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1. Why are you going to buy/will you buy a new mountain bike?
2. Don't phone between 8.00 and 9.00. I'll study/I'll be studying then.
3. Look out! That tree will/is going to fall!
4. Let me know as soon as Louise will get/gets there.
5. Great news! Jean and Chris will come/are coming to stay with us.
6. According to this timetable, the bus is going to arrive/arrives at 6.00.
7. Can you call me at 7.00, because I'll leave/I'm leaving tomorrow.
8. If you arrive late at the sale, the best things will go/will have gone.
Exercise 2
1. I can't see you on Thursday afternoon. I am visiting our Birmingham branch.
2. George won’t be back until six. Can I take a message?
3. What are you going to buy with the money you won in the lottery?
4. I don't think you will have any problems at the airport.
5. Are you going to take your dog with you to Scotland?
6. All the hotels are full. Where are we going to spend the night?
7. You'd better not come in July. My mother is staying with me then.
8. What time does your plane leave?
Page 17, exercise 4

Have you ever wondered what exactly (1) you will be doing in ten years time? Well,
according to computer expert Tom Vincent, computers (2) will soon be able to make
accurate predictions about the future. Professor Vincent, from Cambridge, (3) is holding a
press conference next week to describe the computer which he calls 'Computafuture'. 'This
computer can tell us what life (4) will be like, based on data describing past events,' explains
Professor Vincent. For example, Computafuture can predict how many people (5) will be
living in a particular area, or whether there (6) will be a lot of rain during a particular period.
Professor Vincent also believes that by the year 2050, computers (7) will have replaced
teachers, and (8) will also be doing most of the jobs now being done by the police.
'Computers are becoming more intelligent all the time,' says Professor Vincent. 'Soon they
(9) will be directing traffic and (10) will be teaching our children. And telling us about the
future.'
Exercise 5
1. When I see you tomorrow, I will tell you my news.
2. As soon as we get there, we will phone for a taxi.
3. I will go to the library before I do the shopping.
4. We will wait here until the rain stops.
5. I will get £50 from the bank when it opens.
6. After you take the medicine, you will feel better.
7. You have to stay until you have finished your work.
8. I will let you know the minute I hear the results.
9. Before we paint the wall, we will have a cup of tea.
10. We will climb over the wall as soon as it gets dark.
Thompson, Martinet
124 The present perfect and the simple past
1. I bought a new house last year, but I haven’t sold my old house yet, so at the
moment I have two houses.
2. When Ann was on her way to the station it began to rain. Ann ran back to her flat for
her umbrella, but this made her late for her train.
3. She caught the next train but it didn’t get in till 9.00, so she arrived at her office ten
minutes late.
4. Her boss looked up as she came in. 'You have been late every morning this week,' he
growled.
5. At 7 a.m. Charles rang Peter and said, 'I'm going fishing, Peter. Would you like to
come?'
'But it's so early,' said Peter. I haven’t had breakfast yet. Why didn’t you tell me last
night?'
6. Tom met Paul at lunch time and said, I didn’t see you at the bus stop this morning.
Did you miss the bus?'
'I didn’t miss it,' replied Paul. I haven’t missed a bus for years. But this morning
George gave me a lift.
7. Ann went to Canada six months ago. She worked in Canada for a while and then
went to the United States.
8. Mary has been in Japan for two years. She is working there and likes it very much.
How did she go?
She went by air.
9. When I bought my new house I asked for a telephone. The Post Office told me to
wait, but I have been waiting a year now and my phone still hasn’t come.
10. Bill usually has breakfast at 8.00. Yesterday at 8.30 Peter met Bill and offered him an
apple. 'No, thanks,' said Bill. I have just had breakfast.'
11. Just as Ann arrived at the airfield a plane landed and a girl climbed out. To her
surprise Ann recognized her cousin, Lucy. 'Hello, Lucy,' she exclaimed. I didn’t know
that you knew how to fly a plane.'
'I have only just learnt,' said Lucy. 'I went solo for the first time last week.'
12. Peter tried to come in quietly but his mother heard him and called out, 'Where have
you been? Your supper has been in the oven for an hour.'
13. Have you been to the theatre lately?
Yes, I went to Othello last week.
Did you like it?
Yes, but I didn’t see very well. I was right at the back.
14. Ann (coming out of a bookshop): I have just bought a copy of David Copperfield.
Have you read it?
Mary: As it happens it is the only one of Dickens's books that I haven’t read.
I haven’t even seen the film.
15. Have you been to Cambridge?
Yes, I was there last month.
How did you get there?
My brother took me in his car.
16. Have you seen Philip lately? I rang his flat several times last week but got no answer.
Oh, he has been in America for the last month. He flew out on the first a conference
and then decided to stay for six weeks.
Have you heard from him?
Yes, I got a letter shortly after he arrived.
17. How long have you been in your present job?
I have been there for six months.
And what you were you doing before that?
Before that I was working for Jones and Company.
18. How long did you work for Jones and Company?
I worked for them for two years.
Did you like working for them?
No, I didn’t like it at all.
Then why did you stay so long?
19. We usually go out on Saturday evenings, but last Saturday was so wet that we stayed
in and played cards.
What did you play?
We played poker. I lost fifty pence.
20. When did you begin school?
I began school when I was five. I went to a primary school first. I stayed there for six
years and then I went to a comprehensive school
21. When I was seventeen I started my university course.
When did you get your degree?
Oh, I haven’t got my degree yet; I'm still at the university. I have only been there for
two years.
22. Tom left the house at 8.20. At 8.25 the phone in Tom's house rang, Tom's wife,
Mary, answered it. 'Could I speak to Tom, please?' said the caller.
'I'm afraid he has just gone out', said Mary.
23. Have you been to Cornwall?
Yes, I was there last Easter.
Did you go by train?
No, I hitch-hiked.
24. I haven’t seen Charles for some time.
He has been ill, poor chap. He collapsed at work a fortnight ago and was taken to
hospital. They sent him home after two days but he hasn’t come back to work yet.
25. There was a very good programme on TV last night. Did you see it?
No, I took my set back to the shop last week because there was so much distortion;
and they said it needed a new part. They haven’t been able to get the new part so
far, so I haven’t watched television for about ten days

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