"Grammar training" (9 клас, спеціалізована школа)

                          Grammar training (9 клас, спеціалізована школа)

I. Choose the correct alternatives.

1 Be careful! That chair is going to / will fall over.

2 It's your birthday today Mum, so I am going to / will cook dinner!

3 I am going to / will see you tomorrow. Have a good evening.

4 I’m going to /’ll help you with those bags. They look very heavy.

5 I don’t think we are going to / will ever stop global warming.

II. Write complete sentences. Use the future continuous or the future perfect to make sentences.

1 what/you/do/this time next week?

2 I/start/my exams/by the time the exchange students arrive

3 I/definitely/not play football/here/this time next year

4 this time tomorrow/I/sit/on a plane

5 the chef/open/two new restaurants in Paris/by the end of the year

III. Write the correct form of the verbs given.

Mark: Hi Angie. I’m just calling to remind you about the arrangements for tomorrow. We (1) …………………… (travel) to London in the afternoon. 

Angie: I remember! The train (2) ……………………… (get) in at 3.30, so we should be home by 4.00.

Mark: Great! If you can’t come for any reason, then just give me a call. I (3) ……………………… (be) at home until half past two, but then I have to go out.

Angie: OK, I will. (4) ……………………… you ……………………… (meet) your cousin on Sunday?

Mark: I’m not sure yet. If I speak to him today, then I  (5) ……………………… (phone) you to let you know.

IV. Complete the text with these prefixes. There are two extra prefixes.

            dis-   •   inter-   •    mis-   •   over -   •   pre-   •   re-  • under-

I work for a big (1) ………………………national hotel in the centre of town. Sometimes people think that working in a hotel is boring. However, they shouldn’t (2) ……………………… estimate hotel work as it can be full of challenges. I admit there are some (3) ……………………… advantages to hotel work such as long hours and difficult-to-please customers at times. Once I had a customer who complained about how the bed was made and I had to (4) ……………………… make the bed three times until she was happy! Then she complained about the food in the restaurant and said that the vegetables were too soft and that they were  (5) ……………………… cooked. But in general I do really like my work.

V. Complete the article with one word in each gap.

   A branch of our famous restaurant chain Badger’s will  (1) ……………………… opening on the 8^th of July in Chilworth High Street, and we hope you’ll be there to try our fantastic menu on our opening night. Because we believe that once you’ve tasted our food you (2) ……………………… come back again and again. We (3) ……………………… offering a free meal to the first 20 people who come through our doors! (4) ……………………… you be one of those people? We're also (5) ……………………… to give a free dessert to all customers in our first week of business. (6) ……………………… the time you leave us, you’ll  (7) ……………………… eaten some of the finest food in this area. And we think you'll be surprised by our  reasonable prices. You'll definitely be able to afford more than one visit! We’ll be waiting for you on the 8^th!  We guarantee that you (8) ……………………… regret coming!

VI. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the telephone message.

Hi, Zara it’s Jodie here. I (1) ………… to let you know about the plans for tomorrow. Lisa (2) ………… her driving test at 10.00 and so you could meet us in town afterwards. Perhaps it would be better after lunch as I (3) ………… wrapping all the Christmas presents yet. If we meet at about two o’clock, then I (4) ………… them all by that time. You can help me look for a present for Jim. I bought him a game yesterday, but then I realised that I (5) ………… something similar last year, so I want to change it.

Call me when you get back. Bye!

1 A call           B calling                     C am calling           D will have called

2 A will take            B is taking               C took                        D taking

3 A don’t finish       B am not finishing      C hadn’t finished       D haven’t finished

4 A will finish          B will be finished       C will have finished   D have finished

5 A have bought      B had bought              C am buying               D was buying