Unit 2: Your body and you

A – The future simple and be going to

I. Put the verbs into the correct form (future simple)

Tim, 16 years old, asked a fortune teller about his future. Here is what she told him:
1. You (be) ………………………………… happy.
2. You (get) ………………………………… a lot of money.
3. You (buy) ………………………………… a luxurious villa.
4. Your friends (envy) ………………………………… you.
5. You (meet) ………………………………… an attractive woman.
6. You (marry) ………………………………… her.
7. You and your wife (travel) ………………………………… around the world.
8. People (serve) ………………………………… you.
9. They (not/refuse) ………………………………… to please you.
10. But all this (happen/only) ………………………………… when you are 80 years old.

II. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct tense

1. John: Did you remember to bring the book I lent you?

Paul: Oh, sorry, I forgot again. I (bring) ………………………………… it tomorrow.
2. Sally: Do you know what to buy your sister for her birthday?
Tom: Yes. I (buy) ………………………………… her a book on gardening.
3. I don’t feel like going out this evening. I (stay) ………………………………… at home and watch TV.
4. Elsa: There’s someone at the door.
Mark: I (go) ………………………………… and see who it is.
5. Justin: Do you know that Mark (open) ………………………………… a shop in the center of town?
Taylor: Really? What type of shop?
6. I’ve decided that I (look) ………………………………… for a new job.
7. Keith: The train is faster than the bus.
Charles: OK, I (take) ………………………………… the bus.
8. Umi: There is a big traffic jam on the mortorway to the stadium.
Mikari: OK, I (go) ………………………………… another way.
9. iPhone: Do you know what to buy your crush for his birthday?
Oppo: Yes, I (buy) ………………………………… him a Mercedes.
10. My wife and I (start) ………………………………… a new business. We’re planning to open a restaurant.

B – The passive voice

I. Fill in the blank with the correct form of the passive voice

1. The words …………………………………………………………………… by the teacher. (explain – Present Simple)

2. My car …………………………………………………………………… while I was gardening. (steal – Past Simple)
3. A new restaurant …………………………………………………………………… next week. (open – Future Simple)
4. Our street …………………………………………………………………… because of snow. (close – Present Continuous)
5. A new house …………………………………………………………… by my parents’ next month. (build - be going to)
II. Change the sentences into the passive voice

1. People eat 40 million hamburgers every day.

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2. People speak English all over the world.

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3. Where did they invent gun powder?

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4. The police didn’t find the missing girl last weekend.

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5. Tourists don’t visit this museum very often.

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6. Workers are building a new fun park in town.

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7. When did they translate this book into Vietnamese?

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8. Women send thousands of emails to the star every month.

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9. Daisy brought me some fresh grapes.

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10. Some dangerous looking men were following me the whole evening.

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11. The government is planning a new road near my house.

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12. The robber broke our window.

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13. The police officers are helping the children.

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C – Super difficult exercises

I. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct tense

1. The train (arrive) ………………………… at 12:30.

2. We (have) ………………………… dinner at a seaside restaurant on Sunday.
3. It (snow) ………………………… in Long Bien tomorrow evening.
4. On Friday at 8 o’clock I (meet) ………………………… my friend.
5. John (fly) ………………………… to London on Monday morning.
6. Wait! I (drive) ………………………… you to the station.
7. The English lesson (start) ………………………… at 8:45.
8. Are you still writing your essay? If you (finish) ………………………… by 4 p.m., we can go for a walk.
9. You are carrying too much. I (open) ………………………… the door for you.
10. Look at the cloud! It (rain) ………………………… in a few minutes.

II. Change the sentences into the passive voice

1. Some one burgled my house while I was away.

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2. He started to leave before they had given the directions.

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3. I went to the showroom but they informed me that they had sold all the houses.

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4. They were still building the hotel when we stayed there.

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5. They sent my son home from school for being cheeky to the teachers.

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6. The doctor prescribed me some medicine for my cough.

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7. They haven’t finished fixing my car yet.

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8. I visited my hometown last year, only to find that they’d demolished the house I’d grown up in.

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