REVISION (2do b/4to b)

A) Working with verbs

1. Read the text and complete with the verbs in the box. Use the Present Simple.
2. Underline all kind of verb and write their past forms. Place the regular ones under the correct heading /d/, /t/, or /id/.
3. Draw the stress pattern for the underlined words. Which words share the same stress pattern?


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NATURA AIMS TO EXPAND INTERNATIONALLY

Natura is fast-growing Brazilian cosmetics and toiletries company which started as a small laboratory in a garage in Sao Paulo 37 years ago. Today, it is trying to go internationally.

Natura picked France as the first country outside Latin America to try out its ideas.
“We wanted to choose sophisticated market where people want things to be very good”, says Alejandro Carlucci, Natura´s chief executive. “We wanted a test that was tough”.
Mr Carlucci……….the experiment was successful. Within five years, he says, Natura wants to ………. at least 10 per cent if its revenues coming from outside Brazil, compared with 3 per cent now. Apart from Brazil and its small operation in France, Natura currently …….. its cosmetics in a few other South American countries.
It sells a range of 600 soaps, shampoos, skin-care lotions and similar products. All of them ……….. based on about 900 natural ingredients, sourced mostly from farmers in the Amazon rainforest.
The company ………………. itself as an “ethical” company that works with growers who harvest their products in an environmentally sensitive way. It also ……… biodegradable packaging.
“What makes them different from other companies is their corporate values. They really …………….. to make the world a better place”, says Mauro Cunha, Chief Investment Officer at Franklin Templeton Investimentos Brasil.
Results …………good. In the first nine months, revenues were up to 21 per cent to R$2.7bn. Net income rose 33 per cent to R$344m.

B. Make questions:

a. ………………………………………………………......?
Natura started as a laboratory 37 years ago.

b. ...........................?
Natura started in Sao Paulo

c. …………………………………………………….......?
They wanted to choose a sophisticated market



d. ……………………………………………………......?
They are trying to go internationally

e. ……………………………………………………….....?
The company promotes itself as “ethical”.

f. ………………………………………………….......?
The products are based on about 900 natural ingredients.

C)Past or Past Continuous: Put the following sentences into the correct tense, Simple past or Past Continuous.

a. George (fall) off the ladder while he (paint) the ceiling.
b. While Tom (cook) the dinner, the phone (ring).
c. Ann (wait) for me at home when I (arrive) yesterday
d. Tim (take) a photograph of me while I (not /look).
e. What (you/do) at this time yesterday'
f. I (see) Carol at the party. She (wear) a really beautiful dress.
g. I (break) a plate last night. I (do) the washing up.
h. (you/watch) television when I (arrive)?
i. Last night I (read) in bed when suddenly I (hear) a scream.
j. We (not/go) out because it (rain).