BP B2 1.2 (WB)

Drag and drop the correct word to each blank:

1. I won't be able to do lunch on Monday as I ​ (a)   clients all day.

2. He doesn't need a hotel room for the conference next month as he ​ (b)   with his brother.

3. ​ (c)   the proposal by the end of the week?

4. The manager won't be taking any calls in the morning as she ​ (d)   her presentation.

• will be entertaining
• will be staying
• Will you have finished
• will be preparing
• will have prepared
• will you be finished

5. ​ ​ (a)   when my flight gets in?

6. Investment banks ​ (b)   the way they do business by the end of the next decade. It will take much longer.

7. Our boss said that by the end of the year, our bank ​ (c)   its operations to the Warsaw office.

8. The banking sector ​ (d)   employees by offering job security rather than high salaries over the next few years.

• Will you be sleeping
• won't have changed
• will have transferred
• will be retaining
• will be changing
• will be transferring

Decide which activity will be in progress. You can choose more than 1 answer.

• I won't be able to do lunch on Monday as I will be entertaining clients all day.

• He doesn't need a hotel room for the conference next month as he will be staying with his brother.

• Will you have finished the proposal by the end of the week?

• The manager won't be taking any calls in the morning as she will be preparing her presentation.

Decide which activity will be finished. You can choose more than 1 answer.

• Will you be sleeping when my flight gets in?

• Investment banks won't have changed the way they do business by the end of the next decade. It will take much longer.

• Our boss said that by the end of the year, our bank will have transferred its operations to the Warsaw office.

• The banking sector will be retaining employees by offering job security rather than high salaries over the next few years.

Complete the blank using Future Continuous or Future Perfect Simple form of the verbs in brackets. (Your answer must be in lowercase, for example: answer 1, answer 2)

A: What kind of job do you think you ___________ (do) five years from now?

B: I think I _________ (run) my own business.

(a)  

Complete the blank using Future Continuous or Future Perfect Simple form of the verbs in brackets. (Your answer must be in lowercase, for example: answer 1, answer 2)

A: Wow! So you ___________ (set up) your own company by the time you're twenty-five!

B: Yes, I hope so. We ___________ (finish) our degree course by then, won't we? What about you?

(a)  

Complete the blank using Future Continuous or Future Perfect Simple form of the verbs in brackets. (Your answer must be in lowercase, for example: answer 1, answer 2)

A: I'm not sure. Perhaps I __________ (work) in investment banking. And what ____________ (you / do) in your free time? I imagine you won't have much time off as an entrepreneur.

(a)  

Complete the blank using Future Continuous or Future Perfect Simple form of the verbs in brackets. (Your answer must be in lowercase, for example: answer 1, answer 2)

B: That's right. I guess I'll be very busy some weekends. But I believe in a good work–life balance, so I hope I __________ (not / give up) all my interests by my mid-20s. I mean, I ___________ (still go) to the gym, and I think I ____________ (travel) more because I _____________ (earn) a good salary. And you? Do you think __________ (you / still live) with your parents in the same town?

(a)  

Complete the blank using Future Continuous or Future Perfect Simple form of the verbs in brackets. (Your answer must be in lowercase, for example: answer 1, answer 2)

A: Oh no! I'm sure I _______ (move out) of my parents' home before then. And maybe I _______ (live) in a city like Frankfurt or Warsaw.

B: Me too. But I think in five years' time, I _______ (work) somewhere in Asia, perhaps Kuala Lumpur.

(a)  

Listen to an expert talking about employee retention and match the sentence halves.

• the only motivational factor that concerns millennials.

• Most people want to work for a company where

• they share the same values as their colleagues.

• The pay rate is important but it isn't

• where there are opportunities for promotion and personal development.

• Any successful organization needs a structure

• create a good working environment.

• Little things can make a difference and help to