Drill 5

1 Are you going to bed early? going to a party No, I’m not going to bed early, because I’ll be

going to a party

2 Are they going to watch the match working No, they’re not going to watch the match

tomorrow, because they’ll be working.

3 Are you coming to the pictures tonight? doing my homework No, I’m not coming to the pictures tonight

tomorrow? because I’ll be doing my homework.

4 Is he playing tennis with us tomorrow? sitting an exam No, he’s not playing tennis with us tomorrow,

because he’ll be doing his home work.

5 Are you going to phone him tomorrow? sleeping No, I’m not going to phone him now, because

he’ll be sleeping.

6 Are they going to visit us next week? going to Scotland No, they’re not going to visit us next week,

because they’ll be going to Scotland.

7 Is he going to Rome immediately? having a holiday first No, he’s not going to Rome immediately, because he’ll be having a holiday first.

8 Are you going to ask them now? having their lunch No, I’m not going to ask them now, because they’ll be having their lunch.

Written Exercise Answers

Exercise 1

1 We’ll be catching the 8 o’clock train.

2 My brother will be meeting me at the station.

3 Our wives won’t be coming with us.

4 They’ll be staying at home.

5 We’ll be arriving at Paddington station at ten o’clock.

6 My brother’ll be staying overnight in London, but I’m not.

7 I’ll be returning on the 9 o’clock express.

8 My wife’ll be picking me up at the station.

Exercise 2

1 His salary is 2400 pounds a year (200 pounds a month).

2 He has a bath twice a week.

3 His average speed was 50 miles an hour (miles per hour).

4 He eats three times a day.

5 He goes to the pictures once a week.

Exercise 3

1 The United Kingdom includes Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

2 John took a train from Waterloo Station and read the Times on the journey to the south coast of England.

3 He stayed the night in the Grand Hotel, which is in Brook Street in the centre of Southampton.

4 His ship the Queen’s Star, sailed next morning down the English Channel towards the Atlantic Ocean.

5 They passed the Channel Islands and John recognised Jersey, an island he had once visited.

6 He went to North America, where he spent a week with an uncle who lives in Canada near Lake Superior.

7 Now he’s travelling by car across the United States, along the Mississippi River and into Mexico.

8 «What was the highest mountain in the Himalayas before Mount Everest was discovered?» «I don’t know.»

«Everest was, of course.»

Exercise 4

1 a) Who bought a newspaper? b) What did Mrs. Smith buy?

2 a) Which bomb killed twenty people? b) How many people did the second bomb kill?

3 a) Which girl read the second paragraph? b) Which paragraph didi the tall girl read?

4 a) What fell across the road? b) Where did the tree fall?

5 a) Who wrote to Mary? b) Who did John write to?

6 a) How many people arrived at ten o’clock? b) When did three people arrive?

7 a) Who ate a pound of chocolate? b) How much chocolate did James eat?

8 a) Which car needs a service? b) What does the big car need?