Unit

VOCABULARY
1 Complete the puzzle.

1 2 3
f i r e p l a c e

5 6 7

10

11

12

Across  Down 
1 5 8 10 2 7

4 6 9 12 3 11

2 Complete the sentences with the words below.

furniture • curtains • floor

sheet • walls • candles

1. curtains
I opened the ....................... and looked out of the window.
2. Did you put a clean ....................... on the bed?
3. Years ago, people used ....................... for light.
4. Take off your shoes. I washed the ........................ .
5. The only ....................... in the room was a chair.
6. I want to paint the ......................... of my room pink.

GRAMMAR
3 Complete the sentences. Use be going to and the verbs below.

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buy • drive • meet • not go • have

1. is going to drive
My family ................................. to the lake tomorrow.
2. We ................................. dancing at the disco on Friday night.
3. Jill and her friends ................................. a party next month.
4. I ................................. my girlfriend at the beach on Saturday.
5. ................................. you ................................. new jeans for the party?

4 Complete the dialogues. Use the Present Continuous with future meaning.

1. TINA Are
........................ coming
you ....................... (come) to the old house tonight?
CINDY No, I ’m not
....................... . It’s scary.

2. TOM ....................... your family ....................... (drive) to the mountain tomorrow?

JOHN No, we ....................... . We ....................... (stay) home.

3. PAMELA
....................... Susie ...................... (fly) to London this summer?
SAM
Yes, she ....................... . She ....................... (go) in July.

5 Complete the sentences. Make them true for you. Use be going to or the Present Continuous
with future meaning.

1. Next week, I ...................................................................... .

2. Tomorrow, my friends and I ............................................. .
3. Next summer, my family .................................................. .
4. At the weekend, my friend ................................................ .
5. In an hour, I ....................................................................... .

1 Read Pam’s e-mail to her friend. Then circle the correct answers.

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Hi Carol,
Next week, my family and I are travelling to
London. We are going by train. We are going to
visit Aunt Sarah. She lives in an unusual old
house with old furniture and scary pictures on the
walls.
Aunt Sarah says there’s a ghost in the house.
A lady in white walks up the staircase at night.
She’s got a long dress and a candle in her hand.
My sister is going to stay in the house with Aunt
Sarah. I’m not going to sleep in the house
because I’m afraid of ghosts. I often have
nightmares about them.
My parents and I are staying in a nice new hotel.
It hasn’t got scary old furniture. It’s got new
furniture and it’s beautiful!
Write back soon,
Pam

1. Aunt Sarah lives in a scary / beautiful old house.

2. There’s a hotel / old furniture in the house.
3. There are clocks / pictures on the walls.
4. A ghost / rat walks in the house at night.
5. The lady in white has got a door handle / candle in her hand.
6. The hotel has got old staircases / new furniture.

2 Complete the sentences. Use be going to (affirmative or negative).

1. aren’t going to travel (travel) to Liverpool.

Pam and her family .................................
2. Pam’s family ................................. (take) the car to London.
3. Pam and her family ................................ (visit) Aunt Sarah.
4. Pam and her parents ................................. (sleep) in her aunt’s house.
5. Pam and her parents ................................. (stay) in a nice hotel.

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3 Write the words in the correct order to make questions.

1. when / are / to London / to travel / going / Pam and her family
When are Pam and her family going to travel to London?
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2. going to / how / travel / they / are
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3. who / are / visit / going to / they
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4. is / staying / Pam’s sister / where
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5. is / Pam / sleeping / at a hotel / why
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4 Answer the questions in Exercise 3 according to the text in Exercise 1.

1. They
........................................................................
are going to travel to London next week.
2. ........................................................................
3. ........................................................................
4. ........................................................................
5. ........................................................................

5 Write a paragraph about what you are going to do next week.

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