English for Exams Karen Kovacs

5 I'm not sure I fo llo w you.
- I I I explain it again.
2 
Listen to the sentences above, paying particular attention to the pronunciation of the 
contraction 11. Repeat what you hear.
1 5
1 
Choose the correct future forms in bold to complete the dialogue.
Sarah: 
[1) 
Are you doing/W ill you do 
anything special fo r New Year?
Laura: Well, I m ight go to Granada. (2) 
I’m looking/l’m going to look 
online tonight to 
try and find a good last-m inute deal. I kept tonight free on purpose because I 
know these things take ages!
Sarah: 
Oh, don't worry. 
(3) 
I'm going to h e lp /l’ll help 
you.
Laura: 
Oh, b rilliant. Thanks. How about you? (4) 
Are you going/W ill you go 
away?
Sarah: Yes. Steve and I (5) 
are spending/w ill spend 
two weeks with my parents in 
Scotland.
Laura: 
Oh, that (6) 
is going to b e /w ill be 
lovely.
2 
Practise talking about the future with a friend. Below are some ideas for topics:
• your plans fo r the weekend and for New Year/Christm as/your birthday
• the future plans of people you know
• the weather tom orrow /next week
• some current news/sports stories (predict how they w ill develop)
Example: You know that volcanic eruption? I don't think they'll find any survivors. Do you?
Culture and modern society 
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The fu tu re perfect -
will have 
+ 
past participle - is used to say som ething w ill have
happened or w ill have been completed by a certain point in the fu tu re (note that 
by
here 
means