Vocabulary & Functions

9 CERT Read the text and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap.

When I first met my friend Jenny, we didn’t get 1 to the best start. I thought she was a bit full of herself and self-absorbed, but when I 2 to know her a bit better, I realized she just acted like that when she was nervous and I soon got 3 to her funny little ways. We began to like each other when the school play rehearsals got under 4 ; but didn’t become the best of friends until the first 5 , when waiting 6 to make our entrance, I ripped my 7 on the wall. We heard the tear, caught each others’ eyes and started giggling uncontrollably. Mr Edwards, our 8 teacher, was so angry with us after all the time and effort he had gone to, but I had a new friend so I didn’t care!

4 What do you strongly believe in and how would you get your opinion to the widest audience?

5 Do you usually get to places on time? Why or why not?

6 What one thing would you really like to get the chance to do in your life?

1 A at B in C off D on

2 A get B got C ’ll get D will be getting

3 A down B off C under D used

4 A road B route C way D direction

5 A afternoon B evening C morning D night

6 A downstage B offstage C onstage D upstage

7 A costume B overall C make-up D uniform

8 A dance B drama C music D sports

Phrasal verbs with down

10 Match the phrasal verbs (1-6) with their meanings (a-f).

1 break down

2 get down

3 go down in history

4 let down

5 look down on

6 take down an address a n be remembered b n disappoint c n feel superior to d n become sad e n make a note of f n stop working

Revision: be going to, will, Present simple and Present continuous for future

1 Complete the sentences with the correct future form of the verbs in parentheses: be going to, will, Present simple or Present continuous.

1 One day I (become) a really famous pop star!

2 Pick me up outside the post office! I just (mail) these letters.

3 We’re late! Our plane (take off) in just over an hour.

4 A (be) you free next week?

B I’m afraid not. We (take) a week’s vacation in Spain.

5 Please make your way to your seats as the play (start) again in 5 minutes.

6 We (have) our last rehearsal tonight and then the show (open) tomorrow evening. I (feel) really nervous on the first night!

Future continuous and Future perfect

2 Complete the text with the Future continuous of the verbs from the box.

dance • take • give • make • pass • wonder aunty • best friend • brother • dad • favorite actor favorite singer • grandma • grandpa mom • sister • teacher • uncle

Welcome everybody to Brooklyn’s premier dance academy. Today we 1 you a taste of all the classes you 2 whilst you are attending our course and by the end of the day some of you 3 if you made the right decision in enrolling. I won’t pretend it isn’t a challenging course, but for those of you who make it through three years with us, you 4 every dance style imaginable; you 5 most of the auditions you attend and you 6 a career for yourselves as skilled and talented young dancers! So, good luck everybody!

3 Write six sentences about what these people might be doing right now. Use the Future continuous. My aunty will be cooking the dinner.

4 Match the two halves of the sentences.

1 By the time you reach the end of this detective book

2 In a month’s time you will have finished your exams

3 By the end of the week

4 In a few minutes

5 By the time we grow old

6 By the end of this decade a n and be going on vacation. b n we will all have learned to manage our lives efficiently through new technologies. c n we will have realized all the things we didn’t know when we were younger. d n you will have decided how you’re going to spend the weekend. e n you will have finished this grammar exercise. f n you will have worked out ‘whodunit’.

5 Complete the chat with the Future perfect of the verbs in parentheses.

Meet me in town at 6 p.m.

I 1 (finish) work by then. Chloe

Yes, but I 2 (not). Rosy

No problem, I’ll walk over and by the time I get there your boss

3 (let) you go. Chloe

Cool! With any luck she 4 (go) home by then anyway! Rosy

Shall we go to Bar 44? Their happy hour 5 (start) by 7. Chloe

As long as you promise we 6 (leave) by 9 –

I’ve got to get up early tomorrow! Rosy won’t have become • will have signed will have been • will have become will certainly be practicing • ’ll be doing

6 Complete the conversation with the expressions from the box. There is one extra expression you do not need to use.

8 Choose the correct sentences.

1 A I’ll have studied belly dancing next year.

B I’ll be studying belly dancing next year.

2 A When will you have passed your driving test?

B When will you be passing your driving test?

3 A Movie critics predict that Danny Boyle’s new movie will have won an Oscar by next year.

B Movie critics predict that Danny Boyle’s new movie will be winning an Oscar by next year.

4 A I’ll have danced a salsa for my dance audition.

B I’ll be dancing a salsa for my dance audition.

5 A Nicola Benedetti will have played Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at the O2 Arena next week.

B Nicola Benedetti will be playing Vivaldi’s Four Seasons at the O2 Arena next week.

6 A We’ll have seen the Imagine Dragons gig this time tomorrow!

B We’ll be seeing the Imagine Dragons gig this time tomorrow!

Round up

Josh What do you think you 1 this time next year?

Will Well, one thing is for sure, I 2 a top class international soccer player!

Josh Don’t be so sure! You’re a really good player. Maybe Real Madrid 3 you as their new striker…

Will I 4 often enough. This year we have five practices every week and a game on the weekend!

Josh Well maybe you 5 local player of the year then!

Will That would be nice!

7 Answer the questions about yourself.

1 What will you be doing this time next year?

2 What won’t you have done by the end of school today?

3 Which of your friends will you still be hanging out with in ten years’ time?

4 When will you have got married and had children?

5 Where will you be living when you are 40 years old?

6 Which countries will you have visited by then?

9 Complete the sentences about people’s lives after lockdown with the correct future form of the verbs in parentheses.

The artist

I (exhibit) all the pictures I painted this year.

The musician

Our band (release) a new socially-distanced album in June.

The director

I’ (make) a new TV drama about lockdown.

The conductor

Hopefully I’ (have) some work again!

The writer

I’ (publish) my first novel, which I’ve been writing all year.

The comedian

My weekly comedy podcast (start) Monday at 6 p.m. Don’t miss it!