Plans, Possibilities and Everyday Problems
Practice set 4 · Mixed questions
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The doorbell is ringing. I ___ get it.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: will
The doorbell is ringing. I will get it. Will is common for instant decisions, offers and predictions based on belief. Be going to describes an existing intention or evidence-based prediction. Both can predict the future, so the surrounding situation matters.
Look! That glass ___ fall.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: is going to
Look! That glass is going to fall. Will is common for instant decisions, offers and predictions based on belief. Be going to describes an existing intention or evidence-based prediction. Both can predict the future, so the surrounding situation matters.
Choose the word or expression: Unable to be found or unable to find the way.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: lost
lost: Unable to be found or unable to find the way. Example: My keys are lost and I cannot find them.
We ___ the dentist at ten tomorrow; the appointment is booked.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: are seeing
We are seeing the dentist at ten tomorrow; the appointment is booked. Use the present continuous for a future arrangement, often with a person, time or place already agreed. A future time expression separates this use from an action happening now. Timetables commonly use the present simple.
I am ___ Anna for lunch on Friday.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: meeting
I am meeting Anna for lunch on Friday. Use the present continuous for a future arrangement, often with a person, time or place already agreed. A future time expression separates this use from an action happening now. Timetables commonly use the present simple.
Choose the word or expression: Damaged so that it no longer works.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: broken
broken: Damaged so that it no longer works. Example: This chair is broken, so don't sit on it.
You look tired. You ___ rest.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: should
You look tired. You should rest. Should + base verb gives advice or says what is a good idea. Shouldn't advises against something. It is weaker than a rule with must. Do not put to after should or add -s to the following verb.
You ___ drive so fast; it is dangerous.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: shouldn't
You shouldn't drive so fast; it is dangerous. Should + base verb gives advice or says what is a good idea. Shouldn't advises against something. It is weaker than a rule with must. Do not put to after should or add -s to the following verb.
Choose the word or expression: A hole or fault that lets liquid escape.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: leak
leak: A hole or fault that lets liquid escape. Example: There is a leak under the kitchen sink.
Take a coat. It ___ be cold later.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: might
Take a coat. It might be cold later. Might + base verb expresses an uncertain possibility. Might not means something possibly will not happen. It is not the same as can't, which can express impossibility. Might does not need do or take -s.
He might ___ late.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: arrive
He might arrive late. Might + base verb expresses an uncertain possibility. Might not means something possibly will not happen. It is not the same as can't, which can express impossibility. Might does not need do or take -s.
Choose the word or expression: To make something damaged work again.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: repair
repair: To make something damaged work again. Example: Can you repair this bicycle?
If it rains, we ___ inside.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: will stay
If it rains, we will stay inside. The first conditional describes a real future possibility: if + present, will/can + base verb. Future time clauses after when, until, before and as soon as normally use a present tense, not will. The main clause can contain will.
I'll call when I ___ home.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: get
I'll call when I get home. The first conditional describes a real future possibility: if + present, will/can + base verb. Future time clauses after when, until, before and as soon as normally use a present tense, not will. The main clause can contain will.
Choose the word or expression: To put a new thing in the place of an old one.
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: replace
replace: To put a new thing in the place of an old one. Example: We need to replace the dead battery.
The doorbell is ringing. I ___ get it.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: will
The doorbell is ringing. I will get it. Will is common for instant decisions, offers and predictions based on belief. Be going to describes an existing intention or evidence-based prediction. Both can predict the future, so the surrounding situation matters.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: is going to
Look! That glass is going to fall. Will is common for instant decisions, offers and predictions based on belief. Be going to describes an existing intention or evidence-based prediction. Both can predict the future, so the surrounding situation matters.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: lost
lost: Unable to be found or unable to find the way. Example: My keys are lost and I cannot find them.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: are seeing
We are seeing the dentist at ten tomorrow; the appointment is booked. Use the present continuous for a future arrangement, often with a person, time or place already agreed. A future time expression separates this use from an action happening now. Timetables commonly use the present simple.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: meeting
I am meeting Anna for lunch on Friday. Use the present continuous for a future arrangement, often with a person, time or place already agreed. A future time expression separates this use from an action happening now. Timetables commonly use the present simple.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: broken
broken: Damaged so that it no longer works. Example: This chair is broken, so don't sit on it.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: should
You look tired. You should rest. Should + base verb gives advice or says what is a good idea. Shouldn't advises against something. It is weaker than a rule with must. Do not put to after should or add -s to the following verb.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: shouldn't
You shouldn't drive so fast; it is dangerous. Should + base verb gives advice or says what is a good idea. Shouldn't advises against something. It is weaker than a rule with must. Do not put to after should or add -s to the following verb.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: leak
leak: A hole or fault that lets liquid escape. Example: There is a leak under the kitchen sink.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: might
Take a coat. It might be cold later. Might + base verb expresses an uncertain possibility. Might not means something possibly will not happen. It is not the same as can't, which can express impossibility. Might does not need do or take -s.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: arrive
He might arrive late. Might + base verb expresses an uncertain possibility. Might not means something possibly will not happen. It is not the same as can't, which can express impossibility. Might does not need do or take -s.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: repair
repair: To make something damaged work again. Example: Can you repair this bicycle?
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: will stay
If it rains, we will stay inside. The first conditional describes a real future possibility: if + present, will/can + base verb. Future time clauses after when, until, before and as soon as normally use a present tense, not will. The main clause can contain will.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: get
I'll call when I get home. The first conditional describes a real future possibility: if + present, will/can + base verb. Future time clauses after when, until, before and as soon as normally use a present tense, not will. The main clause can contain will.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: replace
replace: To put a new thing in the place of an old one. Example: We need to replace the dead battery.
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