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Enabling Tasks

1. Choose the correct option -  (0.5x4=2)

1. 'Will'

a) refers to fixed future events and emphasises that plans or arrangements have already been made

b) is used to express future intentions that have already been decided before the time of speaking

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c) is used to express future intentions that are decided at the time of speaking (spontaneous offers, promises and decisions)

d) refers to future intentions that have been decided but have not been fully planned

e) is used to make predictions that are based on personal judgement, opinion or intuition

f) is used to make predictions that are based on present evidence. The predicted event is either very near (and can be seen) or seems sure to happen

2. 'Be going to'

a) is used to express future intentions that are decided at the time of speaking (spontaneous offers, promises and decisions)

b) is used to make predictions that are based on personal judgement, opinion or intuition

c) is used to make predictions that are based on present evidence. The predicted event is either very near (and can be seen) or seems sure to happen

d) is used to express future intentions that have already been decided before the time of speaking

e) refers to fixed future events and emphasises that plans or arrangements have already been made

f) refers to future intentions that have been decided but have not been fully planned

3. The present continuous tense

a) refers to future intentions that have been decided but have not been fully planned

b) is used to express future intentions that have already been decided before the time of speaking

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c) refers to fixed future events and emphasises that plans or arrangements have already been made

d) is used to express future intentions that are decided at the time of speaking (spontaneous offers, promises and decisions)

e) is used to make predictions that are based on personal judgement, opinion or intuition

4. The present simple tense

a) is often used with a future sense when it is part of a programme or timetable, such as with trains or buses.

b) is used to express future intentions that have already been decided before the time of speaking

c) refers to fixed future events and emphasises that plans or arrangements have already been made

d) is used to express future intentions that are decided at the time of speaking (spontaneous offers, promises and decisions)

e) is used to make predictions that are based on personal judgement, opinion or intuition. 


2. Underline the right sentence with WILL or GOING TO for each case. (1x5=5)

 

a) The sky is full of grey clouds.

  • It will rain.
  • It is going to rain.

b) Your friend’s car has broken down.

  • Oh dear, I’ll give you a lift.
  • Oh dear, I’m going to give you a lift.
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 c)  There is somebody at the door.

  • I’ll get it.
  • I’m going to get it.

d) We have tickets for the Coldplay concert.

  • We will see them in June.
  • We are going to see them in June.

e) Your colleague stops you as you are going to get a coffee from the coffee machine. You say:

  • I’ll be back in a minute.
  • I’m going to be back in a minute.

 

3. Complete these sentences with the verbs in the future tenses (GOING TO or WILL) (0.5x12=6)

 

a)  A: We don’t have any bread.

     B: I know. I _________________ get some from the shop.

 

b)  A: We don’t have any bread.

     B: Really? I __________________ get some from the shop then.

 

c)  A: Why do you need to borrow my suitcase?

     B: I __________________ visit my mother in Scotland next month.

 

d)  A: I’m really cold.

     B: I __________________ turn the heating on.

 

e)  A: Are you going to John’s party tonight?

     B: Yes. Are you going too? I __________________ give you a lift.

 

f)  A: What are your plans after you leave university?

    B: I __________________ work in a hospital in Africa. I leave on the 28th.

 

g) (The phone rings) A: I __________________ get it!

 

h) A: Are you ready to order?

    B: I can’t decide … Okay, I __________________ have the steak, please.

 

i) A: Are you busy tonight? Would you like to have coffee?

         B: Sorry. I __________________ go to the library. I’ve been planning to study all day.

 

j) A: Why are you carrying a hammer?

        B: I __________________ put up some pictures.

 

k) Do you want me to help you?

        B: No, thanks. John ___________ to help me.

 

l) What are your plans for the holidays?

       B: I _____________ visit my parents and then go walking in Scotland.  

 

4. Use the verbs in brackets in the correct future tenses – will-future, going to-future, Simple Present or Present         Progressive. (0.5x14=7) 

    a) The train __________ at 11:45. (to leave)

    b) We __________ dinner at a nice restaurant on Saturday. (to have)

    c)  It __________ in the mountains tomorrow evening. (to snow)

    d) On Sunday at 8 o'clock I __________ my friend. (to meet)

    e) They __________ to London on Friday evening. (to fly)

    f)  Wait! I __________ you to the station. (to drive)

    g) The English lesson __________ at 8:45. (to start)

    h) I __________ my sister in April. (to see)

    i)  Look at the clouds - it __________ in a few minutes. (to rain)

    j) Listen! There's someone at the door. I __________ the door for you. (to open). 

    k) What (wear / you) _________ at the party tonight?

    l) I haven't made up my mind yet. But I think I (find) _________ something nice in my mum's wardrobe.

    m) This is my last day here. I (go) _________ back to England tomorrow.

    n) I love London. I (probably / go) _________ there next year.

Listening

International students in foreign countries are normally very happy to go back home once their studies are finished. However, it is not always the case. Look at this video  about a Chinese student who has finished her degree in the USA and doesn’t want to go back to China.



1. Then answer these questions:

 

  1. Is college graduation a happy moment in the life of an international student?
  2. Why doesn’t she want to go back to China? Give two reasons. 

 

2. Now say if these sentences are True or False:

 

  1. She needs to find a job in less than 9 weeks or she will be deported to China.
  2. She doesn’t need to apply for a VISA to stay in the USA to work.
  3. In order to apply for an OPT VISA, she needs to find a job related to her major (related to what she studied in College).
  4. She is completely sure that she is going to stay in the USA.

Writing

The case of this Chinese student is not always so. Some international students really want to go back to their home countries.

Now imagine that you are one of these students and make a composition where you talk about the things that you have missed the most while studying abroad and name some of the things you will and you have planned to do as soon as you go back home.

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Relación con otras tareas



En esta tarea debes trabajar y practicar los tiempos futuros y debes aprender a hablar de planes personales. Esta práctica te será de mucha utilidad en la tarea global.