UNIT 6 A. LANGUAGE FOCUS: Future: will/ going to/ be V-ing, Stress; Pronunciation; Verb Tenses B. EXERCISES: I. Use the correct form of verbs (be going to do, be V-ing ) 1. Which project ………… (You/ work) on next? I haven’t decided for sure. Probably the Spacemobile. 2. Would you like to join Linda and me tomorrow? We …………… (Visit) the natural history museum. 3. I’ve decided to try and learn a foreign language? Have you? Which language ……… (You/ learn)? 4. Look at those cars! They …………………………………… (Crash) 5. We are having a party next weekend. Great! Who ……………… ………………. (You/ invite)? 6. There is an international football match on TV tonight. Liverpool ……… ( play ) against Manchester. 7. I ……… ( meet ) Mr. Thompson at the airport at 4o’clock this afternoon. 8. It’s my birthday soon will be twenty next Friday. “ Oh, really ? .(you/ have ) a party ? II. Complete these sentences with either be going to or Present progressive, using verbs: increase, teach, sit, complain, start, meet, stop, answer, play, get. 15. I can’t go any further. I …………… on that bench for a while. 16. The game ………………at two o’clock tomorrow. I hope you can be there. 17. The service here is very slow. I ………………to the manager if we’re not served soon. 18. I have a right to be heard, and no-one …………… me from putting my side of the argument. 21. The two leaders………… for talks later this afternoon. 22. Are you …………… my questions or not? 23. The bank announced that it …………… its interest rates by one percent from tomorrow. 24. I have to get up early tomorrow. I ………….a physics class at 8.00 in the morning. 25. Before I apply for the job, I ……………….more information about it. 26. Brazil …………….Columbia in today’s final. III. Phonetics and stress. 1 a Wood b.cook c. Blood d. push 2 a Excursion, b sunburnt c nurse, d picture 3.a Site, b trip c city d invention 4.a Work, b world c word, d resort 5 a Pagoda, b formation c photograph, d excursion 6.a Persuade, b believe c instead, d anxious 7.a Relax, b sunshine c picnic, d sunburn 8.a Seaside, b glorious c visit, d permit IV. Complete sentences, using the words given. Dear Carol, 19. Thank/ much/ invitation/ spend 3 weeks / August / you / your family/ Scotland. ……………………………………………………………………………………… . 20. I/ love / come/ unfortunately/ I/ unable/ accept. ……………………………………………………………………………………… . 21. My cousins/ live/ Canada/ stay / us/ August 3 rd / August 18 th . ……………………………………………………………………………………… . 22. As/ it/ their first visit/ country/ I/ plan/ show/ around. ……………………………………………………………………………………… . 23. it/ possible/ visit / you/ September/ instead ? ……………………………………………………………………………………… . 24. I/ certainly/ need/ rest / after/ my cousins/ back/ Canada! ……………………………………………………………………………………… . 25. tell/ September/ convenient / you. ……………………………………………………………………………………… . 26. I/ look/ forward/ see/ you/ all again. ……………………………………………………………………………………… . Love, V. Join each pair of sentences, using “ which” or “ who”. 1. Carla is reading the novel. I lent it to her last week. ……………………………………………………………………………………… . 2. Did you see the film? It was on TVlastnight. ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. Anna put on the clothes. She had bought them the day before. ……………………………………………………………………………………… . 4. They live in a village. It didn’t have much work for young people. ……………………………………………………………………………………… . 5. Show me the photographs. You took them on your holiday. ……………………………………………………………………………………… . 6. The reporter immediately wrote down the information. I gave it to him. ……………………………………………………………………………………… . 7. I’ve written down the words. I looked them up this morning. ……………………………………………………………………………………… . IMPROVING EXERCISE _ E10 _ UNIT 6 (Week 1) A. LANGUAGE FOCUS: Future: will/ going to/ be V-ing B. EXERCISES I. Use the correct form of verbs ( will do, be going to do, be V-ing ) 1. Which project are you working on next ? I haven’t decided for sure. Probably the Spacemobile. 2. Would you like to join Linda and me tomorrow? We are visiting/ going to visit the natural history museum. 3. I’ve decided to try and learn a foreign language ? Have you ? Which language are you going to learn? 4. Look at those cars ! They are going to crash. 5. We are having a party next weekend . Great ! Who are you going to invite? 6. I hope that you will have a good time tomorrow. 7. It’s very cold . I will light a fire. 8. I’ve bought a piano . It is going to be delivered this afternoon. 9. There is an international football match on TV tonight. Liverpool is playing against Manchester. 10. The weather forecast says that it is 33o C and tomorrow it will be hotter. 11. I am meeting Mr. Thompson at the airport at 4o’clock this afternoon. 12. I will come and see and help you with your work, I promise. 13. The meeting is going to be organized this afternoon. 15. It’s my birthday soon. I will be twenty next Friday. “ Oh, really ? Are you going to have a party ? II. Complete these sentences with either be going to or Present progressive , using verbs : increase, teach, sit, complain, start, meet, stop, answer, play, get. 16. I can’t go any further. I am going to sit on that bench for a while. 17. The game is starting at two o’clock tomorrow. I hope you can be there. 18. The service here is very slow. I am going to complain to the manager if we’re not served soon. 19. I have a right to be heard, and no one is going to stop me from putting my side of the argument. 20. The two leaders are meeting for talks later this afternoon. 21. Are you going to answer my questions or not ? 22. The bank announced that it is going to increase its interest rates by one percent from tomorrow. 23. I have to get up early tomorrow. I am teaching a physics class at 8.00 in the morning. 24. Before I apply for the job, I am going to get more information about it. 25. Brazil is playing against Columbia in today’s final. III. - Rewrite the sentences 26. We’ve arranged to start the trip at 6 a.m tomorrow. We are going to start the trip at 6 a.m tomorrow 27. We plan to travel to France next year. We aretraveling to France next year. 28. “Why don’t we go to Australia on vacation?”, John suggests. John suggests going to Australia on vacation. 29. She has no intention of buying a car. She is not going to buy a car 30. Mary had the habit of going on excursions with her classmates at the end of every month. Mary used to go on excursions with her classmates at the end of every month 31. It is a two-hour flight from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh city. It takes two hours to fly from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh city/ get from … to … by air. 32. Do you intend to eat out tonight? Are you going to eat out tonight? 33. Martin and Helen have decorated the new house for three days. The new house has been decorated by M & H for three days. 34. The Amory Show, held in New York in 1913, was an important exhibition. The Amory Show, which was held in New York in 1913, was an important exhibition 35. Her baby will be born in November. She is going to have a baby in November. 36. We intended to visit the museum, but we didn’t have the time. We were going to visit the museum, but we didn’t have the time. 37. The last time Nancy came here was in 1999. Nancy hasn’t come here since 1999. IMPROVING EXERCISE _ E10 _ UNIT 6 (Week 2) A. LANGUAGE FOCUS: Stress; Pronunciation; Verb Tenses B. EXERCISES I. Phonetics and stress. 1. wood, cook, blood, push; 2. excursion, sunburnt, nurse, picture; 3. site, trip, city, invention; 4. work, world, word , resort; 5. pagoda, formation, photograph, excursion; 6. persuade, believe, instead, anxious; 7. relax, sunshine, picnic,sunburn; 8. seaside, glorious, visit, permit II. Vocabularies and expressions. 9. Don’t throw away the …………We can have them for supper. ( sundeck, photos, food, leftovers ) 10. The cottage is surrounded by the most glorious countryside. ( ordinary, honourable, beautiful, gloomy ) 11. Oh, Sue ! Welcome back ! You’ve got a nice ………….( sunburnt, sunshine, sunlight, suntan ) 12. Is it OK if we meet at 9.00 ? Is the time … for you?(convenience,convenient,conveniently,inconveniently) 13. She was born and grown up in a picturesque fishing village in Ha Long Bay.(pretty, dangerous, poor, wealthy 14. We intend to have a ……………around Europe but our mother prefer visiting Vietnam and China. (fourteen days trip, fourteen day trip, fourteen-day trip, trip in fourteen days ) 15. We spent an …………… ….afternoon visiting all the caves near Huong Pagoda. ( enjoyed, enjoyable, enjoyably, enjoyment) 16. Traveling by air is ……………than by train. ( much faster, more faster, much more faster, more fast) 17. In order to make it ………….( happy, expensive, easy, difficult ) for you, we will contact by emails. 18. You are going to leave for Paris on Sunday, ………? ( aren’t you, don’t you, won’t you, haven’t you ) 19. Pupils are asked to … in the school ground every Monday afternoon.(pick up, assemble, gather, B and C) 20. Believe it or not, I can eat two …………of bananas.( pieces, bunches, bars ) 21. I have …… …. news to tell you but you have to promise to keep it secret. (a sheet of, a pair of, a piece of , a bar of) 22. Will you go …………….….a trip to London……….the summer.( for/at, on/in, with/for, in/during ) 23. It’s raining so we can’t go out . We watched a TV program at home .( as though, as well, altogether, instead) 24. ……….is a short journey made by a group of people together for pleasure. ( An adventure, An excursion, A voyage, A exploration ) 25. Have you ever …………….… a night together by a campfire. ( made, spent, sent, taken ) 26. When we are at the seaside, we can enjoy good weather …… lots of sunshine. ( on, with, for, along with) 27. Will you pick me ……… after the party ? ( out, on, over, up) 28. I work from Monday to Friday so Saturday and Sunday are my ……… …(working days, days out, breaks, days off) III. Grammar : Verb form 29.Are you free this afternoon?-No, I’m not. I am going to attend/attending a lecture given by Professor Jones. 30. I have bought a new house in Toronto recently but I will live here all my life . 31. No one can persuade her to change her mind. 32. This is the first time we have been to Scotland so it is new to us . 33. We hope the excursion will help us (to) relax a lot after working hard. 34. What’s in the letter ? Why don’t you let me read it. ? 35. Hurry. The next bus leaves at 7.15. 36. Are Alice and Tom still living in New York ? No, they have moved to Dallas. 37. It is impossible to respond to someone’s request . 38. These boys have played in the garden for three hours. IV. Complete sentences, using the words given. Dear Carol, 39.Thank you very much for your invitation of spending 3 weeks in August with you and your family in Scotland 40. I’d love to come, but unfortunately, I’m unable to accept it. 41. My cousins who live in Canada are staying with us from August 3 rd to August 18 th . 42. As it is their first visit to my country, I plan to show them around. 43. Is it possible to visit you in September instead? 44. I will certainly need a rest after my cousins are back to Canada! 45. Tell me if September is convenient for you. 46. I am looking forward to seeing you all again. Love, . final. III. - Rewrite the sentences 26. We’ve arranged to start the trip at 6 a.m tomorrow. We are going to start the trip at 6 a.m tomorrow 27. We plan to travel. ……………………………………………………………………………………… . IMPROVING EXERCISE _ E10 _ UNIT 6 (Week 1) A. LANGUAGE FOCUS: Future: will/ going to/ be V-ing B. EXERCISES