Question

Open the brackets: use the verbs in the Present Simple.
Econnie Francis 1 ________ (to wake up) one minute before her alarm clock 2 _____ (go off). Her train 3 ____ (run) at 7.3 so she 4 ______ (to be) at the train station at 7.15. She 5 _____ (need) to be on time in order to prepare Fed- eral Open Market Committee briefings for the president of the bank. As part of an economist team at the Federal Reserve Bank, she 6 ______ (to be) respon- sible for helping other economists prepare briefings. Her colleagues 7 ______
(to conduct) economic research for the Board of Governors and 8 ________ (to write) working papers. Sometimes Econnie 9 _______ (to analyze) poli- cies and 10 ______ (to produce) economic forecasts on her own. On Tuesdays, the team 11 _______ (to help) the president decide whether or not to lower or raise interest rates. Because their work 12 _______ (to affect) millions of people, her position is high stress but exhilarating. Econnie 13 __________ (to use) a software program. This program 14 ________ (to help) economists see how theories are applied to data.

Answer 1

1. wakes up
2. goes off
3. runs
4. is
5. needs
6. is
7. conduct
8. write
9. analyzes
10. produces
11. helps
12. affects
13. uses
14. helps