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Exercise 5
Review the rules of some English Tenses usage. The Table below represents the examples of verb forms.
| Present Simple | Present Continuous | Present Perfect | Present Perfect Continuous | Past Simple | Future (going to / will, Present Cont) |
| act for a client | is acting for …. | has acted for …. | has been acting for | acted for | is going to act for will probably act for is acting for |
| brief a case | |||||
| draw up a motion | |||||
| keep records | |||||
| resolve a dispute |
a) Complete the Table with appropriate forms.
b) Make up sentences with these forms as in the example.
Mr. Jones acts for his clients in court.
Now he is acting for Jane Smith in court.
He has acted for a number of clients with success.
He has been acting for the Smiths family for a ten years.
Last year he acted for Alex Smith.
Next week he is acting for Kevin Smith.
He is going to act for the Smiths in court and other legal matters/
Exercise 6
Eric Paulson is a corporate counsel, and he works for the company TDF. Examine a page from his diary and prepare to speak about his past, present and future activities.
| Day of the week | 2 – 8 October | 9 – 15 October (this week) | 16 – 22 October |
| Monday | file a lawsuit to District Court | draft a contract examine the other party’s financial position | going to sue the suppliers |
| Tuesday | verify the company documents | prepare for negotiations research legislation (as always) | attending a shareholders meeting |
| Wednesday | meet the company’s clients discuss a deal | (today) negotiate a sales contract work with financial documents | ??? |
| Thursday | usually visit banks | visiting the Bank | |
| Friday | start drafting a contract | prepare a claim | |
| Saturday | play tennis with Adam | play tennis with Adam | play tennis??? |
| Sunday | have picnic | have a picnic | rain? No picnic. No rain – have a picnic |
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