Tutor-Assessed Task 1

Make true statements about yourself. Use each of the time expressions below.

1. Two months ago, ____________________________________________________

2. In 1988, ___________________________________________________________

3. Last year, __________________________________________________________

4. Last summer, _______________________________________________________

5. Two days ago, ______________________________________________________

6. On Sunday, ________________________________________________________

7. The day before yesterday, _____________________________________________

8. Yesterday morning, __________________________________________________

9. At six o’clock this morning, ___________________________________________

10. An hour ago, _______________________________________________________

Make statements about yourself usingbe going to.

11. In a few days, ______________________________________________________

12. Next summer, ______________________________________________________

13. The day after tomorrow, ______________________________________________

14. This evening, _______________________________________________________

15. Tomorrow night, ____________________________________________________

16. This weekend, ______________________________________________________

17. At 9:00, ___________________________________________________________

18. In December, _______________________________________________________

19. On Wednesday night, ________________________________________________

What is our future in the computer age? Make statements with affirmative or negative
forms of will, be going to, may, or might.

20. People/want to go back to a time before computers

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21. The number of computers in the world/increase

22. We/all have pocket computers

23. The Internet/connect people in every home all over the world

24. Students in classrooms all around the world/be able to “talk” to each other

25. People/learn languages easily with computers

26. People/prefer to communicate by computer

27. Books/disappear

28. People who cannot use computers/be able to find jobs.

29. Computers/take away our privacy.

Change the following commands and questions into polite offers.

30. Come in. ___________________________________

31. Sit down. ___________________________________

32. Give me your coat. ___________________________________

33. Want a chair? ___________________________________

34. Let me get you an ashtray. ___________________________________

35. Something to drink? ___________________________________

36. Cream in your coffee? ___________________________________

37. Want me to open that window for you? ___________________________________

38. More coffee? ___________________________________

Below are some situations in which requests are commonly made. For each situation,
make a polite request.

39. You want to know what time it is. You find someone who is wearing a watch and you say:

____________________________________________________________________?

40. When you pay for your groceries at the supermarket, you remember that you need some
change. You hand the cashier a dollar and you say:

____________________________________________________________________?

41. You have been waiting in line at the bank for 15 minutes, but you need to get a drink of
water. You turn to the friendly-looking person standing behind you in line, and you say:

____________________________________________________________________?

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42. You are watching a movie in a theatre. The person in front of you is in the way. You want him
or her to his or her position a little. You say:

____________________________________________________________________?

43. Your teacher just showed the class a videotape. It is finished; your classroom is dark. Your
instructor wants the student who is sitting near the light switch to turn on the lights, so she
or he says:

____________________________________________________________________?

44. There is a lot of noise outside your classroom. The teacher wants the student who is sitting
near the door to close it, so she or he says:

____________________________________________________________________?

45. A classmate is giving a presentation, but she is speaking very softly. You cannot hear her. You
say:

____________________________________________________________________?

Send this task to your tutor for assessment.

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