African advertising agencies cashing in from VOA
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Conjugate the verbs from the following extracts.
Keri-Ann Stanton (1)..........................................(BE) managing director of Engage Joe Public, a public relations agency. She (2)..........................................(SAY) global communication companies (3)..........................................(BUY) or (4)..........................................(PARTNER) with many African agencies over the last two years. The growing number of mobile devices (5)..........................................(HELP) the growth of locally-owned digital agencies in sub-Saharan Africa, countries south of the equator. Keri-Ann Stanton says these agencies (6)..........................................(CREATE) their own niche, or specialized market, and (7)..........................................(WIN) plenty of praise.
Africa (8)..........................................(CLAIM) to be the “mobile continent” because so many people (9)..........................................(USE) wireless technology there. There (10)..........................................(BE) predictions that the ability to connect to high-speed Internet (11)..........................................(INCREASE) 20 times over the next five years. Studies (12)..........................................(FIND) there (13)..........................................(BE) an estimated 930 million mobile users in Africa by the end of 2019.
Match the verbs with the definitions.
Keri-Ann Stanton (1)..........................................(BE) managing director of Engage Joe Public, a public relations agency. She (2)..........................................(SAY) global communication companies (3)..........................................(BUY) or (4)..........................................(PARTNER) with many African agencies over the last two years. The growing number of mobile devices (5)..........................................(HELP) the growth of locally-owned digital agencies in sub-Saharan Africa, countries south of the equator. Keri-Ann Stanton says these agencies (6)..........................................(CREATE) their own niche, or specialized market, and (7)..........................................(WIN) plenty of praise.
Africa (8)..........................................(CLAIM) to be the “mobile continent” because so many people (9)..........................................(USE) wireless technology there. There (10)..........................................(BE) predictions that the ability to connect to high-speed Internet (11)..........................................(INCREASE) 20 times over the next five years. Studies (12)..........................................(FIND) there (13)..........................................(BE) an estimated 930 million mobile users in Africa by the end of 2019.
Match the verbs with the definitions.
to put
to get to split to find to be to quit to go |
to leave, to move from one place to another, to depart
to place in position to exist, to occur, to happen, to take place to discover, learn or notice to leave a place or job permanently, to abandon, to stop doing (something) to divide (usually into two parts), to break (usually into pieces) to receive, to acquire, to obtain, to gain possession, to find through calculation. |
Present Simple +
I (PUT) She (GET) They (SPLIT) It (FIND) We (BE) He (QUIT) We (GO) |
Present Simple /Neg.
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Present Perfect
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Past Simple +
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Past Simple /Q?
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Use the verbs from the table to complete the following sentences.
- I …............................. my keys down, and now I can't ….......................... them!
- We …........................... late for the meeting because of the traffic.
- John ….............................. his job, and moved back to the USA.
- What …................you ........... for your birthday? I …............................... a beautiful new coat.
- Jack …............................ a fantastic hotel through Airbnb last August. We ….......................... there for two days, but decided to stay for a week.
- Black Sabbath …............................. up in February, 2017.
Complete the sentences with the following words:
being finding get going x 2 putting quit split
being finding get going x 2 putting quit split
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- Police are asking for the public's assistance in...................................... a 32-year-old man who has been missing from Detroit since before Christmas.
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- When you go out to eat with friends, do you ….................................. the meal or do you work out what everybody owes?
- Carla Bruni says it's easier …......................... first lady in France, than in the USA.
- If Corsica doesn't …............................. autonomy, it may ask for independence.