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You stayed with your English friend, Sarah, You stayed with your English friend, Sarah, last weekend. Write an email to Sarah in last weekend. Write an email to Sarah in your email, you should : your email, you should :

Thank her for the visit.Thank her for the visit.

Say what you enjoyed the most. Say what you enjoyed the most.

Invite her to stay with you Invite her to stay with you

Describe where you live to herDescribe where you live to her

Tell her what you can do together Tell her what you can do together

Review of question formsReview of question forms

Yes/No questionsYes/No questions

Is he a teacher? Yes he is.Is he a teacher? Yes he is.

Can you swim? No, I can’t.Can you swim? No, I can’t.

Have they got a car? Yes they have.Have they got a car? Yes they have.

To form To form yes/no questionsyes/no questions where there is an  where there is an auxiliary verb or a modal verb, we invert auxiliary verb or a modal verb, we invert the word order of a positive sentence. (the word order of a positive sentence. (He He is a teacher > Is he a teacher?is a teacher > Is he a teacher?))

Do you eat fish? No I don’t.Do you eat fish? No I don’t.

Does she know you. Yes she does.Does she know you. Yes she does.

When there is no auxiliary verb we use ‘When there is no auxiliary verb we use ‘dodo’ ’ to form the questionto form the question

With question wordsWith question words

The same rules apply when there is a question The same rules apply when there is a question word (word (‘what’, ‘where’, ‘when’, ‘why’, ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘where’, ‘when’, ‘why’, ‘who’, ‘which’, ‘how’, ‘how much’, ‘how many’‘which’, ‘how’, ‘how much’, ‘how many’))

Where is the hotel?Where is the hotel?

What can you smell?What can you smell?

Who has just arrived?Who has just arrived?

Where there is an auxiliary or modal verb, Where there is an auxiliary or modal verb, that verb is used to form the question.that verb is used to form the question.

How did you get here?How did you get here?

When do your parents get back?When do your parents get back?

How much does it cost?How much does it cost?

Where there is no auxiliary verb, we use Where there is no auxiliary verb, we use dodo..

Subject/Object questionsSubject/Object questionsSometimes you might see questions like this.Sometimes you might see questions like this.

Who broke the window?Who broke the window?

What happened next?What happened next?

Who told you that?Who told you that?

There is no auxiliary verb and the word order is There is no auxiliary verb and the word order is not inverted.not inverted.These are called These are called subject questionssubject questions – because  – because the question word is the the question word is the subjectsubject  of the of the sentence.sentence.

Look at these two questions.Look at these two questions.

Who does Romeo love? Romeo loves Juliet.Who does Romeo love? Romeo loves Juliet.

Who loves Romeo? Juliet loves Romeo.Who loves Romeo? Juliet loves Romeo.

In the first question, Romeo is the In the first question, Romeo is the subject subject of the of the verb.verb.

In the second question ‘who’ is the In the second question ‘who’ is the subject subject and and Romeo is the Romeo is the objectobject..

future time

present continuous future

Use for a fixed arrangement in the future e.g. an event already written in a diary.

I'm coming back next Thursday

We're having a party next Friday. Would you like to come?

Note that there is usually a time reference.

What are you doing next week?

present simple

Use for an event that always happens at a certain time, or is part of a timetable.

The conference begins on Tuesday at 10.00.

will, going to or present continuous?

When we make predictions will and going to are both possible.

I think Helen is going to win.

I think Helen will win.

We use going to when we talk about plans.

We're going to go to France next year. (a plan)

We use present continuous when we talk about an arrangement that is definitely fixed.

We're leaving for France on Monday (we've bought the tickets)

When we see that an event has already started to happen, we use going to.

Look at that ship! It's going to hit the rocks!

future continuous

will + be + -ing

Use future continuous

to describe an activity in progress in the future, with a time reference.

This time next week I’ll be starting at my new school.

What will you be doing in ten years' time?

future time clauses following time words

A future time clause follows a time word or phrase.

after as as soon as before by the time until when

In sentences referring to the future, the verb following the time word or phrase is present simple, and the main verb is a will-future.

By the time we reach the station, it will be too late.

Choose the correct formChoose the correct forma 'Be careful with that test tube. It will break / it breaks.'

b 'The egg is cracking. The baby bird will come out / is going

to come out / comes out.'

c 'Can you hurry up please. The film will start / is going to

start / starts.'

d 'Carry this very carefully.' 'Don't worry, I’m not dropping it / I won 't drop it.'

e 'We're playing / We’ll play football this afternoon. Do you want to play too?'

f 'This dictionary costs €50, but the red one is cheaper.‘ 'Ok, I’ll take / I’m taking / I’m going to take the red one.'

g 'Have you decided about next year yet?‘

'Yes, I’m studying / I’m going to study / I’ll study journalism. Well, that's the plan anyway.'

h 'Ok, bye for now.‘ 'Bye, I’ll see you / I’m going to see you / I’m seeing you at the same time on Friday.'

answersanswers

a will break b is going to come out c is going to start d I won't drop it. e We're playing f I'll takeg I'm going to study h I’ll see you

Put the verb in will or present simplePut the verb in will or present simpleThe Sun a (continue) ___much as it is today until

it b (enter) ___ red giant phase in 4 to 5 billon years. Then, the core c (grow) ___ smaller and hotter until it finally d (finish) ___ burning the fuel in its nuclear core. When this e (occur) ___ the core f (become) ___ 50 dense that helium fusion will begin. When the helium atoms g (collide) ___, they h (form) ___ carbon (from 3 helium atoms) and oxygen (from 4 helium atoms).

When this process I (begin) ___ the Sun j (produce) ___ enormous amounts of energy The Sun k (grow) ___ larger as this energy l (increase) It m (be) ___ over a hundred times its present size by the time it n (stop) ___ growing. This is why we use the term red giant. As the Sun o (expand) ___ ,it is probable that it p (absorb) ___ the Earth. When the Sun q (use) ___ up all its energy, it r (become) ___ a small white dwarf, and s (not make) ___ any more energy. After a few billion years, when it is completely cool, it t (be) ___ just a cold dark object.

a will continue

b enters

c will grow

d finishes

e occurs

f will become

g collide

h will form

i begins

j will produce

k will grow

l increases

m will be

n stops

o expands

p will absorb

q uses

r will become

s won't make

t will be