Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. ⇱
Question 1. In the future, classrooms will be full of technology that will support students in their work.
Question 2. Shopping will become a social experience that allows us to meet our friends and relatives.
Question 3. Digital classrooms might replace physical schools with recorded classes.
Question 4. Learning online will increase in popularity while teaching in person will become less popular.
Question 5. Kate’s going to buy an electric car after her old one broke down on the motorway.
Question 6. In the following years, we will use shops more for socialising than buying things.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions. ⇱
Question 7. The city of the future will be a crowded place with busy streets and buildings that are home to hundreds of residents.
Question 8. The use of solar panels or windows will reduce the cost of using electricity in buildings.
Question 9. In my opinion, there is no doubt that many houses will have solar windows to produce energy for the house.
Question 10. Skybridges will allow you to walk from one skyscraper to another without going down to the street.
Question 11. Laura watched as the delivery drone landed in front of her house.
Question 12. In my opinion, we will definitely not live on other planets within the next century.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions. ⇱
Question 13. I strongly believe self-driving vehicles won't become a popular mean of transport!
Question 14. There might be 3D printed buildings but there won't certainly be floating buildings on water.
Question 15. Perhaps, there won't be cyborg shop assistants. However, smart mirrors maybe allow customers to try on virtual clothing, but I'm not sure.
Question 16. Look out! That drone is falling! In fact, it is likely the other devices will fall off the shelves, too.
Question 17. Moving walkways will speed up foot traffic without any chance.
Question 18. I'm sure that we'll see driverless public transport in the future. I don't expect 3D printers are going to build flying vehicles though!
Choose the correct answer ⇱
Question 19. Speaker A: “__________ we'll all drive energy-efficient cars in the next five years.” - Speaker B: “I'm not sure that will happen.”
Question 20. Student A: “I think we'll have floating office buildings because there will be no space on land in the future city." - Student B: “__________ that will happen. Perhaps we’ll live in huge skyscrapers instead."
Question 21. Speaker A: “I expect people will buy almost everything online and there won’t be physical shops or malls." - Speaker B: “__________"
Question 22. Speaker A: “Some people believe we will live underground to protect us from all the pollution.” - Speaker B: "__________; it's not possible."
Question 23. Speaker A: “__________ that we’ll have underground motorways because of all the air pollution.” - Speaker B: “I don't think so.”
Question 24. Speaker A: “There’s a good chance all shops will have smart mirrors so we can try on clothes virtually” - Speaker B: “__________"
Question 25. Speaker A: “What do you think life will be like in the future?” - Speaker B: “__________ drones will deliver all our packages, but I’m not sure.”
Question 26. Speaker A: “There's no doubt we’ll have electric cars because we won’t use fossil fuels anymore.” - Speaker B: “__________, but it's likely.”
Question 27. Speaker A: “I bet we’ll have solar windows to produce energy for the house - Speaker B: “__________”