Vocabulary and Comprehension Exercises

Exercise 1. (Text 1) Answer each question with a complete sentence.

1. How soon will the tornado strike the farm?

2. Will the family have time to reach safety?

3. Where will they go?

4. What preparations have they made?

5. What will they be doing when the tornado hits?

6. What will they be thinking about?

Exercise 2. (Text 2) Find the answers in the text.

1. What for have people used the stars, cards, crystal balls and even tea-leaves over the centuries?

2. Where are hundreds of futurologists meeting this weekend?

3. What will the experts be discussing at the conference?

4. How will we be communicating with our friends around the world in the next few years?

5. Will computers have become more efficient and powerful than the human brain by the year 2030?

6. What computers will have been developed by the middle of the century?

7. What will we have colonized by the end of the century?

8. Where will Hannah Jones be sitting at nine o’clock on Saturday morning?

Exercise 3. ( Dialogue) Answer the questions.

1. Where will Mr. Miller take the young men?

2. How will they come home again?

3. What animals are there on the farm?

4. Whom did the young people meet on the farm?

5. Who always makes jokes?

6. What story does Peter tell about the castle?

7. What’s the end of the story?

8. What are there under the walls of the old castle?

Exercise 4. Dictation-translation.

A. B. C.

Торнадо движется быстро по направлению к ферме. Мама завернула малыша в одеяло; отец созвал всех детей. Когда ударит торнадо, вся семья будет находиться в штормовом убежище. Все будут вслушиваться в звуки урагана. Они все будут думать о своей ферме. В течение нескольких лет будет наблюдаться значительное увеличение больных раком кожи. Проблема истощения озонового слоя является очень серьезной. Озон – это бесцветный газ в стратосфере. Он блокирует самое опасное ультрафиолетовое излучение солнца. Некоторые ученые считают, что к 2050 году количество озона уменьшится на 50%. К 2100 году загар станет менее модным. К 2100 году люди поймут, что находится на солнце в течение многих часов – слишком опасно. Я довезу вас до фермы Макдональдов. Оттуда вы подниметесь вверх к замку. Вы вернетесь домой на автобусе. Спасибо, что подвезли. Это настоящая деревня: коровы, лошади, овцы, свиньи, куры. Как вы поживаете, – Я не должна жаловаться, погода хорошая. Мы идем в старый замок. Надеемся поймать приведение. О, господи. Это не шуточное дело. Он всегда шутит. В замке очень опасно. Старый слуга спас замок, звоня в колокола. Не повезло. Давайте поговорим о чем-нибудь другом. Послушай, а он старинный. Как мы можем попасть в замок?

Grammar Exercises

Exercise 1. Put the following sentences into the Future Continuous tense.

e.g.	He’s travelling. (all night) He will be travelling all night.

1. What are you doing? (in ten years’ time)

2. He is sleeping. (at four o’clock)

3. She is doing her homework. (after supper)

4. It’s raining. (when you come back)

5. I’m still mending the chair. (at seven o’clock)

6. She is talking. (for at least another three hours)

7. I’m waiting for you. (at the usual time)

8. We’re listening to you. (at the concert)

9. She’s making tea. (about then)

10. I’m doing the washing. (tomorrow morning)

11. They’re studying English. (from 6 till 8)

12. He’s writing to her. (at tea-time)

13. You’re swimming in the sea. (this time next week)

14. We’re working very hard. (in the autumn)

Exercise 2. Restate the following, using the Future Continuous tense.

e.g.	They’re going to do it again later. They will be doing it again later.

1. The leaves are going to fall soon.

2. She says she is going to do the washing tomorrow.

3. I’m going to have tea in town.

4. He’s going to meet us at the station.

5. Are you going to town again this week?

6. We’re going to have coffee after dinner as usual.

7. He is going to lecture on the seventeenth-century poets next.

Exercise 3. Put questions to the following statements.

A.	They’ll be sitting in the storm cellar, when the tornado hits. He’ll be working nights next week. She’ll be spending the summer in Europe. They’ll be staying with us for a couple of weeks.
B.	By the year 2100 people will have changed their sunbathing habits. By this time next week you will have met my friend Harold. I shall have read seven of Shaw’s plays by the end of the year. In another two years, she will have left school. If they start school at four, most children will have learned to read and write by the age of six. By the time we get to Birmingham we will have driven over two hundred miles.

Exercise 4. Read the paragraph and write sentences about what Christopher Austin will be doing at these times tomorrow.

Christopher Austin gets up at six o’clock every day. He has a quick shower and then goes out training at six thirty. He usually runs for about an hour and then goes back home, has another shower and then has his breakfast. By nine he’s at the office ready to begin work. Lunch is from one till two and he often has a sandwich and a beer in the pub. He finishes work at five thirty and stops at the supermarket to do some shopping on his way home. If it’s a pleasant evening he may go for a walk after supper but he doesn’t like getting to bed late, as he has an early start the next day.

e.g.:	6.15 a.m.	Christopher Austin will be running at 6.15 a.m.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.	7.00 a.m. 8.00 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 1.30 p.m. 6.00 p.m. 8.30 p.m. 11.00 p.m.

Exercise 5. Put the verbs in brackets into the Future Perfect tense.

e.g.	By the time you receive this letter, I (be) in Japan for two weeks. By the time you receive this letter, I will have been in Japan for two weeks.

1. I (finish) this book by tomorrow

2. It’s already late: the train (leave) by the time we get to the station.

3. By the time you get back I (finish) painting the room.

4. They have another month to spend in Greece. By the time they leave they (visit) all the important monuments.

5. By the end of the year she (sit) for all her exams.

6. If she continues to lose weight she (lose) twenty kilos by the end of the month.

7. The police (start) their inquiries by Friday.

8. When she comes back a lot of things (change) in the town.

9. They (be) married for thirty years by May.

10. By next month he (sell) all his furniture.

11. The horse race (start) before we even leave home.

12. I hope it (stop) raining by five o’clock.

Exercise 6.

Finish the sentences about your future. Make predictions about your education, work, family, life, etc.

e.g.	By four o’clock this afternoon I’ll have finished my homework.

By four o’clock this afternoon ... By twelve o’clock tonight ... In a week’s time ... In six months’ time ...

In a year’s time ... In five years’ time ... By the time I’m 30 years old ... By the year 2030 ...

Exercise 7. Put questions to the following statements.

I can smell gas. He could see a few stars in the sky. She can count to twenty in Spanish.

They can understand sign language. He can sail a boat. They could play chess.

Exercise 8.			Write the following in the form of a polite request using can. Make changes if necessary.
	e.g.	I should like to close the window. It is cold in the room. Can I close the window? It is cold in the room.

1. Let me do what I want to.

2. They wish to spend the day on the sea-shore.

3. You must let us stay here.

4. I shall come tomorrow.

5. Is swimming allowed here?

6. She wants to telephone you tomorrow.

7. Will you allow me to ask a question, please?

Exercise 9.			Say the following using the given time-expressions, first for the future and then for the past.
	e.g.	You can drive when you are 17/ after you got your driving licence. You can drive when you are 17. You could drive after you got your driving licence.

1. He can leave it here. for an hour/ wherever he wanted to.

2. He can play chess. this afternoon/ when he was young.

3. We can do this exercise. next week/ last week.

4. She can cook very well. with more practice/ when I knew her.

5. She can make her own dresses. in a few years’ time/ before she got married.

6. She can read easily. with her new glasses/ before her eye trouble.

7. I can go swimming. when it is warmer/ whenever I liked.

8. She can play the piano. when her arm is better/ a few years ago.

9. John can stay up late. tonight/ even when he was a small boy.

10. We can speak English. soon/ when we were in London.

Exercise 10.			Change the following sentences into the opposite by using a) can and b) may.
	e.g.	You mustn’t sleep here. You can sleep here. You may sleep here.

1. Visitors are not admitted here on Sundays.

2. You mustn’t give him any advice.

3. Anne ought not to help him.

4. You shouldn’t lose your temper.

5. You can’t telephone from here.

6. Don’t get rid of that car.

7. You can’t drink coffee late at night.

8. You mustn’t throw stones on the lawn.

Exercise 11. Rewrite the underlined sentences using can’t.

e.g.	She looks so young. I’m sure she’s not thirty yet. She can’t be thirty yet.

1. It’s still quite early. I’m sure it’s not ten o’clock. .....

2. She doesn’t look at all like Mary. I’m sure she isn’t her sister. .....

3. He’s been very ill lately. He’s probably not very well even now. .....

4. There’s no answer. They’re probably not in. .....

5. If you live near Coventry, you aren’t very far from Birmingham. .....

6. He looks very ill. I’m sure he’s not feeling very well. .....

Exercise 12. Complete the sentences using can or could and the verbs in the box. Use each verb only once.

grow be make reach live survive cross

1. Tigers ______ dangerous.

2. Elephants ______ for up to 70 years.

3. Temperatures near the South Pole ______ minus 43 degrees centigrade.

4. A hundred years ago ships ______ the Atlantic in 10 days.

5. Camels ______ for up to 17 weeks in the desert without water.

6. Dinosaurs ______ up to 5 metres long.

7. Anyone ______ mistakes.

Exercise 13. Translate from Russian into English.

1. Не оставляй ребенка одного. Он будет плакать. 2. Не говори бабушке об этом. Она будет ворчать. 3. Не звони им в 7 утра. Они будут спать. 4. Что вы будете делать в это время на следующей неделе? – Мы будем купаться в Черном море. 5. Что она будет делать завтра на концерте? – Она будет петь народные песни. 6. Вы можете взять мой фотоаппарат, если хотите. 7. Он мог бегло говорить по-английски. 8. Мы можем видеть море из окна нашей спальни. 9. Когда мне было 5 лет, я умел кататься на велосипеде. 10. Когда мне было 4 года, я умел считать до десяти.

SOME MORE PRACTICE

Task 1. Look at the table and write how much these people will have saved.

Terry Janet Ted Maria Barry Jeff Helen Celia Betty John

£ 50 a month £ 8 a week £ 65 a month £ 100 a month spends everything £ 6 a week £ 70 a month doesn’t save £ 10 a week spends everything

	e.g.	How much will Terry have saved in 2 months’ time? Terry will have saved £ 100 in 2 months’ time.
Terry, in 3 months’ time? Janet, in 6 weeks’ time? Ted, in 4 months’ time? Maria, in 6 months’ time? Barry, in a month’s time?			Jeff, in 10 weeks’ time? Helen, in 3 months’ time? Celia, in a month’s time? Betty, in 10 weeks’ time? John, in 10 weeks’ time?

11. How much will you have saved six months from now?

Task 2. Read the text and answer the questions:

1. What is Feng Shui?

2. What side should your breakfast place be facing?

3. What things could make you feel positive at breakfast?

“The Feng Shui Way”

Feng Shui (pronounced ‘fung shway’) is a Chinese system for deciding the right position for a building and for placing objects inside a building in order to make people feel comfortable and happy.

The right breakfast can make or break your day according to Feng Shui consultant, Simon Brown. And it’s no good just eating the right food either – you’ve got to eat it in the right place.

Morning is very important time because it’s the transition from sleeping to waking. It’s best to wake naturally, by sunlight flooding into the room, or from a rumbling stomach. Parents will find it easier to get children out of bed if they need breakfast. By eating their last meal between six and seven the night before, their food is properly digested by bedtime, and they’re hungry in the morning.

When you’ve made your way to the table, you should find it an inspiring place to start the day. If you get off on the wrong foot, you can usually guarantee the rest of the day will go from bad to worse.

Ideally, your breakfast place should be facing east, so you see the sun rising over your bowl of corn-flakes. You can also create a Feng Shui environment with plants and fresh flowers. Failing that, inspire yourself with a picture on the wall to look at while you eat. Simon explains, “Look around the room and think about the things that make you feel positive. Have a picture of something that motivates you, like a photo of a holiday destination you’re saving up to visit or a car you would love to buy”.

UNIT 14

Grammar: Texts: Dialogue:

1. Modal Verbs “must, have to, should” 2. Reported Speech 3. Articles with Place Names 1. «It Might Be Chocolates» 2. «Strange Laws» «Race to the South Pole» 1. «Dial 999»

Text One

«It Might Be Chocolates»