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4. They are coming to clean the carpet
(having)
We
They have just refused my request for
(had)
I
Exercise 4
Underline the correct words in this article.
A RACE AGAINST TIME
Governments across Europe are already (1) starting/being started to worry.
Why? Because low birth rates combined with longer life expectancy (2) mean/are
meant that the Continent will soon have fewer people working and fewer people
paying taxes. As a result, a whole range of measures must (3) take/be taken to deal
with the problems that this change in demographics (4) will bring/will be brought.
At the recent Annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a session
called "Reforming Pension Systems" (5) took place/was taken place. The speaker,
director of the population division of the United Nations, (6) highlighted/was
highlighted that this is a
problem, not just a European one. However the facts
cannot (7) ignore/be
the situation in Europe is particularly serious. Look at
the findings of a recent European Commission study:
population (8) expects/is
expected to drop from 58 million to 48 million by 2050, Spain's (9) will fall/will be
fallen from 40 million to 35 million, and Germany's from 82 million to 76 million.
Sweden is one of the few countries where the populations will probably (10)
increase/be increased.
And as the populations get smaller, they are also getting older. From 2007
onwards an enormous part of Europe's population
will start/will be started to
retire. Solutions will have (12) to find/ to be found to deal with the problems that this
will
create/be created. Certainly governments must (14) encourage/be
encouraged private pension plans, and old-fashioned tax and social security models
must
look at/be looked at in a complete new way.
Exercise 5
Complete the second sentence so it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Do not
mention who did the action.
Someone checked these figures for me last week.
I ...had these figures
last week.
2. They grow much less coffee in Colombia these days.
These days
Someone delivered this package this morning.
This package
4. The city council is redeveloping the old docklands area.
The old docklands area
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