Reading 1 Read the text. Future homes In recent years there have been many predictions about what our houses will be like in the future. Some experts think we will all live in boxes; others think we may actually live on the moon or another planet! Two things are clear. We will use power from the sun, wind or sea and computers will control everything in our lives and especially in our homes. Every house will have devices to change energy from natural sources into power, and we’ll build houses that can use this power efficiently. Computers will open and close doors to allow people to come in and out and they will make sure the house and the people in it are safe. They will switch on the lights when we go into different rooms or switch on gadgets when we ask them to. They will know when the fridge is empty and order food automatically. They will even tell us who has visited the house while we were out and at what times! Rooms will be smaller than today but furniture like beds, tables and chairs will come out of the floors and walls when we want to use them. Again, the computer will do this for us. Some experts predict that computers will control the entire world in the future, so perhaps they might decide to shut us in our little boxes for ever! There’s a thought. 2 Are the sentences true or false? 1 We may live on the moon in the future. ___ 2 Our energy will come from oil. ___ 3 Our houses will have no doors. ___ 4 We will order our shopping on the computer. ___ 5 We will sleep on the floors. ___ Vocabulary 3 Complete the sentences with the correct words in the box. mobile digital DVD satellite games 1 The problem with ____________ TV is that it’s difficult to choose what to watch! 2 I can get on the Internet with my new ____________ phone. 3 My ____________ camera takes great pictures. 4 Our ____________ recorder is very useful. Soon everyone will have one. 5 My parents bought me a ____________console and now I’m very popular with my friends! 4 Complete the sentences with the correct words in the box. tiny nightmare entire cure terrifying 1 Doctors will find ways to ____________ all diseases in the future. 2 He ate a(n) ____________ cake in ten minutes! 3 I had an awful ____________ about robots last night. 4 Some MP3 players are really ____________ these days. 5 The science fiction film was ____________. I know everything will happen one day! Grammar 5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of will or going to and the verbs in brackets. 1 ____________ you ____________ (ask) him round for dinner? 2 Are you tired? I ____________ (take) you home. 3 I ____________ (see) you later! 4 I ____________________ (watch) a DVD tonight. Do you want to come round? 5 Oh no! That cyclist _________________ (hit) the black dog! 6 What ____________ you ____________ (wear) for your first day at work? 7 Look at the time! We ____________ (be) late. 8 We haven’t got any sugar. I ____________ (get) some in town later. 6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box. wake do spend sleep have exercise eat 1 If I have money, I ____________ it! 2 I get red spots if I ____________ cheese. 3 Do you ____________ well if you have a hot drink before bed? 4 If he ____________ time he visits his grandparents on Sundays. 5 If he ____________________ every day he puts on weight. 6 If it rains, I ____________ any work in the garden. 7 If my mum ____________________ me up, I sleep too long! 7 Correct the sentences. 1 It could to rain at the weekend. ___________________________________ 2 I may to be late home this evening. ___________________________________ 3 They might go not on holiday this year. They haven’t got much money. ___________________________________ 4 They might staying with us for a week next summer. ___________________________________ 5 He not might pass the exam. He didn’t study very hard. ___________________________________ Writing 9 Imagine that you have ordered a new electronic device. When it arrives it is not what you had ordered. Write a letter of complaint to the company. Include the following information: • what you ordered and when • what you have received • ask them to collect the device and send you the correct item PROSZĘ. CZY KTOŚ BY MÓGŁ BY MI TO ZROBIĆ. TO NA JUTRO