English for system administrators - стр. 12

11. Put the verbs into the correct future grammar forms:

1. (our company optimise) the website as we planned?

2. The overall operation of services reduces the Internet speed, so we _ (expand) the Internet channels.

3. I think we _ (monitor) the progress of the project closely.

4. Tomorrow, I _ (have a meeting) with my boss to discuss my KPI.

5. The CEO _ (not allocate) additional money for IT department.

6. Ok, so I _ (analyse) the data and present my findings at the meeting.

7. What _ (you do) if the server crashes?

8. I (not have) any days-off, because I need to finish my project.

12. Complete the sentences with Future Simple and be going to:

a. Maybe I _____ (do) this task tomorrow.

b. _____ (you conduct) regular checks this week?

c. I think that she _____ (not help) you with it.

d. I _____ (collaborate) with the support team on Friday.

e. Ok, I _____ (try) to fix this issue.

f. They _____ (implement) security measures, but I’m not sure.

j. _____ (Mike set up) firewall tomorrow morning?

13. Look at the diary and complete the text about Chang:

07/07/2023

08:00 – wake up (maybe)

08:50 – check emails

09:30 – upgrade servers

12:45 – be praised by the team lead (I think)

13:00 – have lunch in an office or in a cafe?

14:00 – work with the development team

17:00 – take part in a daily meeting

17:55 – don’t take an umbrella (according to a weather podcast)

18:00 – go home or go to the gym?

Chang _____ wake up at 8 o’clock. Chang _____ check emails at 8:50. Chang _____ upgrade servers at 9:30. Chang _____ be praised by the team lead after it. Chang _____ have lunch in an office or in a cafe. At 2 p.m. Chang and the development team _____ work together. Then he _____ take part in a daily meeting. At 5:55 p.m. he _____ take an umbrella. After work he _____ go home or to the gym.

14. Look at the situation below and make up your own dialogue. Don’t forget to use words and phrases from ex.7:

Today is 15.05. Max, chief technology officer (CTO), wants to give you a task to migrate services from on-premise server (on-prem.) into the cloud server with saving all data. Deadline – 17.05. You understand that you will not have enough time for it. You need to make a plan on what you are going to do and talk to CTO to prove that you need to have more time.

Now you know:

– how to talk about future plans and predictions;

– words connected with servers;

– how to apologize, ask for help and clarification, express your understanding and misunderstanding, appreciate for explanations.

1. Look at the picture and answer the questions: