English File Upper-intermediate. 4 ... If I can't buy the book in a book shop I'll
order (order) it on line. 1 If I've ... 3 When we lived in New York we used to go /
were.
English File Upper-intermediate
File 2 Grammar Check Student’s Book Grammar Summary page 147
1 Tenses in conditionals (first and zero) and future time clauses
2 Future perfect (will have + past participle) and future continuous (will be + verb + -ing)
Put the verb in brackets in the correct form.
Complete the sentences with the verb either in the future perfect or the future continuous.
EXAMPLE
If I can’t buy the book in a book shop I’ll order (order) it on line. 1 If I’ve got a temperature tomorrow, I ……………………
(go) to the doctor.
2 We’ll buy a DVD player unless they ……………………
(be) very expensive.
3 If you don’t have any money with you, I ……………………
(lend) you some.
4 If there …………………… (be) a long queue, I won’t buy any tickets. 5 Don’t start the exam until I …………………… (tell) you. 6 If you …………………… (mix) blue and yellow paint, you get green. 7 We …………………… (not have) dinner until Mark gets home. 8 Give me a call when you …………………… (have) time. 9 If they don’t come home soon, they ……………………
(not see) the start of the film.
10 Eat a sandwich and have a drink when you ……………………
(take) your next break!
EXAMPLE
This time next year I’ll be sitting (sit) on a beach in a tropical country. 1 By the end of next week, Bart ……………………………
(finish) his university
degree. 2 The firemen …………………………… (clear) the motorway after the accident by the end of today. 3 The match is at three o’clock so don’t ring at half past three because I …………………………… (watch) it. 4 Oscar …………………………… (arrive) in New York by tomorrow evening. 5 In twenty years’ time people …………………………… (stop) using petrol driven cars. 6 In fifty years scientists say that women ……………………………
(have) babies when they are
50 or 60. 7 My husband, who is retiring from his job, …………………………… (have) a big leaving party at his office at five o’clock tomorrow.
8 I …………………………… (finish) all my work by lunch time. 9 All the students …………………………… (speak) English fluently by the end of this course. 10 Stop running. It’s too late. The train ……………………………
3 used to/didn’t use to (+infinitive), usually Underline the correct verb form in these sentences. EXAMPLE
Last year I used to / usually get the bus to work. Now I drive. 1 I used to smoke / smoked two packets of cigarettes every night but my doctor told me to stop. 2 Jasper use to have / usually has a shower every evening. He likes it because it helps him relax.
File 2 Grammar Check
4 be used to, get used to (+ verb + -ing or noun) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. EXAMPLE
You’ll get used to working (work) in this office in a few weeks. 1 Dario used to …………………… (live) near the M25 but he couldn’t stand the noise.
3 When we lived in New York we used to go / were going out every evening.
2 I have got used to …………………… (be) on my own a lot with the children because my husband travels for work.
4 I used to rent / usually rent a house by the sea in the summer but this year I have decided to go abroad instead.
3 The wild animals soon got used to …………………… (be) touched by people when they were in captivity in the zoo.
5 Yesterday I used to go / went to the cinema to see the a film.
4 Jill didn’t use to …………………… (go) camping in the summer but now she loves it.
6 My mother used to have / had a heart attack six months ago but she’s on medicine and is fine now.
5 We got used to …………………… (live) in a foreign country after only a few months.
7 Rachel usually goes / used to go for a run every evening but now she prefers doing her aerobics class. 8 Pubs didn’t use to open / weren’t opening on Sunday afternoon in England but now they do. 9 Patrick used to take / usually takes his dogs for a walk in the park every evening at six o’clock, but today he’s not feeling well. 10 When they were children they used to make / use to make paper aeroplanes.
