EXPANSION Units 1-4

A. Complete the sentences. Use the words in the box.

1. Hotter summers are an effect of global warming.
2. Traffic in Los Angeles is a big problem because there are so many cars.
3. Rakan has a real motivation to work. He wants to buy a car.
4. A lot of steel is used in the construction of tall buildings.
5. A hurricane is a natural disaster that affects cities near the ocean.
6. A biologist uses a microscope to see very small things.
7. Yahya’s qualifications for the job include accounting and language skills.
8. Scientists launch rockets to send satellites into space.

B. Put each word in the correct group. Then add one or two more words to each group.

Global Issues

poverty - disease - global warming.

Personal Qualities

flexibility - adaptability - integrity - honesty.

Scientific Tools

rocket - satellite - submarine - microscope.

C. Faisal is talking to his friend Ali about a job. Ali works in a doctor’s office. Complete the conversation. Use the present progressive.

Ali: Where (1) (live) are you living now?

Faisal: I (2) (live) am living in Al Ulayya. My address is 18 Al Al Khawarizmi Street, Al Ulayya, Al Riyadh.

Ali: What courses (3) (take) are you taking right now?

Faisal: I (4) (take) am taking computer science, math, English, Arabic, geography, and PE.

Ali: (5) (work) Are you working?

Faisal: No. I (6) (negative: work) am not working, yet. But I (7) (look) am looking for a job.

Ali: Dr. Ibrahim (8) (look) is looking for someone to work in this office. Can you use a computer?

Faisal: Yes, I can.Ali: Can you bring a copy of your résumé?

Faisal: I (9) (go) am going home right now. I can bring it back this afternoon.

Ali: Great! I’ll see you this afternoon.

D. Majid and Ali are shopping at the mall. Complete their conversation. Use the present perfect or the present perfect progressive.

Majid: How long (1) (work) have you been working at the restaurant?

Ali: I (2) (work) have been working there for three months.

Majid: How do you like it?

Ali: The job is fun. I (3) (meet) have met a lot of people. But I (4) (negative: make) haven't made a lot of money!

Majid: Are you still thinking of buying a new computer?

Ali: Yes. But I still don’t have enough money.

Majid: How long (5) (save) have you been saving your money?

Ali: I (6) (save) have been saving since September.

Majid: (7) (try) Have you tried to work a lot of hours?

Ali: Yes! That’s why I (8) (be) have been so tired! I (9) (go) have been going to school, then to work, then home. That’s all I (10) (do) have done for the past three months!

Majid: Well, at least you (11) (negative: spend) haven't spent any money!

E. Complete the conversation. Use will to make predictions and be going to to describe a plan.

Adel: What do you think your little brother (1) (do) will do when he grows up?
Hussain: I think he (2) (be) will be a writer.
Adel: Why?
Hussain: He is always writing stories in English, and he probably hopes that someone (3) (publish) will publish them. I (4) (give) am going to give him computer
lessons next year.
Adel: (5) (buy) Will you buy him a computer?
Hussain: No. My parents (6) (get) are going to get him one at the end of the school year.
Adel: Do you think he (7) (be) will be a good writer?
Hussain: I hope so. He (8) (take) is going to take lessons from the best teacher I know!

F. Use the words in parentheses to write sentences to describe continuous actions in the future.

1. (my brother / will / attend)
This time next year, my brother will be attending college.

2. (you / will / attend)
I am going to be attending college then, too?

3. (I / going to be / work)
No. I am going to be working to save money for college.

4. (you / going to be / live)
Are you going to be living at home?

5. (I / will / save)
Yes. I will be saving even more money that way.

6. (you / not going to be / work)
Well, I hope you are not going to be working too hard.

G. Change these sentences from active to passive. Use by only if it is given.

1. Scientists have discovered cures for many diseases.

Cures for many diseases have been discovered by scientists.

2. They will probably find many more cures.

More cures will be probably found.

3. Most young people in Brazil play football.

Football in Brazil is played by most young people.

4. His letter surprised me.

I was surprised by his letter.

5. I will mail the package this afternoon.

The package will be mailed this afternoon.

6. My sister has washed all the windows.

All the windows have been washed by my sister.

H. Complete the conversation with the correct regular form, comparative form, or superlative form of the adjective in parentheses.

Faris: Have you seen Khalid since school started back? He has the (1) (cool) the coolest bag I’ve ever seen.

Nasser: Oh really? Is it (2) (small) smaller than the one he used to have? His bag was huge. Don’t you remember?

Faris: Well, it’s (3) (compact) compact and a lot (4) (light) light. It’s really great! And do you know what is even (5) (unbelievable) more unbelievable?

Nasser: What? Faris: He has a smartphone and a new laptop!

Nasser: That’s (6) (amazing) amazing! He never had a laptop before.

Faris: And he has designed a science program. Can you believe it?

Nasser: Now this sounds even (7) (unbelievable) more unbelievable! I never knew he could do that.

Faris: Well, it looks as if Khalid has (8) (good) better computer skills than we thought!

I. Look at the photo of Laura and Edson. Make four predictions about each of them. What will they do next week? What will they do this summer?
What are they going to study at college? What jobs are they going to have after college?

Laura

1. She'll take her math exam's next week.
2. This summer she is going to travel to,

Edson

1. He is going to play basketball next week.
2. He is going to start training for the season.

J. Sometimes personal dreams come true, and sometimes they don’t. It’s interesting to see what can happen. Interview your mother or father or another relative. Take notes in a chart.

K. Look at the two pictures A and B. Answer the questions below.

1. List two things that each person does.

A civil engineer reads blueprints.

2. List the qualities that each person must have.

• Creative, good at math, good at design.
• Organised, polite, careful, tidy.

3. Write what they needed to study in order to do the job.

• He needed to study structural engineering.
• He needed to study pharmacology.

L. WRITING

Find a picture of a job that you would like to do in the future. Complete the chart below and use it to write an essay on your dream job.

My Dream Job

I am excited to be working as IT programmer. As long as I love coding and have skills in dealing with computers network, and I have a big interest in the field of computer science, I am enthusiastic about combining my skills and my desire to study computer programmer.