Grammar: Hungry to learn

will and going to

1Choose the correct words. 

Fourteen-year-old Amy Wilson and her family have packed their bags and said goodbye to their friends because they 

¹are going towill

 

move to the island of Unst tomorrow. Unst is a small, peaceful island in the north of Scotland. They think that their new life there 

²is going towill

 

be unusual, but exciting. Amy's father has got a new job. He 

³is going towill

 

work for the government.

Amy's new secondary school on Unst is further north than any other secondary school in Great Britain. She thinks it 

⁴is going towill

 

be difficult to make friends there. However, she has made plans to try to fit in with the other students. She 

⁵is going towill

 

learn about the history of the island, and she 

⁶is going towill

 

study Gaelic – the Scottish language that they speak on the islands in the north.

Tomorrow, the family have to drive hundreds of kilometres north to Unst, so Amy has already decided that she 

⁷is going towill

 

go to bed early. She thinks she 

⁸is going towill

 

have a busy day tomorrow.

will and going to

2Complete Amy's phone conversation with her grandmother. Use will or the correct form of be going to. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

GranHi, Amy. Have you got a minute to talk?

AmyHi, Gran. Just a minute. I ¹ turn the TV off so I can hear you. … How are you?

GranI'm fine, but the weather is really bad here today. There are black clouds in the sky and it ² rain soon. Are you looking forward to the journey tomorrow?

AmyWell, no. Unst is more than 600 kilometres from here, so it ³ be a long and tiring journey.

GranAre you ready to start your new school?

AmyI'm not sure, but I think I ⁴ enjoy it when I get there.

GranWhat are your plans when you get to your house on Unst?

AmyMum and I ⁵ decorate my bedroom and put my favourite posters on the wall.

GranThat sounds nice. Please call me when you get there, and write to me when you start school.

AmyI promise I ⁶ write. I've also decided that I ⁷ keep a blog, so you can read that, too.

First conditional

3Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

• 1Amy  (know) a lot about Unst if she  (study) its history.

• 2If Amy  (not learn) Gaelic, she  (not understand) all the lessons in her new school.

• 3Amy  (make) friends if she  (join) the local sports club.

• 4What  Amy  (do)

  if she  (not like) life on Unst?

• 5Amy  (not feel) warm in winter if she  (not buy) any warm clothes.

• 6If the students at Amy's school  (work) hard, they  (pass) their exams.

First conditional

4Complete the article with the correct form of the verbs in the box. Use will / won't, be going to or the first conditional. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task.

MOVE
• spend
• fail
• enjoy
• want
• go
• work
• start
• be
• cost

Eton College

Thirteen-year-old Simon Cameron has decided where he ¹ the next six years of his life. He has a place at a new school, and he ² his first year there next September. It isn't an ordinary school. Its name is Eton College, and it's the most famous public school in the world. Simon's looking forward to it. He thinks he 

³

 

studying at Eton, and he hopes to do well. 'I 

⁴

 

lazy,' he promised his parents.

Eton College is almost 600 years old, and it's a very expensive school. If you 

⁵

 

to go there, it ⁶ you over £32,000 a year. However, it's also a very successful school. If students 

⁷

 

hard there, they ⁸ to a good university. Over 30% of Eton's students get a place at Oxford or Cambridge University, and many get top jobs. Nineteen British prime ministers went to Eton College!

Simon is very clever and works very hard. He ⁹ his exams at Eton. That's for sure!

5  Imagine that you are going to start your first year at a new school. Answer the questions. Speak for no longer than one minute. What do you plan to do before you start at the school? What do you think you'll enjoy? What won't you enjoy? How do you think you'll make friends?

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