Means of Expressing Future Actions
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 427.
The present perfect continuous, the past perfect continuous
Test
1. I visited Great Britain in April. I ___ at a nice hotel for a fortnight.
A had stayed
B have been staying
C had been staying
2. The students ___ English for 2 years.
Ahave been learning
B had been learning
C had learnt
3. Alice ___ over the phone for the whole hour when her brother knocked at the door.
A have been talking
B had been talking
C had talked
4. Don't enter the classroom. The students ___ the exam since nine o'clock this morning.
A are taking
B have been taking
C had been taking
5. She ___ at her book for some months.
A had been working
B have been working
C had worked
6. What are they revising now? They ___ English Tenses for three days.
A had revised
B have been revising
C had been revising
7. Professor Brown ___ courses in Modern English and American Literature at our faculty for five months.
A had been taking
B is taking
C has been taking
8. What have you been reviewing since the beginning of the semester? We ___ English Grammar rules since that time.
A had reviewed
B had been reviewing
C have been reviewing
9. How long ___ he in Kiyev?
A have been living
B had lived
Chad been living
10. My mother ___ the detective novel for 2 days.
A had been reading
B has been reading
C had read
Ex. 1. Complete the sentences with your own predictions. Example:England will / will not win the next football World Cup.
1. There ___ a world government in 2050. (be)
2. Private cars ___ in 2100. (disappear)
3. English ___ the world language in 2100. (be)
4. Everybody ___ a computer in 2150. (have)
5. Clothes ___ very different in 2200. (be)
6. All the people in the world ___ very rich in 2500. (be)
7. Everybody ___ two foreign languages in 2300. (know)
8. Everybody ___ happy in 2100. (be)
9. Everybody ___ fond of music in 2200. (be)
10. Everybody ___ reading in 2500. (like)
Ex. 2. Complete the weather forecast, using some of the following words: be, cold, dry, earth quakes, east, ice, lightning, north, rain, snow, south, thunder, warm, west, wet, will, will be, winds.
Tomorrow will ___ mainly ___, but there ___ some ___ in the north. There ___ be strong ___ from the south-west later in the day. It will be quite ___ in the south, but Scotland cold, and in the ___ of Scotland the rain ___ turn to ___ during the afternoon.
Ex. 3. Put the sentences together using going to. Example:Jane is going to study music.
| Beginnings Jane / study She / try to become She / spend Max / do science He / train She doesn't know One day she says Jane Mike / spend Then they | Ends a professional pianist a year learning German as a pilot decorate the house for his final exams music in France she / be a dancer the summer learning to fly start her own business stay with her aunt in America two weeks walking in Scotland what she / do |
Ex. 4. Write some sentences about your plans for the coming week, using the following expressions. Example:I am working in the reading hall at 5 on Monday.
1. to translate sentences from English
2. to discuss the novel
3. to see a film about England
4. to do one's homework in French and English
5. to make a report about one's fovourite writer
6. to read the text
7. to write down philological terms
8. to prepare for
9. to speak to one's teacher
10. to learn new Spanish words
Ex. 5. Use the best form:
1. I think it (will cost / is going to cost) about £ 3,000 to rebuilt the school.
2. Alice (will have / is going to have) a baby.
3. With a bit of luck, the baby (will have / is going to have) Alice's eyes.
4. I (will play / am playing) tennis with Stan on Sunday.
5. Don't tell her. She (will tell / is going to tell) everybody else.
6. She (will get married / is getting married) on Friday at the local church.
7. My friend (is going to become / is becoming) a poet.
8. They (are going to visit / are visiting) their friends on Sunday.
9. She (will do / is doing) that.
10.Ann (is going to leave / is leaving for) London tomorrow.
Ex. 6. Choose the best form:
1. When (does /will) school start?
2. I (write / will write) soon.
3. We (go / are going) to Spain some time soon.
4. The exams (are / will be) in June.
5. The train (won't / doesn't) stop at Oxford.
6. Where (do / will) I go for my interview?
7. I (play / am playing) the piano tomorrow.
8. What time (does / will) the concert end?
9. I (post / will post) your letters.
10. I (have / will have) a lecture at 9 tomorrow.
Ex. 7. Put in if or when with the Present Tense of the Verb:
1. What are you going to be ___ you grow up?
2. I'll be surprised ___ she passes the exam.
3. He'll be free ___ he translates 20 sentences.
4. She'll get an excellent mark ___ she answers all the questions.
5. My friend is going to write novels ___ he comes back from London.