Grammar
C Choose the correct modal verb to complete the sentences.
(20) Eco-friendly vacations will / would become the norm in the next ten years.
(21) If you wouldn’t mind waiting, I’ll / I’d really appreciate it.
(22) Shall / will we go to Greece this year?
(23) They shall / would often stay at the same hotel as they found it convenient.
(24) I’ll / I’d talk to Mum later tonight, so I can give her the news then. Is that okay?
(25) Shall / Will I help you?
(26) Shall / Would you pick up the tickets at the travel agents, please?
(27) She will / would keep on ignoring everything I say!
D Match the functions in the box to the sentences in exercise C.
a) typical annoying behaviour b) suggestion c) intention d) request
e) offer f) habitual behaviour g) prediction h) willingness
E Rewrite the sentences starting with the words in bold so that the meaning is the same as the original.
(36) I won’t go there again.
On no account _______________________________________
(37) Paris had never been so popular.
Never before _______________________________________
(38) We had only just arrived when it started to rain.
No sooner _______________________________________
(39) I’ll move in with you when you finish decorating the place.
Only when _______________________________________
(40) I never thought about the consequences of my behaviour.
At no time _______________________________________
(41) You rarely get a second chance, so I’d make the most of this opportunity.
Rarely ____________________________________________________
Speech features
F Complete the conversation with words and phrases from the box. Each word or phrase can only be used once.
that so on and stuff I mean kind of
or anything whatever sort of thing know
Alan: So Gary, you’re into all this experimental travel (42) _______ like that.
Gary: Yeah! I think it’s great (43) you _______.
Alan: But how did it all start?
Gary: Well, for me I just got fed up of going to the same kind of places. (44) _______, who wants to
carry on going to the same places or (45) _______ year after year?
Alan: Ok, but surely it’s good to plan some things.
Gary: Oh, I don’t know. Things can get rather boring, so sometimes it’s just great to forget planning
and all (46) _______, and just go for it.
Alan: I really don’t know if I could do that (47) _______.
Gary: Sure you could. You’d really enjoy it.
Alan: Well, tell me about your last holiday. Try and convince me.
Gary: Ok, to start with I wasn’t sure where I wanted to go. I knew I wanted something different – not
the (48) _______ place you’d normally choose. So I got out an atlas, opened it at a page and just
pointed. I ended up going to Greenland.
Alan: Wow! Had you ever done that before, (49) _______ similar?
Gary: No, but that’s part of the fun. Roll some dice, open an atlas, point (50) and_______.
Alan: Amazing. And where are you going this year?
Gary: I’m staying at home.
Alan: What?
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Grammar
C
20 will
21 I’d
22 Shall
23 would
24 I’ll
25 Shall
26 Would
27 will
D
a) typical annoying behaviour – (27)
b) suggestion – (22)
c) intention – (24)
d) request – (26)
e) offer – (25)
f) habitual behaviour – (23)
g) prediction – (20)
h) willingness – (21)
E
36 … will I go there again.
37 … had Paris been so popular.
38 … had we arrived than it started to rain.
39 … you’ve finished decorating the place will I move in with you.
40 … did I think about the consequences of my behaviour.
41 … do you get a second chance, so I’d make the most of this opportunity.
Speech feature
F
42 and stuff
43 know
44 I mean
45 whatever
46 that
47 sort of thing
48 kind of
49 or anything
50 so on
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