Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct form

Test 1

Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct form.

1. In September they (to build) their country house for two years.

2. She speaks very good English. She (to study) since childhood.

3. Listen. Someone (to knock) at the door.

4. They still (to walk) when it started snowing.

5. She had no idea how long she (to sit) here.

6. I (to listen) to this record for half an hour but I can’t understand

all the words yet.

7. In a month he (to play) football for seven years.

8. Look. My son (to drive) a car for the first time in his life.

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The government is deliberating over whether to outlaw company retirement ages and the CBI has mooted that the state pension age be raised to 70 by 2030. Arguably the most palatable of the four options outlined in the recent Pensions Commission report is for people to work until later in life in order to ease the pressure on the state pension pot. And many pensioners may feel they have no choice but to supplement their income. However, an even more fundamental change than working a few extra years is under way. The supply of younger workers is falling and as it does so, older people may find they are in a position to re-write the rules of employment. "I suspect the balance of power is going to shift," says Professor Stephen McNair, director of the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce (Crow) at Surrey University. "What we have found from our research is that people do want to go on working but not full-time. "People in general feel positive about work. "If employers design work in appropriate ways, with flexible and part-time options, they can keep an older workforce." This will not happen in every sector and region at the same time, he says. Indeed the UK has a long way to go even to retain people in work until state pension age. On average British workers retire at 62.1 - men at 63.1 and women at 61. It's one of the highest average retirement ages in the EU but still falls below the official pension age of 65 (women's pension age is due to rise from 60 to 65 by 2020).

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Test 2

Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct form.

1. It (to snow) heavily. It (to snow) since Monday.

2. He (to walk) his dog for almost an hour when his brother joined him.

3. The hands on the clock face said half past ten; I realized that I (to look

for) the letter for an hour.

4. I (to wait) for you at the theatre at 7 o` clock tomorrow.

5. What you (to do) here? I (to wait) for a friend.

6. Fred (not to drive) very fast when the accident happened.

7. Harry came out of his dream. The telephone (to ring). He looked at the

watch and it said he (to sleep) for more than hour.

8. Next year she (to give) music lessons for twenty years.

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As the number of young people falls, organisations will find it harder to recruit from their traditional pool of school-leavers and graduates. "We have a problem with a lack of labour in British firms," says Philip Taylor, Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge's Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Ageing (Circa). "They are finding it hard to recruit and they need to be looking at other sources. "Early retirement has been used to downsize over decades so there has not been a culture of employing older workers." Every time a senior worker retires, a whole lifetime of experience and knowledge about the job or organisation is lost, too. But even when companies and organisations realise that they need to retain their older workers, there is still a big leap to actually doing something about it. "There are some sectors and companies now that are desperate to keep their highly experienced older workers," says Circa's Kerry Platman. "Employers are going to have to work jolly hard to keep jobs attractive enough to keep them staying.

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Test 3

Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct form.

1. Where is Mike? He (to pack) his kitbag. Oh dear, isn’t he ready yet?

He (to pack) it since the very morning.

2. They still (to discuss) this question? In ten minutes they (to discuss) this

question for three hours.

3. When I arrived she (to wait) for me. But she looked angry as she (to wait)

for a very long time.

4. I hope (to find) some interesting books in the new bookshop.

5. What you (to do) this evening? I probably (to go) to London.

6. Look! It’s Gerry! I (not to see) him for ages.

7. (To watch) TV is my way of relaxing.

8. Does he enjoy (to live) in Paris?

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Some firms are making concerted efforts to recruit and retain older workers, notably those involved in the government's Age Positive campaign. Employers such as Nationwide say an age diverse workforce makes sound business sense because it better reflects their customer base. However older people who do want to work can still find themselves forced out of a job simply because of their age. At 69, computer expert Barry Stoll from Rochford in Essex still feels he has a lot to offer an employer. "I am active and mobile and my brain cell is still working, I think. I can get my knees under a desk and stare at a computer screen as well as the next person," he says. Barry was let go from his last job with an internet service provider at the age of 67. "I joined them when I was 63 which was their normal retirement age but they said 'you've got the skills and abilities, we'll take you on'." Four years later the firm downsized and Barry, by then on an annual contract, was one of the first out the door. "They looked down the list of ages and said 'you've done a good job but we've decided not to renew your contract, here's a gold watch, thank you and goodbye'." He is philosophical rather than angry with the firm but is sorry to have been forced into retirement. It's about giving people the choice. At the moment there is no choice. There is a cut-off point - end of story. One day you're employable, the next you're not - seems cock-eyed to me."

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