Present simple and present continuous

Read the following interview with Margi Bogart, Product Marketing Manager at Mindsteps, Inc. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or Present Progressive (Continuous) Tense. The first has been done for you.

"I 1 work (work) for Mindsteps, Inc., a start-up firm located in Silicon Valley that 2_____________(develop) human resources management software for large corporations that 3____________(have) at least 2,500 employees. Currently, we 4_____________(market) our main product called CareerSteps which is a software program that 5_____________(help ) employees to assess their interests, values, and skills in order to create a career development plan. More and more corporations 6____________(buy) CareerSteps as a cost-effective solution to the issues that human resources departments 7____________(face), such as staff turnover, motivating workers, and increasing employee productivity. Thanks to the success of an initial pilot project, this year Hewlett-Packard 8____________(make) CareerSteps available to125,000 of their employees around the world. As the Product Marketing Manager, I 9_____________(coordinate) the planning and 10____________(manage) the business and marketing efforts for the product. An important aspect of my job11_____________(involve) making sure the product 12_____________(meet) the marketing requirements once it is completed. At the moment, I 13__________(contact) potential clients and 14_____________(work) on the marketing requirements for the next version of our product. On Tuesday, we15_____________(present) the innovative features of the new version of CareerSteps to our main customers."

ANSWER KEY

2 develops 3 have 4 are marketing 5 helps 6 are buying

7 face 8 is making 9 coordinate 10 manage 11 involves

12 meets 13 am contacting 14 am working 15 are presenting

TOPICAL SPEAKING

TASK 1

I. Working in pairs discuss the following questions under the headings I – IV.

2. Give a talk in class on the topic “Globalization and the World Market” making use of TEXTS A and B as well as exercise 3.