Ex.1. Choose the correct variant. 1. This lesson ends/will end at 2 o’clock.

1. This lesson ends/will end at 2 o’clock.

2. I’ll go/I’m going to go shopping this afternoon. Can I get you anything?

3. I’ll start/I’m going to start a new job next Monday.

4. I doubt he will apply/applies for this job.

5. Will you help/are you helping me to complete the application form?

6. I think I am going/I’ll go to London soon.

7. We are presenting/will present the new company structure next week.

8. When does the new shop open? It will open/opens officially on 1st September.

9. What am I going to do/shall I do if he is late?

10. Will you do/Are you doing anything on Sunday? We will go/are going shopping.

11. Don't worry about meeting. I support/will support you.

12. – I insist on seeing the manager.

– O.K., Sir. I am going/will go and call her.

Ex.2. Complete these sentences using the correct form to express future meaning of the verbs in brackets.

1. I ______ to Paris next week if I buy a ticket. (fly)

2. I _____ you the money tomorrow. (give)

3. Next winter holidays, I ______ with my granny in the village. (stay)

4. Have you heard the news? The company _____ to London. (move)

5. I ______ to the general manager on Monday. (go)

6. Our business trip starts tomorrow. We ______ at 10. (leave)

7. Next summer I ______ a week in the Crimea. (spend)

8. What time ______ the lecture _____? (begin)

9. I’m sure she _____ the job. She has a lot of experience. (get)

10. According to the timetable the bus _____ at 8.00. (arrive)

11. All the hotels are full. Where _____ we _____ the night? (spend)

12. I don’t think you _____ any problems at the airport. (have)

13. Our company _____ its 10th anniversary next year. (celebrate)

14. I think I ______ a promotion this spring. (get)

15. I _____ my bank manager tomorrow morning. (meet)

16. The football match ______ at 6 o’clock on Sunday. (start)

17. Look out! The ladder ______. (fall)

18. He ____ to buy new furniture this year. (plan)

Speech and Discussion

Ex.1. Talk to your groupmate:

s How important are the following factors when choosing a career?

Money; job security; prospects; social aspects; status; opportunities for travel, training.

s What makes a good employee?

s What personal qualities would you look for in recruiting and selecting new employees/ a human resources manager?

Determined, flexible, open, ruthless, sensitive, single minded, with a good sense of humour, sociable, talkative, sympathetic, team worker, friendly, hostile, motivating, supportive, resentful, respecting, arrogant, biased …

Ex.2. Discuss with your groupmates which is the best way to recruit staff. Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of each of the following as a way of selecting people:

s application form

s references

s interview

s trial period

s personality test

Ex.3. “Work is by no means the most important thing in life.” Do you agree with this statement?