Name: CHRISTIAN A.

ARGAEZ MORALES

Grammar in use
 will/be going to/present simple/present continuous
10 Complete the email with the correct future tense of the verbs in
brackets.
Hi Eric,
Do you have any plans for the weekend? Would you like to come to a technology exhibition
with me on Saturday? It’s in the town hall and I’m sure it 1) …… not will……. (not/be) boring.
The website said they 2) ……… will perform……. (carry out) lots of demonstrations. One
company 3) ……… will bring…………. (even/bring) a robot that you can interact with. It
4) ………… in the morning………. (start) at 10 am so I 5) …………………. (meet) Jason at
his house at 9:30. You can come with me or meet us outside the town hall. As soon as we
6) ……… let's leave…………. (leave) the exhibition, we 7) ………… we will walk……….
(walk) to the high street to get something to eat. I think we 8) …… you will have fun……….
(have) a lot of fun.
Robert

 Conditionals
11 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense to form conditionals.
What type of conditional is each sentence?
1 If he … would save….. (save) more money, he could have bought a better laptop.
2 If I were you, I ……… would update……….. (update) your antivirus software.
3 The TV ……… does not work……….. (not/work) if you don’t plug it in.
4 You can’t install this program unless you ……get……….. (have) a really powerful
computer.
5 If you had asked, I ………… would help…….. (help) you set up your computer.
6 If I owned a robot, I ……… would do……….. (make) it to do all my chores.
 Wishes

12 Rewrite the sentences using wishes.

1John would like to have a laptop, but he doesn’t.
John wishes he had a laptop

2 I didn’t save my project.

I wish id saved my proyect

3 Mary wanted to buy a different mobile phone.

Mary wishes she had bought a different mobile phone
4 It’s too cold, I would like it to get warmer.
I wish it would get warmer
4 It’s too cold, I would like it to get warmer.
It's too cold, I wish it was hot.
5 Neil doesn’t know how to write a computer program.
Neil would like to know how to write a computer program.
 Name: CHRISTIAN A. ARGAEZ MORALES

 Sentence transformations
13 Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first.
Use the word in bold. Use up to four words.
1 I didn’t know there was a sale on. I could have got a cheap computer. (HAD)
If I had known there was
a sale on, I could have got a cheap computer.
2 I am going to travel to America. My plane leaves in the morning.
I am flying to
America in the morning. (FLYING)
3 Water boils at 100°C. It’s a fact. (HEAT)
If you heat water
to 100°C, it boils.
4 Working on a computer hurts your eyes so you have to take breaks. (UNLESS)
You will hurt your eyes working on a computer
unless you will take breaks.
5 Simon regrets buying a laptop instead of a desktop computer. (WISHES)
Simon wishes he had bought
a desktop computer instead of a laptop.
6 Jeremy lost his work when his computer crashed because he didn’t save it. (HAVE)
If Jeremy had saved his work, he ........
wouldn`t have lost it it when his
computer crashed.
7 I promised myself I would buy a new TV when I get the job. (BUY)
If I get the job, I will buy
............................................. a new TV.
8 My advice is that you spend less time surfing the Net. (WOULD)
If I were you, I would spend lees
............................. time surfing the Net.
 Prepositions
14 Fill in: in (x2), from, with, to, for, of.
1 We all benefit ………with….…… new technology.
2 The actor has appeared ………in….…… a number of sci-fi films.
3 According ……from to…….…… scientists we will all soon have personal robots.
4 You can now communicate ………to….…… your friends online using your mobile phone.
5 The police already use robots to do jobs that are dangerous …………for.…… humans.
6 Can you imagine a robot that is capable ………of….…… independent thought?
7 I am involved ………in….…… a school project to design a robot.