Management

Question 1

Grammar Review - Future Forms

To make a prediction about the future, we can use either will or going to

Answer 1

Im sure you will/are going to enjoy you visit to our Head Office

Question 2

Grammar Review - Future Forms

When we talk about present intentions for the future we use going to rather than will

Answer 2

She is going to retire in two years time

Question 3

Grammar Review - Future Forms

When making a promise or an offer, we use will, often contracted to ’ll, when the decision has just been made

Answer 3

I’ll get the report to you by tomorrow
I’ll give you a lift to the airport if you like

Question 4

Grammar Review - Future Forms

To talk about plans or future arrangements, we use either the present continuous or the future continuous

Answer 4

I’m meeting Mr Wong next week
During your internship, you’ll be learning about negotiations strategies

Question 5

Grammar Review - Future Forms

For a future based on an official calendar or schedule, we use the present simple, The event is unlikely to change between now and then

Answer 5

The train leaves from Waterloo at 10:59
Our next planning meeting is on Wednesday

Question 6

Grammar Review - Future Forms

For events that will be completed before a time in the future, we use the future perfect simple

If the event is still in progress, we use continuous form

Answer 6

By the time she arrives we will have finished

This time next year I’ll be lying on the beach in Malibu

Question 7

Grammar Review - Future Forms

If a condition has to be met before something can happen, we use the present perfect to refer to the future

Answer 7

We won’t start until everyone has arrived

I’ll e-mail you when I’ve made all the arrangements

Question 8

Grammar Review - Future Forms

In time clauses, we use the present simple to refer to the future. It is incorrect to use will in a time clause.

Answer 8

Please get in touch when you know her answer
We won’t start until everyone arrives
Switch oof the computer before you leave
As soon as I get hom, I’ll pour myself a gimlet

Question 9

Vocabulary

Gimlet

Answer 9

a cocktail made with gin or vodka, sweetened lime juice, and sometimes soda water

Question 10

Vocabulary

Realm

Answer 10

a royal domain; kingdom: the realm of England. the region, sphere, or domain within which anything occurs, prevails, or dominates: the realm of dreams.

Question 11

Vocabulary

Shakeout

Answer 11

an upheaval or reorganization of a business, market, or organization due to competition and typically involving streamlining and layoffs.

“the current shakeout in the computer industry”