LIFESTYLE AND WELLNESS Lesson 3 1 9. Read the interview with a young tennis player Milly Davis, use the word in brackets to complete each sentence with the correct tense. More than two tenses are possible. Refer to the Grammar Bank if necessary. Interviewer: How long 1) (play)? UNIT Milly: I 2) (play) since I was 5, since 2004. My father 3) (buy) me my first racquet and I 4) (love) it since the moment I 5) (step) out on court. I 6) (love) being in the open air. Interviewer: How often 7) (practice)? Milly: I normally 8) (practice) every day after school. My father 9) (coach) me. Sometimes I also 10) (go) to the gym or swimming. Interviewer: ever 11) (be) injured? Milly: Yes. I 12) (break) my ankle. I 13) (go) for a low ball at the net and 14) (slip). It 15) (hurt) a lot. But now I 16) (be) OK, though. Interviewer: ever 17) (win) any competitions? Milly: Oh yes, loads. I 18) (win) about ten, I think. I 19) (win) a trophy recently. I 20) (try) really hard preparing for it, for five months almost. I 21) (not play) to win, though. I always 22) (be) crazy about sport. One day, I'd like to play at Wimbledon.
GREG: Oh, I (1) will (have) a coffee please.
JOANNA: Lucy, please, could you make two coffees? Well, thanks for coming this morning. I (2) ….. (told) you why I asked you here. Um, as you know, there (3) have (been) some big changes in the company. In fact, we (4) are toing to (restructure) the whole department.
GREG: Yes, I know. When (5) is (it going to happen)?
JOANNA: Everything (6) will have (been) finished by the summer. Um, the thing is, under the new structure your job (7) will (probably/disappear).
GREG: Really? Is that certain?
JOANNA: Well, we (8) are (havinge) a meeting next week to finalise all the plans, and of course I (9) will (let) you know what we decide. Anyway, you don’t have to worry.
GREG: Oh? (coffee arrives)
JOANNA: Well, as I was saying, you don’t have to worry. We (10) will (offer) you a new job. You (11) will (have) more responsibility, and the salary (12) will (be) much better.
GREG: That’s wonderful, thank you very much. What exactly (13) will (the new job/involve)?
JOANNA: Well, we (14) are going to (expand) the whole customer services area. If you accept the job, you (15) will (be) responsible for the new team. Um, it (16) ….. (means) a lot more work, of course. What do you think?
GREG: It sounds great, but I (17) will (need) a day or two to think about it.
JOANNA: Of course, no problem. Look, I (18) will (not/be) in the office for the next few days – I (19) am (visiting) our subsidiary in Hungary. (20) Will (you/have) an answer for me by next week?
GREG: Yes, I (21) will (give) you my decision on Monday.