GRAMMAR IN USE.

[Decadence]

1. be dressed * * 2. Were * *3. had gone * * 4. be * * 5. be * * 6. were * * 7. begin * *8. make * * 9. be * * 10. be

[Camilla]

GREAT! NICE JOB!(F)

[Camilla]

1 - Money, nor fame, nor wealth …………….. brought happiness to everybody.
*has *have *is *are 2 - They …………………….. at this school before they became interpreters.
*have taught *had taught *taught *were taught 3 - The salary of a bus driver is much higher …………….
*in comparison with the salary of a teacher *than a teacher *than that of a teacher *to compare as a teacher 4 - Professional people expect you to call them when it is necessary ………………….. an appointment.
*to cancel *canceling *cancel *canceled 5 - A computer is usually chosen because of its simplicity of operation and ease of maintenance ............... its capacity to store information.
*the same as *the same *as well as *as well 6.- Swedish unions do not rely much on formal organizing campaigns; employees join either of their own ......... or as a result of group pressure.
*decision *purpose *volition *willpower 7 - Being outside a union is a risky business, as unions control much of labour regulation; though any form of ......... against non-unionized employees is against the law, it can be hidden by employers acting together with unions.
*derogation *discrimination *ostracization *segregation 8 - Unionization rates in the service sector are significantly lower than in industry, at least among blue-collar workers; still, they ......... around 70 per cent, a figure that is high enough not to cause serious union worry.
*hover *idle *sidle *quiver 9 - Atypical work has ......... and now accounts for some 30 to 35 per cent of total employment; however, atypical employees are unionized to the same extent as others, perhaps slightly more so.
*bloomed *blossomed *flowered *mushroomed 10. - The reason seems to be that they are more ......... to exploitation and so have more to gain from union membership.
*amenable *amicable *viable *vulnerable 11.Effective collective ......... arrangements exist in all sectors of the economy.
*bargaining *contracting *dealing *striking 12 - Even the temporary work business is unionized and covered by a ......... collective agreement.
*comprehensible *comprehensive *exhaustive *inexhaustible 13 - The greatest difficulty is to make salaries respond to changes in market demand: the pay structure is highly ......... in the sense that it is extremely difficult to change the relative level of different categories of employees.
*rigged *rigid *seated *set 14 - If one union manages to negotiate extra high pay increases for its members, perhaps due to market forces, all other unions will immediately demand — and fight hard for — the same increase, threatening to ......... the initial effect.
*redo *remake *undo *unmake 15 - Unions have a ......... monopoly on collective pay regulation since there is no free labour market in the sense of a market not governed by collective agreements.
*de facto *de jure *in vitro *in vivo

[gainst]

1 has *2 were taught *3 *than that of a teacher 4 to cancel *5 as well as 6 volition *7 *discrimination *8 * hover *9 mushroomed *10 vulnerable 11 *bargaining *12 *comprehensive *13 *rigid 14 undo *15 * de facto

[Camilla]

2=it can be "had taught".
Thank you, dear Masha! All answers are correct!
GREAT JOB!

[Ali na]

Can I use such verbs ( begin, finish, continue) in Progressive? Is it correct to say - I am beginning or I am finishing?

[studyconsultant]

Understand grammar is important, so start with on the tenses, It defines the timeline of action. You have to memorize the verb forms. Truth is we do not use all the tenses in spoken English. Interact with good English speakers to get the hang of which of the tenses are actually used.