Modal verbs: talking about possibility
Complete these sentences about the AFG story with a word or phrase from the box. You may use each word more than once.
might be     probably     may     possibly     perhaps
1    George Lukacs thinks that AFG is______________moving to Eastern Europe
to take advantage of labour costs.
2   '______________AFG is moving to Eastern Europe because of the higher
availability of labour there,' said Frederick Larsen.
3   Carolyn Martin thinks that AFG______________moving to Eastern Europe
because of the availability of raw materials.
4   Lukacs and Larsen both think that other European firms______________
won't move to Eastern Europe.
5   The workers in Liverpool and Lyons______________go on strike as a protest.
6   This move to Eastern Europe will______________make AFG more profitable.
7  ______________higher taxes will damage the economy.
8    There______________a recession in the Western European economy soon.
9   AEG products______________become less popular in Western Europe after
the company moves to Eastern Europe.
►-   Grammar Reference page 153 Students' Book
Present passive
I   Complete this text by putting the verbs in brackets into the present passive or the present simple active.
At the moment AFG ]___________________(make) clothes in two European
factories. Shirts 2___________________(make) in Liverpool and trousers and
jackets    ___________________(produce) in Lyons. In these two cities 3,450
people 4___________________(employ) by the company and many smaller
local firms___________________(support) by business from AFG. In 1919
when AFG began business, it sold most of its products in Britain and France.
However, now the company's products 6___________________(sell) all over
the world. Cotton___________________(import) to AFG's factories in
Western Europe from Russia which 8___________________(be) very
expensive. The company 9___________________(need) to cut costs in order
to compete with its rivals in Eastern Europe and Asia where garments
___________________(manufacture) more efficiently than in Western
Europe.