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General revision Future forms, may/might/could

Read the letter. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct 1 Choose the correct forms.
form. If there is a gap, write one suitable word – a question
A Where do you go / are you going on holiday this year?
word, an auxiliary verb, a modal verb, adverb of time, etc.
B I’m not sure. We (1) will / might try somewhere
different. I’m a bit bored with going to Europe.
A My parents (2) are going / will go to Argentina for a
Dear Anna and James month in February. But it (3) will / could be summer in
Buenos Aires then and so the weather (4) will / is going
I’m sorry I haven’t written (not write) for ages, I be hot.
(1) (work) really long hours recently. B Wow! That sounds fantastic. I would love to go there.
I’m hoping (2) (take) a week off in June. A Well, (5) I see / I’m seeing my mum later, so
My sister (3) (go) to the lakes then and I (6) I’m going to ask / I’ll ask her for the web address.
They booked it all on the Internet.
(4) go with her if I can afford it.
B That’s great, thanks. And what about your holiday
(5) is everyone in the family? I hope you are plans?
A Oh, I don’t think (7) we won’t have / we’ll have a holiday
all fine. It great to hear that Daniel (6) been this year because (8) we’re buying / will buy a flat soon.
accepted on the music course. I know he (7)
(have) a brilliant time in Paris next year. I have some friends 8
who live there. I (8) (send) you their address if
you like. They are crazy (9) music, so they will 2 Cross out the verb form that isn’t possible in each
have something in common. sentence.
Example A My phone doesn’t work.
What (10) (happen) about your flat since B The battery will / might / could be low.
we last spoke? Have you managed (11) (sell) it 1 I can’t come to the party. I’m going to see / I’m seeing /
yet? Where are you thinking of (12) (move) to I will see my parents on Saturday.
and (13) sort of house are you looking for? If 2 Our team are playing really well. I’m sure they will
you haven’t found anything in your area (14)  , win / might win / are going to win.
3 Jane isn’t in the office today. She might be / could be /
why not look round here? I’m not sure but it
is going to be ill.
(15) be a bit cheaper. Don’t forget, you have 4 Do you think the weather is improving / might
always (16) keen on this area and I’d love improve /will improve tomorrow?
(17) (have) you as neighbours! 5 We haven’t made any plans but we might / may / will
go to the beach at the weekend.
Anyway, I must get this in the post now. Looking forward to 6 I’m worried I won’t pass / I might not pass / I’m not
(18) (hear) all your news. passing my driving test.

Love 6

Shona

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Information questions I Do you feel under pressure to be in good shape? It

(9) (report) that the best film roles go to
Match the questions in A with the answers in B.
actresses who are slim.
A B J I (10) never (experience) that.
1 What’s he like? a Tall and quite good- I (11) (lose) a few kilos for the last film,
2 What does he looking. but I (12) already (put) them
look like? b About six foot. back on.
3 What does he c Near the station. I Now what about the relationship with the director of
like doing? d He enjoys sailing and Moving on, Marvin Kelly. He (13) (criticize)
4 How tall is he? walking. several times for being difficult to work with.
e It’s small but nicely (14) you (see) eye to eye
5 How old is he?
decorated. with him?
6 What’s his flat f It’s an Audi.
like? J Yes, I think so, Marvin knew what he wanted to
g He’s nice. Very chatty achieve, but I didn’t have any problems with that.
7 Which part of and friendly.
town does he I That’s good to hear. Good luck with your future
h He’s in his early 30s.
live in? projects and please come back and see us soon.
8 What make is 14
his car?

8 2 Choose the correct time expression and put it in the

correct place in the sentence.
Example I’ve finished my homework. (just / yet)
Present Perfect and time expressions I’ve just finished my homework.
1 Read the interview. Put the verbs in brackets into 1 He worked as a designer. (in the 1990s / recently)
the correct form. Use the Present Perfect (simple,

continuous, or passive) or the Past Simple.
2 She’s been a nurse. (for five years / just)
I = Interviewer  J = Janine

I Our first guest tonight is the Oscar-winning actress
3 Have you found your car keys? (ever / yet)
Janine Miller. Welcome to the show, Janine.

J Thank you.
4 We’ve been travelling. (since May / last month)
I Now, you have just finished (finish) your latest film,

Moving on. Is that right?
5 They’ve finished the decorating. (yesterday / already)
J Yes, we (1) (shoot) the final scenes about

six weeks ago. And since then I (2) (relax)
6 Have you been to New Zealand? (in 2005 / ever)
with my family in France.

I Of course, you (3) (be) born in Marseilles.
7 I have ridden a camel. (last year / never)
J That’s right. My mother is French and my dad is

English. I have a lot of older relatives in the south of
8 My brother couldn’t walk. (until he was two / yet)
France and I (4) (spend) a lot of time

with them recently. All my movies since the start of
my career (5) (show) in France and so my 8
family are also film critics!
I What (6) they (say) about the
last one?
J They (7) (like) it but my grandmother said
I (8) (look) too thin.

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Verb patterns 3 Don’t dress up for the party. It’s going to be very
Read the diary entry. Complete the text with the correct  . (formal)
form of the verbs in brackets. 4 I asked the assistant about my order, but he was very
 . (help)
5 Angie loves art and music. She’s very  .
It was a strange weekend. I was hoping to go (go) out (create)
with my friends on Saturday but they all had flu. We’d 6 My suggestion got a very negative  . (react)
been thinking of (1) (see) a film and then 7 To be a writer you really need a good  .
(2) (go) for a pizza. Instead, mum made (imagine)
me (3) (revise) for my exams. I managed 8 You don’t need to update the files. The computer does
(4) (do) quite a lot but I couldn’t help it  . (automatic)
(5) (feel) a bit fed up. I went to bed early
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but I had a really odd dream. I remember
(6) (walk) along the beach and it was
2 Choose the correct words.
really windy. All my exam notes were lying on the sand.
Every few seconds, I (7) (stop) to pick Example I thought his latest book was quite
disappointed / disappointing .
them up, but it was impossible (8) (hold)
1 I do yoga every day. It makes me very relaxing / relaxed.
them in the wind. Then a big wave washed them all 2 It’s been raining heavily / badly all day.
away. I woke up in a panic and then realized it had been 3 I enjoy cycling but I find it very tired / tiring.
a dream. 4 She’s only four but she can read very well / good.
5 I never eat fast / quick food.
Sunday was better. In the morning I took the dog for a 6 What went wrongly / wrong with the recipe?
walk. He enjoyed (9) (play) in the fields 7 You’ll need to work hardly / hard in the weeks before
and it was good (10) (get) some exercise. your exams.
8 I bought some lovely home-made / hand-made
I rang my cousin because I had forgotten to
jewellery in Mexico.
(11) (send) her a birthday card. We
promised (12) (meet up) after the exams. 8
In the afternoon, I went back to my revision again
but I didn’t succeed in (13) (study) for 3 Match the verbs in A with the nouns and phrases in B.
very long. I needed (14) (update) my
homepage on Facebook, so that’s what I did in the A B
afternoon. Not a very exciting weekend, but there’s 1 climb a to a place on a map
always next week . . . 2 kick b your hands to the music
3 clap c a ladder
4 hit d your nails
14 5 point e a football
6 blow f a tune
Vocabulary 7 bite g a nail with a hammer
1 Complete the sentences. Form the correct word by 8 whistle h up a balloon
adding a prefix or suffix to the word in brackets.
Example He’s so careless  . He’s always having accidents. 8
(care)
1 The simple things in life often bring the most 100
TOTAL  
 . (happy)
2 Jo dropped his laptop into the sea and now it’s
completely  . (use)

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