Extra Tasks (Easier) Unit 4

Vocabulary and Use your English

1 Choose the correct option (a–c) to complete the sentences.

1 
If you don’t back your photos, you could lose 4 
Could you help me set my new computer,
them. please?
a up b over c on a out b over c up
2 
I’m going to log to my account and check 5 
After I switch my phone, I need to enter my
my balance. passcode.
a down b in c on a to b for c on
3 
You can plug your charger under the TV. 6 You have to switch your phone in the cinema.
a through b in c off a off b away c out

2 Read the clues and complete the crossword with these words.

 devices  headphones  keyboard  monitor  tablet  speakers

1 Across
2 3 4 2 
You use these to listen to audio when you
don’t want other people to hear it.
5 
This is a separate screen for a computer.
6 
This computer is bigger than a smartphone,
5 6
but smaller than a laptop.

Down
1 
You type on this part of a computer.
3 
These are electronic machines, such as
smartphones, laptops and tablets.
4 
You use these to listen to audio in a room,
a car or outside.

3 Complete the conversations with these words.

A: How do you connect to the ¹ in this house? My phone has no internet.   online   WiFi
B: Oh, sorry! You need the password to get ² .

C: Hey Mike, do you have a charger ³ that will fit my phone?   cable   wireless
D: Sorry no, I don’t use one. My phone has a ⁴ charger.

E: Have you finished your application? It’s dinner time.   update   upload
F: I just need to ⁵ it.
E: Let me check it. Hmmm. You really should ⁶ your photo! It’s so old!

4 Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

1 The TV isn’t connection / connected to the internet, so you can’t stream any programmes.
2 Which invention / inventive do you think changed people’s lives more – cars or the internet?
3 You need to be very careful with these chemicals. They are explosion / explosive.
4 What was your inspired / inspiration for this story? It seems very true to life.
5 We need to get organised / organisation. We’re moving house on Saturday.
6 I didn’t want to enter the competition / competitive, but my teacher made me, and I won!

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Grammar
1 Complete the conversation with going to, shall, will or won’t.

Ray: Have you got the external hard drive so we can get ready for our presentation this afternoon?
Ollie: Oh no! I’ve left it at home. ¹ I go and get it?
Ray: Don’t worry. I ² ask my mum to send the file by email.
Ollie: Phew! ³ you print a copy of my notes, please?
Ray: Sure! I expect we ⁴ need to wait … Oh, hang on. She’s sent it already!
I’m ⁵ download the file now.
[30 minutes later]
Ray: The file is downloading really slowly. It’s not ⁶ download in time for our presentation.
Ollie: Oh dear. I can’t remember any of my ideas. We’re ⁷ fail!
Ray: We ⁸ fail. I promise. I’ll tell the teacher and we can do it tomorrow.

2 Correct the mistakes with the underlined verb forms in the sentences.

1 The moment he will get here, I’ll text you.

2 Before you have left, can we take a selfie together?
3 We can stream a film after the match will finish.
4 We’ll start recording as soon as you will be comfortable.
5 By the time you’ve written that email, I am ready to go out.
6 I can’t switch off my computer until the files are downloading.
7 I’ll give your headphones back when I listen to this song.
8 Once I uploaded my work to the cloud, my teacher will get a notification.

3 Choose the future continuous or future perfect form of the verb to complete the sentences.
Use each form once in each pair.

1 a This time next year, I’ll be studying / have studied robotics at university.
b I’ll be starting / have started my university course in robotics by this time next year.
2 a By the time I’m thirty, everyone will be driving / have driven electric cars.
b Everyone will be stopping / have stopped driving petrol cars by the time I’m thirty.
3 a I hope that by the year 2040, the world will be ending / have ended climate change.
b The world will be using / have used green technologies for everything by the year 2040.
4 a In a few years’ time, robots and smart technology will be doing / have done a lot of our jobs.
b Robots and smart technology will be taking / have taken many people’s jobs by the year 2035.

4 Complete the text with the -ing or past participle form of the verbs.

The Future of Work

 y the time my sister is old enough to start work, the world will have ¹
B (change) a lot. Most
people will have ² (stop) travelling to work. Office workers will be ³ (do)
their jobs from home. Doctors will be ⁴ (meet) patients using 3D AR technology. In fact, in the
future, most people won’t have jobs. By the year 2040, robots will be ⁵ (do) all the easy jobs
and some of the challenging ones too! People will be ⁶ (get) money from the government every
week and they’ll have a lot of free time. People who do work will have ⁷ (give) up working five
days a week. They will be ⁸ (share) their jobs with other people.

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