) supplier is
e O u r.......................................... (big) market is
since and for
4 Complete the examples by adding since or for.
a I have been in this office ...............................June.
b They have been in R iga........................three days.
c She has been in E stonia.......................we opened
the office there.
d I haven't been to the Baltic S tates................... two
years.
e He has been in the m eetin g ........................10.30.
f I haven't visited our office in Moscow ..................
last year.
g I haven't been to the th e a tre .........................years.
h He has worked in Lithuania ..........................2004.
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