USE IT! Work in pairs. Which of these school issues are the same now as in the past? Which will be different in the future? Use can, can't, could, couldn't or will / won't be able to.

1. choice of subjects

2. ways of learning

3. school uniforms

4. class size

5. rules

The issues we think are the same now as in the past are...

In the past, students couldn't choose unusual subjects. In the future, they will be able to make more unusual choices.

Match sentences 1-5 in exercise 1 with rules a-c.

1. After they graduate, many students will be able to have very successful careers as singers or actors.

2. Young people can join the school from the age of fourteen.

3. They can't forget to do their homework!

4. If you study hard and have a passion for performing arts, you won't be able to resist the BRIT school.

5. People believed that girls couldn't play football as well as boys.

Choose the correct options.

1. “Will you be able to / Can you hear the bell in your classroom?”

“Yes, we can. It's really loud!”

2. In the future, we could / will be able to do all our exams online.

3. At my last school, we won't be able to / couldn't use tablets in class.

4. These days, many students can / could find out what their homework is from the school's website.

5. “In the past, will students be able to / could students use computers in class?”

“No, they couldn't.”

6. Turn the music down. I can't / couldn't study.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 4 to 8.

DRINKING AND DRIVING

The legal limit for driving after drinking alcohol is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood, when tested. But there is no sure way of telling how much you can drink before you reach this limit. It varies with each person depending on your weight, your sex, if you’ve just eaten and what sort of drinks you’ve had. Some people might reach their limit after only about three standard drinks.

In fact, your driving ability can be affected by just one or two drinks. Even if you’re below the legal limit, you could still be taken to court if a police officer thinks your driving has been affected by alcohol.

It takes about an hour for the body to get rid of the alcohol in one standard drink. So, if you have a heavy drinking session in the evening you might find that your driving ability is still affected the next morning, or you could even find that you’re still over the legal limit. In addition, if you’ve had a few drinks at lunchtime, another one or two drinks in the early evening may well put you over the legal limit.

In a test with professional drivers, the more alcoholic drinks they had had the more certain they were that they could drive a test course through a set of moveable posts … and the less able they were to do it!

So the only way to be sure you’re safe is not to drink at all.

Alcohol is a major cause of road traffic accidents. One in three of the drivers killed in road accidents have levels of alcohol which are over the legal limit, and road accidents after drinking are the biggest cause of death among young men. More half of the people stopped by the police to take a breathalyzer test have a blood alcohol concentrate of more than twice the legal limit.

It is important to remember that driving after you’ve been drinking doesn’t just affect you. If you’re involved in an accident it affects a lot of other people as well, not least the person you might kill or injure

When you have been drinking heavily in the evening, the next day you might be ___.

A. unable to drive until the evening 

B. still drunk until lunchtime 

C. over the legal limit in the morning 

D. unable to drive all day 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 4 to 8.

DRINKING AND DRIVING

The legal limit for driving after drinking alcohol is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood, when tested. But there is no sure way of telling how much you can drink before you reach this limit. It varies with each person depending on your weight, your sex, if you’ve just eaten and what sort of drinks you’ve had. Some people might reach their limit after only about three standard drinks.

In fact, your driving ability can be affected by just one or two drinks. Even if you’re below the legal limit, you could still be taken to court if a police officer thinks your driving has been affected by alcohol.

It takes about an hour for the body to get rid of the alcohol in one standard drink. So, if you have a heavy drinking session in the evening you might find that your driving ability is still affected the next morning, or you could even find that you’re still over the legal limit. In addition, if you’ve had a few drinks at lunchtime, another one or two drinks in the early evening may well put you over the legal limit.

In a test with professional drivers, the more alcoholic drinks they had had the more certain they were that they could drive a test course through a set of moveable posts … and the less able they were to do it!

So the only way to be sure you’re safe is not to drink at all.

Alcohol is a major cause of road traffic accidents. One in three of the drivers killed in road accidents have levels of alcohol which are over the legal limit, and road accidents after drinking are the biggest cause of death among young men. More half of the people stopped by the police to take a breathalyzer test have a blood alcohol concentrate of more than twice the legal limit.

It is important to remember that driving after you’ve been drinking doesn’t just affect you. If you’re involved in an accident it affects a lot of other people as well, not least the person you might kill or injure

When might you be taken to court by the police for drinking and driving?

A. When the police think that you have been drinking from the way you are driving

B. Only when tests show that you have 80mg of alcohol in 100 ml of blood

C. When you have driven a vehicle after drinking any alcohol at all

D. When you have drunk at least three drinks before driving

1 we have to go to bed early ( allow )

We .....

2 could you speak English when you were Younger? (able)

When you were .......

3 my sister doesn't like computer very much ( keen)

My sister .....

4 I was rally bored by the film last night ( boring)

I found .....

5 you don't find such exquisite hand - made suits in many shops here

In a few.......

6 Jack doesn't know the answer. Though he pretends to

Jack acts..............

The realization of what she had sacrificed for him let him to believe she was all the world to him

Not ......

We rely too much in the internet . Therefore , our lives are in danger of becoming more impersonal

Were.....

9 she is not only a teacher, she is also a singer

Not only ....

10 if possible, you should keep the car in a garage at night

If possible , your ....

11 people think that the prisoner was recaptured while drinking in the pub

The prisoner ......

12 you can use it as long as you like, and it will not wear out

No matter .....

13 if you don't believe in it , you will never be able to do it

Believe.......

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 4 to 8. 

DRINKING AND DRIVING

The legal limit for driving after drinking alcohol is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood, when tested. But there is no sure way of telling how much you can drink before you reach this limit. It varies with each person depending on your weight, your sex, if you’ve just eaten and what sort of drinks you’ve had. Some people might reach their limit after only about three standard drinks.

In fact, your driving ability can be affected by just one or two drinks. Even if you’re below the legal limit, you could still be taken to court if a police officer thinks your driving has been affected by alcohol.

It takes about an hour for the body to get rid of the alcohol in one standard drink. So, if you have a heavy drinking session in the evening you might find that your driving ability is still affected the next morning, or you could even find that you’re still over the legal limit. In addition, if you’ve had a few drinks at lunchtime, another one or two drinks in the early evening may well put you over the legal limit.

In a test with professional drivers, the more alcoholic drinks they had had the more certain they were that they could drive a test course through a set of moveable posts … and the less able they were to do it!

So the only way to be sure you’re safe is not to drink at all.

Alcohol is a major cause of road traffic accidents. One in three of the drivers killed in road accidents have levels of alcohol which are over the legal limit, and road accidents after drinking are the biggest cause of death among young men. More half of the people stopped by the police to take a breathalyzer test have a blood alcohol concentrate of more than twice the legal limit.

It is important to remember that driving after you’ve been drinking doesn’t just affect you. If you’re involved in an accident it affects a lot of other people as well, not least the person you might kill or injure

The amount of alcohol a person can drink before reaching the legal limit is ___________

A. 800 milligrams of pure alcohol 

B. exactly proportional to body weight 

C. approximately three standard drinks 

D. different for different people 

1. Robots can ............. our houses when we are away.

2. In the future, robots will be able to do more ............. things for us.

3. I don't agree .............. you that robots will be able to write a letter to an English friend.

4. They will be very useful because they will be able to do ............. everything for us.

5. Do you think robots can work longer than people ............. getting tired.

6. My father always ............. coffee at home instead of going to the coffee shop.

7. Robots will be able to .............. to personal computer in the future.

8. Nowadays robot can't talk to people or play sports, but in the future I think they ...............

9. Will robots be able ............. our voices?

10. Robots can't talk to people or recognise our voices, but scientists are working ................ the solution.

11. Many people think spending money on robots is a complete ................. of time and money.

12. ....................... you walk when you were two?

13. These robots can do many things for the ............ such as cleaning streets or looking after the garden.

14. Home robots can do things .................... repairing things around the house of looking after the garden.

15. ............. do you think about the new kinds of robots?

16. Our future robot will be able to help us ................ the gardening.

17. Robots are helping us a lot in industry, education, and in our house - ...................

18. We waste a lot of money and time researching and making robots. .......................

19. We must be careful because some people may use robots...............

20. Robots will be very useful for our lives but they use ................. energy.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 4 to 8.

DRINKING AND DRIVING

The legal limit for driving after drinking alcohol is 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 milliliters of blood, when tested. But there is no sure way of telling how much you can drink before you reach this limit. It varies with each person depending on your weight, your sex, if you’ve just eaten and what sort of drinks you’ve had. Some people might reach their limit after only about three standard drinks.

In fact, your driving ability can be affected by just one or two drinks. Even if you’re below the legal limit, you could still be taken to court if a police officer thinks your driving has been affected by alcohol.

It takes about an hour for the body to get rid of the alcohol in one standard drink. So, if you have a heavy drinking session in the evening you might find that your driving ability is still affected the next morning, or you could even find that you’re still over the legal limit. In addition, if you’ve had a few drinks at lunchtime, another one or two drinks in the early evening may well put you over the legal limit.

In a test with professional drivers, the more alcoholic drinks they had had the more certain they were that they could drive a test course through a set of moveable posts … and the less able they were to do it!

So the only way to be sure you’re safe is not to drink at all.

Alcohol is a major cause of road traffic accidents. One in three of the drivers killed in road accidents have levels of alcohol which are over the legal limit, and road accidents after drinking are the biggest cause of death among young men. More half of the people stopped by the police to take a breathalyzer test have a blood alcohol concentrate of more than twice the legal limit.

It is important to remember that driving after you’ve been drinking doesn’t just affect you. If you’re involved in an accident it affects a lot of other people as well, not least the person you might kill or injure

Alcohol is a major cause of road traffic accidents in that ___. 

A. more young men die in drink-related accidents than in any other way 

B. most drivers who die in these accidents have been drinking 

C. drinking affects people’s eyesight 

D. one in three drivers drink heavily