30 Write some sentences about your plans for the coming week. Find out about your partners plans.

31 Complete these sentences using be going to, will, the present continuous or the present simple. Use the verbs in brackets.

1. Look, that car over there ................ (crash)!

2. I can't come tonight because I................ (stay in) to watch TV.

3. The Prime Minister ................ (travel) to Brussels tomorrow.

4. The match ................ (start) at 3pm as always.

5. Don't worry about the car; I................ (phone) for a taxi.

6. Nina often ................ (visit) her parents.

7. I................ (be) rich one day!

8. According to my diary, we ................ (meet) at 3pm tomorrow.

9. We ................ (win) the European Cup next year.

10. The National Theatre ................ (celebrate) its thirtieth anniversary soon.

32 Put the verb in brackets into the most suitable form of the future.

1. 'What................ you ................ this evening?’ (do) 'Nothing'.

2. 'Well,................ we ................ to that new pizzeria?’ (go)

3. In 2008 the Olympic Games ................ in Athens, (take place)

4. Which showing do you want to go to? The film ....... at nine and eleven. (start)

5. I................ work at five - so shall we meet at a quarter past? (finish)

6. Seven o'clock isn't possible as I........................ something else then. (do)

7. This lesson is boring. When ............ it................ to................? (finish)

33 Underline the most suitable form of the future in the following text.

All Aquarians this month (1) get off/are getting off to a good start with some good news on the home front. The news (2) is helping/will help to relax recent tensions and give you the chance to make a fresh start. There (3) shall/will be lots of new things on other fronts this month. It really (4) is going to be/is being a time of great opportunity. A special person (5) shall come/is coming into your life soon - and you mustn't think this (6) is going to be/is being just another friendship. At work, you (7) are needing/will need to rise to new challenges that (8) are testing/will test your character to the utmost. If you (9) make/are making a wrong move, you (10) will probably regret/probably regret it. In short, this is a month which (11) will bring/shall bring many opportunities but there (12) will be/are being risks, too, so be careful!

34 For questions 1-10, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the space. There is an example at the beginning (1).

1 MUSCLE

2 WEIGH

3 PAIN

4 POISON

5 INFECT

6 EXPRESS

7 HEART

8 CURE

9 TREAT

10 RECOVER

Jim decided to visit the doctor after his trip to the jungle. He was normally a tall (1) muscular person, but over the past month he had lost a lot of (2)............ He had also noticed that his ankles and knees had become rather (3)........... He thought that he might have eaten or drunk something (4)..... or caught some kind of (5)............. disease. The doctor took some blood for tests and told Jim to go back a week later. This time the doctor had an optimistic (6)......... on her face, and Jim felt quite (7).............. “Don't worry,” said the doctor, 'it's nothing serious. You haven't caught an (8)......... disease, or anything terrible like that. It's a simple virus, and you will need some (9)........... Take these tablets twice a day for two weeks, and you'll make a full (10)......... .”

SPEAKING

35 Say a few words about your own experience of visiting a doctor.

36 Comment on the following proverbs and sayings.

● Health is better than wealth. ● A sound mind in a sound body.

● Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. ● An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ● An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

37 Read, learn and tell the jokes to your friends.

1

Patient; "Do you extract the teeth painlessly?"

Dentist: "Not always - the other day I nearly dislocated my wrist."

2 ”I saw the doctor today about the loss of memory."

"What did he do?"

"Made me pay him in advance."

3

“The doctor said he'd have me on my feet in a fortnight."

"And did he?"

"Sure, I've had to sell my car."

38 Look at the pictures and write what happened in the space below. Try to use words or phrases from this unit.

I had ……………………………………………………………………………………

39 Work in pairs. Make up dialogues on the following situations:

1 A visit to a sick friend.

2 Coming back to the office (University) after being ill.

40 Role-play (in groups). A doctor's waiting-room. Students choose characters and ailments (e.g. an old man who is a hypochondriac, a businessman in a hurry who needs an injection for travel, a pregnant lady, a girl with a terrible cold who keeps sneezing over the others, a man who needs a certificate showing that he is to work because of a bad back. etc.). Role-play the situation which might develop in the waiting room.

WRITING