WHAT'S THE PLAN?
be going to / present continuous for the future
be going to / present continuous for the future
Complete: Look at those black clouds! It ________ (rain).
It's going to rain.
A prediction based on what we can see now → be going to.
Put "already" in the right place: I've finished my homework.
I've already finished my homework.
already goes between have and the past participle (V3).
What do we call the place at the airport where you show your ticket and leave your suitcase?
the check-in desk
Verb: to check in (two words).
make or do?
________ the washing-up
________ a mistake
DO the washing-up · MAKE a mistake
do = jobs and tasks; make = create or produce something.
Which housework job?
"You use this machine to clean the carpet."
(do the) vacuuming / hoovering — the machine is a vacuum cleaner
Also accept: vacuum the floor.
Complete with the PRESENT CONTINUOUS: I ________ (meet) Ana at the airport at 6.30 tomorrow morning.
I'm meeting Ana at the airport at 6.30 tomorrow morning.
A fixed arrangement with a time and place.
Make a question with "yet": (you / book / your flight)
Have you booked your flight yet?
yet goes at the end of questions and negatives.
You bought a shirt but it's too small. You take it back to the shop. What TWO things can you ask for?
a refund (your money back)
OR
to exchange / change it for a different size
Also accept: to return it.
Complete with the correct preposition: We arrived ________ Dili at 9 p.m. and arrived ________ the hotel at 10:30.
arrived IN Dili · arrived AT the hotel
arrive in + city/country; arrive at + building/place. Never "arrive to".
who, which or where? A dishwasher is a machine ________ washes plates and glasses.
a machine WHICH washes plates and glasses (that is also correct)
which/that for things; who for people; where for places.
Make it negative: They're going to move house in August.
They aren't going to move house in August. (= They're not going to…)
Negative goes on be, not on going.
Correct the mistake: "I've seen that film last night."
I saw that film last night.
A finished past time (last night) → past simple.
Put these in the correct order: board the plane · check in · take off · go through security · land
check in → go through security → board the plane → take off → land
All five in order = 300 points; four or fewer = no points.
-ed or -ing?
Waiting at the Interior Ministry was really ________ (bore), so all the visa applicants were ________ (bore).
boring / bored
Join into ONE sentence with a relative pronoun: A pilot is a person. He or she flies planes.
A pilot is a person who flies planes.
Do not repeat the subject: NOT "a person who he flies planes".
Correct the mistake: "What do you do this evening? Are you free?"
What ARE you DOING this evening?
Future arrangement → present continuous, not present simple.
Complete:
A: Would you like a coffee?
B: No thanks, I ________ (just / have) one.
No thanks, I've just had one.
just = a very short time ago; it goes before the past participle.
One word for the place in a shop where you pay. (Two answers are possible.)
the checkout / the till (also accept: the cash desk)
"Cashier" is the person, not the place.
something, anything or nothing?
I'm hungry but there's ________ in the fridge. Can you buy ________ to eat?
there's NOTHING in the fridge · buy SOMETHING to eat
nothing = a negative meaning with a positive verb. Also possible: "there isn't anything".
Explain what "an iron" is in English in one sentence.
e.g. "It's the thing you use to make your clothes flat and smooth after you wash them."
Accept any clear paraphrase. Useful starters: It's a thing you use to… / It's a person who… / It's a place where…
Complete BOTH gaps with the best future form:
A: We ________ (have) dinner with my parents on Friday — it's all arranged.
B: Oh no! Your father ________ (ask) me about my job again, I know it!
500 A: We're having dinner… B: Your father's going to ask me…
Arrangement → present continuous; prediction → be going to.
Complete BOTH gaps:
I ________ (never / be) to Australia, but my sister ________ (go) there in 2019.
I've never been to Australia, but my sister went there in 2019.
Experience with no time → present perfect. Stated year → past simple.
Complete: (a) "Passengers on flight TL 543 to Bali, please go to ________ 12."
(b) The screen that shows when planes leave is the ________ board.
(a) gate 12 (b) the departures board
Opposite: the arrivals board.
Add the missing preposition in all three:
She's very good ________ maths. · I'm waiting ________ the bus. · Who does this bag belong ________?
good AT maths · waiting FOR the bus · belong TO
All three correct = 500 points.
(a) Explain what a sink is, using 'where'.
(b) What do people load with dirty dishes?
Both parts needed for 500 points.
(a) Example: it's a place where we wash things like our hands or the dishes
(b) A dishwasher