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SPEAKING PRACTICE: Give your Opinion:

What makes good art?

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GRAMMAR PRACTICE: Review of The Future Tenses

 

Prediction: WILL + infinitive (negative is WILL NOT or WON’T): The forecasts predict that the company will (won’t) grow by 12% next year.

Future Fact: WILL: The contract will finish on the 5th of July 2023.

 Promises: WILL + infinitive: SAP will repair or replace any faulty products.

Spontaneous decisions: WILL + infinitive: (The phone starts to ring) “I will answer the phone.”

Intentions and Plans: GOING TO + infinitive: I am (not) going to buy a new computer next week

A future based on Present Evidence: GOING TO + infinitive: The factory is working 24 hours a day, we are going to make a lot of profit

Future Plans that are in the diary: PRESENT CONTINUOUS: I am (not) having lunch with the CEO tomorrow


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How much did the 'The Ring' sell for?

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What profits are Sotheby's making?

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What is the strategic disadvantage for Sotheby's?

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What's the plan for next week? ......... we ............... to the auction?

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Describe this image in 20 words (approximately)


 


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