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18. across THE CHANNEL Exna Hart is going to swim actoss the English Channel tomorrow. She is going to set out from the French coast at five o'clock in the morning. Erna is only fourteen years old and she hopes to set up a new world record. She is a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure to succeed. Eena's father will set out with her in a small boat. Mr. Hart has trained his daughter for years. Tomorrow he will watch her anxiously as she swims the long distance to England. Erna intends to take short rests every two hours, She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food. Most of Emna's school friends will wait for her on the English coast. Among them will be Ema's mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl, 1. Answer the questions: , Who is going to swim across the Channel? 'b. What time is she going to set out? .. ©. How old is this girl?..... 4. What does she hope?, ¢. Who will set out with her? 2 £. How long has her father trained her? g. Who will watch her swimming? .. h. Where will her mother wait?. i. What did her mother do as a girl? . INSTEAD OF SAYING: I WE CAN SAY: shall travel by car. Tam going to travel by car. He will set out at five He is going to set out at five. They will wait for her. They are going to wait for her. Will she drink anything? Is she going to drink anything? They will eat something. They are going to eat something. Her mother will wait for her. | She is going to wait for her. She will swim across the Channel. | She is going to swim across the Channel. Father will train her, He is going to train her. Her friends will not swim. They are not going to swim. 123 BE GOING TO + V; = it is used to express intention, lam read a book. You are stay in an elegant hotel. Heishelitis | ine ag 4 4 come with us. We are going to travel by plane. You are visit London, They are study English next year. 2, Make sentences (E.g.: John/marry/beautiful gir/April 2-nd John is going to marry a beautiful girl on Ay a, they/travel/Spain/by plane... b. I/stay/at home/this summer . c. they/study/Bristol University d. she/buy/nice dress/for her party . e. he/take/S o'clock train/to Paris 3. Build up questions and answer as shown: Eg: what you/eat/at breakfas/bacon and eggs What are you going to eat at breakfast? 1am going to eat bacon and eggs. a, where/they/travel/on weekend/mountains, b. what/they/read/tonightthrillers... c. what/you/do/during holiday/stay at home. 4. when/he/leave/Paris/next week... . where/your father/build/house/in the country 124 b. read) ©. pay 4. Make sentences as shown: Eg: Markibe twelve/next week Mark will be twelve next week, a, maybe/I/paint/front door/one day.. b. I/make/you/some tea ¢. welsoon/discover/what's wrong/car.. d. perhaps/Parkers/come overithis afternoon ¢. itfbe/first time/they/visit us... WILL + Vi = willingness BE GOING TO+V) = intention 5. Do as shown: “g write a letter to my friend I will write a letter to my friend, Tam going to write a letter to my friend. a. buy a ticket for this show b. read a lot of books ¢. pay you a visit soon... d. visit this museum e, swim across the river... £ spend a free day in the London parks. WILL You + Vv yolite request E.g.: Will you lend me some mone; 6. Turn the following statements into: 1) simple future; 2) polite request. a. write a letter to your aunt .. b. wait a minute here ©. pay me a visit tomorrow 4, clean the bathroom next week.. @ play football in the afternoon f look after the baby ... 7, Translate into English: a. Vrei sé astepti un minut? \. Voi manca ceva; mi-e foame. cc. Vrei s& m&ndnci ceva?. . 4. Voi deschide fereastra; este foarte cald. e. Vrei s& deschizi fereastra? £. Va calatori cu trenul. g, Vrei si vorbesti cu ea? . 8. To be going to or will? Build up short dialogus E.g.: do/tomorrow go/cinema ‘A, What are you going to do tomorrow? B. I don't know, Maybe I'll go to the cinema. a, leave/France this summer... stay/at home b. dovthis afternoor read/a BOOK... ¢. write/your homework now ... play tennis/with Tom... 126 d. play/tonight.... play/chess . e. buy/at the supermarket buy/some sweets or fruit. 9. To be going to or will? Build up short dialogues as shown: g.: 1) do/during the holiday? getipart-time job ‘What are you going to do during the holiday? I don't know, Maybe I'll get a part-time job. 2) visitfriend/tonight wateh TV 1 am going to visit my friend tonight. Perhaps we'll watch TV too. a, wash/linen? do/tomorrow afternoon. b. do/tonight? read/a book .. ¢. solve/problem' do/an easier one 4. wait/Mary? leave/without her . eat/at dinner? have/a steak ... £. write/this exercise..... do/tomorrow .... 10. Rewrite these sentences as shown: Eg: Tintend to leave at six. Lam going to leave at six. a. He intends to take his dog for a walk. He ... . We intend to speak to the teacher. We ¢. She intends to buy a new hat. She 4. [have the intention to dance tonight. I..... ¢. They intend to invite us. They.... ce f. Mother intends to have a chat with her friends. She. 127 rr _— 11. Complete the sentences using going to + V; or like + V-ing: E.g.: I............clothes. (make) This evening I............ new dress, (make) I like making clothes. This evening I'm going to make a new dress. a. Jane Tomorrow she...... sports shop. (buy) - (swim) some new things at the b. Aunt Kate... ~- the shop a letter this evening. (write) She....... (grumble) © Sally with children. (play) Next weekend she. with my neighbour's children. (do the shopping) d. We. F Tomorrow we. ¢. The Smiths. Pop music. (listen to) -- two new records. (buy) a French family next year. (visit) They. French. (speak) £ Sam. letters. (write) This evening he.. Uncle George a letter. (write) &. Tom and Bob.. + the drums tomorrow. (play) They. a noise. (make) h. The boys............ Some new detective stories tomorrow. (buy) They........ (read) i, Sally and 1 the piano. (play) We. the piano at the party next week. (play) j. Mother . cakes, (make) Now she a nice cake for my birthday. (make) 12. Use will or be going to. Be careful: some sentences are negative, &. Susan.......-.......--..:Visit the Beans tonight, but she... see Mr. Bean because he is in Berlin b. John svvvers--be sixteen next year, He...ccceecscceeseess€8K his parents for a motorbike, 6. The Prices......ssssse..--visit France and Germany next month, They have an interesting trip, (write) (play) stories 4, Dan. ...-ssssss111++-80 to the coffee bar this evening, but he. like the coffee there. It's terrible! e. The Clarks. a g0 to the car exhibition this afternoon. They iz see some fantastic new cars, £, Helen has cut her sister's hair. Their mother. sessssseesnoet a Suprise when she sees it. g. The Leeds’ garage doesn't look very nice $0 Mr. Let.......-++-ssss0ee paint it, h. Mary must visit her grandmother after school today so she.. miss her favourite TV programme. 13, FOOD AND DRINK a. Read the following dialogues: I'm really thirsty Shall I get you something to drink? Yes, please. There's apple juice and mineral water. Which would you like? I'd prefer apple juice I'm really hungry. Shall I fetch you something from the fridge? Yes, please. . There's eggs and cold turkey. Which would you I'd prefer cold turkey. ADR DR RBAD b. Act out similar dialogues. Useful vocabulary: coke, fruit juice (apple juice, orange juice, grapefruit juice, tomato juice), milk, ‘mineral water, tea, (cold) chicken, ham, roast beef, salami, (cold) turkey, herring, mackerel, salmon, sardines, avocados, bread, cheese, eggs, (cold) potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers, biscuits, chocolate. 14. HOW TO SPEND THE EVENING a. Read the following dialogues: A. What are you going to do tonight? B. Well, we can either go out or stay at home. ‘A. Both are fine with me. Which would you prefer? B. I'd prefer to go out. Do you like going to the cinema? A. Yes, Ido. B. Let’ go to the cinema then 129 A, What are we going to do tonight? B. Well, we can either go out or stay at home. A. Both are fine with me. Which would you prefer? B. I'd prefer to stay at home, What about listening to some of my records? A, That would be nice. b. Act out similar dialogues. Activities outdoors: go to the theatre (plays/musicals) goo the folk club (country music/folk music) gofor a walk (walking) goto the bowling alley (bowling) goto the youth club (meeting other young people) Activities at hom playing video games, watching TV, playing chess/draughts/cards, listening to the radio, reading books. 15. Listen and repeat: A is paying a visit to B and knocks at his/her friend's door. A. Hello, can I come in? Yes, of course, come in. You look very tired. What's the matter? Nothing's the matter. I'm OK. Aren't you tired? You are tired, aren't you? Oh yes, I've just had my first riding lesson. Did you like it? No. I fell off three times. I certainly didn't enjoy it |. Are you going to take any more lessons? ‘No. I'm going to stop right now. So it was your first and your last. Yes. | hate riding, What are you going to do now? I'm going to have a nice swim, I love swimming, You're good at swimming, aren't you? Are you going to swim in the Schools’ Championship? ‘No. The training would take up too much time. . Oh dear, it's already half past six. I really must be off. RRR RRA DAD mb 130 16. Write out this passage and put one of the following words in each space: cushions table settee fireplace door curtains rug _gas-fire cupboard window We closed the..... ...-behind us, and sat down on the... sseeeseeill front of the..... The new... which mother had made were very comfortable. Father went over to the .and pulled the seccess Then he turned up the. When we were warm at last, my brother went over to the...............and fetched the games. We put them on the..........+.-..and started to play. After half an hour we finished it. We could hear our dog growling as he slept on the...........12.. We went to bed. 17. Now answer these questions in sentences: a. Was this in winter or summer?.... b, How do you know it was evening? c. Where was the settee? 4. Who made the cushions e. How was the room heated? .. f. What could they hear?.... g. Where was the dog? h, What did they do at last?...... 19. THE GOOD OLD Days! Until the middle of the eighteenth century people lived in a world very different from ours. For instance, they had no cats, trains of airplanes. They had horses and ships, of course, but fact is their way of travelling was very limited indeed. Also, as there were not so many rich people then as there are today, most people had just their legs to get them from one place to another. 131 Yet, there are many today who think that life then must have been much pleasanter than it is now. At least they did not know anything about the terror of riding in a fast car or travelling by plane. They could still sleep peacefully without being kept up by the noise of busy traffic or did not have to drink gin or scotch or smoke cigarettes to calm their nerves, You have to admit that there is some truth in that. 1. It or there? IT Is (el/ea) este THEREIS =este, exist THERE ARE = sunt, exist is a flower in the garden; ..............+-.i8 beautiful are many boys in our ¢lass. is cold in winter and... often snows. by oannaces is a boy in the room; . is my friend. eT think.............-+see8 t00 hot in here. f Tam sure........ ‘was a man in the street a moment ago. g. ..is raining hard; are no people in the street, h. is my book. Is. another one there? i is snow in the mountains; is cold and white 2. Choose the right word: a. (There/Their) are (to/too/two) men outside who have lost (theit/there) way in the fog. b. I (here/hear) you (where/were) (to/too/two) late to get your mark yesterday. ¢. The legs (offoff) the chair are shorter than (that/those) of the table. d. We go (to/too/two) the (see/sea) every summer e, He can (bee/be) in his room. £, This (flower/flour) smells good. g. They (where/were) at school last (week/weak). h. They walked down the (beach/beech), i, He doesn't (no/know) his lesson. j. He stayed (their/there) the (hole/whole) day. 3. Put either shere or their into each space: alt, _..are no birds in the nest, I think they abandoned. eggs. b. They went over. .to collect. ..-books. €. AS............Were no tickets left, they were given. money back. 4. As. «work was 60 poor, they were told ».

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