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Communication Skills-II

notes 9.7 review Questions

1. Fill the right form of verb given in the bracket to be filled on the blank that follow:
(a) Did you hear that Banjara was fired last month? He (work) ………………… for that
import company for more than ten years and he (work) ……………… in almost every
department. Nobody knew the company like he did.

(b) Vinod (climb) …………… the Matterhorn, (sail) …………… around the world and (go)
…………… on safari in Kenya by the time he turned twenty-eight. He (experience)
……………… more by that age than most people do in their entire lives.
(c) Jessica (work) ……………… for the government since she graduated from Singapore
University. Until recently, she did (enjoy) ………………… her work, but now she is
talking about retiring.

(d) When I returned from my trip, I mentioned to a friend that I (have) ……………
problems with English language for years. He recommended that I (spend)
…………… a year in an English speaking country. I (decide) …………… to go abroad
again. I (research) …………… exchange programs for a couple of weeks and finally
decided on a school in the United States.

2. Correct the following sentences:
(a) Did you have bought a house in a year?
(b) The Future Perfect expresses the idea that something would occur before another
action in the future.
(c) You are to have been waiting for more than two hours when her plane finally arrives.

(d) If I will be elected as the President, I will make sure everyone has access to inexpensive
health insurance.
(e) Who was to be going to make John’s birthday cake toady?
(f) A ship owner’s responsibility started as soon as the goods have been delivered to
him or to his authorised servants for the purpose of being carried.
(g) Thinking that he could not walk anymore, I drug him to his motor bike.
(h) In recent years, Hong Kong is recognised as the leading trading and distribution
centre for pearls.

answers: self assessment

1. Needs 2. Are
3. Leaves 4. Cleans

5. Will have 6. Had been participating
7. Had been swimming 8. Had been
9. Were you 10. Are
11. Are you going to meet Jane tonight?
12. I will send you the information when I get it.
13. Will you make dinner? 14. He is going to spend his vacation in Goa.

15. Will 16. Will
17. Will 18. Would have been

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