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2. Use five verbs from the box in either the

> Present simple and present continuous present simple or the present continuous to
complete the sentences below. (Pay attention
1. Complete the sentences with the present to spelling.)
simple or the present continuous. You will
need to use the auxiliary verb do in the behave believe do have
questions and negative sentences.
like make think

1 We are not going (not go) on holiday this

1 Please stop making so much noise. I’m
summer because we are doing up (do up) our
trying to study.
house.
2 Peter says he doesn’t ____________ in
2 I always ____________ (wake up) at 7
ghosts.
o’clock on school days, but only because the
alarm clock ____________ (buzz) so loudly 3 If you go on ____________ like that you are
I can’t ignore it. going to be in serious trouble.

3 Some nights I ____________ (not finish) my 4 I always try to ____________ my best at

homework until really late and then I have school, but sometimes it’s just not good
trouble ____________ (fall asleep). enough!

4 How much money ____________ (you 5 We’re ____________ a party on Saturday

usually spend) at the weekend? I am night. Do you want to come?
____________ (not go) out this week at all
because I’m broke! 3. Underline the word or phrase that best
5 I’m afraid I ____________ (not speak) completes each sentence.
French very well, but I’m ____________ 1 Sam isn’t having a birthday party this year/
(learn). usually.
6 I ____________ (not like) cooking very 2 My mother always telling/tells me to tidy my
much, but I ____________ (love) eating. room on Sunday evenings.
3 Are you listening to the radio every day/or
can I turn it off?
4 In autumn the leaves fall/are falling from the
trees.
5 It hardly ever snows/snowing in the city. I
think it’s because of the pollution.

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6 My parents like to go to the theatre to see a
Shakespeare play/when they can find the
time.
4. What is the third person present simple
form of these verbs?

1 go goes
2 play ____________
3 do ____________
4 study ____________
5 reach ____________
6 try ____________
7 achieve ____________
8 fix ____________
9 wish ____________
10 have ____________
11 love ____________
12 kiss ____________

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GRAMMAR WORKSHEET 2 ________ (register) in the consciousness.

So basically we have a memory of something

> Past simple and present perfect that hasn’t happened yet. My opinion is that
this tends to happen when I am very tired, and
1. Read the text and fill in the missing words. my brain takes longer than it should 10
They are all verbs or parts of verbs. One ________ (process) information.
verb uses the present simple base form. Can
you say which one it is and why? 2. Put the following groups of words into
questions and answers using ever and never.
I have been here before!
1 Have you/Sahara Desert? No.
Have you 1 ever been (be) in a situation in Have you ever been to the Sahara Desert?
which you suddenly think, ‘I have been here
before’? Or 2 ________ you ever ________ No, never.
(have) the strange sensation that what is
happening to you 3 ___________ (happen) 2 Have you/‘out-of-body’ experience? No.
before. This is what is known as Déjà vu. Most
_____________________________________
people have had this sensation at some time or
another but so far no one 4 ________ really _____________________________________
________ (come up with) a very convincing 3 Your teacher/tell/you/the best student/he or
explanation of why it happens. she/had? Unfortunately/no.
One theory is that we are experiencing _____________________________________
something which 5 _____________ (occur) in a _____________________________________
previous existence. This assumes that we all
4 Have/you/bite/a poisonous spider? No/and/I/
accept the idea that we 6 __________ (live)
want to be!
through a previous incarnation, or had some
‘out-of-body’ experience which 7 ___________ _____________________________________
(influence) our present daily life. _____________________________________
Psychologists 8 ________ (make) many
attempts to explain the phenomenon. The most
popular theory is that there are times when
there is a simple malfunction of the brain’s
‘electrical circuit’. What happens is that the
brain accidentally stores what we see as a
memory before it 9 ________ actually

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3. Underline the option which best completes
each sentence.

1 I’m afraid I still haven’t done my homework/

did my homework.
2 John has never been/never went to Norway,
but his sister has.
3 I have already told you the answer
twice/yesterday.
4 People’s lives are changing/have changed a
lot in the past few years.
5 I’m still waiting/have been waiting for a
reply from Sam. I sent him an e-mail two
weeks ago.
6 Have you washed/Do you wash your hair
every day?

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GRAMMAR WORKSHEET 3 wanted to do business studies, but I hate to be 15
in an office all day.
You know how much I like the outdoors. Last
> Tense review
week I thought about doing horticulture. Don’t
laugh. I love plants and flowers and all that
1. In this e-mail there are 30 common kinds 16 of thing. And this 17 days lots of people
grammatical mistakes. Can you correct is 18 moving into houses with gardens. It could
them? be the perfect job for the future. Anyway, I am
going to 19 let you know when I am making 20 a
Dear Marian, decision, I promise. Who knows? Maybe I can
study in England like you; they have lots of
famous gardens and parks there. Do you know
Thank you for your letter. It’s good to hear
why?
from you. How is 1 you getting on in London?
It is such a big city I bet you are getting 2 lost Have you hear 21 the news about Martin? They
every day. What is life at the university like? say he is will 22 marry Susana in August – and
Are you like 3 it, or is the work too hard 4 than they are still only 19! If you did not leave 23 him
you expected? to go to university I am not thinking 24 he would
have started going out with Susana.
I was sorry to hear about the weather. Did they
not told 5 you that it rains quite a lot in England, I think you done 25 the right thing; it is
especially in the winter? But I don’t think you important to make a good decision about your
will be going to have 6 too much snow; you are future before you will think 26 about getting
in the south of the country. married these days. My mother often tells me
she got married too young because she haven’t
You want me to tell you about how is life 7
got 27 any idea about the future. Anyway, I hope
here. Well, we are all still being busy 8
you meet someone nice in London, who is
preparing for our exams. Do you are studying 9
going to 28 show you all the best places to go.
for tests every three months too? We are always
Then you could take us to it 29 when we are
doing revising 10 for an exam. Anna has decided
coming 30 to visit you at Easter. Can you find us
she is wanting to be 11 a surgeon, so she will be
a cheap youth hostel near your flat for the first
going to 12 work very hard this year to get good
week in April?
exam results. She had been 13 watching a
programme about hospitals on the TV and now
she thinks she will be wanting 14 to study Best wishes,
medicine. It seems like a good idea for her; she David
is intelligent and kind. But what about me? I
have no idea what I want to do. I used to think I

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2 _______________ 17 _______________
3 _______________ 18 _______________
4 _______________ 19 _______________
5 _______________ 20 _______________
6 _______________ 21 _______________
7 _______________ 22 _______________
8 _______________ 23 _______________
9 _______________ 24 _______________
10 _______________ 25 _______________
11 _______________ 26 _______________
12 _______________ 27 _______________
13 _______________ 28 _______________
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> Active and passive voice

1. In the following text there are a number of missing verbs (active and passive) and adverbs. Fill
in the gaps with the correct word or phrase from the word below.

had always been has become predicted attacked seen

had been stolen had left sailed should have taken completely

The Mary Celeste

The Mary Celeste 1 had always been an unlucky ship, but no one could have 2 __________ what would
happen to it when it set sail from New York in November 1872. The ship was heading for the port of
Genoa in northern Italy with a cargo of alcohol. The voyage 3 __________ about five weeks, but the
ship never arrived at its destination with its crew alive.
On board the ship were the captain, Captain Briggs, his wife and two-year-old daughter, and a crew of
seven sailors. After leaving New York harbour they were never 4 __________ alive again.
The ship was seen off the Azores by a British ship called Dei Gratia. It appeared to be in trouble, so the
captain of the British ship, Captain Morehouse, 5 __________ closer to the Mary Celeste to investigate.
Nobody answered his calls; three sailors were sent aboard to offer help. But the ship was found to be
6
_________________ deserted.
Some of the sails had been damaged in a storm, but apart from that everything else was in perfect
condition. One small boat was missing, along with a map, and some navigation equipment. So it was
clear that the crew 7 ________ the ship voluntarily. But why would they have left a large, well-
equipped, safe ship to get into a much smaller vessel in the middle of the ocean?
If they were forced to abandon the ship, was it because of pirates? In that case, why was the cargo still
intact? Nothing 8 __________. Had the ship been 9 __________ by a huge sea monster? In those days
tales of enormous aquatic reptiles and monsters were very popular. Perhaps the crew imagined, or
really did see something so frightening they thought they had to escape.
The Mary Celeste 10 __________ a legend. People still come up with theories about her disappearance.
Some people even believe that the crew were taken by an alien spaceship and the captain and his wife
got away in the life boat. To this day, no one has offered an explanation which really makes sense.

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2. Complete these sentences about the Mary Celeste with words of your own choice.

1 When the British sailors boarded the ship they

___________________________________
2 If there really had been a sea monster, the crew
___________________________________
3 The captain would not have abandoned his ship unless
___________________________________
4 As soon as the crew realised____________
___________________________________
5 The Mary Celeste had a bad reputation, so
___________________________________
___________________________________

3. What are the opposites of these words?

1 likely unlikely
2 probable
3 possible
4 responsible
5 legal
6 appearance
7 professional
8 relevant
9 certain
10 usual
11 predictable
12 complete
4. Using the adjectives above, write three sentences about what you think
happened, or did not happen, to the Mary Celeste.

1 I think it is extremely unlikely that the ship

was attacked by a sea monster, although
people do say they exist.
2
___________________________________
___________________________________

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___________________________________
___________________________________
4 ___________________________________
___________________________________
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> Passive voice

1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of these verbs: say, ask, speak, talk
and tell.

In Austria, German is 1 spoken as the native language, but there are a lot of people who
also 2 ________ English. When I arrived in Vienna, I 3 ________ a porter at the station
if he could
4
________ me the way to the Hotel Europa, which I had been 5 ________ was near the
Opera House. He replied in English, but he
6
________ with such a strong accent that I couldn’t understand much of what he
7
________ . So I decided I had better
8
________ someone else instead. I found a policeman outside the station who was
pleased to have the chance to practise the English he learnt at school with an English
person and we
9
________ for several minutes. I then set out for the hotel and found it half an hour
later, although to 10 ________ the truth, it would have been quicker and easier to get a
taxi in the first place.

2. Rewrite the sentences so that they contain a passive form. In some sentences you
will need to change the word (in brackets); in others you can eliminate the word
altogether. You will see that by rewriting these informal sentences you are writing
in a more formal style.

1 (Nobody) knows (anything) about Joan’s family.

Nothing is known about Joan’s family.
2 You should (ask) a doctor to have a look at that cut.

3 I (need) to get my shirt ironed before I go out.

4 They are going to (knock down) that old house on the corner and (put up) a new
supermarket.

5 If there is heavy rain, they’ll (put off) the tennis tournament until next week.

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3. Spelling and pronunciation. Find the odd one out.

1 comb, home, lamb, telephone

2 enough, tough, rough, cough
3 trouble, club, house, bus

4. Write the plural form of these words.

1 leaf leaves
2 loaf _________________
3 wolf _________________
4 half _________________
5 thief _________________

5. Change the nouns to adjectives.

1 adventure adventurous_______
2 affection _________________
3 anxiety _________________
4 Britain _________________
5 comfort _________________
6 crime _________________
7 music _________________
8 nation _________________
9 perfection _________________

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> Reported speech

1. Change these questions and offers into reported speech.

1 ‘Did you go to Sam’s party?’ Susan asked.

Susan asked me if I went to Sam’s party.
2 ‘Why have you painted your room black and purple?’ shouted Tom’s mother.

3 ‘Would you like to come skating with us, Martin?’ said Mark.

4 ‘Would you like some help with your physics homework?’ said Tom’s brother.

5 ‘How much did your new skateboard cost?’

6 ‘Where is my red belt?’ I asked her.

7 ‘Would you like me to call a taxi for you?’ offered the hotel receptionist.

8 ‘Mike, how much is your mountain bike insured for?’

9 ‘Let me help you with the washing-up’, said Harry.

10 ‘When did they get married?’ she asked me.

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2. Change these sentences into direct speech. Remember to use the correct
punctuation marks.

1 The teacher asked us to do exactly what she said.

‘Please do exactly what I tell you.’
2 His father asked him to switch off his mobile phone during meal times.
‘Please
3 George invited Mary to his party.
‘Mary,
4 The swimming pool attendant warned the boys about jumping in at the shallow
end.
‘Don’t
5 Mary suggested Peter ask his parents for advice.
‘Peter, why don’t you
6 The bus driver told them the bus had broken down.
‘I’m sorry
7 The teacher reminded them that there would be a test on reported speech.
‘Don’t
8 She offered to help me with my homework.
‘Would

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> Relative clauses

1. Match and then write the sentences out correctly using who, whose, which,
where or that. One of the definitions is not necessary. Which one?

1 Lived most of his life in America and died in Switzerland. Was born in London
in 1889.
Charlie Chaplin, who lived most of his
life in America and died in Switzerland,
was born in London in 1889.
2 Takes place in a small country where there are a lot of casinos, very dangerous.
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
3 Hot and spicy, an important part of the British diet.
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
4 Wrote novel Pride and Prejudice, which has been made into many films. Was
born in England 1775.
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________

5 Thousands of films have been made there. Directors choose it because of the
climate.
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
6 Started in Scotland in the middle ages, is played all over the world.
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
7 Scottish name for a girl, was actually a male dog.
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
8 A brilliant actor, was born in Scotland.
___________________________________

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___________________________________
9 Means to be in terrible (financial) trouble, very good musicians.
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________
10 A popular music channel that was started in Amsterdam.
___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________

11 Was born on a farm, created many popular cartoon characters.

___________________________________
___________________________________
___________________________________

a Jane Austen
b Charlie Chaplin __1
c Hollywood
d The Monaco Grand Prix
e Indian food
f Golf
g Lassie
h MTV
i Sean Connery
j Dire Straits

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> Modal verbs

1. What do these sentences express? Choose from: ability, advice, deduction,

possibility, permission, lack of obligation and obligation.

1 ‘Say that again louder, please. I can’t hear you.’ ability

2 Eating sweets can damage your teeth. ____________
3 You shouldn’t sit in the sun without sunscreen or you’ll damage your skin.
____________
4 You can have a new mobile phone for Christmas if you get good marks.
____________
5 Deaf people cannot hear, but they can learn to lip-read. ____________
6 You have to wear a seat belt in a car. ____________
7 I must go to the dentist soon; it’s ages since I had a check up. ____________
8 In Spain you don’t have to say please and thank you all the time the way you do
in England and America, but it’s nicer if you do. ____________
9 You ought to have a look at Jimmy’s project. You may get a couple of ideas
about how to present yours. ____________

2. Rewrite the sentences without changing their meaning using modal verbs.

1 Smoking is forbidden in food shops for health reasons.

For reasons of health, you cannot smoke
in food shops.
2 It is advisable to see a dentist every six months for a check-up.
You ought to see _____________________
___________________________________
3 For most students it is necessary to study at home to get good marks at school.
To get good marks ___________________
___________________________________
4 ‘This book I’ve bought is really good once you get into it. Why don’t you
borrow it when I’ve finished it,’ said John.
John said I __________________________
___________________________________
5 Wearing a uniform is obligatory at most private schools.
At most private schools _______________
___________________________________
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3. Give advice for these situations.
1 ‘I’ve got a terrible hangover!’
You shouldn’t drink so much beer.
2 Susan is lonely; she never goes out.
___________________________________
3 I can’t find anything in my bedroom.
___________________________________
4 Jane is putting on a lot of weight.
___________________________________
5 I want to be a nuclear physicist.
___________________________________

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> Infinitives and gerunds

1. Fill in the blanks with the correct form:

-ing or to + infinitive.

1 George loves playing (play) tennis, but he hates running (run).

2 Did you enjoy ___________________ (go) to Disneyland?
3 When I go to the cinema I like ___________________ (get) there early so I can
buy some sweets.
4 Mary would love __________________ (learn) to ice-skate.
5 Would you like ___________________ (come) to the theatre with us tonight?
6 Would you want ___________________ (stay) at school if you won the lottery?

2. Put the words into the correct order and translate them into your mother
tongue.

1 weekend/I/at/the/get up/early (hate)

I hate getting up early at the weekend.
2 we/theatre/go/the/to (enjoy)
___________________________________
3 anybody/hamburgers/day/every/eat/ does? (like)
___________________________________
4 be/lawyer/parents/my/me (want)
___________________________________
5 he/play/with/friends/his/chess (love)
___________________________________
6 sister/my/spiders/see (hate)
___________________________________

3. Make sentences about you and your friends using hate, love, like, enjoy and want.

1 I love horror films but my friends hate

them.
2 I love going to the cinema.
___________________________________
3 ___________________________________
___________________________________
4 ___________________________________
___________________________________

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 5 ___________________________________
___________________________________
6 ___________________________________
___________________________________
7 ___________________________________
___________________________________
8 ___________________________________
___________________________________
9 ___________________________________
___________________________________
10 ___________________________________
___________________________________

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> Countable and uncountable nouns

1. Put these words into the correct column below.

advice cheese church cloud

damage equipment glass hobby
metal milk nurse paper
sample toothbrush toothpaste week
coin insect plastic wine

Countable Uncountable
________________ cheese
________________ ________________
________________ ________________
________________ ________________
________________ ________________
________________ ________________
________________ ________________
________________ ________________
________________ ________________
________________ ________________

2. Match.

1 a tube of a chocolates
2 a box of b toothpaste
3 a slice of c advice
4 a piece of d wine
5 a piece of e equipment
6 a glass of f bread

3. Do you know these expressions? Translate them into your mother tongue.

1 a herd of cows __________________

2 a pride of lions __________________
3 a swarm of bees __________________
4 a flock of birds __________________
5 a school of whales __________________

4. Fill in the blanks with a, an or some.

1 a tube of toothpaste

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 2 ______ toothbrush
3 ______ sausages
4 ______ piece of cheese
5 ______ bottle of water
6 ______ wine
7 ______ advice
8 ______ equipment
9 ______ money
10 ______ ice-cream
11 ______ coins
12 ______ egg
13 ______ chips

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> Definite and indefinite articles

1. Look at how the definite article the is used in the following sentences:

The food we eat today is quite different to the food our great-grandparents used to
eat.
Food nowadays contains more additives than in the past.

In the first sentence we are comparing one specific thing to another. (Notice that you are
asked to look at the first sentence, not the second. There are only two and we are
making a comparison.)

In the second sentence we are referring to food in general.

Now read this paragraph:

In the past our ancestors built houses on the banks of a river so they had access to
water. These groups of houses became villages, then towns and then cities. The city
of London, which was once a small group of houses on the River Thames, is a
classic example of a riverside development. Can you think of any more?

Why is London referred to as the city of London?

Look at these two sentences.

A river such as the Thames can be the life-blood of a city.
A river can provide drinking water, food, a way to keep clean and even a transport
system.

Here we are generalising about the different advantages of building a town on the banks
of a river, and only name one specific river. It also mentions a way to keep clean.
Nowadays we don’t throw ourselves into a river to wash ourselves, nor do we take our
washing to the water in big baskets; there are other ways to get clean.

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3. Read this paragraph and fill in the blanks with a, an, the or nothing at all.

It is 1 an interesting point to remember that as

2
_____ seagull flies, 3 _____ distance between France and 4 _____ famous white cliffs
of Dover is not very great. People – men, women and even 5 _____ children – have been
known to swim 6 _____ Strait of Dover, sometimes both ways. Yet down 7 _____
centuries this narrow neck of water separating Britain and
8
_____ France (known in 9 _____ French as La Manche – 10 ‘_____ sleeve’) has served
as
11
_____ physical and psychological barrier.
William, Duke of Normandy, conquered
12
_____ island with his knights in 1066, but he was 13 _____ last successful invader.
14
_____ Napoleon, who derided 15 _____ English Channel as a ‘ditch’, never set 16
_____ foot on 17 _____ English soil, while Hitler’s invasion plans also came to 18 _____
nothing in 1940. 19 _____ British have 20 _____ island mentality. They resisted plans to
build 21 _____ tunnel under the English Channel for many years, and many of them are
still against any further integration with Europe. Even with today’s sophisticated
communication systems
22
_____ Englishman’s home is still his castle.

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> Time expressions and prepositions of time

1. Fill in the missing words and numbers.

1 the first 1st once

nd
2 the second 2 twice
rd
3 the third 3 the third time/thrice
th
4 the fourth 4 the fourth time
5 ____________ ____ __________
6 ____________ ____ __________
7 ____________ ____ __________
8 ____________ ____ __________
9 ____________ ____ __________
th
10 the tenth 10 the tenth time
11 ____________ ____ __________
12 the twelfth ____ __________
22 ____________ ____ __________
33 ____________ ____ __________
47 ____________ ____ __________
58 ____________ ____ __________
77 ____________ ____ __________
99 ____________ ____ __________
100 the hundredth 100th __________
101 the hundred
101 and first ____ __________
318 ____________ ____ __________

> Prepositions of time

at a time
on a day
in a week/month/year/decade/century

2. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate preposition and time, day or date.

1 I’ll meet you at ten o’clock on Tuesday.

2 My birthday is ____________________ (month).
3 I was born _______________________ (time) on a _______________________

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 (day).
4 Columbus discovered America ________________________ (year).
5 The Normans invaded Britain ______ the ___________________ century,
________________________ the year 1066, to be exact.
6 The first landing on the Moon was __________________ the _______________
(decade).
7 April Fools’ Day is ________________ (date).
8 Easter is usually ___________________ (month).
9 The Berlin Wall came down ________________________ (year).

3. Finish each sentence with the correct form of the verb and the appropriate form
of the number of your choice.

1 It’s the first time I have eaten (eat) a vegetarian hamburger.

2 That’s the _______________ I _________________________ (hear) that joke!
3 That’s the _______________ the telephone _______________ (ring) today!
4 She’s not scared. It’s the _______________ she _______________ (be) in
hospital this year.
5 That’s the _______________ your mother _______________ (ask) you to tidy
your room today.
6 Believe me, that’s only the ____________________________ I
_______________ (ski) all the way down the hill without falling down!

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> Will and going to

1
will (1)
We use will when we decide to do something at the time of speaking = an immediate
response or decision.
‘Oh no! I have spilt coffee on my homework. Now I will (I’ll) have to do it all over
again!’

2
going to (1)
We use going to to talk about something we have decided to do in the future = a plan.
‘I’m going to study to be an architect.’

3
will (2)
We use will when we are making predictions.
‘I don’t think she will like the present you have bought her.’
Your example

4
going to (2)
We use going to (not will) when something that is happening now affects the future.
‘Look at those clouds. It’s going to rain again.’

Your example

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5
will and going to
Sometimes you can use either will or going to when asking questions about the future or
making predictions.
‘Do you think you are going to pass the exam?’
‘Do you think you will pass the exam?’

Your examples

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> Clauses of time

1. Look at these examples and translate them into your mother tongue. Then make
sentences of your own in English.

a I was listening to a new CD while I was doing my homework.

b I’ll send you an email as soon as I get my exam results.
c Always wash your hands before a meal.
d I intend to have travelled around the world by the time I am 30.
e I used to believe in ghosts when I was younger.

1 while
____________________________________
2 as soon as
____________________________________
3 before
____________________________________
4 by the time
____________________________________
5 when
____________________________________

2. Complete the sentences with an appropriate time clause.

1 Eat up your ice-cream before it melts!

2 You should see a doctor __________ you go on a diet.
3 I’ll give you a call __________ I’m doing the shopping to see if there’s anything
you need.
4 __________ I pass my driving test I’m going to drive around Europe.
5 ‘It’s 12 o’clock! The day will be over __________ he gets up.’
6 You can have your nails varnished __________ they do your hair at the new
hairdressers.

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3. Complete this story.

Last night, 1 while I was walking home after my guitar lesson, it started to snow very
hard.
‘2 __________ I get home,’ I thought, ‘I shall be freezing cold.’ My mother had
reminded me to take my gloves 3 __________ I went to my lesson, but I hadn’t done so.
My fingers started to turn blue 4 __________ I was walking down the snowy streets.
Fortunately, my friend Chris passed me on his scooter and stopped to offer me a lift. It
isn’t easy trying to get on a scooter 5 __________ you are holding a guitar, but I
managed. It was colder on the scooter than walking. At least 6 __________ you are
walking your blood is circulating.
7
__________ I got home I was shaking from head to toe. You can imagine what my
mother said 8 __________ I got in the house.

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> Have/get something done

1. Rewrite these sentences using the structure have/get + something + done.

1 We asked the baker to make a birthday cake for Sarah.

We had Sarah’s birthday cake made at the bakery.
2 My scooter is being repaired at the moment.
I’m _______________________________
___________________________________
3 A professional magician entertained the children at the Christmas party.
We _______________________________
___________________________________
4 John’s hair was dyed green last week.
John ______________________________
___________________________________
5 My luggage was taken by mistake at the airport.
I got _______________________________
___________________________________
6 We asked a well-known singer to sing at our school concert.
We _______________________________
___________________________________

2. Using got in a passive sentence makes it sound less formal. Rewrite the sentences
so that they sound more formal (less like you are chatting with a friend). You will
also need to change some words (bike → bicycle) and phrasal verbs (put in →
install).

1 I got my hair cut on Saturday.

_My hair was cut on Saturday. OR: I had my
hair cut on Saturday.__________________
2 The boy got caught in a car accident.
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3 Our neighbours are getting a new kitchen put in.
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4 You should get that cut seen by a doctor.

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5 He got picked up by the police because he looked suspicious.
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6 They are getting their flat done up while they are on holiday.
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> Reporting verbs

1. Change the sentences into reported speech using the verbs in brackets.

1 ‘Get your hair cut, all of you!’ shouted the sergeant major. (order)
The sergeant major ordered them all to
get their hair cut.
2 ‘Don’t walk on the grass!’ shouted the gardener. (tell)
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___________________________________
3 ‘Mary, don’t put that bucket of water near the vacuum cleaner; it’s plugged in,’
said the caretaker. (warn)
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___________________________________
4 ‘You need to give up smoking and eat healthier food,’ said the doctor. (advise)
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___________________________________
5 ‘Can I please get a lift home with you, Peter,’ said Mary. (ask)
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6 ‘Remember to pack warm clothes. It gets very cold in Edinburgh in the winter,’
she said. (remind)
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7 ‘If you are going to Paris, you had better brush up on your French before you
go,’ said Jean Paul. (suggest)
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___________________________________
8 ‘Would you like me to help you with your homework?’ he said. (offer)
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9 ‘There has been a significant reduction in crime,’ said the politician. (inform)
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10 ‘I haven’t stolen anything!’ shouted the criminal. (deny)
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2. Make sentences using direct speech. Don’t forget to use the correct punctuation
marks.

1 The scientist announced a discovery in the solar system; a small red planet.
‘I have discovered a small red planet in
the solar system,’ said the scientist.
2 The doctor warned him not to eat too much sugar.
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___________________________________
3 Sam’s mother reminded him to switch off the television before he went to bed.
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4 The careers adviser asked me what school subject I enjoyed the most.
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5 Philip invited Joan to the water-polo match.
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