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UNIT
          EXERCISES

     11.1  Choose will  ('11)  or (be) going to,  whichever is correct or more likely, and one of these verbs.
           (B&C)
          collapse    eat    enter    explode    have    increase   leave    paint    phone
          re-open    retire   see    show     be sick   walk
            1  Get out of the building!  It sounds like the generator  .У ..gowg__to...expUaie,
           2  Tim             early before he reaches 65.  He mentioned it at the meeting recently.
           3  'I think I          home across the park.' 'That's a good idea.'
           4  Next year, no doubt, more people         the competition  as the prize money
              increases.
           5  'Can  we  meet at  10.00 outside the station?'  'Okay.  I  you there.'
           6  Don't sit on that bench, I       it.
           7  I'm not feeling well.  In  fact,  I think  I  !
           8  'Closed  over the New  Year period.  This  office  on 2nd January.'  (Sign  on an
             office  window)
           9  I'm sure you           a good time staying with  Richard.
           10  We            with Tim tonight.  He's asked us to  be there at 7.00.
          11  'The 2.35 to  Bristol          from  platform  5.'  (Announcement at  railway  station.)
          12  I wouldn't walk  across that  old  bridge  if I were you.  It looks  like  it
          13  1 read in the paper that they       the price of gas again.
          14  Do you  like my new solar watch? Here,  I      you how it works.
          15  'Dr Jackson isn't in his  office at the moment.'  'In that case, I  him at home.'

    11.2   Complete the sentences with will  ('11)  or (be) going to and an appropriate verb.  If both will and
          going to are possible,  write them  both.  (D)
          1  If you're ready, I  ...^...^хрЦЧ*)... how the equipment operates.
          2  I warn you that if I see you here again, I   your parents.
          3  If we don't leave now, we        the train.
          4  If you decide to contact Jane, I      you her address.
          5  If you stand in the rain much longer, you     cold.
          6  He's seriously hurt. If we don't get help immediately, he
          7  If you want to  leave this afternoon, Joe    you to the station.
          8  If you visit Bernard in Vienna, I'm sure you     very welcome.
    11.3    Make  any  necessary  corrections  or  improvements  to  the  underlined  parts  of this  extract  from  a
          telephone  conversation.  Mark  and]о  are discussing their holidays.  (В, С  &  E)

                                    M:  Have you got a holiday planned?
                                    J:  Ruth has  asked  me to  visit her in  Kenya.
                                       Kenya!  Sound  brilliant.  You're  going  to  1  have  a  great time.
                                       How  about  you?
                                                         2
                                       Well,  I expect  I shall  go away if I can spare  the time,  but my
                                       boss shan't 3  be  very happy  if I  take  off more than  a  few days.
                                                                  4
                                       I imagine that my parents shall  probably go  to Mexico  again,
                                       to  see their friends there,  but I don't think  I shall 5  be able to
                                       go with them.  They've told  me theyll  6  learn  Spanish  before
                                       they go this time... Look, I'm sorry, Jo, but someone's at
                                                           7
                                       the door.  I'm going o  call you  back tomorrow morning.
                                                         t
                                       Okay,  ГП 8  speak to  you then.
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