Question

GRAMMAR

1 Use the words to make sentences about the world in 20 years’ time. Use the future continuous or the future perfect form of the verbs, and add articles and prepositions.

1By 2030 / scientists / find / alternative / petrol cars

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2 By 2030 / computers / take over / all routine jobs

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3 By 2030 / we / stop flying / holidays / because / pollution

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4 By 2030 / computers / organise / all machines and gadgets / our homes

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5 By 2030 / many countries / already use / all their water resources

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6 By 2030 / we / all work/ from home

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7 By 2030 / everybody / learn / Chinese / school

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8 By 2030 / the whole world / speak / English

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9 By 2030 / most people / live / themselves

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10 By 2030 / we / get / all entertainment / through mobile phones

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_____ / 10 points

2 Complete the sentences with the first or second conditional form of the verbs in brackets.

1 If the human population __________ (grow) too big – which seems likely, many animals __________ (die out).

2 I think it __________ (be) great if winters __________ (be) hot.

3 We __________ (not have to) study if there __________ (be) no exams.

4 If only I __________ (understood) more of what she talks about.

5 If we __________ (not have) phones in the world, we __________ (have) much less contact with one another.

6 Unless we __________ (drive) less, pollution levels __________ (not decrease).

7 If you always __________ (use) your mobile phone, you __________ (get) a huge phone bill.

8 We __________ (be) a lot healthier if we __________ (go) to the gym three times a week.

9 I think that if they __________ (shut) all the supermarkets, lots of small shops __________ (open). Good, eh?

10 I wish he __________ (ring) me more often.

_____ / 10 points

Answer 1

1    By 2030 / scientists / find / alternative / petrol cars

By 2030 scientists will have found alternative petrol cars

2    By 2030 / computers / take over / all routine jobs

By 2030 computers will have taken over all routine jobs

3    By 2030 / we / stop flying / holidays / because / pollution

By 2030 we will have stopped flying on holidays because of pollution

4    By 2030 / computers / organise / all machines and gadgets / our homes

By 2030 computers will have organised all machines and gadgets in our homes

5    By 2030 / many countries / already use / all their water resources

   By 2030 many countries will have already used all their water resources_

6    By 2030 / we / all work/ from home

By 2030 we will all be working away from home

7    By 2030 / everybody / learn / Chinese / school

By 2030 everybody will be learning chinses at school

8    By 2030 / the whole world / speak / English

By 2030 the whole world will be speaking English

9    By 2030 / most people / live / themselves

By 2030 most people will be living by themselves

10  By 2030 / we / get / all entertainment / through mobile phones

By 2030 we will be getting all entertainment through mobile phones

 

 

1       If the human population _grows_ (grow) too big – which seems likely, many animals __will die out__ (die out).

2       I think it _would be (be) great if winters _were__ (be) hot.

3       We __don't have to_ (not have to) study if there __are__ (be) no exams.

4       If only I ___understood___ (understood) more of what she talks about.

5       If we _didn;t have__ (not have) phones in the world, we ___would have__ (have) much less contact with one another.

6       Unless we __drive_ (drive) less, pollution levels _will not decrease (not decrease).

7       If you always _use_ (use) your mobile phone, you _will get__ (get) a huge phone bill.

8       We _would be__ (be) a lot healthier if we _went_ (go) to the gym three times a week.

9       I think that if they _shut____ (shut) all the supermarkets, lots of small shops _would open__ (open). Good, eh?

10     I wish he _rang__ (ring) me more often.