Grammar
Future forms: Present simple, Present continuous, will, be going to
1Choose the correct answer (a or b).
→Jamie is going skiingwith Andy in January.
awill skibis going skiing
1Don’t worry, I promise __ Gianni about his surpriseparty on Saturday.
aI’m not tellingbI won’t tell
2It’s such a beautiful day I think __ into town.
aI’ll walkbI’m walking
3I can’t wait for the school holidays, __ all day.
aI’m going to sleepbI sleep
4 __the dog for a walk later?
aDo you takebAre you going to take
5Don’t carry too much or __ your back!
ayou hurtbyou’ll hurt
6The clocks __ on the last Sunday in March, so we losean hour’s sleep.
achangebare changing
7 __Sue at the stadium or at her house?
aDo you meetbAre you meeting
shall
2Write questions using the prompts and shall or will. The questions are about a day trip.
→we/go/by train or by car?
Shall we go by train or by car?
1what train/we/get?
______
2I/make a picnic lunch?
______
3which museum/we/visit?
______
4you/book the tickets?
______
5we/go on a boat trip?
______
6how much money/you/be taking?
______
Future continuous
3Complete the sentences about an adventurous young traveller with the Future continuous form of the verb in brackets.
→This time next week, I’ll be thinking(to think) about my first expedition.
1At the end of the week, I______(choose) my team.
2At the beginning of April, we______(plan) the route.
3In May, I (buy) our equipment.
4At the end of November, we______(start) our journey.
5Three weeks later, we ______(sail)around Australia.
6In January, we ______(have) a shortholiday in Tasmania.
7Not long after, the team______(travel) back home.
Future perfect
4Complete the sentences about the traveller’s ambitions using the Future perfect and the verbs below.
→By the age of 25, I will have sailedaround Australia.
1Before I’m 27, I ______a helicopter.
2By the age of 30, I______ a motorbikeacross the Sahara Desert.
3By the time I’m 33, I______ K2, I preferthe idea of Mount Everest!
4By the age of 35, I______ the NorthPole on foot.
5Even by the end of my thirties,I______ across the English Channel.I hate swimming.
6Before I’m 40, I______ out of a planeto try skydiving.
7By the time I’m 45,______ extremetravelling? Who knows?
8By the age of 50, I______ myautobiography.
Future time clauses
5Choose the correct alternative.
→I won’t telephone you until I get/will get there.
1As soon as he saves/will save enough money, he’ll buy a new phone.
2I’m sure it rains/will rain before we get back home.
3Sophie won’t come out until she will find/has foundher earrings.
4Will you telephone me when you get/will get there?
5I’ll email you when I will finish/have finished the project.
6Will you make/Do you make lunch while I take the dog for a walk?
7We can go out after I will do/have done this exercise.
8I’ll text you as soon as I will be/am on the train.
Vocabulary
Easily confused words: travel
6Complete the words in the definitions.
→We use this word to talk about going by plane. Myf lightfrom London to Rome took three hours.
1You usually use this word as a verb. If you go fromone city to another, you t_ _ _ _ _ from one city toanother.
2You usually use this word when talking about goingby sea. If you go on a boat to Australia you go on asea v_ _ _ _ _.
3You often use this word to talk about goingshort distances, or to talk about going to placesin a group. a) My t_ _ _ to school takes about 10minutes.
b) Last year we went on a school t_ _ _ toVenice.
4You use this word to talk about visiting severalplaces. If you visit London, Oxford, Manchester,Cardiff and Edinburgh on your holiday, you are on a
t_ _ _ of Britain.
5You use this word when you go somewhere andthe experience is long and tiring. The train wasdelayed so the j______to Paris took hours!
Travel and transport
7Complete the sentences with the correct option from the word pairs.
→taxi/underground
If you use the underground, you can buy a dayticket.
1runway/platform
We all got on the plane, but then we waited for ages on the ______.
2bags/luggage
Our checked ______was too heavy, so we hadto pay extra.
3in/on
Have you ever been delayed because transportworkers were ______strike?
4escalators/lifts
There are 60 metres of ______at Angelunderground station.
5connection/fly
I was going to Dubai, but I missed my ______inParis.
6book/board
People with young children can often ____a plane first.
7office/platform
The train to Manchester always leaves from ______three.
8bad weather/traffic jam
I’m glad we left early; we got stuck in a ______.
Uses of get
8Complete the sentences using the correct form of get and a word or phrase below.
→When she finished university, Gemma found it hardto get a job.
1It’s late. I just want to ______.
2I’ve got the postcards. I just need to ______.
3Linda ______from Jack and they weretalking for hours.
4We had to wait for ages to ______ theplane.
5Dad had the map, so of course we ______!
6Mark broke his glasses so he needs to ______.
7They always ______ when they’rehungry.
8I wanted to ______ in the sales, butthey were too expensive.
Phrasal verbs: travel
9Complete the email with the correct prepositions.
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