Intermediate 1 Unit 10

Unit 10
Gadgets

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Introduction
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on
a. Circle the correct
orrre
rect
ctt wor
c words
ord
ordss to com
complete
mplete the
mp he
e ffollowing
olllo
ol lowi
wing
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ng dialogues.
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Customer: This
Th i looks
is oks like an interesting
loo interes t ng (1)
essti
esti 1 gadget/programmer/hackathon.
(1) ga
adg
dget/program
mme
mer/ha
ack
ckat
a
at What does
it do?
do
o?
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sma
mart
ma p one coverr and
rtph and (2)
an 2) app/charger/trend
(2 app
ap nd in one.
p/charger/tren
en one. When
W you’re
running
ning out
runn ut of
ou battery,
of b attter yy,, yyou
ery, ou
uppress
r ss a b
re button
utto
ut on tthe
t n on e case, and it recharges your
he
(3)
( ) smartphone/storage/app_
(3 sm
martphone
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/storrage
g //a
app
pp _

Karen: Do you want to enter the company’s 48-hour digital (4) device/hackathon/tablet?
Jack: It sounds like fun, but I’m a designer, not (5) a trend/laptop/programmer.
Karen: I know. But we need someone to make our (6) storage/digital camera/app look
really nice.

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b. The sentences below are in the future tense. What future meaning is each one trying to
express? Match the meanings to the sentences.

Sentences
c
1. We’re going to sell a gadget that turns regular bikes into electric bikes. ___
2. This gadget will make chopping vegetables fun. ___
3. I’m going to take a class on creating apps. ___
4. The bus to the g
gadget
g fair will be leaving
g each morning b
g at 7:00. ___
5. This fitness tracker
rac
a ke
ac ker willl kkeep
ee ttrack
ep trac
trrac how
ackk off h many
ow man steps
ny step
st
tep you
epss yo take
ou ta
ake
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a h da
ac day. ___
yy.. _
6. I’ll be using my tablet
m tabble in tthe
et in he m
he mornings,
orni
orni
or ning
ing but
ngss, b utt yyou can
ou c
ou use
an u se iitt in
in tthe
he a
he afternoons.
fter
fte no a
n ___
n on

Meanings
a. Plans we have
ve made
e ma and
ade a actions
nd acttio are
ions thatt a
arrre about
e ab ut tto
abou
bou happen
o happe vvery
en ve ry ssoon.
oon
n.
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oing ac
ongoing acti
ct on that wi
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wil
ill b
will beehap
pppening byy a spec
happening cific ttime
specific ime
im
me in the future
c. Events we are sure
e su
sur will
re wi
ill happen, or
o ppredict
re
edi will
dictt wil
illl h
ill happen,
haapp
app
ppen future
pe , in the futu
ure

b. Read the sentences

ces below
nc bello
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d circle
and cirrcl
cle he correct
e the
th corr
cor ec future
ect fu
utu e ttense.
t re en
nse
se.

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ture Fu
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utu
turre
re Going to
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si mple progressive
prog
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ss future

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1. Barry will be g vi
gi ving the
the
he gadget demonstrations
de
demo
mons
nsstrrat
atio
ons
this week.

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2. They are going o fixx m
myy laptop.

3. We will call yyou when

ou w hen your
ourr ssmartphone
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art
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ea
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