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Grammar for IELTS
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Unit 5
Practice exercises
Decide on the correct grammatical form (present continuous, future continuous, future
perfect simple or future perfect continuous) and complete the sentences 1-5. Use the
verbs in the brackets. Then w rite the name of the tense.
1
I __________
[watch] 
the concert live online tonight. 
Tense:_________________________
2
Media experts predict that by 2020 the m ajority of new sp a p ers_________ (moi^e)
online. 
Tense:_________
3 
I
__________(change) 
my Internet su p p lie r tonight so I m ight not get your em ails u n til
tom orrow . 
Tense:_________
U 
The In te rn e t___________
(become} 
the prim a ry source of inform ation by the m iddle of
the century. 
Tense:_________
5 
It is estim ated that in five years’ tim e 30% more people over the age of 6 5 _________
[start] 
to use the Internet. 
Tense:_________
2 
Underline the examples of the future forms in the following text.
The Rise of Online Shopping
In the late 1990s experts predicted that online shopping would not be able to compete 
w ith in-store shopping yet the recent rise in online sales figures suggests that th e ir 
predictions were wrong. In fact a ll evidence points to the fact that online shopping w ill 
have outstripped in-store shopping w ithin the next five years. This rapid increase has 
been driven by a num ber of factors including price, convenience and choice. Most online 
retailers use a delivery service and as a result of tracking retailers shopping habits, many 
w ill soon be introducing specific delivery tim ing s so that custom ers can ensure th e ir 
goods are delivered when they are at home. Online companies are already w orking on 
innovative ways to a ttra ct custom ers. For example, la te r this year one of the cou ntry’s 
largest electronics retailers, Browns, is launching a 24-hour replacem ent products 
service fo r custom ers who need to retu rn faulty goods. Browns hopes that by 2015 over 
90% of its custom er base w ill have graduated to online purchasing.
As w e ll as consum er goods another growth area is the travel industry. Travel experts estimate 
that in as little as five years' tim e travel agencies w ill have disappeared from our shopping 
centres and alm ost all travellers w ill be buying hotels and flights from online agencies.