Reading __ / 10
Future Life
Hi. I’m Gemma. I’m from England. What will life in the future be like? Here are some of the things I think will happen in the next ten years:
· I think people will probably get married and have children earlier. When I was born my mum was 39. Now I’m now 14 and she is 53. That’s pretty old! My generation won’t want to be old parents!
· Both of my parents went to university and then travelled around Asia, but I think young people will travel less. It will be more expensive to fly. And we’ll want to save the environment.
In next week’s blog, I’m going to write about what my life will be like in 10 years’ time.
See you then!
1 Read the text. Underline the correct answer.
1 Where is Gemma from? England / France
2 How old is Gemma? 14 / 16
3 What type of text is this? An email. / A blog.
4 Gemma makes predictions for the next 10 / 20 years.
5 Which topic does Gemma write about? Having children. / Getting a job.
6 Which topic doesn’t she write about? Technology. / Travel.
2 Read again. Are the sentences true or false?
1 Gemma thinks people will get married younger.
True
2 Gemma thinks people will have children earlier.
______
3 Gemma’s mother is 39.
______
4 Gemma’s parents went travelling after studying.
______
5 Gemma thinks travelling will become more popular.
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6 Gemma thinks people will travel less because they want to save the environment.
______
Vocabulary ___ / 20
1 Underline the correct option.
1 The distance / speed from my house to school is only one kilometre.
2 The weight / length of the new car is two metres.
3 Its top speed / length is 150 kilometres per hour.
4 The highest height / temperature in London last year was 39ºC.
5 What’s your speed / height? I’m 1 metre 21 centimetres.
6 Can I check the weight / temperature of your suitcase, please?
2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box.
do got live be have leave
1 When I’m older I want to be famous like Angelina Jolie.
2 I don’t want to ______ abroad.
3 The least important thing for me is to ______ lots of money.
4 My parents ______ married when they were twenty-one.
5 When I ______ university I’m going to travel in South America.
6 I’d like to ______ voluntary work in my holidays.
Grammar ___ / 30
1 Complete the diary entry with the years in the box.
2026 2021 2051 2012 2016 2041
28th May 2011
Dear Diary,
Today, our teacher asked us to think about the future and to make a list. There are six things on my list. Next year, in (1) 2012, my sister is going to have a baby. I think that in five years’ time, in (2) ______, I’ll probably be at university and live with friends. Ten years from now, in (3) ______, I’ll probably travel the world and in the next fifteen years, by (4) ______, I’m going to be a famous writer. And in thirty years’ time – Wow! That’s in (5) ______! – I will probably live in New York. Who knows, in forty year’s time, in (6) ______ I will probably be a grandparent and a Nobel Prize winner!
2 Order the words to make sentences.
1 On Tuesday / I’m / fly / going to / a plane
I’m going to fly a plane on Tuesday.
2 my brother / do / sponsored walk / going to / is / this weekend / a
______
3 next year / are not / we / study French / going to?
______
4 dentist / I’m / be / going to / a / not
______
5 I’m / grow my hair / long / going to
______
6 travel to / going to / with a friend / are / you / Australia?
______
3 Underline the correct option.
1 Will you / You will take exams this year?
2 Jemma will / Will Jemma play football for the school team next year?
3 When will Joseph decide / will decide Joseph what to do?
4 How old your dog will be / will your dog be in ten years’ time?
5 Where Fred will travel / will Fred travel to in February?
6 How will I know / I will know what Elsa looks like?
4 Match the answers to the questions in Exercise 3.
a He’ll be fifteen. __
b Yes, I will. 1
c She’ll waiting under the clock with a newspaper. __
d I think he’ll go to Paris. __
e No, she won’t. __
f He’ll make a decision after lunch. __
5 Identify the sentences: fact (F) or prediction (P). There are three facts and three predictions.
1 Barrack Obama will be US president for a maximum of eight years. F
2 Real Madrid will play in the Bernabeau stadium this year. __
3 Mobile phones probably won’t replace computers in the next three years. __
4 In twenty year’s time, students probably won’t have lessons in classrooms. __
5 In the next fifteen years, Chinese probably won’t be the most popular language in the world. __
6 Next year is a leap year so it will have 366 days. __
6 Circle the correct option.
1 I ’m going to / will probably go to the concert on Friday. I bought my ticket yesterday.
2 Tobey Maguire isn’t going to / probably won’t become a professional tennis player.
3 The flight to Miami will / will probably take eight hours.
4 Next year, Grace will / is going to go to University in Oxford.
5 I ’ll probably / ’ll fail my exam!
6 Prince Charles isn’t going to / probably won’t have any more children.
Listening ___ / 10
1 Listen to the three dialogues. Underline the correct answer.
Dialogue 1
1 What did Jack lose? A laptop. / An MP3 player. / A book.
2 Where does he think he lost it? In a café / park / shop.
Dialogue 2
3 What type of room are they talking about? A kitchen / bathroom / bedroom.
4 Which object in the room does he ask about? The shelves / windows / carpet.
Dialogue 3
5 What object are the boy and girl talking about? Suitcases. / Clothes. / Cameras.
6 What is she going to put in hers? Clothes. / Presents. / Books.
2 Listen again. Underline the correct answers.
Dialogue 1
1 ‘What size is your laptop? It’s about 30 cm wide / long by 20 cm.’
Dialogue 2
2 ‘It looks big. How big / long is it?’
3 ‘It’s about five metres tall / square.’
4 ‘How tall are they? They are 2m 25 cm/ 1m 25 cm tall, and 150 cm wide.’
Dialogue 3
5 ‘How weight / heavy are yours?’
6 ‘Both of mine are eighteen / eight kilos.’
Writing ___ / 20
1 Underline the correct answer.
Jack and Daisy are twins and live near Manchester, England. (1) Both / Some of them are 14 years old. They go to my school and they are best friends with my brother, Brian, and my sister, Chloe. We’re triplets! (2) All / Some of us (Jack, Daisy, Brian, Chloe and I) are in the same class at school. It’s great. My class is very friendly. At the weekend (3) all / some of us (Jack, Brian, Pete and I) play football for the under-16 team for Congleton Town. The football matches are good fun, but (4) both / some of them are really hard. Our best players are Jack and Pete. (5) Both / All of them scored a lot of goals last year: Jack 21 goals, and Pete 19 goals. (6) All / Some of the team (Jake, Sam and Mark) are also good at running.
2 Write about you. Complete the sentences.
1 Next weekend, I think I’ll ______
2 Tomorrow I’m going to ______
3 In the future people will ______
4 When I’m older I’ll ______
5 Next summer I’m going to ______
6 I’m going to ______ at university.
Total (including Speaking) __ / 100
Speaking ___ / 10Student A
You are a police officer. Student B is Nick Mullins who lost something.
· Ask Nick to describe lost items.
· Ask about the measurements, make, model, colour, any special characteristics, etc. Take notes.
POLICE REPORT
Name:
Item lost:
Description:
Special
characteristics:
You can use these expressions:
What make/model...? What colour...? How big...?
I lost my... It’s... It’s got...
A Hello. What’s your name?
B I’m Nick Mullins.
Speaking ___ / 10
Student B
You are Nick Mullins. You lost your mobile phone and you go to the police station to report the loss.
Answer the police officer’s (Student A) questions and describe the phone:
Make: Nokia Model: 5800 Colour: Black
Measurements: About 10cm L x 5 cm W
Special characteristics: Scratch on the display
You can use these expressions:
What make/model...? What colour...? How big...?
I lost my... It’s... It’s got...
A Hello. What’s your name?
B I’m Nick Mullins.
English In motion Tests 2 – Editable
Richmond Publishing