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Home practice · future forms · travel vocabulary · answer key included
1 · Future forms — choose the best option
'I ______ my clients at seven — it's in the diary.' (arrangement)
'The train ______ at 08:14.' (timetable)
'Look at those clouds — it ______ !' (evidence-based prediction)
'By 8pm we ______ dinner.' (completed before a future point)
'This time next year I ______ in Tokyo.' (in progress at a future point)
'The new metro ______ in March.' (formal official schedule)
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2 · Complete with a travel word from the box
- We had a four-hour drop in Doha.
- The Airbnbs have priced locals out of the centre — classic drop .
- She refuses anything drop — she wants everything booked.
- Nothing to declare, straight through drop .
- It's a nine-hour flight — definitely drop .
- The drop is packed hour by hour — she doesn't leave much room to breathe.
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3 · Rewrite using the structure in brackets
'It is very likely to rain.' (evidence-based prediction)
'The plane is going to take off in one minute.' (imminent)
'I have a dinner with clients on Friday.' (arrangement)
'The new metro will open in March.' (formal official schedule)
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4 · Match the travel term to its meaning
- itinerarydrop or tap here…
- off the beaten trackdrop or tap here…
- overtourismdrop or tap here…
- long-haul (adj.)drop or tap here…
- customsdrop or tap here…
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5 · Voice message · Twenty-four hours in a European capital
Listen to a voice message left by an English friend on her second morning in Lisbon, deliberately without a list.
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Speaker: Hey darling! Just wanted to send a quick voice note. I’m in Lisbon – second morning already! Landed yesterday and, honestly, the first thing I did was bin my list of ‘must-sees’. I was just so tired of arriving somewhere already knowing exactly what I was *supposed* to feel, you know?
So, this morning I’m in this tiny café, and I’m about to fall asleep in this chair, honestly. I’m meeting my cousin at four for a wander. We’re in this amazing neighbourhood, totally off the beaten track – exactly the kind of street the guidebook would never send you to, which is perfect. By six, I reckon we’ll have walked the whole area, found some hidden gems, hopefully.
Don't worry, I haven't totally gone rogue. I’m planning on hitting just one museum tomorrow, maybe. By tomorrow night, I'll have seen exactly one museum, and I’ll be perfectly happy with that. Anyway, gotta go, this coffee isn't going to drink itself! Speak soon!
- What did she throw away as soon as she landed?
- Which future forms does she use about the day ahead?
- Which travel term does she use to describe the neighbourhood?
- How does she end the message?
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6 · A short reflection (180–220 words)
Write a short first-person reflection titled: "The trip I stopped planning". Use at least four different future forms and three travel terms. End with an honest, unheroic conclusion — nothing that sounds like an airline advert.
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