Laser A1+ Unit 11

Look at the sentences about a band. Read the text and find correct sentences .

My band.

I’m in a band with my friends Ron, Paul and Bingo. We think we’re the next big thing. That’s why we called our band The Next Big Thing! We’re going to be famous – and in the near future, too! We practise all the time, and when we finish school, we aren’t going to go to university. We want to spend a lot of time playing music together. We have big plans, and there won’t be time for university! We have a CD and we wrote all the songs ourselves. We’re going to sell the CD at our concerts. We’re playing tomorrow in our town, and after that there’s going to be a tour. We’re travelling in our bus, but we’ll visit a lot of places. We’re going to show everyone what we can do. We’re getting ready tonight. It’s going to be great! When we’re famous, we’ll play big concerts. On this tour, we’re playing in small places, but you can be sure we won’t forget the little places. So come to our concert tomorrow, and one day, you’ll say ‘I knew them before they were famous!’

Read the text and decide which answer (a, b or c) best fits each gap.

What will the future bring for all of us? Who will be successful c in the future? For example, look at the people in my class at school. Who do you think will be rich and (1)         [star, famous, local]one day? Maybe it will be Pete. Pete wants to go to (2)        [actor, drama, tour]school and study to become an (3)         [act, acting, actor] in the theatre. Later, he wants to go on (4)         [play, local, tour] to show everyone what he can do. That’s in the (5)           [distant, recent, most]future though, when he finishes his training. Tonight he’s (6)            [playing, going, appearing] in a play at the (7)          [near, distant, local] theatre. Almost (8)          [all, quarter, none]f our class will go and see him – we all want to encourage him and to wish him good (9)       [show, luck, time] . Maybe he won’t become a famous star and maybe he will – nobody can know for (10)       [sure, half, real] .

Listen to the text and fill in the gaps.

Boy: Ah, band auditions. Great! I'd love to be in a band! ... Hi. Is this the               ?

Girl: Hello. Yes. So, you'd like to be in our band?
Boy: Yes,              .

Girl: Well, we need a singer, a guitarist and a drummer.
Boy: Oh,                !

Girl: OK, so you can sing. Let's sing the beginning of this song ... Right, OK, mmm, maybe not. Can you play an instrument?
Boy: Er, well,                       a little.
Girl: OK, let’s hear you. What can you play? ... That’s it?
Boy: Er, yeah.                  any more.

Girl: Erm, can you play the drums?
Boy: Yeah, sure.
Girl: OK! OK! STOP! That’s enough. Erm, what about the maracas? Can you play the maracas?
Boy:           

Girl: Great, great! Hmm ... thanks for coming. I’ll call you next week.

Choose the correct word or phrase.

1 He wants to write a             [bestseller, tour]. He loves writing stories, so maybe he’ll succeed.

2 After they make their new CD, they’re going to      [tour, use] Europe.

3 When Josh passes his exams, he’s going to                [drama, fortune teller] school.

4 I hope something good happens to me in the        [near, close] future.

5 When I was young, I was a real            [whizz kid, actor] with computers.

6 Don’t        [worry, guess] – everything will be alright.

7 She works for a successful computer         [program, company].

8 Nobody knows for        [sure, right] if they will pass the exams.

9 I like reading stories about the          [distant, far] past.

10 Have you seen that new        [circle, app] for mobile phones?

Read the text and decide which answer (a, b or c) best fits each gap

Does anyone really know for sure what (1)     [are, is, be] going to happen in the future? Today, I’m (2)       [being, wll, going]to see a fortune-teller to find out. I hope she (3)        [will, won’t, isn’t] give me any bad news! I’m a bit nervous because I’m not sure that I want to know what the future (4)       [will, is, going] bring! The fortune-teller says half of her customers feel the same, but I told myself her predictions aren’t definitely (5)        [are, will, going] to happen. Well, I’ll soon (6)          [know, knowing, knew]for sure! It (7)       [will, won’t, is] take about a quarter of an hour because the fortune-teller asks lots of questions. She will want to know about my distant past as well as my recent past. How much (8)        [will, am, should]I going to tell her? I don’t know! I hope she tells me that I (9)          [am, am going, will] be very successful. I’m appearing in a new play next week and if it’s good, I’m going (10)     [too, up, to] go to drama school. Maybe she’ll tell me that I will be a famous star one day!

Put the parts of the email in the right order.

Dear Ann,

Love,

Lauren

Read th sentences and fill in the gaps.

1 We           to eat pizza tonight.

2 Do you think that the band         successful?

3 Charlie says he          to buy a new app for his phone.

4 Those computer whizz kids are          make a lot of money.

5 Why aren’t you       to come to the play?

6     you going to university?

7 The bands              play a concert together tomorrow.

8 One day, I         a famous actor!

9 Rod and his friends              appear in the film.

10 This year         the best year ever!