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Business English- 6 basic tenses

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    Common tenses in business context
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  • A: What _____ your spouse ____? B: He/she _______ for a small company.
    ...does....do? ....works...
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  • A: What ___ John ______? B: He ______ for the latest price list.
    ...is ...doing? ...is looking...
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  • Every time inflation ____ (go) up, people ______ (demand) higher salaries.
    ....goes ..... demand
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  • Inflation _____ (fall) quite quickly these months, which _____ (mean) the banks will keep interest rates low.
    is falling / means
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  • I _______ (work) from home this week.
    am working
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  • I _____ (hope) Jane _______ (know) what she ______ (do).
    hope / knows / is doing
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  • The boss now____ (agree)- we _____ (waste) our time discussing this. Let's move on.
    agrees / are wasting
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  • John ____ (lose) his temper with Pete while they _____ (discuss) the quality issues in the plant.
    lost / were discussing
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  • Sorry I _______ (not contact) you since last week.
    haven't contacted
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  • There's no need to prepare the PPT- I _______ (already/do) it.
    have already done
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  • ______ you ______ (review) all the postings yet?
    Have / reviewed
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  • _______ you (be) at the meeting yesterday?
    Were
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  • How many items on the agenda ____ you ____ (go) through?
    have / gone
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  • The marketing campaign _____ (start) last month and the sales results ____ (go) up by 8 % so far.
    started /have gone
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  • Mr Simmons _______ (run) the company since early 2020.
    has been running
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  • You're late! I ______ (wait) here for ages!
    have been waiting
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