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to choose skirts or pants; to be appropriate for daily activities; to make sure; to get into a car; to mount
the bus steps; to climb stairs; to get on the commuter train; to look awkward, ungainly, inept; to distract
attention; to give absolute freedom of motion; to wear pants suits; to impede physical movement; to fit
perfectly; to feel as comfortable in clothes as in a second skin.
5. Women should avoid garish colours like red.
Vocabulary to be used:
dark blues, grays, pinstripes, subtle plaids;
to convey the symbol of authority; to wear a red suit; to be dressed in the red colour spectrum; to have a
definite air of confidence and assurance; to be counteracted with blending and softening blouses and
scarves.
6. Women always choose high heels to set off the shape of their legs.
7. The bigger your handbag the better.
Vocabulary to be used:
the typical male outfit; to contain an average of nine pockets; to transport keys, money, cheque books,
glasses, make- up, papers, lipstick, comb, glasses for reading, reading glasses, sun glasses, cigarettes,
credit cards, notebooks, a functional bag; a burdensome bag; not to wear anything that jingles, wiggles,
clanks or glitters; executive insignia; silent, understated, unobtrusive.
GRAMMAR EXERCISES
Exercise 1
Complete this dialogue by putting the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the past simple or present
perfect. Use contractions where possible.
Victoria: Hi, Sue. I (1) ___________ (not/see) you for ages.
Sue: Hi. No, I'm sorry. I (2) _____________ (not/be) in touch with anyone recently. I (3) __________ (be)
really busy.
Victoria: Oh, what have you been up to then?
Sue: Well, you know I (4) __________ (leave) my job in January so that I (5) ___________ (can) go free-
lance as a graphic designer?
Victoria: Yes, I remember, you (6) ___________ (talk) a lot about that last year. How's it going?
Sue: Well, it (7) __________ (be) a really difficult year so far. I (8) ______________(have) anything like
this before ... it's much harder work than I (9) _____________ (imagine). (10) _______________ (you/ever/be)
self-employed?
Victoria: No, never, although I (11) _____________ (often/think) about it. So, why has it been so difficult?
Sue: Well, at the beginning I (12) _________ (have) two or three good clients – and, you know, people that
I (13) ____________ (know) for many years, like Tom Pierce. And since then I (14) __________ (have) a lot
of interest from different companies, but none of them (15) _____________ (become) regular customers.
Victoria: What about advertising in the specialist magazines?
Sue: I (16) ____________ (already/do) that. I (17) __________(put) an advert in Design Monthly a couple
of months ago, but I (18) ____________ (not/get) any replies.
Victoria: Oh, dear, well, (19) _________ (put) up a website with examples of your work?
Sue: Yes, I (20) ____________ (just/finish) it. Would you mind having a quick look at it and tell me what
you think of it.
Exercise 2
The Human Resources Manager of a large company is explaining the appraisal system to a group of new
employees. Complete his talk by putting the verbs in brackets into the right tense. Choose between the present
simple (/ do), future continuous (/'// be doing), future perfect (/'// have done) and was going to.
Your appraisal interviews (1) _____________ (be) in March. Er, I'm sorry, they (2) _____________ (be) in
February but we had to postpone them. Sorry about that. Um, during February your line managers (3)
_____________ (collect) all the information they need from you, and by the time you meet for the interview,
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