Start Smart: plans, texts and tenses
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Finish the dialog. A: What are you going to do tomorrow? B: ___ A: How will you get there? B: ___
For example: I’m going to visit my grandmother. / We’ll go by bus.
2
Write going to or will: (a) Dad bought two tickets yesterday. He ___ travel to Luxor tomorrow. (b) I forgot my pen. Can I borrow yours? Sure, I ___ give you one.
(a) is going to travel (a plan made earlier); (b) will give (a quick decision).
3
Read: “Our village has a small market every Friday. Farmers bring fruit and vegetables, and it is busy from morning until noon.” What does it refer to? What is the main idea?
it = the market. Main idea: the village has a busy Friday market.
4
Complete with the correct form: (a) She ___ (not eat) breakfast yet. (b) They ___ (see) a film last night. (c) If he ___ (run), he will catch the bus.
(a) hasn’t eaten (b) saw (c) runs.
5
Write a paragraph of 60 to 80 words about a hobby you enjoy. Say what it is, when you do it, one thing you did last week and one plan for next week.
A paragraph of about 60 to 80 words with enjoy + -ing, a past simple sentence and a going to sentence.