1. Раскройте скобки и поставьте глагол в нужную форму: 1.At present, the manufacturing sector and the small primary sector (to employ) fewer and fewer people.
2.The new model was an instant success and within months (to outsell) other American cars.
3.At the moment Glaxo, Britain’s leading pharmaceutical company, (to invest) money in making cleaner petrol.
4. We (not to progress), we even (to fall) back.
5. Big farms, supervised by boards of directors and professional managers, (to increase) in number in the future.
6. At the start of the 1960s, production (to begin) to slow.
7. She said tourism (to create) more and more jobs in the country soon.
8. He could not answer the phone. At that moment he (to unlock) the door.
9. The hotel did co-operate and within weeks distinguished visitors (to enjoy) Joel’s coffee.
10. At that time, however, other manufacturers’ inexpensive cars with more speed (to outperform) the Ford’s model on America’s improved roads.
Here, we use the present continuous tense "are employing" because the action of employing fewer people is happening at present.
2. The new model was an instant success and within months outsold other American cars.
Here, we use the past simple tense "outsold" because the action of outselling other cars happened in the past.
3. At the moment, Glaxo, Britain's leading pharmaceutical company, is investing money in making cleaner petrol.
Here, we use the present continuous tense "is investing" because the action of investing money is happening at the moment.
4. We are not progressing, we are even falling back.
Here, we use the present continuous tense "are not progressing" and "are falling back" because the actions of not progressing and falling back are happening at the moment.
5. Big farms, supervised by boards of directors and professional managers, will increase in number in the future.
Here, we use the future tense "will increase" because the action of increasing in number will happen in the future.
6. At the start of the 1960s, production began to slow.
Here, we use the past simple tense "began" because the action of production slowing happened in the past.
7. She said tourism would create more and more jobs in the country soon.
Here, we use the modal verb "would" to indicate a future action reported in the past. The action of creating more jobs in the future was reported by "she" in the past.
8. He could not answer the phone. At that moment, he was unlocking the door.
Here, we use the past continuous tense "was unlocking" because the action of unlocking the door was happening at that specific moment in the past.
9. The hotel did cooperate, and within weeks, distinguished visitors enjoyed Joel's coffee.
Here, we use the past simple tense "did cooperate" and "enjoyed" because the actions of cooperating and enjoying happened in the past.
10. At that time, however, other manufacturers' inexpensive cars with more speed outperformed the Ford's model on America's improved roads.
Here, we use the past simple tense "outperformed" because the action of outperforming happened in the past.