5.5.Read the following international words and notice their pronunciation.
medicine |
student |
territory |
college |
gas |
doctor |
architecture |
company |
academy |
problem |
monument |
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institute |
progress |
industry |
physiotherapy |
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Table 5.1
Present Progressive Tense with the Future Meaning
(right / just) now |
at the moment |
at present |
currently |
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Future |
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I am working now. |
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I am working this Saturday. |
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5.6. Read the following sentences and decide if the verb refers to the present or future.
1.I am leaving tomorrow to spend Christmas with Mary’s family.
2.The doctor is feeling her pulse.
3.We are having a party next Saturday. Would you like to come?
4.Listen! Ann is singing in the next room.
5.Kate, we are going to the town center. Are you coming with us?
6.I’m not going away for my holidays next month because I haven’t got enough money.
7.‘What are you doing?’ ‘I am writing a letter to my sister.’
8.Look! The bus is coming.
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Table 5.2 |
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Be going to |
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be going to |
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Plans |
Predictions |
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Nick is going to see Maria. |
It’s going to rain soon. |
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I am going to call home. |
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5.7. Change the following sentences, as in the model.
Model: – Mary says she … me a book for Christmas. (give)
–Mary says she is going to give me a book for Christmas.
1.Dick’s sister … her exam this year. (not take)
2.Miss Brown … after dinner. (sing)
3.The government … a new hotel near here. (build)
4.The Greens … their house at the end of the year. (sell)
5.She’s twenty minutes late! I … her here. (not wait)
6.Bob and Lucy … next spring. (get married)
7.… you … all night? Turn the light off and go to bed! (talk)
8.I am in trouble. I … him for help. (ask)
9.The teacher … the next lesson to us. (explain)
10.Susan is not very good at Physics. She is … some extra lessons. (have)
5.8.Complete the following sentences with be going to + one of the verbs below, as in the model.
eat do give lie down |
stay walk wash watch wear |
Model: – My hands are dirty. I’m going to wash them.
1.I don’t want to go home by bus. I … .
2.Nick is going to New York. He … at his friends’ house.
3.I’m hungry. I … a sandwich.
4.It’s my mother’s birthday next week. We … her a present.
5.There’s a good film on TV this evening. … you … it?
6.‘What … Jane …?’ ‘She is going to prepare for the test.’
7.I feel tired. … for an hour.
8.What … you … to the party?
5.9.Complete the following sentences using be going to.
1.There are a lot of black clouds in the sky. It … (rain).
2.It’s 8.00. Donald is leaving his house. He has to be at work at 8.15 but the journey takes 30 minutes. He … (be late).
3.There are holes in the bottom of the boat. A lot of water is coming through holes. The boat … (sink).
4.Virginia is driving. There is very little petrol in the tank. She … (refuel).
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